Showing Collections: 1571 - 1580 of 1962
Recollections of Edwin and Willa Muir
Fonds — Box: Gen.2180, Volume: Gen.2180/4
Identifier: Coll-1883
Scope and Contents
Volume compiled by literary partnership, Edwin and Willa Muir.
Dates:
c1980s
Record of Cases taken in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Preparations from the Pharmacopeia of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and Baffin Voyage Journal
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-891
Scope and Contents
The manuscriptCases taken in the Royal Infirmaryis by no means unique. A range of student copies of Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) casebooks have survived. Some contain copies of remedies from pharmacopoeias of either the RIE or the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE). This casebook is from 1820-1821. The mansucript also contains a copy of preparations from the pharmacopoeia of the RCPE. The 'Baffin' voyage journal contains a record of the experiences of...
Dates:
1820-1824
Records and Papers relating to Anglican-Presbyterian Relations, 1961-1966
Fonds
Identifier: GD54
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: Anglican-Presbyterian Conversations, the Church, Community and State Group, 1963-1964; documents presented to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, including Reports of the Inter-Church Relations Committee, 1957-1966; minutes of meetings, the General Assembly's Special Committee on Anglican-Presbyterian relations, 1960-1966; minutes of meetings, the Convener's Committee, Special Committee on Anglican-Presbyterian relations, 1960-1965; minutes of...
Dates:
1947-1967
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Records and Papers relating to the French West Africa Company (CFAO)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-444
Scope and Contents
The material consists of the correspondence and papers of Messrs. Donnison and Edwards, Castle Street, Liverpool, who appear to have been legal agents for CFAO. The items are mainly about property in Lagos Oshogbo, and Port Harcourt in Nigeria, Sekondi and Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, and Freetown in Sierra Leone. There is also material related to litigation in the matter of captured German vessels and personnel.
Dates:
1900-1924
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 Charles Holtzapffel and Company
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-134
Scope and Contents
The records consist of: ledgers F, H, and K, between 1811 and 1822; and, customers' journal 1892-1897, containing accounts for sales, repairs etc. of lathes, machinery and tools.
Dates:
1811-1897
Records of Christian Unity Association of Scotland
Fonds
Identifier: MS CHRI2
Scope and Contents
See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates:
1904-1956
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Records of Cowan House
Fonds
Identifier: EUA GD59
Scope and Contents
2 cash books, numbers 6 & 7.
Dates:
1947-1953
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