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Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Archive of the Royal Celtic Society.
The archive of the Royal Celtic Society, founded in 1820 as the Celtic Society, and bearing its 'Royal' designation since 1873. Among the founder members were Captain William Mackenzie of Gruinard, Sir David Stewart of Garth and Sir Walter Scott, the Society's first vice president.
The archive contains minute books, financial records, membership lists, correspondence, files on the Society's history and constitution, photographs, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous matter.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Correspondence and papers of George Smith (1824-1901), publisher, and founder of the Dictionary of National Biography, and his successors as heads of the firm of Smith, Elder and Company.
The papers relate chiefly to the publication of articles in the 'Cornhill Magazine' (which George Smith founded), and of books published by the firm.
Correspondence and papers of John Addison Birkbeck; with items relating to Dundee Typographical Society, including a volume, September 1879-January 1897, of the Courier and Argus Chapel of the Dundee Typographical Society.
Containing minutes of chapel meetings, lists of members, and accounts.
Correspondence and papers of Mark Sprot of Garnkirk and his family.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning borrowers and a list of defaulters.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
Manuscripts from Blairs College Library.
Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 2. The correspondence and records of Smith, Elder and Company from the National Library of Scotland. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).
Minute-book of a lodge or trade union in Edinburgh.
The minute-book is apparently of operative house-carpenters and joiners (see folio 9), with a list of members and letters to divisions at Glasgow, London, Leith, and Dunfermline.
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Papers concerning the lands of Kermuck and Ellon, and the family of Gordon of Ellon.
Papers of Neill and Company, printers, Edinburgh.
Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Papers of the Burns Begg family, being the family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
‘Record of Subscriptions & Payments in the County of Berwick in aid of Government towards the Defence of the Country', a ledger kept by Alexander Christie of Grueldykes.
The ledger contains subscription-lists of the various parishes and copies of relevant correspondence 1798-1802, with loose letters, 1799-1803, 1810-1811.
Records of East Edinburgh Unionist Association.
Minute books, membership registers, financial records and related papers, 1921 – 2001, of the East Edinburgh Unionist Association.
Records of the Falkirk Office of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section.
Records of the Union Friendly Society, Gilcomston, Aberdeenshire.
Soldier`s pay-book of Edward Fraser, Sergeant, 3rd Bengal European Infantry.
With two letters, 1972, concerning the pay-book and a copied extract from a muster roll of 1860.