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Ephemera.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Items manufactured for a specific, limited use, and usually intended to be discarded thereafter, such as printed material of interest for its appearance, association, design, or documentation produced in connection with art exhibitions, etc.

Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:

Addison Ross Gallery, London, 1989

 File
Identifier: MS.50727
Scope and Contents

This file contains letters, work lists, press releases, mailing lists, price lists, costings, ephemera, and copy news reviews regarding Lucinda Mackay's exhibition, 24-29 July 1989.

Dates: 1989

Assorted papers of the Cameran Photographic Society of Edinburgh., 1894-circa 1922

 File
Identifier: Acc.14188/5
Scope and Contents

Contains: membership lists; annual competition rules; exhibition checklists; printed pamphlets; and 10 unmounted photographs.

Dates: 1894-circa 1922

Assortment of brochures, newsletters and publications, 1959, 1998-2008

 File
Identifier: MS.50818
Scope and Contents This file contains a copy of the Ladies' Ski Club Bulletin (November 1959); an undated edition of the New Departures literary journal; The Royal Scots Club newsletter September (2003); Musselburgh Collection of Cookery Books sale catalogue (May 1998); National Galleries of Scotland newsletter (December 2003); Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club bulletin (2003); Italian Cultural Institute summer programme (2008); Scottish Society programmes (1999-2000); and Friends of the Edinburgh International...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1959, 1998-2008

Box, containing various papers, containing bills, receipts, and ephemera., 1920-1962, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/210(1-5)
Scope and Contents

Containing:

(1) ephemera (mostly printed) – invitations, Christmas and visiting cards, etc

(2) hotel and restaurant bills and receipts 1922-58

(3) bills and receipts for mountaineering equipment 1932-7

(4) booksellers’ and photographers’ bills and receipts 1920-58

(5) various bills and receipts 1929-62

Dates: 1920-1962, undated.

Campaign for a Scottish Assembly Collection., 1948-2007.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 2/2
Scope and Contents This collection primarily contains the papers of Eric Canning, amassed in his role as Glasgow convener and Acting Secretary of the Glasgow Branch of the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly. The CSA was formed in the aftermath of the 1979 devolution referendum that failed to establish a devolved Scottish assembly; being officially established at a rally in Edinburgh on 1 March 1980. A cross-party campaigning organisation, it drew members from the Labour Party, the Scottish National Party (SNP),...
Dates: 1948-2007.

Catalogues and papers concerning an exhibition on the history of John Murray, publishers, held at Bumpus Ltd., London., 1930-1931

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1629
Scope and Contents

File contains original catalogues, invitations, and letters concerning an exhibition held on the history of John Murray, publishers, at 350 Oxford Street ("in the Old Court House, Messrs. J. & E. Bumpus, Ltd.") in July 1931, alongside a typescript copy of the speech given by Lord Ernle at the opening. Catalogues record the list of exhibits as well as the potted history of the company. File also includes two original booklets on the history of Bumpus Ltd. (1930).

Dates: 1930-1931

Certificates and other ephemera relating to awards won by Ian Rankin., 1972-2009.

 File
Identifier: MS.50586
Scope and Contents The materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the awarding body. British Book Awards. Folio 1. Envelope, 2004, announcing Ian Rankin's novel 'Fleshmarket Close' as winner of the World Books Crime Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards. The Burns Federation. Folios 2-4. Award certificates, 1972-1973, presented to Ian Rankin: Certificate of Merit for...
Dates: 1972-2009.

Correspondence, membership lists and other papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1884-1961.

 File
Identifier: MS.21663
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1886, 1896, 1906, 1927, 1943-1944, 1947-1950, 1961. Much of this relates to the demise of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society in 1950, and to its absorption by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians. The correspondence of 1961 with Miss M P Linton of the National Library of Scotland includes a catalogue of the 18th century collections held by the Harmonists. (Folio 1.)(ii) Membership lists, 1884, 1932, and historical...
Dates: 1884-1961.

Correspondence of Ian Hamilton Finlay and Mark Haworth-Booth.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13475
Scope and Contents

Letters, forwarded letters and printed ephemera of Ian Hamilton Finlay sent to Mark Haworth-Booth, curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1976-78, 1982. Comprising 22 letters and postcards of Finlay to Haworth-Booth; forwarded copies of 23 letters (21 by Finlay) to Simon Cutts, John Arnott, Andrew Dempsey, Stuart Mills and others; 2 letters of Sue Finlay; 2 draft letters of Haworth-Booth to Finlay. With a selection of printed material and ephemera.

Dates: 1976-1978, 1982.

Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents

The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

Dates: 1955-2014.

Diaries of Nancy Angus, with some related personal papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12365/1-41
Scope and Contents

The collection contains the diaries of Nancy W Angus, the daughter of David Angus, civil engineer. They give a view first of an adolescent’s life in Chile, then of a typist’s in London, then of a Voluntary Aid Detachment, and on through her work for the War Graves Commission, and then at the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Dates: 1907-1960.