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Invitations.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Engraved, printed, or written expressions soliciting or requesting a person's company at a certain time and place.

Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

Album entitled Bird Life II compiled by John P. Ritchie., 1923-1974.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13663/2
Scope and Contents

Album consisting largely of letters, press-cuttings and printed notices on lectures on ornithology given by John P. Ritchie and letters concerning his film of the evacuation of St Kilda. With family invitations, notices and press cuttings.

Dates: 1923-1974.

Albums containing chiefly press cuttings apparently collected by Richard Haldane., 1888-1890, 1912.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20068-20069
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.

Dates: 1888-1890, 1912.

Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649
Scope and Contents Scrapbook relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. The scrapbook includes: Mossman`s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Edinburgh City Volunteer Artillery, 1893; 17 letters, 1902-1905, of Mossman to his father and `Isabella`, concerning his journey and experiences on board ship, destinations on his journey including Kngstown in Ireland, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Port Stanley, the South Orkneys and Buenos Aires; a letter of William...
Dates: 1893-1938

Carte de visite and invitations of Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes., 2nd quarter of 19th century.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/97
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 2nd quarter of 19th century.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Elizabeth Oliver., 1905-1946, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24681
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to Elizabeth Oliver, 1920-1945, undated, with a telegram to her husband Major Edward Oliver, 1905 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers including verses, accounts, inventories, invitations, menu cards, and newspaper cuttings, chiefly concerning India, 1918-1946, undated (folio 21); (iii) Newspaper cuttings, 1912-1946, undated (folio 137).

Dates: 1905-1946, undated.

Correspondence and papers chiefly concerning Richard Burden Haldane., 1877-1937, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20067-20078
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.

Dates: 1877-1937, undated.

Correspondence and papers concerning publications of Seton Gordon., 1914-1970, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 20(1)-(11)
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.

Dates: 1914-1970, undated.

Correspondence, invitations and programmes sent to Sorely Maclean for literary awards and events., 1938-1991.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.14529/6-8
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers include Maclean's notes on literary and historical figures, correspondence with Maclean following the death of his brother Calum, and letters sent to Maclean's wife, Renee, after his death.

The Papers also contain correspondence, invitations and programmes on various literary awards and events at which Maclean was honoured and in attendence.

Dates: 1938-1991.

Ephemera, postcards and objects retained by James Johnston., ?1960s-1990s?

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/568-569
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School. His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates: ?1960s-1990s?

Event launch of the Gude Cause project, at the Scottish Parliament., 2007-2009.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/68-70
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates: 2007-2009.