Scope and Contents From the Series: The Edinburgh Skating Club was clearly well-established in 1784 when the first minute book starts. Apart from a few years of inactivity the Club flourished until the early 1900's when combined figure-skating declined in popularity. It was finally dissolved in 1966. Although the Club attracted a large proportion of its members from the legal profession, the Edinburgh Skating Club was not socially exclusive and the membership lists include local noblemen, merchants, army offers and a slater....

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The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

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The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

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Containing selections of verse and some prose 'contributed' by the Monks at their regular meetings was published as 'The reminscences of the Monks of St Giles', volumes I-IV.

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Minutes, accounts, correspondence and other related material for Connect and its predecessors.

Initially the organisation was the Council of Parent and Parent-Teacher Associations of Scotland, but was renamed as the Scottish Parent Teacher Council (SPTC) in 1976. It was further renamed as Connect in 2018.

The organisation promotes family engagement in education.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Formed to promote the interests of hammermen, the Incorporation's minute books contain statutes for the regulation of the crafts involved. These regulations are seen to be observed in the entries regarding the training of apprentices, admissions, and standards of goods produced. The majority of entries relate to financial matters such as fines for trading malpractices, and until the mid 16th century, to moral misdemeanours. Social functions of the Incorporation are shown in payments made to...

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Comprising:

1. two minute books, 1923-1949

2. sederunt book, 1932-1949

3. lists, 1924-1949, of officer bearers.

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The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

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Chiefly relating to links with Women's Guilds at home and centenary celebrations, but also with material relevant to the history of Women's Forrign Missions. There is also a large number of play scripts in this accession.