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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.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges and sister organisations.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6889
Dates:
1909-1967.
Papers of the National League of the Blind, Edinburgh Branch.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.123- is now Acc.4686.
Dates:
1943-1967.
Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12274
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.
Dates:
1946-1982.
Papers relating to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington with campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together during the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13614/1-4
Scope and Contents
Papers related to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington (Emeritus Professor Bacteriology, University of Aberdeen) with the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014, particularly with the campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together.
Dates:
2012-2014
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.