Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

About this Resource

The Edinburgh and Scottish Collection was brought into being by the merger of the former Edinburgh Room and Scottish Library in 2011. The remit of the Edinburgh Room was to collect all published and unpublished material, in many formats, relating to the history, people and culture of Edinburgh. The Scottish Library was a lending and reference library devoted to Scotland. The merging of the two collections brings them together physically while still retaining their uniqueness.

All topics are covered, and all types of material including press cuttings, newspapers, maps, photographs, church newsletters, archival and manuscript materials and ephemera such as leaflets and theatre broadsides. Many of our images are digitised on our Capital Collections website at www.capitalcollections.org.uk and www.scran.ac.uk

The department is open to the public; membership is not required for browsing the open access collections. However, for consultation of our rarer material advance notice and proof of identity are required.
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/directory_record/20694/edinburgh_and_scotti...
central.edsc.library@edinburgh.gov.uk

Organisation

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Resource Details

Resource Type

Primary
Secondary
Online/Digitised
Images/Photographs
Maps
Newspaper
Catalogued
Meetings/Events

Subject

Agriculture & Horticulture
Archaeology
Architecture, Surveying and Town Planning
Business & Commerce
Crafts
Crofting
Ecclesiastical & Religious
Economic
Education
Emigration
Gaelic
Gender & Women
Genealogy
Gypsy/Travellers
Historic Buildings
Intellectual/Philosophical
Islands
Manufacturing
Maritime (navy, lighthouses, commercial shipping, and fisheries)
Medicine & Public Health
Military & War
Mining
Monument/Graves
Scots (Scottish dialects)
National Dress
Science & Technology
Social Movements
Social Work
Sports
Tartan
Television, Media & Film
Transport
Urban History
Utilities
WWI
WWII

Geographical Coverage

Era

1600 - 1699
1700 - 1799
1800 - 1899
1900 - 1945
1945 - 2000
2000 - present

Access

Open to public: see website for opening hours

Online Availability

Remote access to registered users (free of charge)

Official Records

Census
Electoral Roll
Valuation Roll

Location

Central Library
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh
EH1 1EG

Other Information

Entry last updated: June 9th, 2018

Please note that links to websites and catalogues are provided by the Organisations listed and not maintained by Scottish Local History Forum.