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Letters of Lawrence and Caroline Hogg
Fonds
Identifier: GD7
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of twenty-six microfiche copies of letters. The first three (1910-1920) are letters written by Lawrence Hogg in Scotland before he went to India and the last two (1921-1923) are letters of Caroline M. Dixon before she married. The remaining letters record the Hoggs' many encounters with missionaries and Indian Church leaders, Hogg's views on independence, the contacts the Hoggs had with relatives in India and Upper Egypt, and offer a portrait of Christian work in...
Dates:
1910-1964
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Letters of Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson
Fonds — Box: Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2240
Scope and Contents
This collections consists of 17 letters from Dr Mary Edith Pechey-Phipson M.D. 1869, 1884-1892. Sixteen letters are to aunts (two or more), one of whom ("Aunt Garrie") was Mrs Wansbrough of Shrewton, Wiltshire. The first, dated Edinburgh 23 October 1869, speaks of her early medical studies and mentions Sophia Jex-Blake; the other fifteen letters (dated 1884-1892) were mostly written in India and touch on life and work in that country. One of these is a copy. One letter is to her sister...
Dates:
1869-1892
Letters of Ralph Erskine
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1267
Scope and Contents
The letter (E2010.18), placed and dated as Dunfermline 10 April 1741, refers to a letter from Whitefield written on the 'Minerva' 17 February. It refers too to Mr. Wilson 'in Perth who teacheth as our professor of divinity'. The letter lists previous communication between Erskine and Whitefield one of which (from Bohemia in Maryland) Erskine has 'received not'. The others mentioned are: a letter from Whitefield from Philadelphia on 8 November; and, one from Savannah on 16 January 1740....
Dates:
1741
Letters of Rev. Alexander Lockhart Simpson (1785-1861)
Fonds
Identifier: GD46
Scope and Contents
The letters are largely those to Simpson from Thomas Chalmers, and Sir George Sinclair. There are also letters from the Earl of Morton and Lady Morton, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of Rosebery, Lord Stanley, Baron Torphichen, and the Marquis of Tweeddale.
Dates:
1835-1854
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Letters of Rev. Dr. William Steven (1796-1857)
Fonds
Identifier: GD45
Scope and Contents
The letters are from Steven to Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis. There are also anonymous notes in Dutch, possibly by Nijenhuis.
Dates:
1836-1837
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Letters of Samuel Smiles
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-373
Identifier: Coll-1877
Scope and Contents
Collection of 17 autograph letters signed (ALS), from Samuel Smiles (Scottish author and government reformer) to various correspondents, discussing literary and publishing matters, his works and lectures, and various business and financial matters.
29 November 1852: letter to Thomas Nunneley, one page, 4to., relating to 'the amount of compensation which was to be offered to...
Dates:
1852-1896
Letters of the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw (1778-1853) and other items
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1674
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 9 letters, being:
1 x ms letter - 2 December 1844 - to 'Dear fallen Brothers', from Ralph Wardlaw - also noted as 'Dr. W. to John Lucy '
1 x ms letter - 23 June 1847 - to 'Beloved Brethren', from Ralph Wardlaw
1 x ms letter - 17 March 1848 - to 'My Dear Brother', from Ralph Wardlaw - with envelope noted 'Thomas Cochran / Blank envelope re- /...
Dates:
1844-1853
Letters of W. S. Morrison to his brother, D. J. Morrison
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-794
Identifier: Coll-1142
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of circa 100 items of correspondence between William Shepherd Morrison (1893-1961) and his brother Dr. Donald John Morrison, referred to in the letters as ‘Pwe’. The laters are dated from 1915 to 1961and include (as a point of illustration of the type of content) the following:
- letter dated 11 June 1915, from the Western Front with the prospect of a German attack on Calais -...
Dates:
1915-1961
Letters of Walter Scott, to Walter Dickson, and to Rev. Anthony Dow, which make reference to Helen Walker
Fonds — Box: CLX-D-29, Folder: Coll-1703 / SC-Acc-2016-0006
Identifier: Coll-1703
Content Description
Autograph letter signed, Abbotsford, 27 October 1827. Black wax seal. Addressed to Walter Dickson Esq.
Transcript of the above letter.
Autograph letter signed, Edinburgh, 5 March 1830. Red wax seal, degraded. Three postal handstamps, with one 'Dumfries'. Addressed to Rev. Dr. Dow, Kirkpatrick-Irongray, Dumfriesshire.
Dates:
1827-1830
Letters, programmes and minute book of the Edinburgh Amateur Orchestral Society
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1569
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of notes and memoranda about purchases and gifts of parts, correspondence, and Sketch Programmes for the Society's Jubilee Year of 1921-1922, seasons 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, and 1935-36.Subsequent addition: the minute book of Edinburgh Amateur Orchestral Society, with minutes of meetings from 1872 to 1955 (some hand written, some typed). The book also includes annual reports, correspondence, accounts, notices, handwritten notes with...
Dates:
1872-1955; 1987