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Correspondence and financial and administrative papers of the Sligo and Smith-Sligo family of Inzievar.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8287/1-272
Dates:
1685-1968.
Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents
The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.
Dates:
1796-1991, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.11001-13496
Scope and Contents
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
17th century-20th century.
Correspondence and papers of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.142- is now Acc.4850.
Dates:
1963-1969.
Correspondence, financial and administrative papers of the Dunbartonshire Conservative and Unionist Association, predecessor bodies and related local clubs and associations.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12264/1-43
Dates:
1889-1997, undated.
Correspondence, minutes and other papers of the Scottish Plebiscite Appeal Fund.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11373
Dates:
1961-1964.
Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students (ECCOS) archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11199
Dates:
1919-1995.
Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16
Dates:
1509-19th century.
Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.7530-8022
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the surviving foreign mission records to 1929 (with a few documents of the early 1930s) of the churches which in that year reunited to form the Church of Scotland, namely the (Established) Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland, the latter itself the product of the union in 1900 between the Free Church of Scotland and the United Presbyterian Church. The bulk of the material consists of the letter-books of the conveners, secretaries, and...
Dates:
1822-1936.
`History of the Subscriptions for the Erecting of the Monument to the Memory of Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh compiled from the Minute Books and Vouchers of the original and Auxiliary Committees by John Castle, secretary to the Joint Committee. 1852`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.15
Scope and Contents
At the beginning of the volume is inserted a letter of James Ballantine, glass painter and song writer to the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1865, giving an extract of John Castle`s will 1864, bequeathing the manuscript to the Advocates` Library. At the back of the volume are recorded financial statements concerning the monument. The rest of the volume is comprised of copies of reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence, 1832-1853.
Dates:
1832-1853.
Minutes, correspondence and other papers of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, mainly records of the Scottish Liberal Party.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11765/1-110
Scope and Contents
Minute books and other papers from the Edinburgh headquarters office of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, consisting mainly of older records of the Scottish Liberal Party prior to its union with the Social Democratic Party and the creation of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and including records of the Scottish Liberal Club and the Scottish Reform Club.
Dates:
1855-1987, undated.
Papers and correspondence of the North Berwick Golf Club, 1833-1988, and of the New Club North Berwick, 1879-1962.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11578
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, financial records and registers.
Dates:
1833-1988.
Papers and correspondence of the Scottish Working People`s History Trust.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12066
Dates:
circa 1995-1997.
Papers, including correspondence, of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.206
Dates:
1964-1970.
Papers of Scottish PEN Centre.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11849/1-80
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning international congresses held in Edinburgh in 1950 and 1997. Also containing some earlier material relating to congresses and membership.
Dates:
1981-1996.
Papers of the Edinburgh Branch of the Scottish Slaters` Section of the Transport and General Workers` Union.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12076
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, correspondence, financial records and printed material.
Dates:
1858-1977.
Papers of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21580-21668
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1887-1982.
Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-1924.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)
Dates:
1900-1977, undated.
Papers of the Reverend Ronald Middleton Farquhar, Minister of Monigaff in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, relating to parish, presbytery and other local affairs.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.335
Dates:
1957-1981.