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Minute books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 570 Collections and/or Records:

Minute books of the Bible Board for Scotland, and of the Standing Committee of the Board., 1838-1959.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11182/1-5
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: In the early 19th century there was much public complaint about the cost and quality of Bibles produced on both sides of the Border where the respective King's printers enjoyed monopoly rights to the printing of acts of Parliament, proclamations, the Authorised Version of the Bible, the metrical psalms, catechism, etc (in England the universities of Oxford and Cambridge also had the Bible printing privilige). When the existing Scottish patent expired in 1839, new letters patent were issued...
Dates: 1838-1959.

Minute-books of the committee of Larkhall Miners’ Association kept by the general secretary, Robert Smillie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8023-8025
Scope and Contents

The committee met weekly, but the minutes for the period 22 June 1891-24 October 1893 are missing.

Dates: 1890-1894.

Minute books of the Committee on the Equal Dividend Platform of the Free Church of Scotland., 1861-1877.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19080-19082
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1861-1877.

Minute books of the Edinburgh and District Trades Council and the Executive Committee, main series., 1859-1981.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11177/1-34
Scope and Contents

Bound uniformly in maroon buckram and arranged in chronological sequence.

Dates: 1859-1981.

Minute books of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1829-1944.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21643-21647
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society was founded in 1822 as the direct successor to the Catch Club and thereby of the Edinburgh Musical Society which began in 1728. It continued until 1950, when it became part of the Edinburgh Musical Society to which it transferred its papers and above all its valuable library, much of which had belonged to the Catch Club.

Dates: 1829-1944.

Minute books of the Edinburgh Skating Club., 1784-1966.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24641-24642
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....
Dates: 1784-1966.