New College Library record of Jacobite Edinburgh TAGS: Bonnie Prince Charlie | David Hume | Edinburgh | eighteenth-century | Funk | Jacobites | Pamphlets | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections On 15 September 1745 a Jacobite army was at the gates of Edinburgh. Charles Edward Stuart had arrived to attempt to regain the Scottish throne for the exiled House of …Continue reading →

Scotlands oldest documents online TAGS: Archives | Scotland Looks like a very interesting project …

30th anniversary of the translation of the New Testament into Scots TAGS: Bible | Books | New College Library | Scotland | Scots | Special Collections Currently on display in the Funk Reading Room exhibition case at New College Library is the 1983 translation of the New Testament into Scots by William Lorimer. This marks the …Continue reading →

The ‘Z’ Factor : New College Library’s rediscovered Special Collections TAGS: cataloguing | Centre for Research Collections | Edinburgh | Funk | library catalogue | New College Library | nineteenth-century | rare books | Scotland | Special Collections | University of Edinburgh | Z Collection What are Special Collections? At New College Library we have Special Collections of books, archives  and manuscripts and a small collection of portraits and objects. Much of the book collections have …Continue reading →

Scotland’s Methodists TAGS: Archives | church history | Church of Scotland | family history | Library | Methodist Church | New College Edinburgh | New College Library | research | Scotland I’ve had two enquiries in the last few weeks about Methodists in Scotland, from individuals researching their family history – it seems to be a hot topic! Fortunately New College Library  recently received …Continue reading →