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Photocopies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: General term for copies produced by photocopying, that is, in a machine employing a light-sensitive process, and usually at a one-to-one scale. In the early to mid-20th century, used regarding copies made by various specific processes; since the mid-20th century, most often refers to xerographic copies.

Found in 1148 Collections and/or Records:

Photocopy of the last will and testament, 1809, of Alexander MacDonell of Keppoch, the resident in Prince Edward Island.

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Identifier: Acc.7218
Scope and Contents

With associated extract, 1810, from the minutes of the PEI Court of Probate.

Dates: 1809-1810.

Photocopy of the manuscript known as the Duke of Perth manuscript, containing 'A collection of countrey dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth', 1734, followed by 'A collection of the best Highland reels', undated, compiled by David Young., 1734, undated.

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Identifier: MS.21715
Scope and Contents David Young, writing master in Edinburgh, and subsequently master of the grammar school in Haddington, is known to have made two other later compilations of Scottish tunes: the Young manuscript, [circa 1740], in the Bodleian Library (MS.Don.d.54), and the MacFarlane manuscripts, 1743, in the National Library of Scotland (MSS.2084-2085).The volume is remarkable for the quantity of material it contains (48 country dances, and 45 reels), for the descriptions of how the country...
Dates: 1734, undated.

Photocopy of the membership, minute, and account book of the Ravel Society of weavers of Darvel, Ayrshire.

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Identifier: Acc.4963
Scope and Contents

The alphabetical list of members of the Society (including many women), gives details of the number of looms possessed by each weaver; each weaver was assessed ½ per year on each loom for the purpose of new ravels, and the repair of old ones. In 1872 the Society merged with the similar local Beaming Machine Society.

Dates: 1865-1872.

Photocopy of the Reverend Archibald Allan, "Autobiographical Notes".

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Identifier: Acc.8863
Scope and Contents

Includes an account of his early years in the Fife coalfield.

Dates: 1918.

Photocopy of the thesis entitled "From business to politics - the Ellice family 1760-1860" submitted by J C Clarke for the degree of D.Phil at Oxford in 1974.

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Identifier: MS.15198
Scope and Contents

The thesis deals with Alexander Ellice and the fortune he amassed as a West India merchant and the careers in business and politics of his son Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863).

Dates: 1974.