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Papers of the Edinburgh International Festival Society Ltd, including minutes, reports, correspondence, press cuttings, photographs and programmes.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.378
Dates:
1947-1978.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)
Dates:
1900-1977, undated.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges and sister organisations.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6889
Dates:
1909-1967.
Papers of the National League of the Blind, Edinburgh Branch.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.123- is now Acc.4686.
Dates:
1943-1967.
Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12274
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.
Dates:
1946-1982.
Papers of the Scottish Far East Prisoners of War Association.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13613
Scope and Contents
Minutes, membership lists, press cuttings and photographs, 1992-2007, of the Scottish Far East Prisoners of War Association, and papers relating to `Beyond the Bamboo Screen: Scottish Prisoners of War under the Japanese`, a book compiled by Tom McGowran, OBE.The Scottish Far East Prisoners of War Association was established in the years following the end of the Second World War. The Association’s purpose was to offer practical and emotional support to survivors of wartime...
Dates:
1992-2007
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 Very Reverend Harry Whitley, Doctor of Divinity.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.374-374A
Dates:
1919-1978, and undated.
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
‘Parish rhymes, [by] V.O.B. North Berwick, 1872.' Manuscript and printed poems by Peter Macmorland, Minister of North Berwick, written or pasted in an exercise-book.
Item
Identifier: MS.1807
Scope and Contents
Also included are newspaper cuttings on various subjects and a copy of the minute passed by the Kirk Session of North Berwick on Peter Macmorland's resignation.
Dates:
1872-1873.
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
Political papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, and minutes, of Frank Yeaman, with some personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included is material relating to the early days of the Scottish National Party.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12944/1-41
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a mixture of personal (1931-1942) and political papers (1935-1985). The political papers reflect his activity as SNP candidate for East Edinburgh at the 1945 general election as well as his involvement in nationalist politics in Scotland and particularly in Edinburgh. It also contains material relating to the early days of the SNP, including organizational records of the party and an interesting group of newsletters and nationalist literature dealing with a broad...
Dates:
Circa 1930-1985.
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 National Party of Scotland, Scottish Convention, Scottish Covenant Association and Scottish National Party.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7295/1-34
Scope and Contents
Minutes, letters and papers, with miscellaneous printed political leaflets and ephemera retained with the collection, from the Edinburgh Headquarters of the Scottish National Party. Included are records of other organizations of the national movement.
Dates:
1932-1974, undated.
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.