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Dr Irvine trained as a surgeon at Aberdeen before seeing wartime service in Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1917-1919. In 1919, he was appointed medical missionary to the new Church of Scotland mission to Chogoria. He took up his post in 1922 and remained at Chogoria until his retirement in 1961. He was ordained in 1933 and died in Nairobi in 1974.

The photographs, films and papers represent Dr Irvine's working and family life.

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The papers concern:

(i) The Coupar of Gogar Baronetcy case, 1773-1775 (folio 1);

(ii) The affairs of Sir George Colebrooke, 1784-1785 (folio 95);

(iii) Miscellaneous political and personal matters, 1727-1797 (folio 159);

(iv) Peter Stuart, a Scots soldier in the service of the King of France, 1747-1779 (folio 285);

(v) The Glasgow Dearth, 1800 (folio 304).

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...

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Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

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MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

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MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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The notebooks include details of drafts on Coutts and Company, Royal Bank of Scotland, British Linen Bank, Jedburgh, and other banks, and expenses of continental journeys and residences.

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Notebook annotated 'Ian's Book', and 'This book belongs to Ian Rankin the writer. It is his Big Book of Ideas, so no peeking’.

Notebook contains notes on story ideas, novel ideas, Rebus ideas, and personal notes.

The notebook contains several blank leaves at the end which are not foliated.