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A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

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Black-and-white Group photograph mounted on board representing a group of E.U.C.S (Edinburgh University Classics Society) students wearing togas, for the performance of the theatre play Plutus. Their names and roles are given under the photograph. Alexander Falconer Giles is sitting at the bottom right wearing normal clothes, as the stage manager. Photography studio: 'A. Swan Watson, Edinburgh'.

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Magazine photograph of three images of horses used on stage for the musical revue 'The Whirligig' at the Palace Theatre, London in [1919]. The next beneath the image notes that the actors attend the Army riding school in North-West London as a way to keep fit for the show.

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Includes British Government health publications, souvenir brochures, theatre programmes, religious pamphlets and Church of Scotland and University of Edinburgh handbooks and address lists.

Content Description Manuscript volume entitled "Recueil de Chansons Choisies en Vaudeville Pour servir a l'histoire Anecdote depuis [blank] jusqu'a present" ("Collection of Selected Vaudeville Songs, to Serve History Anecdote [sic] from [blank] until today") containing 101 French vaudeville songs with 58 scores, dated and annotated with notes explaining the figures and events referred to in the songs. At the end, there is also an index of people named in the songs, "Tables despersonnnes denommées et Matiere...

Scope and Contents The material is largely photographic but may be added to in the future. There are board-mounted group photographs by A. Swan Watson, Bruntisfield, Edinburgh: Photograph of Theatrical group, with signatures including Charles A. Thelander, dressed as 'nun' SRC, Students' Representative Council, Executive Committee, including Charles A. Thelander, 1903-1904 E.U. Winter...

Scope and Contents A sizeable collection of theatre/concert programmes from the North Russian Association (1928-1940). Founded in 1926, the North Russian Association grew out of a group set up by emigrants from Arkhangelsk living in London after the Revolution. Its interests were cultural, and it organised five events a year such as lectures, concerts, and other performances. The events documented here include a family Pushkin evening at London’s Institut Français in June 1928; a performance of Aleksei Faiko’s...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Scope and Contents Contains: Coll-1461/1: original artworks created by Yolanda Sonnabend for C.H. Waddington's book 'Tools for Thought' Coll-1461/2: collections of articles and research materials relating to Waddington's work, including manuscripts for his books 'Beyond Appearance', 'The Man-Made Future' and 'Tools for Thought' Coll-1461/3: letters to Yolanda Sonnabend, chiefly from C.H....

Content Description This fonds consists of theatre programmes and other ephemera relating to plays taken part in or seen by Philip de Grouchy whilst studying at the University of Edinburgh from 1959 to 1963, and after. The material is arranged in nine "volumes": Vols I and II: Programmes of plays presented by Edinburgh University Dramatic Society (hereafter E.U.D.S.or "Dramsoc") in which Philip de Grouchy took part or...