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Administrative records of the Bible Board for Scotland.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11182/1-41
Scope and Contents 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: 1832-1981.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

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 Church of Scotland Overseas Council, mostly concerning missions and churches in Africa and Jamaica.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9638/[A]1-23-[B]1-155
Scope and Contents

The African section of the archive of the Church of Scotland Overseas Council, 1965-75 (with some earlier material). This deposit also includes material relevant to Jamaica (1938-1966).

Dates: 1935-1977.

Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh International Festival Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11779
Scope and Contents

Includes administrative papers and photographs.

Dates: circa 1956-1998.

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.

Minutes of Sederunt of the Committee of Management of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons (from 1800 the Royal Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry), 15 March, 1797-9 July, 1801.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.2.21
Scope and Contents

Sir Walter Scott was quartermaster and secretary, and regularly attended the meetings. The minutes are in a clerk`s hand. Some letters concerning the company have been pasted in towards the end, and some concerning the manuscript at the beginning. There is a list of members at the end.

Dates: 1797-1801.

Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates: 1561, 17th century-late 19th century.

Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library.

 File
Identifier: F.R.339e/51
Scope and Contents

The papers include the following: Binding (1848), Sale of duplicates (1823), Cataloguing of manuscripts (circa 1839), Booklists (1832-1834), Faculty's collection of coins (1840), Music (1830-1833), Engraved portraits for sale (1824), Newspapers (1831, 1877), Booklets (1832-1834).

Dates: 1824-1881.

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 Reform Club.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12815
Scope and Contents

Includes membership lists.

Dates: 1924-1932.

Papers of Family Care.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11191

Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)

Papers of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13657/1-71
Scope and Contents The papers include minutes, committee papers, working group papers and reports produced by the Library and Information Services Council Scotland (LISC(S)) and its successor the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC). Although the organisation dates from 1982 there are papers relating to its creation between 1979 and 1982. There are a number of papers which relate to LISC partners in Northern Ireland and Wales. There are several files which relate to the restructuring of LISC(S) into...
Dates: 1979-2011.

Papers relating chiefly to the election of Scottish Representative Peers.

 File
Identifier: MS.1026
Scope and Contents

Some letters to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville), 1783-1807, unconnected with election, possibly indicate that these are part of the Melville papers. The papers consist of minutes of elections, lists of peers and their votes, protests, excerpts from ancient records, proposals as to methods of electing, and other papers.

Dates: [?1703]-1771, 1783-1807, undated.

Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.251
Scope and Contents

Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.

Dates: 1648-20th century.

Records of the Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13348
Scope and Contents

Records, 1949 - 2011, of the Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps, comprising correspondence, agendas and minutes of committee meetings and annual general meetings, ephemera, photographs and two floppy disks.

Dates: 1949 - 2011.

Records of the Edinburgh People's Festival.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14155/1-42
Scope and Contents The Edinburgh People’s Festival (EPF) was founded in 2002 by Colin Fox as a ‘more accessible and inclusive cultural alternative’ to the Edinburgh International Festival. It presented a series of plays, lectures, concerts, pageants, ceilidhs, and art exhibitions in different venues around the city of Edinburgh in August and throughout the year until 2018. The EPF was established in part as a tribute to the festival of the same name organised by the Edinburgh Labour Festival Committee,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1949-1954, 2003-2020.

Records of the Royal Highland Yacht Club

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14054/1-8
Content Description

Minutes, correspondence, lists of members, newsletters and journals.

Dates: 1970-2021.

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Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section, 1971-1992 1
Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, 1946-1971 1
Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland, -1920 1
Bible Board, Scotland, HM Sole and Only Master Printers 1
Central Ironmoulders' Association of Scotland, 1889-1926 1