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Notebook of John Bruce of Newcastle containing a tour of Scotland, and notes on books.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14191
Scope and Contents

Contains Bruce's observations on education in Scotland. The journal includes a detailed description of his visit to the High School in Glasgow.

Dates: 1817.

Notebooks recording a tour of Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14494
Content Description

Two journals and a sketchbook, possibly by Harriet Wise (1797-1877) or her sister Hannah.

Places visited include: Dunkeld, Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Fort William, Tobermory, Staffa, Skye, Inveraray, Cairdow and Glasgow.

The sketchbook includes drawings of Ben Cruachan, the Cuillins on Syke, Iona, Inveraray, Staffa, Urqhart Castle. Two paintings of Melrose and Loch Leven Castle tipped inside.

Dates: 1828

Notes and transcripts concerning the Knights Templar and Knights of St John in Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8090
Scope and Contents

With bookplate of James Maidment.

Dates: early 19th century.

Papers, 1940-1947, concerning the 7th Workshop Company of the Polish Army in Great Britain.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6174
Scope and Contents

With papers, 1730, 1833, 1842, 1875, concerning the Dundas family of Manor and Ochtertyre.

Dates: 1730, 1833, 1842, 1875, 1940-1947.

Papers concerning the visit the Marquess of Salisbury to Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6032
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 1882.

Papers, including correspondence, photographs and printed material, collected by George Robinson for research concerning the history of police forces and their uniforms.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9284/1-46
Scope and Contents

The collection predominantly focuses on police forces in England, Wales and Scotland, but also includes details of other police forces within and foreign police forces.

Dates: 19th century-20th century.

Papers of Aimee Chalmers comprising material produced in relation to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 by Women for Independence North-East Fife and associated sub-groups.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13607/1-6
Scope and Contents Papers, collated by Aimee Chalmers, relating to two creative projects initiated by Women for Independence North-East Fife in response to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. Includes papers such as agendas, meeting minutes, knitting patterns and technical guidance documents relating to the group’s creative projects ‘Knitting a Nation’ and ‘New Chapter’, as well as papers and materials regarding the exhibiting of the projects.A knitted panel produced by the...
Dates: 2013-2014.

Papers of Hamish Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13518

Papers of Robert Purves Hardie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9420
Scope and Contents

Mostly concerning fishing, and including the manuscript of parts of "Ferox and Char in the Lochs of Scotland" (1940), with unpublished material.

Dates: circa 1900-circa 1940.

Papers of Sir Frank Fraser Darling.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11523
Scope and Contents

Includes travel journals (Scotland, United States, Mexico, Zambia, Tanganyika (= Tanzania) and Kenya) and the manuscript of part of a book entitled "Agricultural Principles".

Dates: 1937-1958 and undated.

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 'Future of the UK and Scotland' research programme relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13625/1-16
Scope and Contents

‘The Future of the UK and Scotland’ was a research programme funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It was based at the University of Edinburgh and ran from August 2013 – September 2014. It aimed to bring academic expertise in social science to the debate regarding the relationship between Scotland and the UK. A key outcome of the programme was the establishment of the Centre on Constitutional Change at the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 2014

Papers of the Victoria League in Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13349
Scope and Contents Minutes, correspondence, newsletters and other papers of the Victoria League in Scotland (VL Scotland), 1941-2011.VL Scotland was founded with the aim of promoting friendship and hospitality for Commonwealth visitors to Scotland, focussing in particular in later years on international students. Originally founded in 1907 as the Edinburgh branch of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship based in London, VL Scotland later emerged to act as the governing body for the whole...
Dates: 1992, 2003-2011.

Papers of the Victoria League in Scotland, including annual reports, newsletters and correspondence.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13058
Scope and Contents Annual reports, 1912-2007, publicity material, circa 1951-2004, minutes, newsletters, and correspondence, 2001-2007, of the Victoria League in Scotland. The Victoria League in Scotland was founded with the aim of promoting friendship and hospitality for commonwealth visitors to Scotland, focussing in the later years on international students in particular. Originally founded in 1907 as the Edinburgh branch of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship based in London, the Victoria...
Dates: 1912-2008.

Photocopies of biography, 1603, of James VI and I, (Archiviolo b. 208, ff 12) and two other documents.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9897
Scope and Contents

Includes:

instructions, 1538, to a Papal nuncio on visiting Scotland (Archiviolo b. 158, ff 323-324)

letter, 1593, of James VI to the King of Poland concerning the Grand Duke of Tuscany (Scaffalatura 69/51/23).

Dates: 1538-1603.

Photocopy of a tour of the English Lake District and Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8139
Scope and Contents

Text in verse with many illustrations and calligraphic embellishments.

Dates: 1857.

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Annotations. 6
Travel journals. 6
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Accounts. 3
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Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 3
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Language
English 151
French 2
Italian 1
Multiple languages 1
Welsh 1
 
Names
British Broadcasting Corporation 4
Wilson, George Washington, miniature painter and photographer, 1823-1893 3
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Hill, Lawrence, of Barlanerk, Writer to the Signet, 1755-1792 2
Pennant, Thomas (of Downing, Flintshire, naturalist) (1726-1798) 2
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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Valentine, James, engraver and photographer, 1815-1879 2
Victoria League in Scotland 2
Adam, William, politician, Attorney General to Prince of Wales, 1751-1839 1
Alexander, Sir James Edward, Knight, of Westerton, General, 1803-1885 1
Allen, John (historian and political writer) 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Antonelli, Leonardo, Cardinal, 1730-1811: recipient 1
Archinto, Giovanni, Cardinal, 1732-1799: recipient 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 52nd (Lowland) Division 1
Army, Poland, 7th Workshop Company 1
Bankes, Florence, 1854-1947 (artist) 1
Barnard, Michael, visitor to Scotland, fl 1965-2003 1
Bland, Humphrey, General, 1685/6-1763 1
Blyth, R B, traveller in Scotland, fl 1825-1827 1
Boece, Hector, historian, c 1465-1536 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Home Service, public service broadcaster 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Scotland 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 1
Brodie, William, sculptor, 1815-1881: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, Thomas, Selkirk, bookseller and printer, fl 1820-1852 1
Bruce, John, 1775-1834 (schoolmaster and author) 1
Campbell, Duncan, of South Hall, the Younger, d 1915 1
Campbell, Mary Barbara, sister of Duncan Campbell, of South Hall, the Younger, fl 1902-1914 1
Carlyle, Alexander, Minister of Inveresk, 1722-1805 1
Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Prime Minister) 1
Centre on Constitutional Change 1
Chalmers, Aimee (writer.) 1
Christian Fellowship of Healing (Scotland), 1952-2012 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Copeman, R W, President of The Stereoscopic Society, 1861-1928. 1
Copleston, Edward, Bishop of Llandaff, 1776-1849: recipient 1
Corbett, Elsie Cameron, 1893-1976 1
Cowburn, Elizabeth (tourist in Scotland) 1
Cowes, Richard, Captain, Royal Navy, fl 1654 1
Darling, Frank Moss Fraser, Sir, Knight (ecologist) 1
Dawson, Eliza, traveller in Scotland and England, fl 1786 1
Democracy for Scotland, political pressure group 1
Donaldson, Arthur William (chairman of the Scottish National Party) 1
Donaldson, Violet Glenday (wife of Arthur Wallace Donaldson, chairman of the Scottish National Party) 1
Duncan, Jessie Mabel, wife of Joseph, Trade Union Secretary, née Saunders, fl 1905-1909 1
Duncan, Joseph Forbes, Trade Union Secretary, 1879-1964 1
Dundas, family, of Manor 1
Dundas, family, of Ochtertyre 1
Ferguson, Jessie B (of Philadephia) 1
Ferguson, Joseph Simpson (First Lieutenant, United States Army) 1
Ferguson, William, Reader Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, b 1924 1
Forbes, Robert, Bishop of Ross, d 1775 1
Gastrell, Francis, clergyman, 1707-1772 1
Geddes, John, Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District of Scotland, 1735-1799 1
Glegg, Henry Vibart, Captain, East India Company, fl 1817-1835 1
Haldane, Archibald Richard Burdon, Writer to the Signet, 1900-1982 1
Hallyairds Estate, Fife 1
Hardie, Robert Purves, author of "Ferox and Char in the Lochs of Scotland", fl 1900-1940 1
Hay, George, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District of Scotland, 1729-1811 1
Hay, H G, London, fl 1811 1
Hill, Sir John, Captain, RN, 1774-1855 1
Hill, Sir John, Captain, RN, 1774-1855: recipient 1
Hirons, John, Birmingham, fl 1952-1967 1
Hirons, Mrs, wife of John, Birmingham, fl 1952-1967 1
Hodgkinson, Richard, Atherton, Lancashire, 1763-1847 1
Hughes, Mary Anne, wife of Thomas, of Uffington, née Watts, d 1853 1
Innes, Cosmo, antiquary, 1798-1874 1
Jackson, Emily, daughter of John Jackson, Craiglands, Edinburgh, fl 1884-1892 1
Jackson, Ina, daughter of John Jackson, Craiglands, Edinburgh, fl 1884 1
Jackson, John, Craiglands, Edinburgh, fl 1887-1892 1
Jackson, W Noel, photographer, 1904-1989 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
John Bartholomew and Company (Edinburgh, publishers) 1
Knights Hospitaller, Christian military order 1
Lambert, Henry (General Manager of the Great Western Railway) 1
Leslie, family, Earls of Rothes 1
Lindesay, Robert, of Pitscottie, historian, c 1532-c 1586 1
Livingston, Charles, Oxton, Cheshire, fl 1933 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Longman and Company, London, publishers 1
MacDonald, Alexander, Vicar Apostolic of the Highland District of Scotland, 1736-1791 1
Mackenzie, Brian D., Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Engineers, fl. 1939-1968 1
Mackenzie, George, Sir, Knight (of Rosehaugh, Lord Advocate) 1
Mackinlay, William, Dumbarton, fl 1732: former owner 1
Maidment, James, antiquary, d 1879. 1
Maidment, James, antiquary, d 1879: collector 1
McKinlay, James, antiquarian, fl 1902 1
Medici, Ferdinando I de', Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609 1
Mill, Anna Jean, author of "The Estate of the Burgesses in the Scot’s Parliament...", 1892-1981 1
Mitchell, Sir Arthur, Knight, Commissioner in Lunacy, 1826-1909 1
Mortimer, family 1
National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies, Church Recorders 1
National Library of Scotland 1
Pearson, George (of Durham) 1
Pennant, David (of Downing, Flintshire, son of Thomas Pennant) (1763-1841) 1
Phillips, Martha (daughter of Thomas Philips of Montreal) 1
Plantade, Philippe, author of "Histoire des Institutions Judiciaires Écossaises", fl 1984 1
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