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Glazed ambrotype in a frame, of a family outside a house. (Ambrotype)
PTR/18/9
Ambrotype possibly of Zillah Waddy. (Ambrotype)
PTR/18/7
Ambrotype of Ann Cowan. (Ambrotype)
PTR/18/5
Daguerreotype of John James Cowan. (Daguerreotype)
PTR/18/6
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1890-1891
PTR/15
Letters, historical notes, and printed material relating to the Porter, Cowan, and Waddy families. (Manuscript)
1850-1974
PTR/17
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1889-1890
PTR/14
Historical notes. (Manuscript)
PTR/20
Transcriptions of letters of Staff Surgeon James Porter M.A.M.B. April - June 1890 (Manuscript)
1890
PTR/13/7
Transcripts of the letters of Sir James Porter, HMS HIBERNIA, October to December 1889. (Manuscript)
1889
PTR/13/4
Transcriptions of letters from Sir James Porter to Lady Porter, from HMS SCOUT, 1890. (Manuscript)
1890
PTR/13/5
Material relating to Sir James Porter's life and career between 1885 and 1894. (Manuscript)
1885-1930
PTR/13/3
Copies of Sir James Porter's letters, South Africa, 1899-1900. (Manuscript)
1899-1900
PTR/13/9
Letters from Lady Porter to Sir James Porter. (Manuscript)
1900-1901
PTR/12/8
Miscellaneous letters and press cuttings relating to the extended family. (Manuscript)
1889-1978
PTR/12/12
Letters, largely from Maggie Porter (at Inverurie) to her siblings. (Manuscript)
1896-1898
PTR/12/5
Diary, 1932, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1932
PTR/23/16
Diary, 1914, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1914
PTR/23/14
Diary, 1918, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1918
PTR/23/15
Diary, 1907, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1907
PTR/23/7
Diary, 1908, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1908
PTR/23/8
Diary, 1906, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1906
PTR/23/6
Diary, 1904, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1904
PTR/23/4
Diary, 1912, with various inserts. (Manuscript)
1912
PTR/23/12
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