Principals, University
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph letter signed by William Robertson, 28 February 1791
Item — Box CLX-A-353
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0163
Scope and Contents
Signed autograph letter from William Robertson, starting with 'Dear Sir', in part about his book on India and offering the sheets of his book to the French publisher he is addressing.
Dates:
28 February 1791
Correspondence with Michael Swann, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, 1966-1972
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/8/1
Scope and Contents
The correspondence chiefly concerns various meetings and staff appointments. Also present is Swann's resignation letter as Principal (December 1972) and copies of two typescript reports titled 'Institute of Animal Genetics: Edinburgh University Liaisons with the Livestock Industry' and 'The Future of the Institute of Animal Genetics', both presumably written by Waddington.
Dates:
1966-1972
Laureation Degrees (First Laureation Album), 1587-1809
Item — Box EUA IN1/ADS/STA/1/1
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/STA/1/1
Scope and Contents
This album begins with the text of the 'sponsio' or confession of Faith (sometimes referred to as the National Covenant) of 1580, to which the graduates subscribed, and which continued to be subscribed to by Professors and Students for many years. The entries for laureations (or graduations) begin in August 1587, when Robert Rollock, the first Principal 'did laureat the first classe which had passed under his charge in the Colledge of Edinburgh, after every one of them had subscrybed the...
Dates:
1587-1809
Materiale for a letter to Dr Rule, April 1696
Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [218]
Scope and Contents
An enormously varied book list, in partial citation. 'Dr Rule' may be Gilbert Rule (c1629-1701), a nonconformist divine who was made principal of Edinburgh University in 1690.
Dates:
April 1696
Papers of Sir William Turner, 1861-1912
Sub-Fonds — Box CLX-A-1142
Identifier: Coll-1937/1
Scope and Contents
This sub-fonds contains mostly letters and certificates relating to honours awarded to Sir William Turner throughout his life, such as the freedom of the city of Edinburgh, honorary memberships to scientific societies, membership to the Order of the Bath and the German Order Pour le Mérite, etc. Also includes documents relating to Turner's anatomy licence, and an envelope entitled ‘her last letter – obituary notices’ containing the last letter of his wife...
Dates:
1861-1912