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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.

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 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, 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, 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.

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.

Minutes, correspondence and other papers of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, mainly records of the Scottish Liberal Party.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11765/1-110
Scope and Contents

Minute books and other papers from the Edinburgh headquarters office of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, consisting mainly of older records of the Scottish Liberal Party prior to its union with the Social Democratic Party and the creation of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and including records of the Scottish Liberal Club and the Scottish Reform Club.

Dates: 1855-1987, undated.

Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates: 1561, 17th century-late 19th century.

Papers concerning the Peebleshire Society, compiled and collected by James R Patterson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4537
Scope and Contents

Including copies of minutes and accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers concerning the World Federation of Scottish Societies and Individuals.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6639
Scope and Contents

Including minutes, reports and press cuttings.

Dates: 1959-1970.

Papers of Colin Fox relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14271/1-6
Scope and Contents

Papers collected by Colin Fox in his capacity as a member of the Advisory Board of Yes Scotland, and during the course of campaigning for independence during the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.

Dates: 2009-2014.

Papers of Magnus Magnusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates: circa 1948-2006.

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.

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Newsletters. Serials. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Programmes 3
Scripts. Documents 3
Membership lists. 2
Memorandums. 2
Notebooks. 2
Obituaries. 2
Periodicals. 2
Personal papers. 2
Poetry. 2
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Rules. Instructions 2
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Danish 1
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Scottish National Party 4
Edinburgh International Festival Society 2
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
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Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Church of Scotland 1
Edinburgh Film Festival 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Edinburgh Playhouse Society 1
Edinburgh and District Trades Council 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
Gimson, George Stanley, Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands, 1915-2003 1
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 1
Kay, Katharine Cameron, painter and etcher, née Cameron, 1874-1965 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
McGowran, Tom, Secretary and Treasurer, Scottish Far East Prisoner of War Association, 1918-2001 1
McLetchie, David William, WS, Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, b 1952 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 Public Employees, Scottish Region 1
Patterson, James A, Edinburgh, fl 1968: collector 1
Peeblesshire Society 1
Pennington, Thomas Hugh, Professor (bacteriologist and academic.) 1
Royal Highland Yacht Club, 1881- 1
Scottish Carters' Association, 1898-1908 1
Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union , 1964-1971 1
Scottish Covenant Association 1
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 1
Scottish Far East Prisoners of War Association, c.1945-2003 1
Scottish Film Council (SFC) 1
Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association, 1908-1964 1
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 1
Scottish Plebiscite Society 1
Singleton, George, cinema proprietor, known as 'Mr Cosmo', 1900-1995 1
Social Democratic Party, political party 1
Somerville, Alexander George, missionary, 1917-1999 1
St Andrew Society, Edinburgh 1
Steel, David Martin Scott, Baron Steel of Aikwood (politician, Liberal MP, leader of the Liberal Party) 1
Transport and General Workers' Union, Leith Dockers' Branch 1
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 1
Water of Leith Project Group 1
Whitley, Henry Charles, Minister of St Giles', Edinburgh, 1906-1976 1
World Federation of Scottish Societies and Individuals 1
Yeaman, Francis Cameron (secretary of the SNP Edinburgh branch) 1
Yes Scotland (independence campaign umbrella organisation, Scotland.) 1
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