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Sermons by Thomas Shaw (1684-1745), minister of Scone

 Collection
Identifier: MS SHA3
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1709-1711
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons by William Fraser (1779-1853), Burgher minister at Alloa

 Fonds
Identifier: MS FRA 5
Scope and Contents

Sermons of William Fraser (1779-1853), Burgher minister at Alloa. Contents is mostly long hand, with sermons in shorthand.

Also contains statistics on the students in the Burgher Divinity Hall, Selkirk, 1798 from when Fraser was a student there under Dr. George Lawson. Fraser tracks their ordination status and service until 1818.

Dates: 1816-1818
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons collected by R. Jardine

 Fonds
Identifier: MS JAR
Scope and Contents

Sermons and lectures by various authors compiled into a manuscript volume by R. Jardine. Noted as volume 5 with writing starting from both ends of the volume. Envelopes have been laid in with references to Stirling on them. 'Janet Renny' inscribed on last page verso. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1714
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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

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

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Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
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Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
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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
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Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 3
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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
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 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
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Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 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
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