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Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.
File
Identifier: F.R.341
Dates:
1819-1879.
Kennel Book, 1797-1926, compiled by James Hunter Rutherford W.S. (adm.1877), of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt. With correspondence, accounts and subscription lists, 1915-1948, of and relating to the Hunt.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13278
Scope and Contents
The main interest of this collection lies in the Kennel Book. Its author, James Hunter Rutherford, was Honorary Secretary of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt and Master of Foxhounds from1915-1926. He was the author of The History of the Linlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt, 1775-1910, Edinburgh, 1911. The Kennel Book records every hound that was part of the hunt, its name, parentage and fate.
Dates:
1797-1948
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.
Papers concerning the erection of a monument to the Gaelic poet, Rob Donn.
File
Identifier: Acc.12176
Dates:
1827-1828.
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.
Portion of the autobiography of George Miller, bookseller in Haddington and Dunbar, covering the years 1803 to 1818.
File
Identifier: MS.5409
Scope and Contents
Some leaves are missing at the beginning and end of the volume.
Inserted are some letters to George Miller, printed prospectuses, subscription sheets, etc.
Dates:
[1818, or after.]
‘Record of Subscriptions & Payments in the County of Berwick in aid of Government towards the Defence of the Country', a ledger kept by Alexander Christie of Grueldykes.
File
Identifier: MS.964
Scope and Contents
The ledger contains subscription-lists of the various parishes and copies of relevant correspondence 1798-1802, with loose letters, 1799-1803, 1810-1811.
Dates:
1798-1811.
Subscription sheets, correspondence and a programme concerning instrumental music at the Annual Riding of Linlithgow Marches.
File
Identifier: Acc.10142
Dates:
1909.
Tradesman’s letters, bills and receipts concerning an extension to the Faculty of Advocates Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.345/17
Dates:
1882-1886, undated.