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Sermons of Alexander Wodrow (1674-1706), minister at Tron Kirk, Glasgow

 Collection
Identifier: MS WOD1
Scope and Contents

Sermons, possibly in the author's hand, mainly preached at Laigh Kirk, later Tron Kirk [Collegiate charge], and Outer Kirk, Glasgow. Some notes in shorthand.

Dates: 1702-1703
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Andrew Harper (1844-1936), Principal of St Andrews College, Sydney

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HAR 1
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of manuscript sermons. Spine title reads:

"Manuscript Sermons. 1849 - 1879. By the Reverend Principal Harper D.D."

Volume is written in shorthand, apart from 19 leaves in Latin script at the back.

Presented to New College Library by Harper's granddaughter, Jean A. Hay Wilson, in 1923. Correspondence regarding the donation is laid in the front.

Dates: 1849-1879; Event: 1923
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Angus MacBean (1785-1845), minister of Free Gaelic Church, Greenock

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCB
Scope and Contents

Manuscript book of sermons by Rev. Angus McBean, of the Free Gaelic Church, Greenock. 102 pages.

Sermons were begun on the 6 August 1826, and ended on the 11 February 1827. Individual entries are titled but not dated.

Volume title is written on the front board by Hugh Buie of Greenock. A third hand has added the dates 1821-1845 in pencil, presumably in reference to McBean's tenure as minister.

Dates: 1826-1827
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of David Cruden, minister of Nigg (1746-1826)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS CRU
Scope and Contents

'Sermons and other pulpit exercises of the late Rev. David Cruden, D.D., Minister of Nigg. Kincardine Shire delivered between the years of 1769 and 1826.'

Two volumes bound in leather with 'Cruden's Manuscript Sermons' written in gold lettering on the spines. Volumes numbered 11 and 12.

General Assembly Library stamp on the first page of each volume.

Dates: 1769-1826
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of George Meldrum (1634-1709), minister of the Tron Kirk, Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MEL 1
Scope and Contents Sermons of George Meldrum (1634-1709), Minister of the Tron Kirk, Edinburgh.First entry dated 16 June 1706, and final entry dated September 1708. Entries are not consistently spaced between these dates, with several months sometimes passing between some entries.Each sermon is dated, and is titled with a biblical passage.A note on page 303 implies that it is Meldrum authoring the volume himself, rather than a scribe noting down his sermons. It reads:...
Dates: 1706-1708
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of George Reid, minister of Dalrymple, Ayrshire

 Fonds
Identifier: MS REI 1
Scope and Contents

Notebook of sermons, each in reference to a specific biblical verse with with a brief title. Unclear if sermons were given or written by George Reid. Dates 1712-1713 and many pen trials are written on inside boards, along with brief research by a former custodian.

From the General Assembly Library

Dates: 1712-1713
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of George Sinclair (-1759), minister of Balfron

 Collection
Identifier: MS SIN
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below).

Dates: 1749-1755
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of Henry Davidson, Minister of Galashiels.

 Collection
Identifier: MS DAV 2
Scope and Contents

Sermon notebook of Henry Davidson, Minister of Galashiels.

112 pages, of which 32 are blank. Sermons are written in a combination of English and Scots, in both full and short hand.

From the General Assembly Library

Dates: 5 April 1722 to 9 May 1748
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of James Erskine (fl.1653) and John Carstairs (1623-1686)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS ERS J4
Scope and Contents

Notebook of sermons preached by Mr James Erskine and Mr John Carstairs in Glasgow, 1653

Dates: c.1653
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of James Husband, Burgher minister, Dunfermline

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HUS
Scope and Contents Sermons and lectures of James Husband, Burgher Minister of Dunfermline.Notes are handwritten in English, but with many sections in shorthand. Some volumes are written from both the front and the back. Most volumes are prefaced with a contents of the bible passages that are covered.Volumes are dated on the outside boards. The sequence begins chronologically, but begins to become more randomised after MS HUS 21. As well as the main board dates, additional dates and...
Dates: 1776-1817
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 5
Church of Scotland 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 5
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Roslin Institute 5
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University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
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Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 4
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
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Church Missionary Society 3
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Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and metalurgist) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 3
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 3
Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 3
Syme, James, 1799-1870 (Scottish pioneering surgeon; Professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 3
Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734 (Church of Scotland minister, historian and antiquarian) 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2