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Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates:
1981-1996, 2010.
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.
Correspondence, minutes, journals and other papers concerning "Democracy for Scotland", a campaign for the reintroduction of a Scottish Parliament.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11497
Scope and Contents
The Democracy for Scotland campaign began after the Scottish referendum held in 1979 failed to achieve the number of votes required to give Scotland devolved powers. The campaign began in 1992 and went on until a further referendum was held in Scotland in 1997. The campaign was based around a vigil which was erected in Edinburgh’s Calton Hill across the road from the Scottish office. The vigil was manned by strong supporters of Scottish independence. The Democracy for Scotland campaign was a...
Dates:
1992-1997.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1895-2012.
Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9010/1-247
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...
Dates:
1914-1985.
Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.
Correspondence, typescripts and papers of Galliard Publishing.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11730
Dates:
1989-1993 and undated.
Diary of John Ballantyne, printer, containing entries covering the period December 1814 to July 1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.5059
Scope and Contents
Also included are:
(i) Three of John Ballantynes' letters, 1820-1821 (tipped-in at folios 1, 16 and 19);
(ii) Minutes of a meeting, in June 1821, of Ballantynes' trustees (tipped-in at folio 22);
(iii) A letter, 1821, of Ballantynes' brother, James (tipped-in at folio 26).
On the flyleaf is a note concerning the provenance and identity of the volume.
Dates:
December 1814-July 1818, 1821.
Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students (ECCOS) archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11199
Dates:
1919-1995.
Files of the Executive Committee and other central organisation minutes and papers of the Scottish National Party.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11987
Dates:
1964-1995.
Gude Cause Archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13293/1-240
Scope and Contents
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
2006-2010
`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.
Letters and papers of, to or concerning the Reverend William Stevenson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9200
Dates:
1858-1916.
Manuscript containing minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804) and letter book, 1816-January 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet, and father-in-law of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy).
File
Identifier: MS.20758
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Minutes, 1804-1807, of the tutors (guardians, curators) of Murdoch Maclaine of Lochbuy (succeeded 1804). As well as the record of their discussions on estate business, the minutes include copies of letters, a report, 1806, by Robert Reid, surveyor, Perth (folio 13 verso), and statement of accounts, 1806 (folio 21 verso).
(ii) Letter-book, May, 1816-January, 1817, of a lawyer named Maclean, probably Donald Maclean of Drimnin, Writer to the Signet...
Dates:
1804-1817.
Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence and other papers of Gavin Ewart, poet.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12908/1-114
Dates:
1890-1996.
Microfilm of Church of Scotland Missionary Archive. Part 1. Missions to India and China 1829-1933. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1717-1723
Dates:
1829-1933.
Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1113
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);
‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).
Dates:
1799-1800
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1006-1008
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of ‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1641’; and, church papers chiefly concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.805
Dates:
1640-1641.
Minutes, accounts, and miscellaneous papers of the Edinburgh Skating Club.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24641-24649
Scope and Contents
The Edinburgh Skating Club was clearly well-established in 1784 when the first minute book starts. Apart from a few years of inactivity the Club flourished until the early 1900's when combined figure-skating declined in popularity. It was finally dissolved in 1966. Although the Club attracted a large proportion of its members from the legal profession, the Edinburgh Skating Club was not socially exclusive and the membership lists include local noblemen, merchants, army offers and a slater....
Dates:
1784-1966, undated.
Minutes and correspondence of the Scottish Trades Union Congress and various local Trades Councils.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.121- is now Acc.4683.
Dates:
1948-1966.
Minutes and other records of the Conference of Scottish Medieval Historians.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.287
Dates:
1958-1996.
Minutes and records of the Edinburgh and District Trades Council.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11177/1-62
Scope and Contents
Minutes, annual reports and other records of the Edinburgh and District Trades Council. The main series of minutes of the Council are almost continuous from 1859, forming the earliest full series of trades council records in Scotland.The 'Minutes of Edinburgh Trades Council, 1859-1873', have been edited, with an introductory essay, by Ian MacDougall for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1968, and there is a centenary essay on the history of the Council by Hamish MacKinven...
Dates:
1859-1981.