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Family Correspondence of Archibald and Andrew Dalzel
Fonds — Box: Dk.7.52
Identifier: Coll-2230
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence (110 letters), 1762-1807. Letters mainly about Prof. Andrew Dalzel [also known as Dalzell, or Dalziel] and Archibald Dalzel. Includes an index in the box.
96 letters of Archibald Dalzel to his brother Andrew Dalzel;
2 letters Archibald Dalzel to his brother William Dalzel;
1 letter Archibald Dalzel to his sister Elizabeth;
3 letters...
Dates:
1762-1807
Fifty-one years a drummer, forty-three years a teacher, John Pearl Spears
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1601
Scope and Contents
This typescript text of some 345pp is enhanced with original photographs, post-cards, and clippings from other publications. It is an unpublished autobiography of Spears, the musician. The narrative is as much a chronicle of interesting small local and regional events told in the first person, as it is a documentation of Spear's musical adaptability in applying his percussion talents for all occasions.
Dates:
1943
File belonging to Joseph Oldham containing mixed material on African and ecumenical issues
Collection
Identifier: MS 5026
Scope and Contents
File belonging to Joseph Oldham containing mixed material on African and ecumenical issues. Content includes: letter from Jospeh Oldham to Betty Gibson regarding a visit; comments by Oldham on a chapter on 'Ecumenical History' by Prof Latourette (1884-1968) and comments on chapters III and IV; notes by Gibson; 'African Research Survey. memorandum on the Economic and Social Problems of Africa' by Charlotte Leubuscher (1888-1961); two journal letters from 'Father Francis' , Delta State,...
Dates:
1930-1959
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
File entitled 'Advisory Committee on Native Education in British Tropical Africa: Memorandum on Education Policy'
Collection
Identifier: MS 5027
Scope and Contents
File entitled 'Advisory Committee on Native Education in British Tropical Africa: Memorandum on Education Policy'containing: three copies in different formats of 'Memordandum for circulation No.2: Outline of Educational Policy'; 'Notes on Memorandum on Educational Policy'; 'preliminary draft 'Outline of Educational Policy'; 'Note to second revise'; draft 'Motion re procedure of Committee' by Sir F Lugard amended by Joseph Oldham; heavily annotated draft of 'Advisory Committee on Education in...
Dates:
1924-1934
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
File on the building of a Free Church of Scotland at Canonbie
Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 5.1
Scope and Contents
See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates:
1844
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
File on the purchase of Robert Southey’s (1774-1843) set of Acta Sanctorum for New College Library
Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 49.9
Scope and Contents
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Dates:
1843-1951
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Fine Art Postcard Collection
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1048
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of photo albums (filed arbitrarly) and small drawer sets of postcards (filed geographically). They show European buildings, many ecclesiastical. The subjects are: Italian sculpture; paintings and drawings (possibly of French examples); church exteriors (England, Italy); church interiors (Italy, France, England); domestic exteriors (France); secular exteriors (Italy); secular interiors; doors and doorways (England); wells and fountains; bridges; gateways; steps and...
Dates:
1895-1960
Firth of Forth Defences in the 20th Century
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-61
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Public Record Office references, 1879-1956; correspondence of B.A. Stenhouse and Major D. Rollo (Retired), H.Q. Royal Artillery, Woolwich, 1979-1987, relating to research on coastal defence, in addition to miscellaneous correspondence 1976-1990; material relating to batteries and forts, including Forth Artillery Defences 1880-1980; papers relating to the defence of islands; newspaper cuttings; material on attacks and disasters; aerial photographs, and camp and group...
Dates:
1879-1987
Five letters from David Hume
Fonds — Box: Dk.6.27
Identifier: Coll-2213
Scope and Contents
Five letters from David Hume (1711-1776).
To the Rev. John Jardine, 1758.
To President Charles Jean Francois Henault, 25 June 1765.
To John Home of Kilduff, 16 July 1776, not signed.
To the same, 23 July 1776, not signed, with a note by Home.
Also a letter to Hume from Admiral Thomas Smith, 21 October 1755.
...
Dates:
1758-1776
Five signed letters from Bonamy Dobrée to Sir Herbert Grierson relating to a planned Oxford History of English Literature
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-373
Identifier: Coll-1873
Scope and Contents
Three autograph and two typed letters signed, nine pages in total, written in Leeds from 25 December 1937 to 14 May 1939. Sent from Bonamy Dobrée to Sir Herbert Grierson, suggesting a commission for a collaboration with Edmund Blunden to produce a volume on the late 18th century for a planned Oxford History of English Literature and subsequently discussing aspects of its progress.
Dates:
25 December 1937-14 May 1939