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Papers of the Scottish National Dictionary.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9448
Dates: circa 1970 to circa 1986.

Papers of the Scottish Philharmonic Club.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9695
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes, accounts and correspondence.

Dates: 1976-1987.

Papers of the Scottish Plebiscite Society.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13546
Scope and Contents The Scottish Plebiscite Society was formed by Peter Thomson (fl.1914-1991) to press for a plebiscite on the question of a Scottish parliament. In 1949 it conducted its own plebiscite in Kirriemuir and in which 85% of the local electors participated. Thomson’s continuing activity for the cause resulted in his dismissal as sheriff of South Strathclyde in 1977. Following his dismissal, Thomson devoted his time to holding a series of privately-funded plebiscites in Scottish towns...
Dates: 1959-1991

Papers of the Sutherland Estates.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12173
Scope and Contents

Includes titles, minutes, rentals, maps and architectural drawings. Also includes Cromartie Estate correspondence, 1887-1894.

Dates: 1823-1894 and undated.

Papers of the Traverse Theatre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9285
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes, accounts, correspondence and play scripts

Dates: 1969-1985.

Papers of the Victoria League in Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13349
Scope and Contents Minutes, correspondence, newsletters and other papers of the Victoria League in Scotland (VL Scotland), 1941-2011.VL Scotland was founded with the aim of promoting friendship and hospitality for Commonwealth visitors to Scotland, focussing in particular in later years on international students. Originally founded in 1907 as the Edinburgh branch of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship based in London, VL Scotland later emerged to act as the governing body for the whole...
Dates: 1992, 2003-2011.

Papers of the Waddell School of Music, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12190
Scope and Contents

Includes programmes, photographs, personal and corporate papers, journals and related ephemera.

Dates: Late 19th century to late 20th century

Papers of William Beattie, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10019
Scope and Contents

Includes:

minutes, 1970-1971, of the Executive Committe of the Scottish Central Library

notes, circa 1970-1972, on incunables, Aldis`s catalogue, and early Scottish printers

notes, ? 1974, concerning the early copyright accession to the Advocates` Library

correspondence and papers, 1936-1976 and undated, mostly on bibliographical topics.

Dates: 1936-1976 and undated.

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.

Papers relating to 'Cencrastus' magazine.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12644/1-56

Papers relating to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington with campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together during the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13614/1-4
Scope and Contents

Papers related to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington (Emeritus Professor Bacteriology, University of Aberdeen) with the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014, particularly with the campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together.

Dates: 2012-2014

Personal and political papers of Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12917/1-134
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...
Dates: 1869-1997.

Personal and political papers of Rosemary Hall.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13491
Scope and Contents Rosemary Hall was born on 22nd April 1925 in Aberdeen. She spent her early life in Montrose where her father and uncle ran the family salmon fishing business. Hall began her schooling in Montrose. However, the outbreak of the war caused interruption and her school was evacuated to Speyside. She began her working life as a PA to a partner in a firm of accountants in Edinburgh. Although Hall gave up her job after marriage, she did not stop working; she was against nuclear power in all forms...
Dates: 1947-2010

Personal correspondence and papers of Ian C Dunn, with papers concerning gay activism and related organisations and campaign groups.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11905/1-163
Scope and Contents

Papers concerning personal interests (town planning, left-wing politics, Mansfield Place Church, Edinburgh Central Times) and gay rights activism – especially the activities of the Scottish Minorities Group, the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group and Outright Scotland.

Dates: 1961-1998, undated.

Professional and personal correspondence and papers of Sir Alastair MacTavish Dunnett, newspaper editor and businessman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9179/1-244
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning personal and business matters, including papers of several Thomson Organisation companies, and of many Scottish public bodies including the Edinburgh Festival Society, the Scottish Tourist Board and the Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

Dates: Circa 1955-1985.

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Correspondence. 200
Minutes. Administrative records. 173
Administrative records. 89
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 44
Letters. Correspondence. 43
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Financial records. 41
Photographs. 39
Reports 32
Accounts. 27
Reports. 27
Notes. 25
Copies. Derivative objects. 19
Lists. 18
Memorandums. 17
Manuscripts. 16
Typescripts. 13
Programmes 12
Agendas. Administrative records. 11
Legal documents. 11
Drafts. Documents. 10
Leaflets. 10
Minute books. 10
Speeches. Documents. 9
Newsletters. Serials. 8
Pamphlets. 8
Poetry. 8
Scripts. Documents 8
Business records. 7
Diaries. 7
Posters. 7
Publications. 7
Annual reports. 6
Cashbooks. 6
Excerpts. 6
Inventories. 6
Journals. Accounts. 6
Microfilms. 6
Notebooks. 6
Printed materials. Object genre. 6
Proceedings. Reports. 6
Account books. 5
Audiocassettes. 5
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 5
Documents. 5
Letter books. 5
Publishers and publishing. 5
Articles. 4
Circulars. Fliers. 4
Estate records. 4
Histories. 4
Maps. Cartographic materials. 4
Periodicals. 4
Plans (orthographic projections). 4
Rules. Instructions 4
Booksellers and bookselling 3
Brochures. 3
Ephemera. 3
Invoices. 3
Lectures. 3
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 3
Personal papers. 3
Plays. 3
Politics. 3
Professional papers. 3
Programmes. 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Registers (lists) 3
Registers (lists). 3
Statements. 3
Subscription lists. 3
Transcripts 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Agreements. Legal instruments. 2
Architectural drawings. 2
Audiovisual materials. 2
Ciphers. Codes. 2
Circular letters. 2
Dispatches. 2
Extracts. 2
Family papers. 2
Financial statements. 2
Genealogies. 2
Instructions. Document genre. 2
Interviews. 2
Journals. Periodicals. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Ledgers. Account books. 2
Legal instruments. 2
Membership lists. 2
Memoirs. 2
Memoranda Book. 2
Menus. 2
Military records. 2
Newspapers. 2
Obituaries. 2
Petitions. 2
Photocopies. 2
Political posters. 2
Postcards. 2
Proposals. 2
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Language
English 210
Undetermined 31
Multiple languages 4
Danish 1
Dutch; Flemish 1
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Names
Saltire Society 11
Scottish National Party 6
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 6
Scottish Labour History Society 4
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 4
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Edinburgh International Festival Society 3
Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society 3
Piobaireachd Society 3
Porteous, James A A, author of "Scotland and the South", fl 1929-1970 3
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association 3
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 3
Church of Scotland 2
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 2
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society Limited, 1879- 2
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society, 1776-1879 2
Edinburgh Film Festival 2
Farquhar, Ronald Middleton, Minister of Monigaff, 1929-1986 2
Films of Scotland Committee 2
Findhorn Foundation 2
Galliard Publishing Ltd 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
National Party of Scotland 2
National Union of Public Employees, Scottish Region 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Scottish National Dictionary Association 2
Scottish Working People's History Trust 2
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2
Wardie Bowling Club, Edinburgh 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Advisory Council for the Arts in Scotland 1
Alexander, Donald, documentary filmmaker, 1913-1993 1
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section, 1971-1992 1
Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, 1946-1971 1
Andrew Fletcher Society, Scotland, political discussion and research group 1
Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland, -1920 1
Associated Shipwrights Society, Leith Branch 1
Ayrshire Miners' Union, -1944 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 1
Bible Board, Scotland, HM Sole and Only Master Printers 1
Border Counties Co-operative Conference Association 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campaign for a Scottish Assembly (cross-party campaigning organisation) 1
Catherine McCaig's Trust 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Central Ironmoulders' Association of Scotland, 1889-1926 1
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Scotland (CILIPS) 1
Church of Scotland, Overseas Department 1
Church of Scotland, World Mission and Unity Department 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Commonwealth Writers, community of writers 1
Company of Scottish History Ltd, publisher 1
Conference of Scottish Medieval Historical Research 1
Conference of Scottish Medievalists 1
Cooper, Budge, documentary filmmaker 1
Cromarty Estate 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Còisir Dhùn Èideann 1
Democracy for Scotland, political pressure group 1
Dionysia Press, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh 1
Donaldson, Arthur William (chairman of the Scottish National Party) 1
Dortmund Tattoo 1
Drummond, John David, 17th Earl of Perth, 1907-2002: collector 1
Dunbartonshire Conservative and Unionist Association 1
Dunn, Ian Campbell, lesbian and gay rights campaigner, townplanner, 1943-1998 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish, Knight, journalist and newspaper editor, 1908-1998 1
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society 1
Edinburgh Booksellers' Society Limited 1
Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students 1
Edinburgh District Labour Party 1
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, newspaper 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society 1
Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre 1
Edinburgh Playhouse Society 1
Edinburgh Printing and Kindred Trades Employers' Association 1
Edinburgh Saltire Gaelic Choir 1
Edinburgh and District Trades Council 1
Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps 1
Engender (1992-) (women's rights organisation, Scotland) 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Family Care, voluntary social work agency 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 1
Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland 1
Franco-Scottish Society, Scottish Branch 1
Green, George (Showman, cinema exhibitor) 1
Guild of Insurance Officials, Edinburgh Branch 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Heart of Midlothian Football Club 1
Highland Society of London 1
Hownam and Border Angling Club 1
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