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The papers consist of agendas, minutes, newsletters and publications relating to the organisation of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Edinburgh and its merger with the Liberal Party in 1988 to form the Social and Liberal Democrats Party, later known as the Liberal Democrats.

Scope and Contents Rosemary Hall was born on 22nd April 1925 in Aberdeen. She spent her early life in Montrose where her father and uncle ran the family salmon fishing business. Hall began her schooling in Montrose. However, the outbreak of the war caused interruption and her school was evacuated to Speyside. She began her working life as a PA to a partner in a firm of accountants in Edinburgh. Although Hall gave up her job after marriage, she did not stop working; she was against nuclear power in all forms...

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Photographic albums, 1974-2007, of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (JADH) chiefly concerning his political and public life as an MP and MSP.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...

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The records consist of a minute book, 1955-1964, and papers, 1958-1996, of the Newington Ward Liberal Association. They chart the evolution of Liberal politics in this area of Edinburgh.

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The resolution was made in favour of Charles Cameron, MP for Glasgow, to acknowledge his work on municipal suffrage. The document was signed by Priscilla McLaren, president of the ENSWS, Eliza Wigham, Emily Rosaline Masson and Elisa Kirkland, secretaries.

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Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.

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Eleven scrapbooks, 1899-1935, concerning Lord Robert MacGregor Mitchell (1875-1938), Scottish lawyer and judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University Rector.

The scrapbooks contain newspaper cuttings, letters, photographs and miscellaneous ephemera mostly documenting Lord Mitchell’s legal and political career, as well as his personal interests in golf and cricket.

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The item is a programme and dinner organised in honour of Malcolm MasCalister, Owen Gillan, Robert Watt and Raymond Forbes by the Edinburgh University Nationalist Club following their release from prison. The four of them had been jailed in 1953 for possession of gelignite and a fuse.

The programme is signed by Forbes, Gillan, Watt, Roland Eugene Muirhead and am unknown signatory.

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The recordings include BBC news items and special features covering the UCS 'work-in'. Interviewees include members of the Joint Shop Stewards Committee, and other workers.

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Charles Woolfson was a lecturer in the Department of Social and Economic Research at the University of Glasgow, and John Foster was documenting the 103 day action. The recordings are of Joint Occupation Committee meetings, interviews, and relevant broadcast material.

Scope and Contents The archive includes Gallacher's own personal papers, pamphlets, ephemera, photographs, and personal artifacts, alongside papers concerning the administration of the WGML by librarians Bob Saunders and Audrey Canning.The core of the archive comprises over 60 special collections donated by fellow activists or amassed by WGML librarian Audrey Canning in the course of her work, to facilitate future research and scholarship. These additions were primarily made to the WGML between...