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Free Church of Scotland (1843-:)

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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1864 to

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW114
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, noted as being 'Bought at St Columb, Cornwall, 30 Nov[ember] 1864 pr[ice] 2/3'. The back inside cover contains a note probably collected as part of excise duties which reads 'Rod[erick] MacPhie Mast of boat 21.8 [-] 1.2½ [-]'. The notebook contains one insertion. The majority of the notebook contains lore relating to Miùlaigh/Mingulay mostly collected from Roderick MacNeil, crofter, aged 88, known as Ruairidh an Rùma. Roderick MacNeil also...
Dates: 1864 to

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116
Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...
Dates: 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871

Journal account of a trip to the Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis including archaeological notes, January 1866

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW114/4
Scope and Contents Journal account of a trip to the Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis including a description of the standing stones at Callanish [Calanais], telling how local people call them 'Na Tursachain' and 'na Fir bhreige' adding 'They make out that they cannot be counted'. He also describes another stone circle nearby at Gearradh na h-abhine [Gearraidh na h-Aibhne/Garynahine] as 'a circle within a circle' and names some of the island's other stone circles: Taigh nan Druiean at Grimartaidh and Gleann...
Dates: January 1866

List of books to be divided between the Free Church and the United Free Church, 1900-1909

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Identifier: AA2/1/103
Scope and Contents

List of books at New College Library to be divided between the Free Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland following their split in 1900.

Dates: 1900-1909

Papers of John Baillie, 1900-1964

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: BAI 1
Scope and Contents

school and university notes; awards and achievements; lectures, addresses and broadcasts; sermons and prayers; manuscripts of published works; papers relating to the World Council of Churches, British Council of Churches, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and other organisations; personal and professional correspondence

Dates: 1900-1964

Papers relating to John Baillie, Free Church minister, Gairloch, c1880-1894

 Series
Identifier: BAI 5
Scope and Contents

The papers relating to John Baillie, Free Church minister, Gairloch, consist of:


  1. certificates
  2. correspondence
  3. legal papers
  4. memorials
  5. religious texts
  6. theological notes
Dates: c1880-1894

Satirical broadside on silk entitled "Fr_E TR_N Theatre, H_LMH_D Street", 1849

 Item — Box CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0012
Scope and Contents

Satirical broadside printed on silk advertising the trial of the Rev. James Macbeth as though it were a popular play. Macbeth, preacher in the Norfolk Street Free Church in Laurieston, Glasgow, was accused by several women of indecent treatment, though eventually, after the case was appealed all the way to the General Assembly, found not guilty by the Free Church.

Dates: 1849

Story about Mr Finlay [MacRae] from Vallay, 14 July 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/104
Scope and Contents Story about Mr Finlay [Rev Finlay MacRae], Vallay [Bhàlaigh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] probably collected from Margaret MacDonald, Malacleit/Malaclete, telling how he harangued the new Free Church minister of Harris [Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] shortly after the Disruption declaring that he was the rightful minister and that 'if the people did not return to the church & disown the F[ree] C[hurch] they would fall up there & crush them like midges'. The story continues that MacRae...
Dates: 14 July 1870

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Losgaintir Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Moy Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Murder 1
Names 1
New York City (New York, United States) 1
Nisishee Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Nunton Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Pabbay Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Paibeil Taransay Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Philosophy 1
Political satire 1
Praise 1
Proverbs 1
Religion, Study and Teaching 1
Rocks 1
Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
Sanndraigh Inverness-shire Scotland 1
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Scarasta Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Scotland 1
Scotland -- Church history 1
Standing stones 1
Staoinebrig South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1
Stornoway Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
Taigh nan Druidhean Uig (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1
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