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Papers of the Howden family of Lawhead and Traprain Farms, East Lothian
Fonds — Container: Gen.1956
Identifier: Coll-2901
Scope and Contents
These papers are composed of: correspondence, papers and domestic and farm accounts of Andrew and William Howden, farmers of Lawhead and Traprain Farms, East Lothian covering a period roughly 1810-1843. There are bills and accounts for clothing and agricultural implements, plans of buildings, deeds, materials relating to stock shows, and a price list from Peter Lawson & Son, Edinburgh, seed merchants, and a prospectus for the services of an agricultural chemist. The correspondence...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1780-1843
Papers of the Rev. Charles Watson (1794-1866)
Fonds
Identifier: GD36
Scope and Contents
The papers consist largely of letters from the Rev. Charles Watson to David Watson and to Mrs. Isabella Watson. There is also a letter from Elizabeth R. MacGillivray to David Watson, and letters from David Watson to Charles Watson.
Dates:
1840-1854
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. David Colville Lusk (1881-1960)
Fonds
Identifier: GD17
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: letters from various correspondents to Lusk in connection with proposal to establish a congregation of the Presbyterian Church of England at Oxford, 1929; other letters and material relating to proposal for forming a permanent congregation at St. Columba's, Oxford, for Presbyterians coming to live and work in Oxford; letters from Lady Dorothy Haig, 1921-1929; various printed materials on St. Columba's, Oxford, including historical outline, history of the Chapel...
Dates:
1896-1959
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. Dr. Andrew Landale Drummond (1902-1966)
Fonds
Identifier: GD25
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: architectural plans and drawings of non-ecclesiastical buildings mainly in the British Isles, but also in France, Germany and the Netherlands; a volume of cuttings and book reviews of Drummond's works; a notebook of Scottish history; a number of off-prints, 1935-1952, on various subjects including church architecture, Henry Bazely, Father Ignatius, and Pugin; correspondence, 1969-1980, addressed to Mrs. A. L. Drummond in connection with A. L. Drummond's books...
Dates:
1934-1980
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of the Rev. James Campbell Gordon (1906-1980)
Fonds
Identifier: GD22
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: a typescript play sequence intended for radio presentation, entitled And He was murdered!; talks for confirmation classes; newspaper cuttings dealing with the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam, in a notebook; album of photographs commemorating the BBC TV Songs of praise service conducted by Gordon, and transmitted from the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam, 21 January 1968; miscellaneous papers and...
Dates:
1898-1973
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
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