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Including draft survey of Engender membership by Hope Johnston; invitaton to meeting of women's groups organised by the Scottish Office, March 1993; letter and report of the Women's Co-ordination Group; articles on feminist fundraising; Equal Opportunities Commission conference leaflet; and draft of Engender's Response to the White Paper on Scotland's Parliament, 1997.

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The file contains the Engender Development Plan; draft business plan; financial statements for the year ending 31 December 1993; Engender leaflets; and a photograph of Esther Breitenbach, Leslie Hills, and Helen Adair at an early Engender board meeting, Scottish Women's Aid, Bank Street, Edinburgh.

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The file contains assorted papers relating to Highland Regional Council and its support for and promotion of the arts.

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The contents include minutes of various dates from 1596 to 1653, with one undated (folios 1-3, 7 verso, 23 verso-26 verso), agreements between masters and servants, 1638-1659 (folios 4-7), and elections of Deacons and Boxmasters, 1673-1681 (folio 15).

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The main series of minutes, 1691-1793 (folios 11 verso-110, 114-176, 178 verso-188), is preceded and interrupted by records of entries of apprentices, 1612-1677 (folios 1 verso-7), of elections of Deacons and Boxmasters, 1679-1682 (folios 8-10), of the Mortcloth from 1737 to 1793 (folio 187), of payments into the Box, etc.

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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 title of the book borrowed is followed by the borrower's signature. On return of the book the entry was deleted.

Scope and Contents The title of the book borrowed is followed by the borrower's signature. On return of the book the entry was cancelled either by deletion, or by the addition of "Returned" or the date of return.At folio 1 verso is a note, 1808, of the trustees of the library recording new regulations to discourage borrowers from maltreating the books.A number of leaves are torn out after folio 6 and two leaves formerly loosely enclosed (folios 90-100 inverted) are tipped in after folio...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The volumes consist of manuscripts compiled by John Gray, minister of Aberlady (who bequeathed his library and a sum of money to the town of Haddington) (MSS 16446-16467), other manuscript volumes written by Gray and by others, which were certainly or possibly in his possession (MSS 16468-16478), and volumes containing records of the Gray Library 1732-1885 (MSS.16479-16482).Printed labels identifying the volumes as manuscripts were pasted to the spines of most of them apparently...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...

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Formerly of the ASW the Amalgamated Society of Carpentry and Joiners.

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The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...

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Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

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The correspondence is between James Stuart, as Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces based on Fort St George (Madras), officials of the Company, and officers of the army. It concerns the day-to-day administration of the forces under Stuart's command, general administration of the Madras Presidency, and local politics.

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The correspondence is between James Stuart, as Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces based on Fort St George (Madras), officials of the Company, and officers of the army. It concerns the day-to-day administration of the forces under Stuart's command, general administration of the Madras Presidency, and local politics.

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The correspondence is between James Stuart, as Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces based on Fort St George (Madras), officials of the Company, and officers of the army. It concerns the day-to-day administration of the forces under Stuart's command, general administration of the Madras Presidency, and local politics.