Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...

Scope and Contents The minutes are in two series which have been foliated separately. The first series (folios 1-22) contains records of admissions to the Incorporation at various dates within the period 1677-1763. The second series (inverted folios 1-126) relates almost entirely to appointments of deacons, boxmasters, and other officers, and to audits of boxmaster’s accounts, 1724-1727, 1730-1832. Inverted folios 127-179 and 181-184 are blank, and inverted folio 180 contains a list of members who had 'been...

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On folio i is a list, in the hand of Alexander Carlyle, of the members in 1776. The volume also contains "Notes from Boswell's Life of Johnson" (folio 39), "Notes from Minutes of St. Leonard's College - beginning 1710" (folio 42), and other miscellaneous fragments.

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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.

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Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.

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Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto. He was educated privately, at Edinburgh University, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. After a brief period of practice on the Northern Circuit, he was elected Liberal M P for Roxburghshire in 1880; in 1886 he opposed Gladstone's Home Rule policy but held his seat as a Liberal Unionist until 1892. After being defeated by a single vote in 1895, Elliot was returned for Durham at a by-election in 1898. He was appointed...

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The Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society was founded in 1822 as the direct successor to the Catch Club and thereby of the Edinburgh Musical Society which began in 1728. It continued until 1950, when it became part of the Edinburgh Musical Society to which it transferred its papers and above all its valuable library, much of which had belonged to the Catch Club.

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File includes lists of MSPs, lists of ministerial roles, and newspaper cuttings.

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Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity which has been operating in Edinburgh since 1835. The Deaf and Dumb Congregation in Edinburgh began meeting together in 1830 following the establishment in the city of schools for deaf children. Braidwood’s Academy for the Deaf was established in 1760 and the Edinburgh Institution [later the Edinburgh Royal Institution] for the Deaf and Dumb in 1810.The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established in 1835 to assist deaf people in...

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The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society purchased 49 Albany Street, Edinburgh, in 1889. The church erected at the back of the building was consercrated in 1890.

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The Mastermind Club was founded in 1978 as a club for all those who had appeared on the show. A yearly quiz for members, called the Magnum, was hosted by Magnus Magnusson until 2005. Since 2006 Tony Dart has acted as Question Master for the quiz.

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Correspondence, climbing journals, and working papers of Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher; including papers of the Ernest Press.

The journals provide a record of the climbing activities of a keen mountaineer. The correspondence files contain both personal and business letters of Hodgkiss. The book files concern publications of the Ernest Press.

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The 'Book of Records' contains an unbroken run of minutes, and records of receipts and expenditure; a record of the deaths of members, 1763-1863, and membership lists, 1800-1872 are at the rear of the main volume, and there is a separate series of folios of reocrd, 1764-1772, probably removed at some time from the volume.