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Papers of the Rev. James Hog (c. 1658-1734)
Fonds
Identifier: GD20
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: copies of several letters from Hog to friends in Edinburgh, 1725-1733; sermons by James Webster and others, 1697-1721; diary while at Carnock, 1702-1703, and also while at Dalserf, 1694-1695; memorial written by Philomathes; and, letters concerning the absoluteness of the covenant of grace, 1712-1713, letter of William Stuart to James Cuthbert, letter of James Cuthbert to William Stuart, undated letter, and items by Thomas Gilbert and James Fraser of Brea.
Dates:
1694-1733
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. James King Hewison (1853-1941)
Fonds
Identifier: GD21
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: books and longer manuscripts, including interleaved and annotated sets and additional notebooks and photographic material relating to The covenanters, correspondence relating to a work on Ninian Winzet and the volumes themselves, material on Dumfriesshire and the saints and heroes of Dalgarnoc, material on the geography of Dumfriesshire and on church lands there, an index of books, brochures, articles, and verses, typescript work on...
Dates:
1874-1938
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. John Dalziel (1725-1804), minister of Earlston East Antiburgher Church
Fonds
Identifier: GD28
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: 2 notebooks of sermons covering the periods 1756 to 1757, and 5 February 1792 to 4 November 1792, and a memorandum book containing sermon notes, lists of parishioners, and details of the Dalziel family.
Dates:
1756-1799
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. John Fleming, Professor of Natural Philosophy (1785-1857)
Fonds
Identifier: GD23
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: letter from Mrs Melville Fleming, widow, to William Carruthers, Keeper of the Dept. of Botany, British Museum, 1865, within a copy of The lithology of Edinburgh; box of scientific papers mainly delivered at meetings of learned societies, 1808-1857; letters of S. W. Carruthers to Adam Mitchell Hunter, 1930 and 1931, contained within Memoir of Rev. John Fleming, D.D., F.R.S.E.; also loosely inserted within...
Dates:
1808-1931
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. Marcus Dods (1786-1838)
Fonds
Identifier: GD26
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: sermons, lectures, address etc. on Old Testament books and themes, including 21 on Ezekial, 31 on Acts and the Gospel of John, and on miscellaneous New Testament books and themes; thematic sermons; miscellaneous thematic lectures, address etc; Biblical canon, Bross lectures on the Bible, history of biblical criticism, the Authorised version, Bible compared with other sacred books, development of biblical interpretation in the eighteenth century; material on...
Dates:
1810-1835
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. Professor William Cunningham (1805-1861)
Fonds
Identifier: GD29
Scope and Contents
The collection consist of: notebook of geometry exercises from Duns Academy, 1820, with additional algebra exercises loosely inserted; notebook of student exercises mainly on Latin authors and grammar, 1821-1822; notes of the lectures by Cunningham taken down by Walker, Norman M. D. L., 1844-1845, with a letter from Walker's son, Sir Norman Walker, 1931, loosely inserted; 2 volumes of lectures on apologetics, delivered to students in theology at the Free Church College (the New College),...
Dates:
1820-1931
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. Professor William Manson (1882-1958)
Fonds
Identifier: GD15
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: formal lectures and notes on the Apocalypse, Christianity, Eschatology, Greek Bible and Language, Jesus, the Jewish people, Mark, Moses, Peter, St. Paul, the Resurrection, and the Synoptic Gospels, and much more; informal lectures and addresses on a variety of topics ; sermons and sermon fragments based on Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, the Psalms, Isaiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Romans, Corinthians, and Revelation; prayers of intercession, for world peace,...
Dates:
1911-1953
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843)
Fonds
Identifier: GD16
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: notebooks containing a variety of material including sermon outlines, poems, letters while on a trip to Palestine, class notes, diary and sketches of Palestine trip, outlines of talks, convocation notes, and poetry scrapbooks of others; a packet of miscellaneous cards such as Edinburgh University class tickets for history, philosophy, and theology, library ticket, and General Assembly ticket; references to McCheyne's probity, and certificates of attendance and...
Dates:
1811-1848
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. Will Freshwater and A. (Nancy) Freshwater
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1059
Scope and Contents
The collection - E2005.13 - is composed of typescript and manuscript material in the form of off-prints, articles, reports, notebooks, letters, postcards, and diary. There are also photographs.Within the typescript material and collection of letters, there is: correspondence with users of the collection covering period 1980-1985; a copy of Manners and customs of the Ba-Bemba, collected by W. Freshwater, Mbereshi, 1906; manuscript postcard notes,...
Dates:
1901-1985
Papers of the Rev. William Thomas Cairns (1868-1944)
Fonds
Identifier: GD33
Scope and Contents
The material is composed of: a folder of hymnological notes and papers, 1927-1943, from Cairns' library, which includes a hardcover exercise book containing additional notes, circa 1900; a folder of hymnological notes, 1932-1942, from the library of Rev. Millar Patrick; miscellaneous hymns and folksongs collected by Cairns, 1922-1942; some leaves on the anthems of Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), 1939; and, miscellaneous leaves on Wesley, 1943
Dates:
1900-1943
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections