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Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscripts on ecclesiastical affairs collected by Robert Mylne (c.1643-1747), writer of pasquils and antiquary

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MYL
Scope and Contents Composite volume on ecclesiastical affairs, 1645-1708. Manuscripts collected by Robert Mylne (1643-1747).Item 1: Manuscript copies of Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, proclamations, and other public statements, 1645-1661. Spans 712 numbered pages, in a neat secretary hand.Item 2: 2: A series of official letters, addressed to numerous recipients and signed by multiple authors. Notable...
Dates: 1644-1710
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Material relating to antiquarian and archaeological sites in the Outer Hebrides, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW362
Scope and Contents Assorted draft articles, sketches and correspondence relating to antiquarian and archaeological sites in Uist and Barra. Among the material is a manuscript by Alexander Carmichael titled 'Promiscuous [sic] Antiquities in the Long Island, anciently known as Innis Cat and now known as Innis Fada or Eileinn Fada', 27 April 1872; and a sketchbook titled 'Feudal Castles of the Outer Hebrides'; a manuscript by Captain F.W.L. Thomas titled 'On the Defensive Architecture of the Outer Hebrides';...
Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Miscellaneous papers and letters, 18th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-98/4/8/1
Scope and Contents A collection of miscellaneous papers and letters, most of which are handwritten, but there is printed text. Much of the content is in English, with some in Scottish Gaelic. There is no particular theme, which requires the documents to be kept together, although this is how they were historically held.One of the letters is signed from P. Stuart, dated 26 April 1782. P. Stuart appears to be writing to his brother, Rev. John Stuart. The letter is requesting that Rev. John Stuart...
Dates: 18th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Material collected for research / Miscellaneous papers and correspondence

Miscellaneous Papers and Notes by W.J. Watson, late 19th-early 20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW11
Scope and Contents

Folder containing miscellaneous papers and notes by W.J. Watson. Items include a paper on 'Some Interactions between English and Gaelic' , lists of place names, correspondence with the Burgh Surveyor's Office, Perth, concerning a site in Strathtay, a list of 'Saints in Adamnan's Life of Columba', a newspaper clipping from the Times Literary Supplement July 12, 1923, entitled 'Scottish Place Names', and an essay entitled 'The Early Church in the North'.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Notices of Carmina Gadelica, 1900-1903

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW245
Scope and Contents Volume entitled 'Notices of Carmina Gadelica'. 'E.C. Carmichael' [Ella Carmichael] is written on the inside cover. The volume is a scrapbook containing typed copies of reviews of Alexander Carmichael's 'Carmina Gadelica' from journals such as 'The Oban Times', 'Highland News', 'Northern Chronicle' and the 'Irish Weekly Independent and Nation', as well as newspaper cuttings of reviews. The volume also includes correspondence mostly addressed to Alexander Carmichael regarding the 'Carmina...
Dates: 1900-1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Organisation of Service Architects in Ceylon, 1943-1945

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with and information about the Organisation of Service Architects of Ceylon (OSAC). Includes broadsheets produced by OSAC, lecture notes and press clippings concerning the opening of the 12th Army SATO Polytechnic.

Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

Papers concerning Angus Matheson, 1938

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW401
Scope and Contents Series of papers concerning Angus Matheson of 66 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh. Papers include correspondence dated 31 August 1938, giving an account of Angus Matheson's canvassing for the position of Lecturer in Celtic at Glasgow University. Also one item of correspondence addressed to Dr MacLeod, dated 14 Feb 1938, which comments on George Calder's editing of the Poems of William Ross (Edinburgh, 1937) . Also a letter of application and testimonials in favour of...
Dates: 1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Papers of Alexander Hamilton (1663-1739), minister of Airth

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HAM 1
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing copies of letters and other doucuments on the Marrow Controversy, by Alexandar Hamilton, John Warden, Ralph Erskine and James Hog. Notebook is a quarter-bound quarto with hard, marbelled end boards. 168 numbered pages. 1714-1722.

Front fly leaf bears ownership mark of 'Davies Street Congregational Library'.

From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1714-1722
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Proposals as submitted to GHQ: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/3
Scope and Contents

Paper concerning the "Proposed faculties of planning, design and technics" for India which was submitted to General Headquarters by the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO). The file also contains correspondence concerning the procurement of books.

Dates: 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

Reports on the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and the London Plans, 1951

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Identifier: PJM/ABT/B/10
Scope and Contents

Two draft reports by the Association of Building Technicians, both typewritten with hand written comments: Report on current planning practice under the T & CP Act, 1947 and Report on the London Plans . Also includes a manuscript plan of Glenrothes (15cm x 19cm) and some correspondence concerning the report.

Dates: 1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Association of Building Technicians / The Association of Building Technicians: draft reports