Albums of Very Rev James Nicoll Ogilvie, minister of New Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh
Scope and Contents
Papers of James Nicoll Ogilvie, minister of Greyfriars Kirk 1905-1919 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1918.
MS OGI 1:
Indexed scrapbook from year of moderatorship (May 1918 - May 1919). Newspaper clippings and ephemera pasted in. Also bound in: Orders of Service, St Giles' Cathedral [Edinburgh], 21 November 1918; St Andrew's Day (Order of the Thistle) 1918.
MS OGI 2.1-2:
Albums of postcard pictures and photographs of churches and manses in Scotland, collected by the Very Rev. Ogilvie. Around 900 churches are represented (circa half of all churches in Scotland at the time), with disproportionately few churches from inner cities. Postcards are blank, with no evidence of having been sent.
Dates
- Creation: c.1918-1919
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers at Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ. Contact repository in advance: is-crc@ed.ac.uk
Full Extent
3 items
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS OGI 1 to MS OGI 2.2
Physical Facet
Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the New College Library Special Collections Repository
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