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Papers of John Stuart (1813-1877), genealogist and advocate, Aberdeen
Collection
Identifier: MS STU
Scope and Contents
See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates:
1841
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of John Sutherland Black (1846-1923)
Fonds
Identifier: MS BL
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing writings of Rev. William Robertson Smith, compiled by John Sutherland Black.
Dates:
1896-1906
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of John V. Stuart Duncan
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2002
Content Description
This fonds consists of students records, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and training books formerly belonging to Flying Officer John V. Stuart Duncan RAFVR, killed aged 20 on active service in Weston Zoyland, Somerset, on 30 May 1943.
School and University records;
Diaries (one marked vol. 2, one small diary);
Letters during his time in the UK; while training in...
Dates:
c 1920s-c 1940s
Papers of John William Arthur
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-207
Scope and Contents
The collection consists mainly of correspondence and papers (1907-1949) including letters from Arthur to his mother; circular letters and newsletters from the Kikuyu mission; sections from Arthur's diaries and notes on his travels throughout East Africa; reports on missionary conferences; memoranda by Arthur and others on native affairs such as the labour question, land tenure, education and female circumcision; minutes, memoranda and papers of the Kikuyu Association and the Kikuyu Mission...
Dates:
1902-1954
Papers of Joseph Black and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-16
Scope and Contents
5 boxes of correspondence between himself and a variety of individuals (including James Watt, Prince Paul Dashkov, John Robison) and on a variety of subjects: linen bleaching, use of lime water, assays of ores, civic water supply, mineralogical specimens, absorption of heat etc.
1 box of family letters between Black, his father and his brothers Samuel, George and Thomas
...
Dates:
1746-1799
Papers of Joseph Gibson Haldane (1887-1977)
Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 52.4
Scope and Contents
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Dates:
1930-1934
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of Joseph H. Oldham (1874-1969) and Betty D. Gibson (1889-1973)
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 2
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: correspondence and reports relating to the difficulties faced by German and German speaking missionaries after the war (1914-c 1923); reports on the history and activities of German missions, in particular the Basel Mission (1912-1951); correspondence between Oldham and Gibson about Gibson's visit to Africa and Oldham's IMC work (1933); and papers and correspondence collected by Gibson on missions and churches (including some German missions) in Congo, Rwanda,...
Dates:
1912-1975
Papers of Joseph Joachim and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1711
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of letters, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, concert programmes and music scores mainly relating to Joseph Joachim. Most of the records date from the later part of his life and after his death. Other members of his family are mentioned too, in particular his wife Amalie Joachim and his nephew Harold Henry Joachim, as well as his grand-nieces Jelly d'Arányi and Adila Fachiri.The collection contains descriptions of Joseph Joachim’s character by his...
Dates:
19th-20th century
Papers of Karl Gützlaff (1803-1851) and the Chinese Union
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 9
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies of material describing the work of the Chinese Union and defending it against criticism, including: motto, constitution, rules and regulations of the Chinese Union; names of Chinese members and preachers and statistics relating to their activities (1849); list of books published by the Union; lists and numbers of baptised (1844-1849); lists of places to which preachers had been sent; finances of the Union (1845-49); notes by Gützlaff on China, Korea,...
Dates:
[ca. 1844-1849]
Papers of Katherine Cameron MacArthur
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-890
Scope and Contents
The hand-written note material is contained in the form of soft- and hard-back notebooks, some of these being Edinburgh University notebooks, some being those of Edinburgh Ladies' college. There are also some early notes from school days at Perth Academy, 1923-1924. One of the notebooks is addressed as Balfour Hostel, East Suffolk Road, Edinburgh, another is addressed St. Columba's School, Kilmacolm, and another St. George's Training College. One notebook contains a timetable for classs in...
Dates:
1923-1943