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Administrative records of the Bible Board for Scotland.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11182/1-41
Scope and Contents In the early 19th century there was much public complaint about the cost and quality of Bibles produced on both sides of the Border where the respective King's printers enjoyed monopoly rights to the printing of acts of Parliament, proclamations, the Authorised Version of the Bible, the metrical psalms, catechism, etc (in England the universities of Oxford and Cambridge also had the Bible printing privilige). When the existing Scottish patent expired in 1839, new letters patent were issued...
Dates: 1832-1981.

Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10893/1-451
Scope and Contents

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1972-1991.

Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents

The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.

 File
Identifier: MS.6135
Scope and Contents The items are also closely associated with William Maitland of Lethington, and are chiefly concerned with the diplomatic negotiations of the period with England and France; they are apparently unpublished. Where no exact date is given on the document, the letters have been dated from internal evidence.The contents are as follows.(i) Copy letter, [end of February 1563], of William Maitland of Lethington to François, Duc de Guise, reporting the course of his...
Dates: [1562]-1563, [1568].

Correspondence and papers of Charles Stuart, then a member of the Bengal Council, and later a professor of Oriental Languages at the East India College, Haileybury.

 File
Identifier: MS.9368
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of private letters from Charles Stuart to Henry Dundas, lst Viscount Melville, and to his friend William Dundas, the latter's nephew, with extensive enclosures, largely minutes and reports by Stuart, and copies of official correspondence and dispatches. The private correspondence contains particular detail on fiscal policies and the internal politics of the Bengal administration.

Dates: 1784-1792.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Alastair M Dunnett.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10464
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Lord Thomson of Fleet, the directors of the Thomson Organisation, Armand Hammer and Presidents of Ocidental Petroleum.

With minutes and papers of the Publicity, Environment and Planning Committee of the Occidental North Sea Consortium.

Dates: 1977-1987.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: 1796-1991, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning donations and purchases.

 File
Identifier: F.R.339e/49
Scope and Contents

Includes the inventory of John Campbell of Islay collection.

Dates: 1828-1861.

Correspondence and papers sent by William Ross, a former Madras civil servant, Sir George Ramsay, Baronet, of Bamff, and Lieutenant (later Major-General) William Blackburne, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.

 File
Identifier: MS.9369
Scope and Contents

The correspondence, which includes extensive memoranda and minutes, deals in considerable detail with the policies of the East India Company's Madras government towards the Raja of Tanjore, the question of the Tanjore and Arcot debts, and dynastic disputes in the royal house.

An original letter, with translation, of the Raja of Tanjore to Dundas (folios 123-137), is included in the Blackburne correspondence.

Dates: 1786-1801.

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Correspondence. 133
Letters. Correspondence. 40
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 33
Photographs. 30
Reports 30
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Administrative records. 27
Financial records. 27
Accounts. 24
Reports. 23
Notes. 21
Copies. Derivative objects. 16
Lists. 16
Memorandums. 16
Drafts. Documents. 10
Manuscripts. 9
Programmes 9
Speeches. Documents. 9
Leaflets. 8
Typescripts. 8
Newsletters. Serials. 7
Pamphlets. 7
Publications. 7
Agendas. Administrative records. 6
Annual reports. 6
Business records. 6
Printed materials. Object genre. 6
Documents. 5
Excerpts. 5
Inventories. 5
Microfilms. 5
Posters. 5
Proceedings. Reports. 5
Scripts. Documents 5
Audiocassettes. 4
Diaries. 4
Legal documents. 4
Notebooks. 4
Rules. Instructions 4
Account books. 3
Cashbooks. 3
Circulars. Fliers. 3
Ephemera. 3
Invoices. 3
Journals. Accounts. 3
Lectures. 3
Letter books. 3
Periodicals. 3
Plans (orthographic projections). 3
Poetry. 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Statements. 3
Subscription lists. 3
Agreements. Legal instruments. 2
Architectural drawings. 2
Articles. 2
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 2
Audiovisual materials. 2
Brochures. 2
Ciphers. Codes. 2
Circular letters. 2
Dispatches. 2
Extracts. 2
Financial statements. 2
Histories. 2
Instructions. Document genre. 2
Interviews. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Membership lists. 2
Memoirs. 2
Memoranda Book. 2
Menus. 2
Minute books. 2
Newspapers. 2
Obituaries. 2
Photocopies. 2
Politics. 2
Postcards. 2
Proposals. 2
Publishers and publishing. 2
Registers (lists) 2
Registers (lists). 2
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 2
Sermons 2
Synopses. 2
Transcripts 2
Translations. Documents. 2
Treatises. 2
Videocassettes. 2
Visitors' books. 2
Warrants. Permissions. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Advertisements. 1
Albums. 1
Annotations. 1
Antimilitarism 1
Antinuclear movement 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
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Language
English 148
Undetermined 23
Multiple languages 3
Danish 1
French 1
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Names
Saltire Society 6
Scottish National Party 5
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 5
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 4
Edinburgh Jewish Literary Society 3
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Porteous, James A A, author of "Scotland and the South", fl 1929-1970 3
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 3
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 2
Edinburgh Film Festival 2
Edinburgh International Festival Society 2
Findhorn Foundation 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Scottish Working People's History Trust 2
Wardie Bowling Club, Edinburgh 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 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
Catherine McCaig's Trust 1
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Scotland (CILIPS) 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Overseas Department 1
Company of Scottish History Ltd, publisher 1
Conference of Scottish Medieval Historical Research 1
Conference of Scottish Medievalists 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
Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh 1
Donaldson, Arthur William (chairman of the Scottish National Party) 1
Drummond, John David, 17th Earl of Perth, 1907-2002: collector 1
Dunbartonshire Conservative and Unionist Association 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish, Knight, journalist and newspaper editor, 1908-1998 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
Farquhar, Ronald Middleton, Minister of Monigaff, 1929-1986 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 1
Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland 1
Galliard Publishing Ltd 1
Guild of Insurance Officials, Edinburgh Branch 1
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Highland Society of London 1
Hownam and Border Angling Club 1
Independent Labour Party, Edinburgh Central Branch 1
Innerleithen Co-operative Society, 1854-1969 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Kay, Helen (Historian and independent researcher) (b.1945) 1
Kay, Katharine Cameron, painter and etcher, née Cameron, 1874-1965 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Library and Information Services Council (Scotland) (LISC(S)) 1
Lothian Celtic Choir 1
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacIntyre, Robert Douglas, President of the Scottish National Party, 1913-1998 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Master Printers' Association, Edinburgh Branch 1
McIntyre, Robert Douglas, President, Scottish National Party, 1913-1998 1
McLetchie, David William, WS, Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, b 1952 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Murray, David, journalist, writer and broadcaster, fl 1934-1972 1
National League of the Blind, Edinburgh Branch 1
National Party of Scotland 1
National Union of Mine Workers, Scottish Area 1
National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish Area, Ayrshire District, 1945- 1
National Union of Public Employees, Scottish Region 1
National Union of Scottish Mineworkers, Ayrshire Area, 1944-1945 1
New Club, North Berwick, golf club 1
Newbattle Abbey College, adult education institution 1
North Berwick Golf Club 1
Pack, Donald Cecil, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, b 1920 1
Pennington, Thomas Hugh, Professor (bacteriologist and academic.) 1
Piobaireachd Society 1
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