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Constitutions. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents embodying the fundamental organic law of government of a nation, state, society, or other organized body; laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs.

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Administrative and financial papers of the Scottish Council for Civil Liberties., 1971-1997.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12971/3-91
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of the Scottish Council for Civil Liberties including administrative and financial papers of the executive committee and various sub committees, local groups, annual reports and publications.

Dates: 1971-1997.

Archive of the Royal Celtic Society.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13898
Content Description

The archive of the Royal Celtic Society, founded in 1820 as the Celtic Society, and bearing its 'Royal' designation since 1873. Among the founder members were Captain William Mackenzie of Gruinard, Sir David Stewart of Garth and Sir Walter Scott, the Society's first vice president.

The archive contains minute books, financial records, membership lists, correspondence, files on the Society's history and constitution, photographs, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous matter.

Dates: 1820-1974.

Correspondence and papers of the Continental Committee of the Free Church of Scotland concerning the Women’s Jewish Missionary Association and its local branches., 1893-1899.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21391-21393
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The correspondence is with the Free Church of Scotland’s missionaries to Jews in various centres in Europe and the Middle East, with similar organisations, and with supporters in Scotland.

Dates: 1893-1899.

Files of inaugural meeting of the Gude Cause project, containing agenda, minutes, constitution and nominations., 3 June 2008.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/33-35
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates: 3 June 2008.

List of members, constitution and rules, correspondence and other papers of the SWWDA., 1940-1947.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9416/45
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.

Dates: 1940-1947.

Minutes of general meetings, councils and sub-committees of the Scottish Craft Centre., 1981-1990.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10729/1-7
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Includes papers concerning the closure of the Scottish Craft Centre, the move from Acheson House in 1990, and the proposed Scottish Craft Council, 1991.

Dates: 1981-1990.

Papers of the International PEN, also containing rules and constitution., 1984-1998.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11849/50-52
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes papers concerning international congresses held in Edinburgh in 1950 and 1997. Also containing some earlier material relating to congresses and membership.

Dates: 1984-1998.

Papers of the Library and Information Services Council (Scotland) (LISC(S))., 1979-1997.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13657/1-41
Scope and Contents

The papers include reports of committee meetings, papers and reports of working groups, conference materials, papers of LISC counterparts in Northern Ireland and Wales, and papers relating to the establishment of LISC(S)`s successor, the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).

Dates: 1979-1997.

Papers of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13657/1-71
Scope and Contents The papers include minutes, committee papers, working group papers and reports produced by the Library and Information Services Council Scotland (LISC(S)) and its successor the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC). Although the organisation dates from 1982 there are papers relating to its creation between 1979 and 1982. There are a number of papers which relate to LISC partners in Northern Ireland and Wales. There are several files which relate to the restructuring of LISC(S) into...
Dates: 1979-2011.