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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

Collection

Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15

Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.

File

Identifier: F.R.341

Dates: 1819-1879.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Microfilm of Church of Scotland Missionary Archive. Part 1. Missions to India and China 1829-1933. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).

Series

Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1717-1723

Dates: 1829-1933.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Minutes of Sederunt of the Committee of Management of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons (from 1800 the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry), 15 March, 1797-9 July, 1801.

File

Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.21

Scope and Contents

Sir Walter Scott was quartermaster and secretary, and regularly attended the meetings. The minutes are in a clerk`s hand. Some letters concerning the company have been pasted in towards the end, and some concerning the manuscript at the beginning. There is a list of members at the end.

Dates: 1797-1801.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.

File

Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19

Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....

Dates: 1561, 17th century-late 19th century.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library.

File

Identifier: F.R.339e/51

Scope and Contents

The papers include the following: Binding (1848), Sale of duplicates (1823), Cataloguing of manuscripts (circa 1839), Booklists (1832-1834), Faculty's collection of coins (1840), Music (1830-1833), Engraved portraits for sale (1824), Newspapers (1831, 1877), Booklets (1832-1834).

Dates: 1824-1881.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers relating chiefly to the election of Scottish Representative Peers.

File

Identifier: MS.1026

Scope and Contents

Some letters to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville), 1783-1807, unconnected with election, possibly indicate that these are part of the Melville papers. The papers consist of minutes of elections, lists of peers and their votes, protests, excerpts from ancient records, proposals as to methods of electing, and other papers.

Dates: [?1703]-1771, 1783-1807, undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Records of the Edinburgh People's Festival.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.14155/1-42

Scope and Contents The Edinburgh People’s Festival (EPF) was founded in 2002 by Colin Fox as a ‘more accessible and inclusive cultural alternative’ to the Edinburgh International Festival. It presented a series of plays, lectures, concerts, pageants, ceilidhs, and art exhibitions in different venues around the city of Edinburgh in August and throughout the year until 2018. The EPF was established in part as a tribute to the festival of the same name organised by the Edinburgh Labour Festival Committee,...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-1954, 2003-2020.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Signet Library, "Bibliotheca Polonica", List of the Polish books presented in 1821 by Count Adam Zamoyski and others.

File

Identifier: Acc.10990

Scope and Contents

Includes copies of minutes and letters, and some borrowing notes.

Dates: circa 1821.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Volume of miscellaneous papers, mostly Scottish, many relating to ecclesiastical affairs.

Series

Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.13

Dates: 1563-1670 and undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.

Microfilm of Church of Scotland Missionary Archive. Part 1. Missions to India and China 1829-1933. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).

Minutes of Sederunt of the Committee of Management of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons (from 1800 the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry), 15 March, 1797-9 July, 1801.

Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.

Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library.

Papers relating chiefly to the election of Scottish Representative Peers.

Records of the Edinburgh People's Festival.

Signet Library, "Bibliotheca Polonica", List of the Polish books presented in 1821 by Count Adam Zamoyski and others.

Volume of miscellaneous papers, mostly Scottish, many relating to ecclesiastical affairs.

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