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“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).
Dates:
17th century.
Taylor Collection: papers relating to Scottish affairs.
File
Identifier: MS.68
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Notarial copy of the proceedings in the case of the magistrates of Elgin v the Procurator of the Church of Scotland, 1713. (Folio 1.)(ii) 'Memorial concerning the opposition offered by the Bank of England to the draught of a warrant for a charter to incorporate the proprietors of the Scots Equivalent Debentures', 1719. (Folio 12.)(iii) Correspondence, 1719, of the Lord Advocate, Sir David Dalrymple, on the prosecution of the...
Dates:
1713-1790.
The Scottish Library Association (SLA) and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) Archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13656/1-129
Scope and Contents
The archive contains the minutes, correspondence, committee papers, working group papers and reports produced by the Scottish Library Association (SLA) from 1912-2005, before it became the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) in 2005. Also included are photographs from various SLA conferences, video cassette tapes and CD-ROMs produced by the AV Scot Archive which is the Scottish branch of the Library Association Audio Visual Group. The...
Dates:
1912-2006.
‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1641’, being a collection of copies of the letters & proceedings connected with the military and other operations of the Scotch in England from August 1640 to March 1641 including the whole minutes of conferences and proceedings of the English & Scotch Committees.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.6
Dates:
1640-1641.
‘True relation of our Scots proceidings betwixt the Committee at Newcastle and the Scots Comissionars at Rippone and London since the third of August 1640’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.7
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.7.41.
This is a manuscript in a contemporary hand, and containing nearly the same documents as the first part of Adv.MS.33.4.6: ‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1610’.
Dates:
1640.
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.
File
Identifier: Acc.12648
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlets on Suez Canal, many with annotations by Vetch.
Dates:
circa 1825-1855.
Two volumes of printed reports of the Edinburgh City Mission.
Series
Identifier: Dep.234
Dates:
1834-1860.
Typed verbatim report of Conference called by the Scottish National Congress, held in Glasgow.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3604
Dates:
1 December 1956.
Typed verbatim report of the meeting of the Scottish National Party held in Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3603
Dates:
16 April 1929.
Typescript copy of report, 1920, of expedition of Alexander M Kellas to ascend Kamet in the Himalayas.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9603
Scope and Contents
With presentation note and letter, 1921, to Dr Ernest L Kennaway.
Dates:
1920-1921
Typescript copy of report of Sydney Jacobs on the Glasgow Youth Action-Research project in Maryhill.
File
Identifier: Acc.7399
Scope and Contents
With a copy of a printed summary concerning the project.
Dates:
1974.
Typescript of Kirkpatrick Dobie, "Ah Freedom: a Scenario Dealing with the Murder of John Comyn in Greyfriars Monastery, Dumfries, 1306"
File
Identifier: Acc.9011
Scope and Contents
With report and press cutting.
Dates:
1983-1985.
Unpublished Scottish Office report, entitled 'Structure of Local Government', written by Gavin McCrone and Gillian Stewart.
File
Identifier: Acc.14240
Scope and Contents
Previously confidential report on the reform of Scottish local government districts and regions, produced by a committee of Scottish Office officials chaired by Gavin McCrone, head of the Scottish Development Department in the Scottish Office. With note on the report by Professor McCrone, 2021.
Dates:
1989.
Volume of printed reports, newspaper-cuttings, and other papers, 1865-1914, collected by Daniel William Kemp, in connection with the discussion of proposals for a National Library of Scotland by the Convention of Royal Burghs in 1902 and Kemp's later efforts to further the object.
File
Identifier: MS.3575
Scope and Contents
Also contains Daniel William Kemp's correspondence, 1903, 1912 (numbers 26-27, 30, 32-34, 40-41).
Dates:
1865-1914.
Volume of topographical surveys.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.13
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume (somewhat out of order) are as follows:(i) a report of a survey of Loch Broom made in July 1793 (folio 1);(ii) a report, addressed to John Rennie, of the survey of Loch Bay made in May 1793 by John Baine (folio 23) which was given in to the Highland Society; (iii) John Mackenzie`s letter, 1798, forwarding the reports (folio 53);(iv) a copy of a report by Thomas Telford to Nicholas Vansittart, then secretary of the...
Dates:
1793-1801.