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Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11193
Scope and Contents
Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.
Dates:
circa 1822-1995.
Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8542/1-61
Dates:
1907-1978.
Pìobaireachd music manuscripts and press cuttings
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Identifier: Acc.13535
Scope and Contents
Contains sheet music of bagpipe tunes, and press cuttings of information concerning pìobaireachd and the history of the bagpipe, as well as information and photographs of individual pipers. The compiler, John Alexander Cameron, was a publican in Inverness, and there is a slight Inverness emphasis in the items collected. Arranged in folders as follows:Acc.13535/1: manuscript scores, some printed, of bagpipe tunes. Including "Lament for Lieut Ian B. MacLeod of MacLeod; killed in...
Dates:
1896-1952
Playscripts of Andrew Dallmeyer, with related papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13942
Dates:
circa 1970-2017.
Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13476/1-319
Scope and Contents
John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1929-1978) was a political scientist, professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and a Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian (1966-1974, 1974-1978). He was pro-Europeist and pro-devolutionist and campaigned in favour of a yes vote during the 1979 Referendum on a Scottish Aseembly.The material consists of the personal and academic papers detailing Mackintosh’s political and academic career. The papers document his many academic ventures including his...
Dates:
1927-1978, undated.
Political and personal correspondence and papers of Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, including some papers of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11884/1-359
Scope and Contents
These papers provide a very full and extensive record of the political and public career of Lady Tweedsmuir, particularly of Scottish politics from 1945 to 1974, and of foreign policy in the early 1970s in her areas of responsibility as Minister of State, for example, the 'Cod War' dispute with Iceland. Business papers include some relating to her directorship of the transatlantic Cunard Line, and the construction and launching of RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’. Some papers of Lord Tweedsmuir,...
Dates:
Circa 1911-circa 1998.
Political correspondence of Lord James Douglas Hamilton, mainly as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West, 1974-1997, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians, 1999-2007.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.252
Dates:
1972-2010.
Political papers and newscuttings of Tam Dalyell concerning Scottish devolution.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12918
Dates:
1965-1989.
Political papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, and minutes, of Frank Yeaman, with some personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included is material relating to the early days of the Scottish National Party.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12944/1-41
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a mixture of personal (1931-1942) and political papers (1935-1985). The political papers reflect his activity as SNP candidate for East Edinburgh at the 1945 general election as well as his involvement in nationalist politics in Scotland and particularly in Edinburgh. It also contains material relating to the early days of the SNP, including organizational records of the party and an interesting group of newsletters and nationalist literature dealing with a broad...
Dates:
Circa 1930-1985.
Political papers of Sam Ghibaldan.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13669
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sam Ghibaldan chiefly relating to the Liberal Democrats in Westminster (1995-1997), including the Cook-Maclennan talks which led to the Blair government’s constitutional reform agenda; ‘Make Votes Count’, which was the pro-AV+ campaign in the electoral reform referendum that Blair’s government ultimately failed to hold; and the two Scottish coalitions (1999-2007).
Dates:
1996-2007
Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, photographs and proofs of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13681
Scope and Contents
1). Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, press-cuttings and proofs, 1896-ca.1960, undated.i. Postcards, 1896-1903, undated.ii. Christmas card, early 20th century.iii. Typescript verse of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, undated.iv. Press-cuttings, 1949, undated.v. Proofs, 1956, of `Literary Landmarks of Scotland`, articles by Isobel Wylie Hutchison for the `National Geographic` magazine.2. Photographs, ca.1900-1962,...
Dates:
1896-1962, undated.
Prayers, sermons, addresses and lectures of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8095/1-40
Dates:
1924-1976, undated.
Press cuttings and letters to Herbert B Mackintosh concerning his "Pilgrimage in Moray".
File
Identifier: Acc.10183
Dates:
1924.
Press cuttings and typescripts, with manuscript corrections, of articles of Seton Gordon.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7018
Scope and Contents
Mostly on Scottish birds.
Dates:
1908-1912 and undated.
Press cuttings archive, 2001-2009, of Edinburgh International Film Festival; with some earlier 'Press Digests', 1950-1978.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13442/1-102
Scope and Contents
Some are original newspaper cuttings, others are photocopies, or copies supplied by a press agency.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950-1978, 2001-2009.
Press cuttings concerning the National Library of Scotland site controversy.
File
Identifier: Acc.9910
Dates:
1931.
Press cuttings of reviews of published works of Seton Gordon.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7019
Dates:
1929-1937.
Press cuttings, pamphlets and correspondence of Robert Duncan MacLeod.
File
Identifier: Acc.11874
Dates:
1932-1933.
Prices of different sorts of grain in the counties of Berwick, Clackmannan, Edinburgh, Fife and Stirling, printed and manuscript, with newspaper-cuttings regarding court cases.
File
Identifier: MS.2261
Dates:
1794-1856.
Publicity Material for ABC Cinema, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Fonds
Identifier: MI.5/9
Dates:
1888-1983
Records compiled by Neil Stewart (died 3 May 1888), of draughts games played in matches between experts and of original play by the compiler.
Series
Identifier: MSS.649-650
Dates:
1847-1885.