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William Henry Playfair letter books

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1675
Scope and Contents

What appear to be two surviving volumes of a larger series of letter-books (volume 4 covering 1830-33 and volume 7 covering 1840-45).

Dates: 1830-1845

William Logie, William Logie, Robert Scarth Valentine Logie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1054
Scope and Contents The collection, as yet unsorted, is composed of : the manuscript preaching journal of Robert Scarth Valentine Logie and circa 100 sewn sheafs of manuscript notes - sermons; a catalogue of 468 discourses, or sermons, of William Logie (Senior), and accompanying manuscript sermon notes, together with a manuscript sermon preached in Lady Kirk, Kirkwall, 18 January 1816, for the National Thanksgiving 1816, the day appointed for thanksgiving after the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte (transcript...
Dates: 1790-1940

Williamson, Edith Winchester Hindmarsh

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-40
Scope and Contents

Edinburgh Ladies' College certificates 1930-1931; examination papers and certificates for sick children nursing training 1934; General Nursing Council syllabuses, papers and certificates 1937; orthopaedic nursing training papers 1942; Victoria Infirmary nurse's badge 1938; Edinburgh University Sister-Tutor Certificate examination papers 1947-1948; Sister-Tutor Certificate Graduation certificate and programme 1948; Sister-Tutor registration papers 1952-1953; photograph

Dates: 1930-1953

Willowbrae House Maternity Home

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-55
Scope and Contents

Framed certificate of registration of Willowbrae House as a Maternity Home by the City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh, 1938

Dates: 1938

Wilson, Barbara A. (nee Glascock)

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-59
Scope and Contents

British Zone of Germany Nutrition Survey papers 1946; reprints of articles on nutrition 1940-1948; cancer studies in Uganda papers 1955-1956; reprints of articles on cancer 1948-1965

Dates: 1940-1965

Wood, James

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-18
Scope and Contents

Student tickets 1804-1808; pedigree of Wood family from 17th to late 19th century

Dates: 1804-1808

World AIDS Day Organising Committee [WADOC] (Lothian)

 Fonds
Identifier: GD53
Scope and Contents

The collection reflects the formation, activities and initiatives of WADOC Lothian, documenting its functions in organising WAD events, through minutes of meetings, correspondence, financial accounts, and publicity material such as promotional items, leaflets, printed ephemera, and photographs. The collection also includes papers relating to the dissolution of the organisation.

Dates: Jan 1998 - Jun 2006

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1241
New College Library Special Collections 558
Lothian Health Services Archive 184
Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes 4
 
Subject
Missionaries 73
Photographs 70
Correspondence 63
Missions 51
Students 49
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Student lecture notes 46
University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 44
University of Edinburgh -- students 40
Hospitals | Administration | 36
Lectures and Lecturing 34
Diaries 30
Sermons 30
India 24
China 23
Medicine 23
Poetry 23
Edinburgh -- Scotland 22
English literature | 20th century 22
Law (Scotland) 22
Student notes 22
Women workers | 22
Music 21
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 20
Medical records | Scotland | 20
Anatomy 19
Commonplace-books 19
Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 19
University of Edinburgh -- Societies and Clubs 19
Medals 17
Nursing | Study and teaching | Scotland | Edinburgh | 17
Philosophy 17
Theatre 17
Women students 17
Law 16
Medical students 16
Medicine | History | 16
University of Edinburgh -- Alumni and alumnae 16
Nigeria 15
Panoramas 15
World War, 1914-1918 15
Family papers 14
Mathematics 14
National Health Service (Great Britain) 14
Scottish literature | 20th century 14
Botany 13
Chemistry 13
Church History 13
Health boards | Scotland | 13
Historians 13
Malawi 13
Poets 13
Sketchbooks & albums 13
Travel writing 13
Astronomy 12
Geology 12
Linguistics 12
Manchuria (China) 12
Nursing | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 12
Physicians 12
Publishers and Publishing 12
Societies and Clubs 12
Theology 12
Animal Genetics 11
Midwifery 11
Photograph albums 11
Scotland 11
Teachers, Training of 11
University of Edinburgh -- staff 11
Botanists 10
Kenya 10
Physics 10
South Africa 10
Surgeons 10
Veterinarians 10
World War, 1939-1945 10
AIDS (Disease) | Prevention | 9
Artists 9
China -- Photographs 9
Christianity -- China 9
Colonization 9
Engraving 9
Lectures 9
Midwifery | Scotland | Edinburgh | 9
Missions (Africa) 9
Africa 8
Agriculture 8
Examination Papers 8
Family History 8
French literature 8
Genetics 8
Geologists 8
HIV (Viruses) | Lothian (Scotland) | 8
Literature 8
Medicine | Research | 8
Medicine | Study and teaching | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 8
Musicians 8
Nursing | Study and teaching 8
Psychology 8
University of Edinburgh -- Medals 8
University of Edinburgh -- Principals 8
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Language
English 1511
English 340
Latin 58
Multiple languages 39
French 33
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Names
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 136
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 11
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 9
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Church of Scotland 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 3
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 3
Church Missionary Society 3
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 3
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
Unknown (Unknown) 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Baikie, Hugh Edward, 1906-1981 (Church of Scotland missionary to India) 2
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer) 2
Bickersteth, Robert (surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary) 2
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 2
Bolton, Frederic James, 1908-1993 (Poet, Chemist) 2
Bonar, Horatius, Rev, 1808-1889 (Free Church of Scotland minister | hymn writer ) 2
Borland, Catherine Robina, d 1946 (manuscript historian) 2
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 2
Brewster, David, 1781-1868 (natural philosopher and vice-chancellor, University of Edinburgh) 2
Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940 (Scottish novelist and historian) 2
Bulfield, Grahame, 1941-: (geneticist, formerly director and chief executive, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh and vice-principal, University of Edinburgh) 2
Cairns, David Smith, 1862-1946 (principal of the United Free Church College, Aberdeen) 2
Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law) 2
Carruthers, William, 1830-1922 (botanist, Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum) 2
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