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Photographs, by Hamish Brown, of expeditions from Braehead School, Buckhaven.
Inlcudes photograph of the Bass Rock from MV Gardyloo and related printed material.
Poems in Scots of the Reverend James Melville, minister of Kilrenny, mostly on religious themes
Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.
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.
Press cuttings, pamphlets and correspondence of Robert Duncan MacLeod.
Printed pamphlet by Sir Gilbert Elliot 2nd Baronet, Lord Minto, entitled ‘Proposals for carrying on certain Public Works in the City of Edinburgh’, [1752], with manuscript alterations and additions possibly in the hand of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet.
The proposals concern the need for certain public buildings, including those which eventually became Register House, the Signet Library, the Court of Session, and the North Bridge.
Records and papers of Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh.
Records of the Guild of Insurance Officials, Edinburgh Branch.
Records of the National Party of Scotland, Scottish Convention, Scottish Covenant Association and Scottish National Party.
Minutes, letters and papers, with miscellaneous printed political leaflets and ephemera retained with the collection, from the Edinburgh Headquarters of the Scottish National Party. Included are records of other organizations of the national movement.
Robert Burns: A volume concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet`s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club.
Contains autograph letters, engraved portraits of Burns and circa 60 engravings illustrating the poems. Includes original letter of Burns (letter 712). Pamphlet "Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns..." is inlaid into the volume.
Scrap-book containing correspondence of and related printed items concerning William Sulzer, counselor at law and sometime Governor of New York.
Scrapbook kept by William Trotter of Ballindean, chiefly during his period of office as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1825-1827.
The scrapbook contains pamphlets, circulars, and letters chiefly from public and charitable societies in Edinburgh and London.
Scrapbook of Ralph Richardson.
Concerning the South African War.
Including correspondence from his brother, Mervyn, press cuttings and pamphlets.
Socialist and left-wing pamphlets and newspaper cuttings on UK industrial relations.
Collected and arranged by Ian S Wood and used in his research.
Three letters of J K Annand to John Morris.
Concerning the printing by Main of Annand`s "Ballants frae the German" (1986).
Includes copies of four replies of Main and a copy of the booklet.
Two volumes entitled "Suez Canal Tracts", containing the manuscript of "Report on the Means of Establishing a Ship Navigation between the Mediterranean and the Red Seas", by James Vetch.
Includes pamphlets on Suez Canal, many with annotations by Vetch.
Typescript copy of a journal of a tour to Italy, made from London in 1891 by James John MacLehose, printer, Glasgow; bound with a volume of pamphlets from the library of the author.
The outward journey was made by sea to Brindisi, and the homeward by land, through Switzerland, France, and Belgium.