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Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.7201-7515
Scope and Contents George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates: 1804-1872, undated.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of James Lauder Davidson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13567
Scope and Contents The collection comprises several manuscript and typescript diaries which illustrate James Lauder Davidson’s experiences during his time in Burma, before and after WWII, and his military involvement in the conflict. Of particular interest are the earlier and later diaries, as well as the diary charting his escape into China. The collection also includes two photographic albums. The first one (item 2 in the collection) includes original photographs taken by Davidson. Most of them include...
Dates: 1938-1947

Papers of James P M Millar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5695
Scope and Contents

Concerning his work for the Labour College movement, and the General Strike in Edinburgh, 1926.

Dates: 1913-1946 and undated.

Papers of Joan Gibson relating to her involvement with Engender and other women's organisations.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14055/1-47
Scope and Contents

The papers include administrative papers of Engender, a national research and campaigning membership organisation for women in Scotland, and antecedent groups and conferences including the Scottish Convention on Women.

Dates: 1974-2008.

Papers of John Skene of Hallyards.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5770
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. account, 1679, of expenses paid by John Skene

2. receipts, 1688, for pay by Skene to the Midlothian Militia

3. two lists, 1678 and circa 1680, of Scottish militia.

Dates: 1678-1688.

Papers of John W Stewart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9921
Scope and Contents

Concerning Stewart`s service in Gambia.

Dates: 1939-1953.

Papers of Philip D Thomson relating to Hibernian Football Club.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12436/1-50
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, annual reports, financial statements, fanzines and match day programmes, 1992-2005, of and relating to Hibernian Football Club collected by Philip D Thomson.

Dates: 1990-2005.

Papers of Robert MacIntyre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12509

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 Scottish PEN Centre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11849/1-80
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning international congresses held in Edinburgh in 1950 and 1997. Also containing some earlier material relating to congresses and membership.

Dates: 1981-1996.

Papers of St Mary`s Chapel.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8351
Dates: 16th 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 Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.25276-25758
Scope and Contents The outstanding feature of the archive is the correspondence of Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes (1726-1792) relating to his intellectual pursuits and legal career. But the archive also contains material concerning early eighteenth century Scotland and British politics in the correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Baronets of Hailes; the very rich personal correspondence and journals of Lord Hailes' daughter and heiress, Christian Dalrymple (died 1838); correspondence and papers of...
Dates: 17th century-early 20th century.

Papers of the David Livingstone Documentation Project.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9861
Scope and Contents

Includes Chairman`s file, secretarial correspondence, research correspondence, financial papers and catalogue slips.

Dates: 1973-1989.

Papers of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9930
Scope and Contents

Includes minute books, correspondence and financial records.

Dates: 19th century to 20th century.

Papers of the Edinburgh Branch of the Scottish Slaters` Section of the Transport and General Workers` Union.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12076
Scope and Contents

Includes minutes, correspondence, financial records and printed material.

Dates: 1858-1977.

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Saltire Society 7
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Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 2
Farquhar, Ronald Middleton, Minister of Monigaff, 1929-1986 2
Forbes, family, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo 2
Free Church of Scotland 2
Gibson, John, WS (adm 1819), agent of Sir Walter Scott, 1796-1877: recipient 2
Innes, Gilbert James, Gartaneaglais, Killearn, d c 1970 2
MacTaggart, Sir William, Knight, painter, 1903-1981 2
Ogilvy, family, of Inverquharity 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Scottish Working People's History Trust 2
Skirving, Archibald, painter, 1749-1819 2
Stuart Forbes, family, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
African Lake Company Limited, logistics and shipping 1
Airlie, John McDiarmid, councillor and parliamentary candidate, 1885-1965 1
Amalgamated Engineering Union, Edinburgh Central Branch 1
Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland 1
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Abbeyhill Branch 1
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Edinburgh 1st Branch 1
Anderson, Andrew, 1779-before 1871 (mason in Aberfeldy) 1
Anderson, William, 1765-1792 (musician) 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 2nd Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry 1
Associated Shipwrights Society, Leith Branch 1
Balerno Paper Mill Company, Midlothian 1
Ballantyne, John, publisher, 1774-1821 1
Baring, Lady Harriet Mary, 1st wife of 2nd Baron Ashburton, née Montagu, 1805-1857 1
Baring, Louisa Caroline, 2nd wife of 2nd Baron Ashburton, née Stewart-Mackenzie, 1827-1903 1
Baring, William Bingham, 2nd Baron Ashburton (succeeded 1848), 1799-1864 1
Baxter, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1848-1919 1
Beneficent Society of Bo'ness 1
Bihan, Guy de, French farmer and salesman, called an "Onion Johnnie", fl 1976-2004 1
Blair, family, of Adamton 1
Border Co-operative Society, Galashiels 1
Border Counties Co-operative Conference Association 1
Bruce, Alexander Low, Deputy-Chairman of William Younger and Company, brewers, 1839-1893 1
Caithness Flagstone Co 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Canongate Books (publishers, Edinburgh) 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt, Knight, sculptor, 1781-1841 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Saltoun Church 1
Clinton, Margery (ceramist) 1
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Colt, Grace, wife of Robert, of Auldhame, advocate, née Dundas, 1761-1798 1
Colt, Robert, of Auldhame, advocate, 1756-1797 1
Company of Scottish History Ltd, publisher 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1
Crossley, William, II (canal engineer) 1
Cummings, family, of Altyre 1
Cuthbert, Walter Robertson, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, husband of Gwendoline Emily Meacham, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1887-1970 1
David Livingstone Documentation Project 1
Davidson, James Lauder, forester, 1916-1992 1
Donaldson's School for the Deaf, Edinburgh 1
Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, politician and diarist, 1743-1823 1
Dunbartonshire Conservative and Unionist Association 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Dunn, Ian Campbell, lesbian and gay rights campaigner, townplanner, 1943-1998 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 1
Earlston Co-operative Society 1
East Edinburgh Unionist Association 1
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 1
Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students 1
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, newspaper 1
Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Company 1
Elliot, Arthur Ralph Douglas, Hon (politician and journalist) 1
Engender (1992-) (women's rights organisation, Scotland) 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Fraser, family, of Lovat 1
Fraser, family, of Strichen 1
Galashiels Co-operative Coal Society 1
Galashiels Co-operative Society 1
Galashiels United Co-operative Society 1
Galashiels Waverley Co-operative Society 1
Galliard Publishing Ltd 1
Gerry, James, Thurso, fl 1855-1918 1
Gerry, William, Thurso, fl 1855-1918 1
Gibson, Joan (nurse, humanist, and founding member of Engender) 1
Gibson, John, WS (adm 1819), agent of Sir Walter Scott, 1796-1877 1
Gordon, Robert, of Drakies, d c 1826 1
Gordon, family, of Ellon 1
Graham, family, of Airth 1
Grant, Margaret Gordon Macpherson, of Aberlour, fl 1848-1878 1
Grant, William, Lord Prestongrange, Senator of the College of Justice, c 1700-1764 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) 1
Gray, family, of Carntyne and Anstruther 1
Gray, family, of Kilmany 1
Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, nobleman and aviator, 1903-1973 1
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