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Copy of minute book of London Missionary Society, Glasgow Committee

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Identifier: MS BOX 49.11
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Dates: 1796-1803
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of Officers' Training Corps (OTC) Inter-Unit MacDougall Trophy Fixtures list 1938

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1556
Identifier: Coll-1756
Scope and Contents The 'Fixtures list' shows at the top of the page, a note of ‘G. O. E. Berry’. However, ‘G.O.E.’ as an abbreviation may be quite separate a note from the name ‘Berry’. There is also note of ‘5-30pm’, which is a repeat of the start time in the printed content of the 'list'. The name 'Berry' may be a misinterpretation however... perhaps it is 'Barry' referring to the shooting-range at Buddon Point, Barry, near Carnoustie, Angus.The page appears to have been clipped...
Dates: 1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of ‘Offices of devotion’ by James Foster with manuscript annotations by William Cameron (1751-1811)

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Identifier: MS CAME
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Copy of ‘Offices of devotion’ (1754) by James Foster belonging to William Cameron (1751-1811), minister of Kirknewton, with additional leaves containing his manuscript prayers. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1754-1805
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of 'Poems of Ossian', collected by Rev. Dr John MacDonald in Strathnaver, Ross and Invernessshire

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Identifier: Coll-2953
Scope and Contents Loosely gathered bundle of poetry in Gaelic and English. Title on outer leaf reads:"Poems of Ossian, collected by Jo McDonald - in the Western Parishes of Strathnaver, Ross, & Invernessshire - in Sept[embe]r & Oct[obe]r 1805-"All bar one of the poems are preceded by an "argument" [introduction] in English. The poems themselves are in Gaelic.Items within the volume include: ...
Dates: September - October 1805
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of poems of W. T. Johnston

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Identifier: Coll-1422
Scope and Contents Johnston's poems are copies of typescript said to have been published in 2000 under the title New joined words, Livingston, West Lothian. There are 53-pages. The works of poetry are dated from 1957, with the poem 'The fish of horror' which was written at Honington, presumably R.A.F. Honington, and tell of a night of over-drinking. There is a poem written in 1966 - 'Good luck boys'. The remainder were written in succeeding decades up to 2001, with the poems 'To the...
Dates: 1957-2001
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of ‘The description of the Sheriffdome of Lanark’ by William Hamilton of Wishaw (d. 1724)

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Identifier: MS HAM 6
Scope and Contents MS HAM 6.1: 'The description of the Sheriffdome of Lanark', by William Hamilton of Wishaw (d. 1724). Copied from the manuscript in the Advocates Library, and supposed to be written around 1700. This copy is handwritten, and was made in the 19th century.Quarter-bound octavo notebook, with marbelled boards. No pagination, c. 100 pages.MS HAM 6.2: Genealogy research into the family of William Hamilton and Mary...
Dates: c.1700; Publication: 19th century; Modified: 1996
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of the Journal of William Smith (1823-1882) about his association with New Zealand

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Identifier: Coll-1572
Scope and Contents

The typescript transcription of the William Smith journal was probably created by F. D. Lovatt Smith, whose name appears on an introduction to the work, dated 15 September 1980. The original journal was a manuscript covering some 325 pages, and the typescript transcript forming the collection item starts at p.167 of the original manuscript.

The item had been part of a collection at New Zealand House, London.

Dates: 1979-1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of The Scotsman containing the Church Union Supplement

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Identifier: MS BOX 20.5
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Dates: 1929
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy of typescript paper on W. R. D. Fairbairn, "A start from the Centre of the Personality"

 Collection — Box: CLX-A-1555, Folder: Coll-1790 / SC-Acc-2016-0171
Identifier: Coll-1790
Content Description

Typescript paper on W. R. D. Fairbairn, "A start from the Centre of the Personality", author unknown, 106pp.

Dates: 1960-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy protest of ministers and elders of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 18 May 1843

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Identifier: MS BOX 53.6
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Dates: 1843
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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