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Businesses (9)
- Alexander Jack & Co, agricultural machinery manufacturers Maybole, Ayrshire
- Campbell, Paul & Sons, shawl manufacturers Paisley, Renfrewshire
- Douglas & Grant Ltd, engineers and millwrights, iron and brass founders Kirkcaldy, Fife
- J Pender, calico printers and merchants Glasgow, Lanarkshire;Manchester, Lancashire
- Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Thomas Hadden, architectural metal workers Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Todd, Shortridge & Co, calico printers Vale Of Leven, Dunbartonshire
- United Turkey Red Co Ltd, dyers and printers Alexandria, Dunbartonshire
- William Wilson & Son, tartan manufacturers Bannockburn, Stirlingshire
Organisations (8)
- Balaena, barque, whaler, of Dundee
- Edinburgh University Natural History Museum Edinburgh, Midlothian
- London Scottish Ladies Golfing Association London
- National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh, Midlothian
- Princess Alice
- Scotia, whaler
- West Bow Militia Association, Edinburgh Edinburgh, Midlothian
Persons (47)
- Ashworth, James Hartley, (1874-1936), zoologist
- Bannerman, David Armitage, (1886-1979), Ornithologist
- Bather, Francis Arthur, (1863-1934), Geologist
- Blyth, Edward, (1810-1873), zoologist
- Brown, John Alexander Harvie-, (1844-1916), ornithologist
- Browne, William Alexander Francis Balfour-, (1874-1967), naturalist
- Bruce, William Speirs, (1867-1921), polar explorer and oceanographer
- Denny, Henry, (1803-1871), Entomologist
- Ellis, Arthur Erskine, (b 1902), naturalist
- Eyton, Thomas Campbell, (1809-1880), Naturalist
- Geikie, Sir Archibald, (1835-1924), Knight, geologist
- Gould, John, (1804-1881), ornithologist
- Gray, John Edward, (1800-1875), naturalist
- Greville, Robert Kaye, (1794-1866), botanist
- Jackson, Dorothy Jean, (1893-1973), entomologist
- Jardine, Sir William, (1800-1874), 7th Baronet Naturalist
- Jervise, Andrew, (1820-1878), painter and antiquary
- Johnson, Thomas, (1863-1954), Botanist
- Johnston, Francis, (1761-1829), Founder of the Royal Hibernian Academy
- Kevan, Douglas, (1896-1968), Entomologist
- Lankester, Edwin, (1814-1874), Naturalist
- Lear, Edward, (1812-1888), landscape painter and writer
- Lizars, William Home, (1788-1859), painter and engraver
- Low, George, (1746-1795), naturalist
- Macdonald, William Bell, (1807-1862), linguist
- Makdougall-Brisbane, Sir Thomas, (1773-1860), Baronet General astronomer colonial governor
- Neill, Patrick, (1776-1851), naturalist
- Rees, William James, (1913-1967), naturalist
- Riddell, Robert, (d 1794), Antiquary and Composer
- Ritchie, James, (1882-1958), naturalist and archaeologist
- Roebuck, William Denison, (1851-1919), Naturalist
- Salisbury, Albert Edward, (1876-1964), Naturalist
- Schomburgk, Sir Robert Hermann, (1804-1865), Knight, botanist
- Simpson, Isobel, (c 1876-1938), author and needlework expert
- Smith, Charles Hamilton, (1776-1859), soldier, naturalist and antiquary
- Stelfox, Arthur Wilson, (1883-1972), Architect and Botanist
- Taylor, Richard, (1781-1858), Printer and Naturalist
- Thompson, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth, (1860-1948), Knight, zoologist and classical scholar
- Tomlin, John Read Le Brockton, (1864-1954), zoologist
- Traquair, Ramsay Heatley, (1840-1912), zoologist
- Vigors, Nicholas Aylward, (1785-1840), Zoologist and MP for Carlow Borough 1832-35 and for Carlow County 1837-40.
- Waterhouse, George Robert, (1810-1888), naturalist
- Waterton, Charles, (1782-1865), naturalist
- Watson, Hewett Cottrell, (1804-1881), Botanist
- White, Adam, (1817-1878), naturalist and zoologist Edinburgh, Midlothian;Pollokshields, Lanarkshire
- Wilson, Edward Adrian, (1872-1912), naturalist and Antarctic explorer
- Yarrell, William, (1784-1856), zoologist
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (10)
- NRA 7345 WS Bruce: polar exploration and oceanographic papers
- NRA 44208 Thomas Hadden, architectural metal workers, Edinburgh link to online catalogue
- NRA 11627 Alexander Jack & Co, agricultural machinery mfrs, Maybole
- NRA 24275 Sir William Jardine, 7th Bt, naturalist: corresp and papers
- NRA 35320 National Museums of Scotland
- NRA 35316 National Museums of Scotland: MS collection
- NRA 35319 National Museums of Scotland: papers rel to Inchnadamph cave excavations
- NRA 32554 Royal Society of Edinburgh
- NRA 31570 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: MS collection
- NRA 13463 Thomas Telford: three letters to James Jardine