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Thesis entitled “The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century” by Alastair MacDonald Taylor

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.2.7
Identifier: Coll-2142
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Thesis by Alastair MacDonald Taylor entitled "The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century", 1939.

Dates: 1939

Thesis on 'The Life of James Sharp'

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Identifier: Coll-1904
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Thesis on the life of James Sharp presented for the degree of Ph.D at Edinburgh University, 1946.

Dates: 1946

Transcriptions of Inverness Kirk Session Records

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Identifier: MS INV
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A selection of kirk session minutes from Inverness from 1712-1824, transcribed in two volumes.

MS INV 1 (1712-1726)

MS INV 2 (1726-1824)

The transcription is attributed to Alexander Mitchell in 1890 in preparation for the publication of 'Inverness kirk-session records 1661-1800.' Inverness, 1902. MS INV 2 has a leaf from a publication in Gaelic laid in between pages 866-867.

Dates: 1712-1821; 1890

Typescript by John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith

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Identifier: MS FIN 1
Scope and Contents Typescript manuscript of John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith. Fl.1906 - 1913.Manuscript titled "The Missionary Movement: Its Rise, Progress, and Prospects." Created c.1909, with several former shelfmarks and the author's name inscribed inside. Notes on 'The Great Commission' loosely inserted after page 232. Typescript frequently annotated with pencil, with printed biblical passages pasted in. Ammendments are mostly small, but occasionally whole paragraphs are marked for...
Dates: c.1909

Typescript of ‘Christian stalwarts’ by William H Clark

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Identifier: MS CLA 2
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Typescript short studies on 'Christian stalwarts' such as Peter Waldo (c.1170), John Hus (1369-1415), Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498), Martin Luther (1483-1546), John Calvin (1509-1564), Wycliffe, Tyndale, Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley, John Knox (c. 1510-1572), Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), John Wesley (1703-1791), David Livingstone (1813-1873), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960). Written by William H. Clark.

Dates: 1972

Visitors’ book for Lady Glenorchy’s (South) Church, Edinburgh

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Identifier: MS GLE 2
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Lady Glenorchy's Parish visitors' book, 1909. 12 pages in use, the remaining pages are blank. The first two pages commemorate the laying of the foundation stone of the new church and halls, 22 May 1909. Invitations and adverts for the event are laid in.

Dates: 1909

Volume entitled “India Before and After the Mutiny”

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.1.37
Identifier: Coll-2135
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Volume entitled “India Before and After the Mutiny”, dated 1885, anonymous. 1 vol.

Dates: 1885

Volume of lecture notes taken by John P Mackintosh at lectures in Constitutional History given by Dr. Balfour-Melville, 1947-48. With enclosures

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Identifier: Coll-1323
Scope and Contents The material is composed of: - 1 x notebook of lectures in Constitutional History given by Dr. Balfour-Melville - insertions (from notebook), being Examination for Vans Dunlop Scholarship in History, 1949, Edinburgh University; three printed examination papers, Edinburgh University - British History (Ordinary) December 1946, British History (Honours) January 1948, British History (Degree...
Dates: 1947-48

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Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 (historian, essayist and philosopher) 1
Carse, Agnes, fl 1706 (wife of William Cochrane, Edinburgh) 1
Castehill United Free Church (Forres, Scotland) 1
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Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 1
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Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 1
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Donaldson, Gordon, 1913-1993 (Scottish historian; Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography) 1
Drake, Frederick Seguier, 1892-1974 (English Baptist priest; Dean of the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong) 1
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