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Business records, 1694-1943, of J and G Cox, Ltd., glue manufacturers, Gorgie, Edinburgh; with miscellaneous papers, 16th century-19th century, of the Cox family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4944/1-54
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1550-1603, 1694-1943, undated.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
Catalogues, inventories, order books, correspondence and other business records of William Brown, booksellers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7926/1-61
Dates:
1581-1961.
Correspondence and research papers of the Seanachaidh (historian) of the Clan Mackay Society with some records of the organisation
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11994
Dates:
circa 1887-2000.
Correspondence, notes, literary papers and other papers of the Cunninghame Graham family, mostly of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham; and financial and administrative papers relating to Gartmore and Ardoch.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11335/1-227
Dates:
1757-1991.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654
Dates:
1907-1964, undated.
Diaries, albums and photographs of the Campbell, Login and Maitland Mackgill Crichton familes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12549
Dates:
circa 1803-1965.
Douglas of Cavers papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7488
Scope and Contents
1. Scrapbook inscribed `James Malcolm Palmer Douglas. This book started by his father and continued by his mother, 1948`, with pasted in letters, household accounts and bills for garden seeds, genealogical charts, invitations, menu cards, press cuttings and photographs, 1712-1948, undated.2. Plan of the Cavers Estate the property of James Douglas Esq., 19th century.3. Plan of the Cavers Estate, 19th century.4. Cavers Estate Woods, record of plantations,...
Dates:
18th century to 20th century.
Further papers of George Anderson and family.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14123
Scope and Contents
Photographic negatives and ledger book of George Anderson, Scottish emigrant and sheep farmer.
Dates:
1880-1924.
Further papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14268/1-42
Scope and Contents
Comprising Lord Macmillan's commonplace books with notes on his scholarly and personal reading; papers on his professional service and appointments, including a collection of press cuttings documenting his career; and fragments of correspondence and literary drafts, with photographs and family ephemera.
Dates:
1887-1952.
Letter of Siegfried Sassoon to Alice V. Stuart.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13350
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1961, of Siegried Sassoon to Alice V. Stuart concerning his collection `Paths to Peace` (Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1960), with A. V. Stuart`s copy of the book (number 152 of a limited edition of 500); with a photograph of John Masefield, signed and dedicated to A. V. Stuart.
Dates:
1961.
Microfilm of photographs of the leaves of the Glenquoich visitors' book containing the names of friends and relatives who visited the Ellices' estates at Invergarry during the late summer and autumn of each year from 1846 to 1863.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.568 (formerly Mf.MSS.13)
Dates:
1846-1863.
Music books containing fiddle music written by William McKinley, with a quantity of loose sheets of music and accompanying material.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22137-22141
Dates:
19th century-1943.
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22075
Dates:
1871-1926, undated.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-1988, undated.
Papers and photographs of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st viscount Haldane, and of the Haldane family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13595
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographs, 1858-1937 and undated, relating to Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928), politician, lawyer and philosopher, and to the Haldane of Cloan family.
Dates:
1858-1937
Papers concerning the lands of Kermuck and Ellon, and the family of Gordon of Ellon.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.274-is now Acc.12804
Dates:
1495-1959.
Papers of and concerning Lex McLean, mostly relating to his career in entertainment.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13700/1-19
Dates:
Circa 1940-1980.
Papers of and relating to Mary Slessor, missionary.
File
Identifier: Acc.13297
Scope and Contents
Papers of Mary Slessor, missionary, including her court record book, 1905-1906, compiled during her vice-presidency over the Ikot Obong native court, a copy of a letter, 1914, and a small number of photographs, undated.
Dates:
1905-1906, 1914.
Papers of Callum Macdonald.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.
Dates:
1953-1986.
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
17th century-1972.
Papers of Neill and Company, printers, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.196
Dates:
1641-20th century.
Papers of the Burns Begg family, being the family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.328- is now Acc.13138.
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Papers of the Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13352
Scope and Contents
Minutes, newsletters, writings and publicity material of the Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland), 1958-2012.Founded in 1952 by Alan Murray, the Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland) was an ecumenical organisation established with the purpose of promoting the healing ministry within churches and encouraging engagement with the medical profession. To further these aims, a centre was established in Edinburgh where visitors could come for prayer, listening and healing....
Dates:
1958-2012.
Papers of the Haddington Burns Club.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9896
Scope and Contents
Includes minute books, programmes and photographs.
Dates:
1888-1989.