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Papers relating to the planning of the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1097
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
Conceptual briefs, reports and drawings including reports on the various themes for the new museum; exhibition briefs; and, material directly relating to themes on Beginnings, the Church, Jacobites, Enlightenment, the Union, the Victorians and Edwardians, Land, Trade and Industry.
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Dates:
1985-2001
Part-printed and ms receipts from Stonehaven sheriff officer and the debt collection company of Kinnear & Munro, Stonehaven
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1532
Identifier: Coll-1721
Scope and Contents
18 x part-printed and ms receipts from the Stonehaven sheriff officer and from the debt collection company of Kinnear & Munro form a small collection of Scottish local taxation and debt collection receipts, 1819-1868. Money is detailed for various Kincardineshire taxes and rents including road money, land tax, salmon fishing rents, feu duty, together with various parish tax assessments including amounts for poor relief, rogue tax, police assessment, prisons assessment, turnpike road...
Dates:
1819-1868
Philip de Grouchy's collection of theatre programmes and other ephemera
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2003
Content Description
This fonds consists of theatre programmes and other ephemera relating to plays taken part in or seen by Philip de Grouchy whilst studying at the University of Edinburgh from 1959 to 1963, and after. The material is arranged in nine "volumes":
Vols I and II: Programmes of plays presented by Edinburgh University Dramatic Society (hereafter E.U.D.S.or "Dramsoc") in which Philip de Grouchy took part or...
Dates:
1959-1966
Photographs and papers relating to Dr. Anthony D. Oliver
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1825
Content Description
This fonds consists of photographs and papers relating to Dr Anthony D. Oliver. It is made of two different accessions; the first one (SC-Acc-2017-0102) contains photogrraphs and pictures, and the second one (SC-Acc-2023-0120) contains papers such as student notes, medical case notes, workbooks etc.SC-Acc-2017-0102: group photograph of the Students' Representative Council, 1960/61 (also includes David Steel, Senior President and Duncan F. Hallas, Secretary); portrait photograph...
Dates:
1958-1970s
Receipts and other papers of the Campbell and Arthur families of Patna, Ayrshire
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1552
Scope and Contents
The papers in this small collection are from the Campbell and Arthur families of Patna, Ayrshire. They date between 1779 and 1887. They include:
Receipt dated Edinburgh 29 May 1862. received from Mr. David Arthur five punds fifteen shillings being Years Rent for subjects occupied by him at Patna Village
Order or Receipt, dated Dallmellington 27 November 1867, Wm. stewart to...
Dates:
1860-1870
Records of a Culross merchant, probably Robert Geddes
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1924
Scope and Contents
Account book of a Culross merchant, probably Bailie Robert Geddes, covering 1736 to 1753. 55 + 33 pages (author begun at both ends). Vellum binding. Some loose fragments of accounts at end, and part of a letter to 'Baillie Robert Geddes, merchant in Culross'.
Dates:
1736-1753
Records of Brunstane Farm, Portobello, Edinburgh
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-808
Scope and Contents
The material is composed of several folders of accounts offering an insight into farming practice throughout the mid-decades of the twentieth century, an impression of the scale of self-sustaining small business in Portobello and district itself, and an idea of the cost of living from the 1930s to the 1970s especially for a small farmer. The firms include insurance companies, animal feed firms, and repair shops. There are accounts from an ironmonger and sheet metal worker in Portobello, the...
Dates:
1932-1973
Records of Campbell Campbell W.S. Solicitors
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-126
Scope and Contents
The records are composed of: private ledgers; ledger balances; exchequer business; letter books; and, correspondence on conveyancing.
Dates:
19th century-20th century
Records of Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1895
Content Description
This fonds consists of the Records of the Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee (c. 1973-1978), with some material relating to the Chile Solidarity Campaign UK-wide. The records of the committee include minutes, correspondence, membership lists, publications, documents relating to the "adoption" of Chilean refugees by the committee, and various printed ephemera used to spread awareness of their campaign and advertise events organised to support the committee. There are also...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973-1978
Records of Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust (ECAT)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1993
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the records of the Edinburgh Contemporary Arts Trust (ECAT). It includes the association's administrative papers and the promotional material used to advertise its musical events. It also contains recorded music, music scores, and photographs.
Memorandum of Association. (1 folder)
Company Registers, c 1989-2003. Include Register of members, minutes, "document...
Dates:
1980s-2010s