Box 23-24

Scope and Contents Journals, correspondence, and other ephemera belonging to the Elliot family of Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland from the 1830s through the 1960s, including the 2nd-5th Earls of Minto. The materials provide insight into the family’s daily life, as well as their war experiences, issues in Parliament, and connections to British Imperial rule in India and Canada. The bulk of the collection consists of 40+ diaries written by Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, the 2nd Countess of Minto (1786-1853) and...