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Papers of Family Care.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11191

Papers of George Chalmers, consisting of lists of and references to manuscripts and documents relating to Scotland held in various libraries, mostly in London.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.22
Scope and Contents

Most of the papers are written in other hands: all are undated, but some of the leaves have watermarks of 1799-1801 and 1809. A letter to Chalmers dated 1812 is at folio 18.

Dates: ?1799-?1812.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.21.1.1-21.1.12

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24
Scope and Contents Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...
Dates: 1567-1596, and undated.

Papers of Robert Herdman.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4541
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. photocopy of "Picture Book", 1870-1887, recording pictures painted by Herdman

2. notes of Herdman, on Thomas Carlyle, made while painting his portrait

3. correspondence of R Duddingstone Herdman, 1897, concerning the mounting of an exhibition.

Dates: 1870-1897.

Papers of Scottish interest, collected by R R Gove-Brown-Henderson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4378
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. letter, 1833, of Sir John Sinclair, on shell marle as manure2. rental, 1782, of the estate of Wattin, Caithness3. printed price list and two invoices, 1849, of Peter Lawson and Son4. list, 19th century, of seeds5. copy (in the hand of the donor) of letter, 1821, of William Stewart, on a new road in Caithness6. printed programme, 1887, of the Royal Naval Review at Spithead7. note book, late 17th...
Dates: late 17th century to 19th century.

Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.2.11-81.2.38
Scope and Contents

The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.

Dates: 1852-1900.

Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.3.26-23.3.30
Scope and Contents The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...
Dates: 1639-1789.

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.

Papers relating to sedition, formerly part of the papers of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.

 File
Identifier: MS.3011
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Notes of the speeches and opinions of the Court at the trial of Charles Sinclair for sedition at Edinburgh, 1794; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 778 (folio i);(ii) Memorandum for Dundas on the trial of Thomas Muir for sedition at Edinburgh, 1793; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 118 (folio 49);(iii) List of papers on treasonable...
Dates: 1793-1799.

Papers relating to the military service of Lieutenant Walter R Cuthbert, RFA, in Mesopotamia and India.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12808
Scope and Contents

Includes a list of photographs taken in Mesopotamia, papers connected with Cuthbert`s post-war claims for arrears of pay and allowances, a receipt from British Empire Union and copies of sketches by Mrs Cuthbert (Wendy Wood) made during her husband`s RFA training.

Dates: 1918-1919.

Photocopies of transcripts, 1849-1894, of "Mundell Family Extracts from Loch Broom and Ullapool Parish Kirk Session Records"

 File
Identifier: Acc.10874
Scope and Contents

With copies of related letters, 1975, of James R Matheson.

Dates: 1849-1894 and 1975.

Photocopy of a letter of Thomas Ruddiman to Bishop Archibald Campbell.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8057
Scope and Contents

Ruddiman explains why the Advocates` Library cannot buy his books and coins. With a list of the books which are not in the Advocates` Library.

Dates: 1738.

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.

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Lists. 134
Letters. Correspondence. 109
Correspondence. 68
Notes. 50
Copies. Derivative objects. 39
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Manuscripts. 37
Poetry. 27
Minutes. Administrative records. 23
Accounts. 21
Drafts. Documents. 20
Reports. 19
Financial records. 16
Photographs. 16
Speeches. Documents. 15
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 14
Registers (lists). 14
Excerpts. 13
Histories. 13
Memorandums. 13
Microfilms. 13
Printed materials. Object genre. 12
Registers (lists) 12
Inventories. 11
Legal documents. 11
Notebooks. 11
Typescripts. 11
Account books. 10
Documents. 10
Genealogies. 10
Catalogues. 9
Subscription lists. 9
Petitions. 8
Transcripts 8
Administrative records. 7
Charters 7
Declarations. 7
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 7
Membership lists. 7
Receipts. Financial records. 7
Translations. Documents. 7
Diaries. 6
Instructions. Document genre. 6
Memorials. Legal documents. 6
Minute books. 6
Photocopies. 6
Transcripts. 6
Biographies. 5
Fragments. 5
Indexes. Reference sources. 5
Lectures. 5
Orders. Records (documents). 5
Reports 5
Sermons 5
Songs. Musical compositions. 5
Abstracts. Summaries. 4
Invoices. 4
Letter books. 4
Programmes 4
Publications. 4
Sketches 4
Warrants. Permissions. 4
Autobiographies. 3
Charters. 3
Commissions. Permissions. 3
Deeds. Legal documents. 3
Discharges. Legal Documents. 3
Extracts. 3
Ledgers. Account books. 3
Memoirs. 3
Memorandums. Legal documents. 3
Menus. 3
Minutes. Legal documents. 3
Portraits. 3
Postcards. 3
Proclamations 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Prospectuses 3
Receipts. Financial records 3
Sketches. 3
Summaries. 3
Testimonials. 3
Treatises. 3
Wills. 3
Abridgements. Versions of documents. 2
Agreements. Legal instruments. 2
Articles. 2
Bankbooks. 2
Bibliographies. 2
Book industries and trade 2
Bulls. Papal records. 2
Business records. 2
Calculations. 2
Caricatures. 2
Charges. Legal instruments. 2
Coats of arms. devices (symbols). 2
Constitutions. Legal documents. 2
Contracts. Agreements. 2
Decisions. Judicial records. 2
Decrees 2
Depositions. Testimonies. 2
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Language
English 90
Undetermined 72
Latin 7
Multiple languages 6
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
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Names
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Aitken, Jane Carlyle, sister of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, née Carlyle, 1810-1888 1
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section, 1971-1992 1
Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, 1946-1971 1
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Anderson, David, Staff Surgeon, ? 1821-1854 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland, -1920 1
Beecher, Charles (minister, composer and author) 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Bible Board, Scotland, HM Sole and Only Master Printers 1
Birkbeck, John Addison, printer and bibliographer, d 1971 1
Braidwood, James, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1834-1875 1
Brodie, William, sculptor, 1815-1881: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Campbell, Archibald, Bishop of Aberdeen, d 1744 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885 1
Caskie, Donald Currie, Minister of the Scots Kirk, Paris, 1902-1983 1
Central Ironmoulders' Association of Scotland, 1889-1926 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Chelsea Reel Club 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland Overseas, Continent of Europe - France - Paris 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Church of Scotland, Overseas Department 1
Church of Scotland, World Mission and Unity Department 1
Clark, Robert (printer, Edinburgh) 1
Conference of Scottish Medieval Historical Research 1
Conference of Scottish Medievalists 1
Cuthbert, Walter Robertson, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, husband of Gwendoline Emily Meacham, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1887-1970 1
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 1
Dares Phrygius 1
Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh 1
Donn, Rob, poet, 1714-1778 1
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 1
Dundee Courier and Argus Chapel 1
Dundee Typographical Society 1
East Edinburgh Unionist Association 1
Edinburgh International Festival Society 1
Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps 1
Educational Institue of Scotland, Henderson Memorial Library of Books on America 1
Edwards, Joseph, Editor of "Labour Annual", fl 1893-1904: recipient 1
Fabian Society, think-tank 1
Faculty of Advocates, Library, Edinburgh 1
Family Care, voluntary social work agency 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Foss, Hugh Rose, 1902-1971 1
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 1
Fraser, Edward, Sergeant, 3rd Bengal European Infantry, fl 1855-1860 1
Geoffrey of Monmouth (Bishop of St Asaph and chronicler) 1
Gordon, family, of Ellon 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Hassall, Joan, artist and wood-engraver, 1906-1988 1
Henderson, R R Gore-Brown-, Balerno, fl 1967: collector 1
Herdman, Robert Duddingstone, painter, 1863-1922 1
Herdman, Robert, painter, 1828-1888 1
Hopkinson, Cecil, music bibliographer and bookseller, 1898-1977 1
Innes, Cosmo, antiquary, 1798-1874 1
Ironfounding Workers' Association, 1926-1946 1
Jarvie, Gordon, writer and editor, b.1941. 1
Johnston, William Thompson, antiquarian, b 1934 1
Library and Information Services Council (Scotland) (LISC(S)) 1
Lillie, Robert Alexander, art collector, fl 1907-1977 1
Lindesay, Robert, of Pitscottie, historian, c 1532-c 1586 1
Linlinlithgow and Stirlingshire Hunt 1
Lockhart, Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce, Knight, diplomatist, 1887-1970 1
MacNicol, Donald, Minister of Lismore, 1735-1802 1
MacNicol, Dugald, 1791-1844 (Gaelic poet and song collector) 1
Mackinnon, John, Sergeant, 93rd Highlanders, fl 1807-1849 1
Mackinnon, Roderick, Lieutenant, North Carolina Highlanders, d c 1807 1
Marine Temperance Society of New York 1
Mark and Charles Kerr, King's Printers for Scotland 1
McGregor, family 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mossman, Robert Cockburn, meteorologist, 1870-1940 1
Mundell, family 1
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 1
Napier, G W, correspondent of James Braidwood, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1875: recipient 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Library of Scotland 1
National Union of Foundry Workers, 1920-1946 1
Neill and Co Ltd, Edinburgh, printers 1
New Club, North Berwick, golf club 1
North Berwick Golf Club 1
Parker, Agnes Miller, wood engraver and book illustrator, 1895-1980 1
Peter Lawson and Son, Edinburgh, seed merchants 1
Pseudo-Aristotle 1
Rasdall, Ernest, correspondent of Agnes Miller Parker, wood engraver and book illustrator, fl 1961-1962: recipient 1
Richmond, Sir John Ritchie, Knight, Honorary President of Glasgow School of Art, 1869-1963 1
Royal Celtic Society 1
Royal Highland Yacht Club, 1881- 1
Royal Naval Review, 1887, Spithead 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1
Ruddiman, Thomas, Librarian of the Advocates' Library, 1674-1757 1
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 1
Salisbury, Bishop of 1
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