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Typescripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Photocopy, 1970, of a typescript of reminiscences, 1909, of John Gilray, entitled "Early Days of the Socialist Movement in Edinburgh".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.4965
Scope and Contents The period described is circa 1884–18 93. Early socialist organisations mentioned include a Republican Society, affiliated to the Democratic [later Social Democratic] Federation; Edinburgh University Socialist Society; the Socialist League; the Scottish Land and Labour league; the Scottish Labour Party, and Labour Party; the Independent Labour Party; and the Fabian Society. The narrative is based on a talk given originally at the 17th Annual Conference of the Independent Labour Party,...
Dates: 1970.

Photocopy of a typed version of a journal kept by Agnes Paterson, wife of Andrew Paterson, a merchant sea-captain in the service of Jardine and Mathieson, the oriental trading company.

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Identifier: MS.8925
Scope and Contents The journal describes Agnes Paterson's voyage from Scotland to China, from her original departure from Leith to London, to her main embarkation at Portsmouth. It then records incidents on the journey, via the Cape of Good Hope and Java, to her destination at Macao. The journal was sent home in 1840 to her sister Janet, wife of Robert Morham, Depute Town Clerk of Edinburgh. A prefatory note by the donor gives a short biographical note on the compiler and mentions that it is not known whether...
Dates: 1839-1840.

Photocopy of corrected typescript of "MacDiarmid`s Disciple" by Henry Mair.

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Identifier: Acc.12031
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of related correspondence and reviews.

Dates: 2001.