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Societies and Clubs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:

Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1945

 Series
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B
Scope and Contents Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization consists of files of correspondence with the following regional groups of the organisation: Agra Group, 1944-1945 Lahore Group, 1944-1945 Bangalore and Madras Group, 1943-1945 Kirkee and Bombay Group,1943-1945 Quetta Group, 1944-1945 Sialkot Group,...
Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO)

Research archive of John Martin concerning the History of Student Theatre at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1942
Scope and Contents The fonds consists of the research archive of John Martin relating to his on-going project on student theatre, which aims to compile a history of student theatre in Edinburgh from 1850 to 1970. In order to understand the wider student context in which theatre groups had arisen, John Martin started to work on two "spin-off" projects to support his research: one on student numbers at the University of Edinburgh between 1836 and 1966, and a second one on student societies in Edinburgh...
Dates: 2017-2021
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Roorkee Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/17
Scope and Contents

Notice concerning the first meeting of the Roorkee Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization in India.

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

Sala in the Jockey Club [Buenos Aires, Argentina], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1069
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a sala, or room, in the Jockey Club in [Buenos Aires, Argentina] in the early 20th century. The room features several large crystal chandeliers, a piano, a clock, tables and chairs with artwork on the walls.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

SATO Polytechnic file, 1945

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

Administrative details, course outlines, timetables and lecture notes for the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) 12th Army Polytechnic, South East Asia Command (SEAC). This organised pre-release training across Burma. Includes a letter dated 18 January 1938 to Percy Johnson-Marshall from the Royal Institute of British Architects, telling him that he had passed his examination in professional practice, and an outline map of Bengal.

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

School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (SPRRD): Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944-1946

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/2
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Percy Johnson-Marshall, as General Secretary of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), and the School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (SPRRD) concerning arrangements for ensuring that the SATO Polytechnic courses were supported through the provision of lecture materials, text books and exam submissions. The file includes a booklet Town planning: a detailed description of qualifications, training...
Dates: 1944-1946
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

Scrapbook of Edinburgh University student Ella MacGregor, 1920s

 Item — Box CLX-A-345
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0181
Scope and Contents Scrapbook/diary of Ella MacGregor, an Edinburgh University student in the 1920s. It contains handwritten autobiographical accounts and thoughts, cuttings of poems and songs, copies of photographs of people involved in the University's student life (for example, V. K. Mowat, joint editor of the Student 1923-24; John B. Colquhoun, President of the Union; Lilian M. Roger, President of Edinburgh University Unionist Association), of famous people who visited the University (G. K. Chesterton;...
Dates: 1920s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), 1943-1946

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/SATO
Scope and Contents

The administration files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) consist of:


  1. administration files, 1943-1946
  2. files concerning regional groups, 1943-1945
  3. files concerning liaison with other groups, 1943-1946
  4. material concerning the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic, Rangoon, 1945-1976
Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection

Shillong Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944-1945

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes on meetings and Committee lists for the Shillong Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization in India.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

SHRG Edinburgh Befriending Team Minutes, 14 Apr 1982

 Item
Identifier: GD61/1/1/2/35
Scope and Contents

Topics discussed include: finances; redecoration of the Befriending room; amendment to the constitution of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group; training; membership updates; and requests for speakers from the GaySoc Conference [GaySoc refers to a University's Gay Student Society], Nightline training, and the Samaritans.

Dates: 14 Apr 1982
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Minutes / Minutes of the Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) and Predecessors / Minutes of the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG) Edinburgh Branch Befriending Committee

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