‘Scotland’s last martyr’ : remembering James Renwick TAGS: Covenanters | seventeenth-century February was a suitable month to remember James Renwick  (15 February 1662 – 17 February 1688). Renwick was a graduate of Edinburgh University who accepted a call to the ministry within the independent Presbyterian …Continue reading →

Cut it out! TAGS: Archives | Covenanters | Gaelic | Manuscripts | Presbyterian I have been making my way through the manuscripts collection in an effort to identify material, see what conservation needs there are and generally acquaint myself with the collections. This …Continue reading →

New College Library Archives TAGS: Alec Campbell Cheyne | Archives | Church of Scotland | Covenanters | Divinity | James Renwick | James Whyte | John McIntyre | New College Library | online | Thomas Chalmers | Tom Allan | University of Edinburgh Did you know that New College Library holds significant collections of archives and manuscripts? These  collections include the papers of Thomas Chalmers, J.H. Oldham, James S. Stewart and Norman W. …Continue reading →