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Commonplace book of Edith A. Vernon, 1859-1901
Item — Box CLX-A-371
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0114
Scope and Contents
This interesting piece of Edinburgh educational history is a commonplace book composed in two periods, 1856 and from 1891-1901, from the teacher training college at Dairy House, Edinburgh and probably the Edinburgh Institution For The Education Of Young Ladies at 23, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.1856 entries make up a leavers book with a charming large collection of signed and dated entries of verse quotations, well-wishes and original prose/verse in English, German & French...
Dates:
1859-1901
Gay Scotland, Issue 31, Jan 1987 - Feb 1987
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/33
Scope and Contents
The front cover shows a picture of Santa Clause and reads: “Armistead Maupin”, “Bea Campbell”, “Buddies”, “Men in Print” and “Perfectly Sapphic”.This issue includes: an article investigating ignorance about condoms titled “Chemists kept in the dark about AIDS”; an interview with Bea Campbell; “Men in Print” which explores popular images of the male body; a look at gay life in Edinburgh from the 1940s onwards; updates on Lesbian news and groups in Scotland including articles...
Dates:
Jan 1987 - Feb 1987
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 44, 1989
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/46
Scope and Contents
The front cover shows a photograph of Princess Diana and reads: “prison rape exclusive”, “safer sex for lesbians”, and “SHRG is 20”.This issue includes: an article on the government’s refusal to provide condoms or needles to prisoners and the rise of HIV infections; the seizure of books addressed to West and Wilde Bookshop by HM Customs; updates on Gay Pride and Lark in the Park; press coverage of HIV and AIDS; a feature on Section 28 titled "How to promote homosexuality: A guide...
Dates:
1989
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 46, 1989
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/48
Scope and Contents
Issue number 46 (Edinburgh Festival Fringe Issue).This issue includes: an article on Section 28 and Edinburgh District Council’s refusal to give a grant to Lark in the Park; obituary for physique photographer Hoffman; coverage of the gay and lesbian community in the mainstream press; an article on the gay community in Thailand; an interview with author Fiona Cooper; a feature on the International Lesbian and Gay Association in Vienna; coverage of the Edinburgh International...
Dates:
1989
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Gay Scotland, Issue 53, 1990
Item
Identifier: GD61/10/2/55
Scope and Contents
The front cover reads: “The Highland Perspective”, “Germany – One Nation?”, and “Taking the Strain!”.This issue includes: a report on an AIDS “die-in” arranged by ACT UP and held on the steps of the Scottish Office in Edinburgh; report on the 8th National Bisexual Conference; an article on the fall of the Berlin wall and the unification of Germany; an article titled “Out on Campus” which discussed being “out” at University or College; a feature on the “Highland Scene”; an article...
Dates:
1990
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
General: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1946
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/8
Scope and Contents
General: Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) file contains:
SATO aims and objectives
a map of clubs, groups and posts
publication rejection for article on SATO entitled "Report on pre-release training for Malay and Burma commands" including comments on this
SATO News for January, April, July, September and October 1945
...
Dates:
1943-1946
My Village (1), 1946-1947
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/D/2
Scope and Contents
Student project from the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic entitled "My Village" including completed questionnaires and manuscript maps, with names and origins of students. Exemplary course work from Hav Ahdul Rahman includes manuscript maps of his region, a hand written regional history and his photograph. The course booklet Twelfth Army Pre-Release Booklet No 1: First Village Uplift Course (for Punjab and NWFP...
Dates:
1946-1947
Organisation of Service Architects in Ceylon, 1943-1945
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with and information about the Organisation of Service Architects of Ceylon (OSAC). Includes broadsheets produced by OSAC, lecture notes and press clippings concerning the opening of the 12th Army SATO Polytechnic.
Dates:
1943-1945
Papers related to later years, 1970s-1980s
Sub-Fonds — Box CLX-A-116
Identifier: Coll-705/4
Scope and Contents
This sub-fonds contains a file of newspaper clippings, reports, booklets, photos, pamphlets, and correspondence from Marjorie Rackstraw's life, largely concerning her involvement with the Hampstead Old People's Housing Trust (HOP Housing Trust). The third of three folders includes The History of Edinburgh's Early Nursery School booklet, Hampstead Old People's Housing Trust 34th Annual Report, The First Thirty Years, the story of the Hampstead Old People's Trust, a book titled Two Schools...
Dates:
1970s-1980s
Reconstruction: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1944
File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/3
Scope and Contents
File containing an article by Percy Johnson-Marshall entitled "Reconstruction and the Services" submitted to the editor of the United Services Institute Journal 22 November 1943, a copy of Association for Planning and Regional Reconstruction Progress Sheet no 145, drawing of a spider and press clippings relating to reconstruction.
Dates:
1943-1944