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"Collectanea Scotica" by G. E. Kinloch

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1130

Scope and Contents This bound volume contains copies of letters, these being: copy of letter by Sir George McKenzie to the Lord Balcarres, 1684 copy letter from Sir George Mackenzie to the Earls of Moray and Middleton copy letter John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1680 copy letter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart, after Duchess of Lauderdale copy letters Field...

Dates: 1820-1829

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Coltness Papers

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-17

Scope and Contents

The collection of Coltness Papers contains letters, family documents, commonplace books, accounts, historical and bioraphical manuscripts, and certificates dating mainly from the 17th-19th centuries, and relating to the Steuart family. See the box list fore more details.

Dates: 1623-1994

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of George Low

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-251

Scope and Contents The material consists of Low's Orkney manuscripts dating from circa 1773 in 3 volumes, from History of Orkney parts 1-8, History of Orkney parts 9-19, to Description and chronology parts 20-25, at Dc.6.102/1-3. There is also a typed transcript of the same. At Dc.6.103 there is work on Orkney flora and fauna, and at Dc.6.104 a course of microscopical observations from 1771-1772. There is a...

Dates: 1766-1773

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor Gordon Donaldson

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-78

Scope and Contents The papers of Professor Gordon Donaldson within Gen. 1627-1645 consist of general and individual correspondence and correspondence with institutions and publishers. There is material and notes on churches, about crofters, emigration, genealogy, and the Northern Isles. There are lectures and notes; personal and family papers; photographs; and, press cuttings. There is manuscript material, typescript material, and proofs. These all cover the period 1935-1993.The collection also...

Dates: 1549-1993

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1835

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, inventories, student notes, sermons, and business accounts relating to the members of the Anderson, Urquhart, and Graham families (all related). The material covers the 18th and 19th centuries and relates to subjects as varied as ironmongery, sea travel, study of humanities in the 1820s, preaching and sermons, school teaching, etc. This collection provides an excellent insight into the daily life in Edinburgh in the late 1700s and in the 1800s.

Dates: 1761-1979

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of the Cochrane Family

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1837

Content Description Collection of six ornately decorated 18th-century manuscript documents relating to the Cochrane family of Scotland, including two marriage documents and four burgess tickets: Two documents relating to the marriage of William Cochrane and Agnes Carse, both dated 19 July 1706, Edinburgh: a marriage contract, listing over 400 points on which they pledged agreement, measuring 30 cm x 274 cm ; and a marriage...

Dates: 1706-1789

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Scott Moncrieff family letters and legal documents

Fonds — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-1803

Content Description The archive contains many letters from, to, and between members of the Scott Moncreiff family including Robert Scott Moncreiff of Fossaway and his wife, Susan, and others of the family. The letters are mostly 19th century, some 18th century, and earlier.There is also a quantity of manuscript letters, legal documents, and printed matter relating to the Scott Moncreiffs of Yair and Fossaway, Perthshire... including instruments of sasine, and share certificates, the former in favour...

Dates: 1662-1860

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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"Collectanea Scotica" by G. E. Kinloch

Coltness Papers

Papers of George Low

Papers of Professor Gordon Donaldson

Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

Papers of the Cochrane Family

Scott Moncrieff family letters and legal documents

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