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Correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the Clyde Workers` Committee.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13524
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs and papers, 1913-c 1920s, relating to John W. Muir (1879-1931), trade unionist and Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill, and his involvement in the Clyde Workers’ Committee (CWC). Some of the papers also relate to his wife Catherine Fraser and to other prominent members of the CWC.

Dates: 1913-c.1920s

Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9010/1-247
Scope and Contents Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...
Dates: 1914-1985.

Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents

Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1895-1965, undated.

Diary of John Ballantyne, printer, containing entries covering the period December 1814 to July 1818.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5059
Scope and Contents

Also included are:

(i) Three of John Ballantynes' letters, 1820-1821 (tipped-in at folios 1, 16 and 19);

(ii) Minutes of a meeting, in June 1821, of Ballantynes' trustees (tipped-in at folio 22);

(iii) A letter, 1821, of Ballantynes' brother, James (tipped-in at folio 26).

On the flyleaf is a note concerning the provenance and identity of the volume.

Dates: December 1814-July 1818, 1821.

Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16

Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.7530-8022
Scope and Contents The collection contains the surviving foreign mission records to 1929 (with a few documents of the early 1930s) of the churches which in that year reunited to form the Church of Scotland, namely the (Established) Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland, the latter itself the product of the union in 1900 between the Free Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church. The bulk of the material consists of the letter-books of the conveners, secretaries, and...
Dates: 1822-1936.

Further records of the Edinburgh Booksellers' Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14473
Scope and Contents

Includes:

Annual Reports 1945-52, 1953-62.

Cash books 1884-1921, 1940-1966.

Correspondence 1967-1983.

Investment register, 1923-1958.

EBS Social Fund, 1922-1940.

Expedition to Grasmere, 1933.

Laws and regulations, 1792, 1959, 1975, 1984.

Dates: 1884-1989

Gude Cause Archive.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13293/1-240
Scope and Contents Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates: 2006-2010

`History of the Subscriptions for the Erecting of the Monument to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh compiled from the Minute Books and Vouchers of the original and Auxiliary Committees by John Castle, secretary to the Joint Committee. 1852`.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.15
Scope and Contents

At the beginning of the volume is inserted a letter of James Ballantine, glass painter and song writer to the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1865, giving an extract of John Castle`s will 1864, bequeathing the manuscript to the Advocates` Library. At the back of the volume are recorded financial statements concerning the monument. The rest of the volume is comprised of copies of reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence, 1832-1853.

Dates: 1832-1853.

Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).

 File
Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso). (ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates: 1804-1817.

Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.27
Scope and Contents It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates: 1698-1901.

Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1113
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);

‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).

Dates: 1799-1800

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Correspondence. 200
Minutes. Administrative records. 173
Administrative records. 89
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 44
Letters. Correspondence. 43
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Financial records. 41
Photographs. 39
Reports 32
Accounts. 27
Reports. 27
Notes. 25
Copies. Derivative objects. 19
Lists. 18
Memorandums. 17
Manuscripts. 16
Typescripts. 13
Programmes 12
Agendas. Administrative records. 11
Legal documents. 11
Drafts. Documents. 10
Leaflets. 10
Minute books. 10
Speeches. Documents. 9
Newsletters. Serials. 8
Pamphlets. 8
Poetry. 8
Scripts. Documents 8
Business records. 7
Diaries. 7
Posters. 7
Publications. 7
Annual reports. 6
Cashbooks. 6
Excerpts. 6
Inventories. 6
Journals. Accounts. 6
Microfilms. 6
Notebooks. 6
Printed materials. Object genre. 6
Proceedings. Reports. 6
Account books. 5
Audiocassettes. 5
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 5
Documents. 5
Letter books. 5
Publishers and publishing. 5
Articles. 4
Circulars. Fliers. 4
Estate records. 4
Histories. 4
Maps. Cartographic materials. 4
Periodicals. 4
Plans (orthographic projections). 4
Rules. Instructions 4
Booksellers and bookselling 3
Brochures. 3
Ephemera. 3
Invoices. 3
Lectures. 3
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 3
Personal papers. 3
Plays. 3
Politics. 3
Professional papers. 3
Programmes. 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Registers (lists) 3
Registers (lists). 3
Statements. 3
Subscription lists. 3
Transcripts 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Agreements. Legal instruments. 2
Architectural drawings. 2
Audiovisual materials. 2
Ciphers. Codes. 2
Circular letters. 2
Dispatches. 2
Extracts. 2
Family papers. 2
Financial statements. 2
Genealogies. 2
Instructions. Document genre. 2
Interviews. 2
Journals. Periodicals. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Ledgers. Account books. 2
Legal instruments. 2
Membership lists. 2
Memoirs. 2
Memoranda Book. 2
Menus. 2
Military records. 2
Newspapers. 2
Obituaries. 2
Petitions. 2
Photocopies. 2
Political posters. 2
Postcards. 2
Proposals. 2
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Language
English 210
Undetermined 31
Multiple languages 4
Danish 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
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Saltire Society 11
Scottish National Party 6
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 6
Scottish Labour History Society 4
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 4
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Edinburgh International Festival Society 3
Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society 3
Piobaireachd Society 3
Porteous, James A A, author of "Scotland and the South", fl 1929-1970 3
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association 3
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 3
Church of Scotland 2
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 2
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society Limited, 1879- 2
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society, 1776-1879 2
Edinburgh Film Festival 2
Farquhar, Ronald Middleton, Minister of Monigaff, 1929-1986 2
Films of Scotland Committee 2
Findhorn Foundation 2
Galliard Publishing Ltd 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
National Party of Scotland 2
National Union of Public Employees, Scottish Region 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Scottish National Dictionary Association 2
Scottish Working People's History Trust 2
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2
Wardie Bowling Club, Edinburgh 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Advisory Council for the Arts in Scotland 1
Alexander, Donald, documentary filmmaker, 1913-1993 1
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section, 1971-1992 1
Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, 1946-1971 1
Andrew Fletcher Society, Scotland, political discussion and research group 1
Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland, -1920 1
Associated Shipwrights Society, Leith Branch 1
Ayrshire Miners' Union, -1944 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 1
Bible Board, Scotland, HM Sole and Only Master Printers 1
Border Counties Co-operative Conference Association 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campaign for a Scottish Assembly (cross-party campaigning organisation) 1
Catherine McCaig's Trust 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Central Ironmoulders' Association of Scotland, 1889-1926 1
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Scotland (CILIPS) 1
Church of Scotland, Overseas Department 1
Church of Scotland, World Mission and Unity Department 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Commonwealth Writers, community of writers 1
Company of Scottish History Ltd, publisher 1
Conference of Scottish Medieval Historical Research 1
Conference of Scottish Medievalists 1
Cooper, Budge, documentary filmmaker 1
Cromarty Estate 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Còisir Dhùn Èideann 1
Democracy for Scotland, political pressure group 1
Dionysia Press, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh 1
Donaldson, Arthur William (chairman of the Scottish National Party) 1
Dortmund Tattoo 1
Drummond, John David, 17th Earl of Perth, 1907-2002: collector 1
Dunbartonshire Conservative and Unionist Association 1
Dunn, Ian Campbell, lesbian and gay rights campaigner, townplanner, 1943-1998 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish, Knight, journalist and newspaper editor, 1908-1998 1
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society 1
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society Limited 1
Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students 1
Edinburgh District Labour Party 1
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, newspaper 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society 1
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre 1
Edinburgh Playhouse Society 1
Edinburgh Printing and Kindred Trades Employers' Association 1
Edinburgh Saltire Gaelic Choir 1
Edinburgh and District Trades Council 1
Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps 1
Engender (1992-) (women's rights organisation, Scotland) 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Family Care, voluntary social work agency 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 1
Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland 1
Franco-Scottish Society, Scottish Branch 1
Green, George (Showman, cinema exhibitor) 1
Guild of Insurance Officials, Edinburgh Branch 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Heart of Midlothian Football Club 1
Highland Society of London 1
Hownam and Border Angling Club 1
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