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Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000.

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 223 Collections and/or Records:

Copy of a report, 1786, to Cardinal Giovanni Archinto concerning the supply of priests in Scotland.

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Identifier: Acc.9766
Scope and Contents

With extract of letter, 1784, from bishops [? George] Hay, Alexander MacDonald and [John?] Geddes to Leonardo Antonelli.

Dates: 1784-1786.

Corrected typescript drafts and proofs of William Wolfe, "Scotland Lives" (1973).

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Identifier: Acc.9537
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With associated notes and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1973.

Correspondence, minutes, journals and other papers concerning "Democracy for Scotland", a campaign for the reintroduction of a Scottish Parliament.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11497
Scope and Contents The Democracy for Scotland campaign began after the Scottish referendum held in 1979 failed to achieve the number of votes required to give Scotland devolved powers. The campaign began in 1992 and went on until a further referendum was held in Scotland in 1997. The campaign was based around a vigil which was erected in Edinburgh’s Calton Hill across the road from the Scottish office. The vigil was manned by strong supporters of Scottish independence. The Democracy for Scotland campaign was a...
Dates: 1992-1997.

Diaries of James Willliam Drummond.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.5701
Scope and Contents

Describing a visit to Shetland, 1874, a walking tour in Norway, 1875, climbs in the Alps, 1899-1903, and a yacht cruise off the west coast of Scotland, undated.

With diary, 1880-1881, of Williamina McPhee Drummond, of a cruise in the Mediterranean.

Dates: 1874-1903 and undated.

Diaries of Margaret Mackenzie Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5385
Scope and Contents

Concerning her personal experiences during the siege of Budapest (with typed transcript of these years) and at home after the War.

Dates: 1940-1966.

Diary of Charles Livingston.

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Identifier: Acc.6746
Scope and Contents

Concerning a voyage in the yacht "Kentra" along the west coast of Scotland.

Dates: 1933.

Diary of Marion Thomson.

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Identifier: Acc.7372
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Concerning a journey in Scotland with Lord Cockburn and his party and also to a journey on the Continent.

Dates: 1848.

Diary of Sir John Hill, RN, detailing his mission to Scotland in 1837 to relieve distress caused by the famine.

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Identifier: Acc.12738
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of commission from the Government and other associated papers and correspondence; with a volume of typed transcripts.

Dates: 1837.

Diary of the Honourable Elsie Cameron Corbett.

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Identifier: Acc.14162
Scope and Contents

The diary contains descriptive daily entries on Corbett's social life around her family's estates in Ayrshire, Scotland and in Chelsea, London, and remarks on contemporary Liberal politics, including the progress of campaigns for women's suffrage. The volume also contains a large number of pasted-in snapshot photographs taken by Corbett and her family in Scotland, and cuttings from London theatre programmes and periodicals.

Dates: 1913-1914.

Five manuscript hand-coloured apprentice maps prepared by Thomas H Walker.

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Identifier: Acc.12095
Scope and Contents

Maps are of Scotland, Corsica, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the Indian subcontinent and the Loch More-Ben Stack area of Sutherland.

Dates: 1896-1902.

Five maps of estates in the North East of Scotland.

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Identifier: Acc.8189
Scope and Contents

1 Common of Teighside, 1799

2 Kirktown Mill, 1804

3 Kirk Road to Belhelvie, circa 1809

4 parts of Camphill, undated

5 Wester Tolmands, 1859.

Dates: 1799-1859 and undated.

Four Scottish genealogical manuscripts.

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Identifier: Acc.7400
Scope and Contents

Including, "The Genealogie of the Famalie of Ruthven" and "A Breviat of the Genealogie of ... the Leslies Earles of Rothes".

Dates: circa 1650-circa 1699.