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Anonymous essays entitled ‘An Essay upon the connection between true faith in the Gospel and holiness in heart and life’ and ‘An essay on the nature and necessity of regeneration’
Fonds
Identifier: MS ESS
Scope and Contents
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Dates:
c.1789
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Antiphonal of Benedictine use, in Latin
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1316
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript volume, written on paper, and has 106 leaves, measuring 155mm by 90mm, with rubrics and staves in red. It is bound in original leather over pasteboards.
Dates:
1700-1799
Antique forgery of a letter from Robert Burns to James Johnson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1166
Scope and Contents
Letter refers to ill-health, and to mis-spellings in 'Hyslop's bill'. It is address to Mr. Jas. Johnson, Engraver, Music Shop, Lawn Market, Edinburgh.
The collection also includes a cover, noted: 'Letter of the poet Burns received from Mr. James Stewart Merchant Burrowstounness January 1851'.
The collection also includes a cover, noted: 'Letter of the poet Burns received from Mr. James Stewart Merchant Burrowstounness January 1851'.
Dates:
1796
Archive of illustrators Alison Douglas Tod and Richard Tod
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2029
Content Description
This is an extensive archive of material relating to the children's stories and illustrations produced by this Newport-on-Tay father and daughter duo: Richard, who was active between 1901 and 1917 and who worked both under his own name and as "Uncle Jack", and Alison, who appears to have been busy in the 1940s. The collection comprises draft manuscripts and typescripts, final typescript versions, preliminary sketches on paper and on tracing paper, finished artwork, and a small amount of...
Dates:
c 1900-1940s
Archive of ms material relating to work on Baron Corvo by Donald Weeks
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1580
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of 23 x folders, containing the following items:
1-2: Two ts letters from Ian Fletcher to Donald Weeks - Postal stamped: 8th August 1964 & 5th August 1964
3-5: Three letters addressed to Donald Weeks - Dated: (ms) 31st Dec. 1962 from L. Green, (ts) 21st July 1966 from F. Weatherhead, and (ts) 6th Feb. 1985 from Dr. E Bruce Tovee.
6: One portrait...
Dates:
1939-1986
Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1581
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: an archive of productions of 'Varsity Vanities', 1946-48, and various dramatic groups including Edinburgh University Dramatic Society, SRC Charities Week Office, Attic Theatre Co., Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group, and others.
The material is placed in 2 x photograph albums, and an expanding-wallet, which contain, photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.
The material is placed in 2 x photograph albums, and an expanding-wallet, which contain, photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.
Dates:
1946-1951
Archive of the Scottish Congregational College
Fonds
Identifier: GD11
Scope and Contents
The archive is composed of: in Box 1, applications for admissions, miscellaneous materials and documents, and material on endowments; in Box 2, material on the William Smith Bursary, the John Wemyss Bursary, the Baxter Scholarship, the Whitelaw Scholarship, the Agnes Bowie Bursary, and legal documents concerning Inverleith Road, Edinburgh, and Lochend Road, Edinburgh; in Box 3, material relating to the John Pillans Bursary, the John Sutherland Bursary, the James Smith Prize, the Ferguson Prize,...
Dates:
1864-1993
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Archives of Messrs. Christian Salvesen Ltd.
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-36
Scope and Contents
The Archives of Christian Salvesen Ltd. span well over one hundred years from the 1850s to the 1960s. The deposit contains ledgers, private journals, cash books, invoice books, letter books, day books, official files, station records, stock books and accounts, correspondence and documents, order books, records of telegrams of Turnbull, Salvesen & Co., Christian Salvesen & Co., and South Georgia Co., and various subsidiary companies. There is material relating to Salvesen ships...
Dates:
1852-1969
Archives of the Regions Beyond Missionary Union
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 33
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of material relating to the mission in general and to the work in Congo, Peru, India, Nepal, and Kalimantan and Irian Jaya and includes: (1) minutes and reports produced in the mission offices in London and in the fields; (2) correspondence with missionaries in the field, with regional and national councils, with other missions operating in the same areas, and with other evangelical agencies; (3) publications and printed material including issues of the mission's journal...
Dates:
[ca. 1872-1991]
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Article entitled ‘Our Psalms and Hymns’
Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 19.4
Scope and Contents
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Dates:
nd
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
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- Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
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- Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
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- Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 3
- Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
- Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
- Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
- Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
- Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 3
- Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 3
- Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
- Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 3
- Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
- Tragara Pressnn 3
- University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 3
- Unknown (Unknown) 3
- Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
- Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet) 2
- Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
- Bickersteth, Robert (surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary) 2
- Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 2
- Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 2
- Borland, Catherine Robina, d 1946 (manuscript historian) 2
- Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958, Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University 2
- Brewster, David, 1781-1868 (natural philosopher and vice-chancellor, University of Edinburgh) 2
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- Bulfield, Grahame, 1941-: (geneticist, formerly director and chief executive, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh and vice-principal, University of Edinburgh) 2
- Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law) 2
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- Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 2
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- Greenwood, Alan William, 1897-1981 (genetical physiologist and director of ARC Poultry Research Centre) 2
- Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) 2
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