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Minutes and other papers of the Edinburgh branches of the Union of Communication Workers (formerly the Union of Post Office Workers).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11553
Dates:
1921-1993.
Minutes, reports and other papers of the voluntary organisation, Play in Scottish Hospitals.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11456
Dates:
1975-1997.
Minutes, with some associated administrative papers, relating to the Church of Scotland Blantyre Mission, Malawi; and works concerning the history of the mission.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9069/1-8
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1892-1947, circa 1980 and undated.
Papers, including correspondence, of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.206
Dates:
1964-1970.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates:
circa 1948-2006.
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 of the Very Reverend Harry Whitley, Doctor of Divinity.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.374-374A
Dates:
1919-1978, and undated.
Papers relating to the Edinburgh branch of the Social Democratic Party.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13662
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of agendas, minutes, newsletters and publications relating to the organisation of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Edinburgh and its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democrats Party, later known as the Liberal Democrats.
Dates:
1981-1988
Personal and political papers of Rosemary Hall.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13491
Scope and Contents
Rosemary Hall was born on 22nd April 1925 in Aberdeen. She spent her early life in Montrose where her father and uncle ran the family salmon fishing business. Hall began her schooling in Montrose. However, the outbreak of the war caused interruption and her school was evacuated to Speyside. She began her working life as a PA to a partner in a firm of accountants in Edinburgh. Although Hall gave up her job after marriage, she did not stop working; she was against nuclear power in all forms...
Dates:
1947-2010