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Photocopies of genealogical notes concerning the Mackenzies of Kilcoy.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6282
Dates:
20th century.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10757-10765
Dates:
1854-1873.
Photocopies of volumes 17, 19 and 21 of a series of notebooks on Scottish shipping compiled by John Ingram.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10266
Dates:
circa 1970-1989
Photocopy of a leaf from an exciseman`s record book of Robert Burns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7523
Dates:
1790-1795.
Photocopy of memorandum book of David Geddes, father of Andrew Geddes, painter.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11863
Scope and Contents
Contains lists of David Geddes`s paintings, prints and books.
Dates:
1777-1793.
Pocket notebooks of William Fraser containing a variety of notes on local and family history, historical anecdotes, and notes on charters and muniment rooms.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8902-8906
Dates:
1861-1883.
Pocketbook of Sir John Werden, Diplomat and Politician.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13144
Dates:
1679-1680.
Poetry notebook, literary correspondence and papers of Tom Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11751
Dates:
1965-1995.
Poetry notebook of James K Annand.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9668
Scope and Contents
Contains drafts of Annand`s, "Songs from Carmina Burana. Translated into Scots Verse" (1978).
Dates:
circa 1978.
Poetry notebook of Maurice Lindsay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8507
Scope and Contents
Contains drafts of "A Net to Catch the Winds".
Dates:
1981.
Poetry notebooks and other papers of Robert Crawford (1877-1931).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26023-26026
Scope and Contents
Robert Crawford, who was a miner in Ayrshire and later in Stirlingshire, published three collections of poems and also wrote philosophical essays.
Dates:
1920-1931, undated.
Professional and personal papers of Ethel Bassin; including papers concerning her biography of Francis Tolmie, 'The Old Songs of Skye' (1977).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 1(1)-Box 16(2)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1863, 1908-1977, undated.
Record-book of a Craft of Scottish Skinners and Furriers.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8770
Dates:
1502-1642.
Rutherford of Edgerston papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7778
Scope and Contents
Including:
military account book, 1755-1765, for the 25th Foot
estate account book, 1767-1799, of John Rutherford of Edgerston
weather journal, 1807-1809.
Dates:
1755-1809.
Score books and photographs of the Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11270/1-18
Scope and Contents
Grange Cricket Club was formed in 1832, and takes its name from the Grange area of Edinburgh where the members first played. The club moved to its present Raeburn Place premises in 1872. Grange Cricket Club is notable as one of the oldest and most successful of Scottish cricket clubs, and also as the host of numerous international matches. In 1849, the club organised the first ‘Grand Match’ staged in Scotland when a Scotland Twenty-two faced an All England XI. Another England XI, including W...
Dates:
1864-1965.
Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21983-22014
Dates:
4th quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 20th century, undated.
Sermons and papers of John Sime with papers of the Philadelphian Society.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10493
Dates:
13th century-1859 and undated.
Sermons, lectures and correspondence of Rev Joseph Moffett, minister of Crown Court Church, Covent Garden, London, including some papers of and relating to Crown Court.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13467/1-124
Scope and Contents
The papers consist principally of his sermons, which were subsequently much worked on by his daughter, Jean Stewart, also a Church of Scotland minister. Next are papers relating to the Loan Committee of Crown Court Church, which give an insight into the financial hardship suffered by at least part of the congregation during the interwar period. There are also several correspondence files, which are illustrative of Moffett’s involvement in the community based around Crown Court Church, as...
Dates:
1867-1990s, undated.
Seven letters, 1849-1865, two notebooks, 1859, and facsimiles of three letters, 1857-1872, of David Livingstone; photograph of a letter, 1873, of Jacob Wainwright; and, letter, 1930, of Matthew Wellington.
Series
Identifier: Dep.293- is now MSS.20314-20316.
Dates:
1849-1873, 1930.
Seven notebooks and a manuscript of Morley Jamieson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8004
Scope and Contents
Containing drafts of a memoir and associated short story.
Dates:
1980.
Seven notebooks containing material concerning the life and works of Thomas Duncan, collected by James A Finlayson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9297
Dates:
1936-1944.
Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
Scope and Contents
A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.
Dates:
1946-1995, undated.
Six notebooks and three audio cassettes containing a work on J F Ferrier by George Davie.
File
Identifier: Acc.12008
Dates:
circa 1992.
Six notebooks of Honor Arundel.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10238
Scope and Contents
Notebooks contain poetry, prose and a diary.
Dates:
1939-1972.