Advocates Library

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1689: The Advocates Library was founded in Edinburgh...

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1689

The Advocates Library was founded in Edinburgh as a working library for the legal profession.
“A Brief History”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.
“The Advocates Library”. The Faculty of Advocates.

31 October 1910: Frances Olive Underhill, a graduate of Royal...

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31 October 1910

Frances Olive Underhill , a graduate of Royal Holloway College , was appointed by E. W. B. Nicholson Assistant Librarian at the Bodleian : the first woman so appointed in England, after considerable infighting and...

7 August 1925: An Act of Parliament established the National...

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7 August 1925

An Act of Parliament established the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.
“The First Reader’s Ticket”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.

30 October 1925: Librarian William Kirk Dickson issued to...

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30 October 1925

Librarian William Kirk Dickson issued to the Rev. Donald J. Ross the first reader's ticket for the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.
“The First Reader’s Ticket”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.

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