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Account book, Edinburgh.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.5937
Scope and Contents

Including rent receipts for urban property.

Dates: 1828-1836.

Account of the Savoy Mission by Alexander Donaldson

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13191
Scope and Contents Copy of account of the Savoy mission, 1884, by Alexander Donaldson, together with a transcription of an autobiography of Donaldson, 1892, and other accounts of his life and work, including copies of obituaries for him, 1902.Born in Fordyce in 1838, Alexander Donaldson spent the first part of his life helping his parents run the family farm. Donaldson gave up the lease on the farm after the death of his parents, and in 1879-80 went to Aberdeen to study French. Donaldson was an...
Dates: 1884-1902.

Album of drawings of `An eight week`s tour in Scotland taken by ten Douglas`s`.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13363
Scope and Contents

Drawings made on a tour in Scotland in 1845. Places visited include Dalkieth, Edinburgh, Roslin chapel, the Trossachs, Glencoe, Tyndrum, Ballahulish, Kinlochmore, Loch Leven, Dunolly Castle, Inverary, Newbattle and Hoddam Castle.

Dates: 1845

Anonymous album of a visit to Scotland entitled `Oban, 1919`.

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Identifier: Acc.13169
Scope and Contents

This album records a visit to Scotland by three women, Winnifred, Joan and Mona in August 1919. The friends visited Oban, Dunollie, Dunstaffnage, Staffa, Glencoe and Edinburgh. The album consists of photographs and postcards with observations on their experiences.

Dates: 1919.

Burgess ticket of Edinburgh in favour of Sir Walter Scott.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9721
Scope and Contents

Given in recognition of Scott`s poetical talents.

Dates: 1813.

Carbon copy of a typescript of a journal of a Mr Baine, schoolmaster in Edinburgh.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.3611
Scope and Contents

Describing a voyage to Iceland in the "John" of Leith.

Dates: 1789.

Circa 20 manuscripts concerning Edinburgh.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.3761
Scope and Contents

Inserted in William Maitland, "History of Edinburgh" (1753).

Dates: 1562-1781.

Commonplace Book containing drawings of scenery, characters, flora and fauna and miscellanous verse.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13650
Scope and Contents

This volume contains numerous illustrations including the `Costume of the Ladies of Edinburgh, Spring 1828`, a drawing of the Water of Leith, a man in Albanian costume in southern Italy, the ruins of a Roman temple in Palmyra in Syria, together with flora and fauna. There are also verses from Shakespeare, Byrone, Washington Irving, Sir Walter Raleigh, Milton and James Thomson.

Dates: 1828-1847, undated.

Commonplace Book probably compiled by C Shaw, York.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13514
Scope and Contents

Commonplace Book consisting largely of verse, but also with drawings of a Highland scene and pipers at Farr, botanical specimens from Farr and Edinburgh, and pasted in scraps from a visit to Scotland of 1826, and later visits to Switzerland and France.

Dates: 1826-1865, undated

Copies of photographs of John Gibson, WS.

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Identifier: Acc.11889
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of the Gibson family house in George Square, Edinburgh.

Dates: circa 1850, 1875.

Copy of "Shaw's Diary for 1864" containing various accounts of William Green, bookseller, Edinburgh (who became macer to the Court of Justiciary in 1871).

 Item
Identifier: MS.8918
Scope and Contents

The accounts consist chiefly of a list of books supplied to Dundee Free Library, July-December 1869 (folios 1-7), and accounts rendered (chiefly for law books), 1869-1871 (folios 1-45 inverted).

Dates: 1869-1871.

Copy of William Maitland, "History of Edinburgh" (Edinburgh, 1753), with additional papers bound in to the book.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9932
Scope and Contents

Additional papers include:

printed proposals for the work

printed and manuscript papers concerning alterations to the text

papers concerning defamation of James Coutts and Mrs Little of Liberton.

Dates: 1753 and undated.

Diaries, letters and miscellaneous papers, 1944-1989, of and relating to John Armstrong.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13315
Scope and Contents

John Armstrong studied at the Edinburgh College of Art where he was a contemporary of Eduardo Paolozzi who is mentioned in his diaries. After leaving college he worked as an artist and displays manager, then went on to work for the DHSS, Register Generals Office and elsewhere in Edinburgh. He later ran his own business. He continued painting throughout his life and also wrote fiction inspired by his bohemian lifestyle.

Dates: 1944-1989.

Disposition and discharge to George and Elizabeth Dalglish.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7031
Scope and Contents

Concerning property in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1902, 1906.

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Drawings. Visual works. 15
Travel journals 13
Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 10
Photographs. 10
Diaries. 8
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Letters. Correspondence. 8
Manuscripts. 8
Albums. 7
Legal documents. 7
Typescripts. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 6
Notes. 6
Histories. 5
Leith. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.1667. Latitude: 55.9500. 5
Perth. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Perth and Kinross. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.4333. Latitude: 56.4000. 5
Plans (orthographic projections). 5
Account books. 4
Accounts. 4
Oban. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Argyll and Bute. Inhabited place. Longitude: -5.4667. Latitude: 56.4167. 4
Photocopies. 4
Poetry. 4
Stirling. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.9500. Latitude: 56.1167. 4
Dumbarton. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - West Dunbartonshire. County. 3
Dundee. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Dundee. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.0000. Latitude: 56.4667. 3
Lomond, Loch. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Lake. Longitude: -4.6000. Latitude: 56.0833. 3
London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000. 3
Minute books. 3
Photograph albums. 3
Politics. 3
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 3
Reports 3
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 3
Sketches 3
Speeches. Documents. 3
Aberdeen (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeen. Longitude: -2.0667. Latitude: 57.1667. 2
Booksellers and bookselling 2
Certificates 2
Commonplace books. 2
Copies. Derivative objects. 2
Correspondence. 2
Edinburgh Castle. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh - Edinburgh. Castle. Longitude: -3.2000. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
England. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -2.0000. Latitude: 53.0000. 2
Ephemera. 2
Europe. Continent. 2
Fliers. Printed matter. 2
Highland. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Region. Longitude: -5.0000. Latitude: 57.6667. 2
Instructional materials. 2
Iona. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Argyll and Bute . Island. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Katrine, Loch. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. Lake. Longitude: -4.5167. Latitude: 56.2500. 2
Labels. Identifying artifacts. 2
Lists. 2
Montrose. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Angus. Inhabited place. Longitude: -2.5000. Latitude: 56.7167. 2
Perthshire. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. Longitude: -3.1967. Latitude: 56.5833. 2
Prospectuses 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Staffa. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Argyll and Bute . Island. Longitude: -6.3333. Latitude: 56.4167. 2
Trossachs. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. General region. 2
Abbotsford House (historic house). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. 1
Administrative records. 1
Airdrie (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - North Lanarkshire. Longitude: -3.9833. Latitude: 55.8500. 1
Annual reports. 1
Arran, Island of. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - North Ayrshire. Island. Longitude: -5.2500. Latitude: 55.6000. 1
Arthur's Seat. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Hill. Longitude: -3.1667. Latitude: 55.9333. 1
Articles. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Ayr (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - South Ayrshire. Longitude: -4.6333. Latitude: 55.4667. 1
Bathgate (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - West Lothian. Longitude: -3.6333. Latitude: 55.9000. 1
Burntisland (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Fife. Longitude: -3.2333. Latitude: 56.0500. 1
Caricatures. 1
Charters 1
Commentaries. 1
Culloden Moor. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Highland. Moor(s). Longitude: -4.0833. Latitude: 57.4667. 1
Cumberland. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Cumbria. County. 1
Dalkeith. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Dalkeith. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.0667. Latitude: 55.8667. 1
Daybooks. Bookkeeping records. 1
Declarations. 1
Devon. Europe - United Kingdom - England. County. Longitude: -3.8167. Latitude: 50.7333. 1
Digital photographs. 1
Discharges. Legal Documents. 1
Drafts. Documents. 1
Dryburgh Abbey. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Ruins. Longitude: -2.6667. Latitude: 55.5667. 1
Dunbar. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - East Lothian. Inhabited place. Longitude: -2.5167. Latitude: 56.0000. 1
Dunblane. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirling. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.9833. Latitude: 56.2000. 1
East Lothian. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. Unitary Authority. Longitude: -3.0833. 1
Egypt. Africa. Former nation/state/empire. 1
Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 1
Essays. 1
First World War (1914-1918). 1
France. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 2.0000. Latitude: 46.0000. 1
Genealogies. 1
Glencoe. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Highland. Valley. Longitude: -5.0833. Latitude: 56.6667. 1
Golf. 1
Greenock. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Inverclyde. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.7500. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Hamilton. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - South Lanarkshire. inhabited place. Longitude: -4.0500. Latitude: 55.7500. 1
Handbills. 1
Hawick. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Scottish Borders. Inhabited place. Longitude: -2.7833. Latitude: 55.4167. 1
Iceland. Europe - Iceland. Island. Longitude: -18.0000. Latitude: 65.0000. 1
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Language
English 105
French 2
 
Names
Chueng-Nainby, Priscilla , Dr (academic.) 2
Maitland, William, historian and topographer, c 1693-1757 2
Paget, William, Vicar of Gatton, Surrey, fl 1793-1824 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Allan, David, painter, 1744-1796 1
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Anderson, Ada Jack, photographer, fl 1922: photographer 1
Andrew Melrose, Edinburgh, Tea Dealers and Grocers 1
Armstrong, John , Artist and Author, d. 2003 1
Bieganska, H, Uniwersytet Slaski, fl 1974 1
Blackie, John Stuart (Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Bonar, James, of East Warriston, Edinburgh, fl 1835 1
Boyd, James Robert, Principal of the Black River Literary and Religious Institute, 1804-1890 1
Bruce, Sir William, 1st Baronet, of Kinross and Balcaskie, c 1625-1710 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) 1
Cameron, Charles, first baronet, newspaper propietor, MP for Glasgow, 1841-1924: recipient 1
Campbell, Cecilia, wife of Arthur, of Catrine, Writer to the Signet, née Cleghorn, d 1906 1
Campbell, Maria Susan, daughter of Arthur, of Cleghorn, Writer to the Signet., fl 1866-1875 1
Charles II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1630-1685 1
Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland), 1952-2012 1
Chrystal, Francis M, member of the Old Edinburgh Club, d 1944 1
Church of Scotland, Foreign Missions Board 1
Cleghorn, Frances Madeline, daughter of George, of Weens, d 1870 1
Craig, Abraham, Edinburgh, fl 1835 1
Cummine, Margaret, Edinburgh, fl 1801 1
Donaldson, Alexander, Missionary 1
Edinburgh Active Citizenship Group. EACG 1
Edinburgh City Mission 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, 1867, women's suffrage society 1
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894–1972 1
Evanson, Marion, Edinburgh, fl 1733-1800 1
Fairley, John A, local historian, fl 1900-1929 1
Free Church of Scotland 1
Free Church of Scotland, Foreign Missions Committee 1
Fyfe, Christopher Hamilton, historian, 1920-2008 1
Gairdine, John, Edinburgh, property owner, fl 1591 1
Gairdine, William, son of John, Edinburgh, property owner, fl 1591: recipient 1
Geddes, Sir Patrick, Knight, sociologist, 1854-1932 1
Gibson, John, WS (adm 1819), agent of Sir Walter Scott, 1796-1877 1
Gilray, John, Edinburgh, socialist, fl 1884-1909 1
Graham, Elizabeth Susannah, author, wife of Thomas Graham of Edmond Castle, Cumbria, née Davenport 1
Graham, Thomas Henry (of Edmond Castle, Cumbria) 1
Grant, Janet, sister of John, Major, fl 1797-1798: recipient 1
Grant, John, Major, fl 1797-1798 1
Gray, Effie (teacher) 1
Hall, James, painter, 1800-1854 1
Hamilton, Janet, co-writer of "Edinburgh Nonsense", fl 1939 1
Hamilton, John, co-writer of "Edinburgh Nonsense", fl 1939 1
Hardiman, George, Lieutenant-Colonel, fl 1820-1880 1
Harvey, Ada Margaret Leech, wife of Charles Harvey, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Bristol, fl.1882-1891: author 1
Harvey, Charles Octavius (wine and spirit merchant, Bristol) 1
Henderson, Donald, Edinburgh, builder, fl 1890: recipient 1
Henry Raeburn and Co, Leith 1
Hill, David Octavius, photographer, 1802-1870 1
Howell, John, writer and inventor, 1788-1863 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
ILAB 1
Irving, Washington, American Author, 1783-1859. 1
Jacob, Julius, artist, the elder, 1811-1882 1
James II, King of Great Britain and Ireland 1
Johnson, Thomas, surveyor, fl 1778 1
Kirkland, Elisa, campaigner for women's rights, secretary of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, fl. 1881 1
Kirkwood, R, cartographer, fl 1851 1
Law, family 1
Lindsay, David Alexander Robert, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, 1900-1975 1
Lindsay, Patrick, politician, c 1686-1753 1
Lockhart, John Gibson, biographer of Scott, 1794-1854 1
Lucy Elizabeth, Bagnall (née Sherwood, daughter of Henry Sherwood of Lower Wick, Worcestershire) 1
Macdonald, Agnes Margaret, Editor of "Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary", fl 1951-1983 1
Mackintosh, family 1
Maitland, John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1616-1682 1
Masson, Emily Rosaline, campaigner for women's rights, secretary of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, fl 1881 1
McAll Mission, Paris 1
McLaren, Priscilla Bright, campaigner for women's rights, president of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage, née Bright, 1815-1906 1
McVey, William, wright burgess, fl 1729-1735: recipient 1
Meadmore, C, Cornwall, fl 1940-2000 1
Mears, Norah, Lady Mears, wife of Sir Frank C., Architect, nee Geddes, 1887-1967 1
Milton, John, poet, 1608–1674. 1
Nasmyth, Alexander, painter, 1758–1840 1
National Library of Scotland 1
National Printing and Kindred Trades Federation 1
Newington Ward Liberal Association 1
Nixon, William, cartographer, fl 1843 1
Ord, Robert, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1700-1778 1
Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo Luigi, Knight, sculptor and printmaker, 1924-2005 1
Pratt, John Scott Boyd, author of "Ancestors of Thane and Boyd Pratt", Junior, b 1892: transcriber 1
Raeburn, Sir Henry, Knight, painter, 1756-1823 1
Ramsay, Allan, Edinburgh, fl 1710: recipient 1
Richardson, Mary, Carlowrie, Kirkliston, fl.1894-1895 1
Riddell, family 1
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 1
Shakespeare, William, playwright, 1564-1616. 1
Shaw, C, York, fl.1826-1865: collector 1
Sheet Metal Workers' Union, Edinburgh Branch 1
Shillabeer, Paul, photographer, fl 1948-1973: photographer 1
Somerville, Nancy 1
St Colm's College, 1894-2010 1
St. Bernard's Ward Unionist Association 1
Thomson, James, poet, 1700-1748. 1
Todd, George (bookseller, of York.) 1
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