Archives

We look after a wide range of records from local businesses, community groups and individuals across South Lanarkshire. These collections can help you research family history, local industries, community activities or how your area has changed over time. You can view these records by booking an appointment at the Archives and Records Centre.

Business records

We hold several collections from long established local businesses, including:

• Lawrie and Symington, Agricultural Auctioneers, Lanark from 1876 to 1979
• Keith and Patrick, Solicitors, Hamilton from 1548 to 1940
• George Taylor and Co (Hamilton) Ltd, brass founders and engineers from 1924 to 1960
• William Wallace Papers, funeral directors and carriage hire, with family papers from 1912 to 1958

Community and organisation records

These collections show the wide range of local groups and community activities across South Lanarkshire:

• Rutherglen Citizens Advice Bureau from 1976 to 1993
• Kirkfieldbank and District Public Hall and Miners’ Welfare Institute from 1934 to 1950
• Jubilee Public Hall Trust, Lesmahagow from 1888 to 1951
• Lanarkshire Association of Nurses from 1897 to 1969
• Coulter Parish Library and Public Reading Room from 1838 to 1930
• Uddingston Literature Society from 1927 to 1969
• East Kilbride Horticultural Society from 1938 to 2001
• Lanarkshire Chrysanthemum, Dalia and Horticultural Society from 1948 to 2002
• Rutherglen Evangelistic Institute from1900 to 1945
• Rutherglen Funeral Society from 1858 to 1906
• Crossford Horticultural Society from 1898 to 1902
• Rutherglen Girl Guides from 1923 to 1929
• Rutherglen Hockey Club from 1902 to 1935
• Strathaven Public Hall Company Ltd from 1896 to 1905

Other collections

We also hold a number of personal and subject collections:

• Alexander W Dymock newspaper cuttings 1920s
• Maurice J Brown Papers on East Kilbride New Town development from 1946 to 1998
• title deeds collection from 1613 to 1891