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The Scotsman (newspaper)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1817-.

Biography

The Scotsman newspaper was founded in 1817 as a weekly, including national and international as well as local news. In its first issue, William Ritchie and Charles Maclaren the joint editors, pledged 'impartiality, firmness and independence'. Six years later, in 1823, the newspaper was sufficiently well established to warrant twice weekly publication. The end of Newspaper Stamp Duty in 1855 saw the appearance of The Daily Scotsman alongside the weekly paper. Five years later, The Daily Scotsman became simply The Scotsman and, in 1877, the twice-weekly issue was stopped. The business was soon to support another sister publication was the appearance of The Evening Dispatch in 1886. This newspaper merged with the Evening News in 1963 when the Dispatch title was dropped.

The first office occupied by 'The Scotsman' was in the High Street, Edinburgh. By 1860, this had become inadequate and the business was transferred to premises immediately to the north in Cockburn Street, then in the course of formation. With the establishment of the 'Evening Dispatch' in 1886 these offices proved inadequate. In the 1890s, the widening and reconstruction of North Bridge enabled the proprietors to purchase the necessary extra space. The business moved to its North Bridge premises in 1905.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Published non-Rebus short stories ‘Bookfinder General', 'The Game', and 'Is This A Dagger?’., 1983-2018.

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Identifier: MS.50473
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'Bookfinder General'. Published in full, 2018, along with an interview with Rankin on the story, in ‘Index on Censorship’ magazine. Folios 1-54. (Story on folios 42-44)

'The Game', second place winner in the Sinclair/Scotsman short story competition. Published in full, 1983, in ‘The Scotsman’. 3 copies, two press cuttings and one photocopy. Folios 45-55.

'Is This A Dagger?’. Published in full, 2009, in ‘The Times Saturday Review’. Folios 56-62.

Dates: 1983-2018.

Published Rebus short stories by Ian Rankin, 'Acid Test', 'Auld Lang Syne', 'Charades', 'Father Christmas's Revenge', ‘Get Shortie’, and ‘A Good Hanging’; published in full or as extracts., 1992-2017.

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Identifier: MS.50471
Scope and Contents 'Acid Test'. Published in full, 1998, in ‘Deliberately Thirsty’. Folios 1-34. (Story on folios 23-27) Published in full, 1998, in ‘Edit Magazine’. Folios 35-52. (Story on folios 39-40) Published in full, 1998, in ‘The Scotsman WeekEnd’. Folios 53-54. 'Auld Lang Syne'. Extract published, 1992, Part One, in ‘The Evening News’. Folios 55-56.'Charades'. Published in full, 2017, in ‘Country Life’ magazine. Folios 57-59.'Father Christmas's Revenge'. Published in full,...
Dates: 1992-2017.

Published Rebus short stories by Ian Rankin, 'Not Just Another Saturday', ‘Saint Nicked', 'Tell Me Who To Kill', 'Tit for Tat', and ‘The Very Last Drop’, published in parts and in full., 1992-2010.

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Identifier: MS.50472
Scope and Contents 'Not Just Another Saturday'. Published in full, 2005, for SNIP. 2 copies, folios 1-4.‘Saint Nicked'. Part One, 2003, published in ‘Radio Times’. 2 copies, Folios 5-24. Part Two, 2003, published in ‘Radio Times’. Folios 25-102. (Story on folios 39-40)'Tell Me Who To Kill'. Published extract, 2003, in ‘Scotland on Sunday’. Folios 103-106.'Tit for Tat'. Published extract, 1992, Part One, in ‘The Evening News’. Press cutting. Folios 107-108. Published extract,...
Dates: 1992-2010.

Review, 1972, by Robert Nye of Erick Linklater, "The Voyage of the Challenger".

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Identifier: Acc.9817
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Press cutting from "The Scotsman", with a note, 1974, by Linklater.

Dates: 1972-1974

Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.

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Identifier: Acc.11812/1-208
Scope and Contents The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1624-1972.

Typescripts of two papers, ‘The Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’ and ‘The Nature of Aesthetic Experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with press cuttings of reviews of each of the meetings at which the papers were read., 1938.

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Identifier: MS.50183
Scope and Contents The paper ‘The ultimate basis of aesthetic experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, was read by Fairbairn at a meeting of the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, 29 January 1938. Fairbairn read a slightly revised version of the paper, under the title ‘The nature of aesthetic experience’, to a meeting of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, 2 March 1938. The papers formed the basis of Fairbairn’s subsequent article, published in the ‘British Journal of...
Dates: 1938.