University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Arts (university faculty)
Organization
The Faculty of Arts was constituted in 1708 with six professors. This system of teaching replaced the 'Regent system' where a single teacher conducted a class through the whole curriculum. Now, there were Professors each taking a particular subject. The subjects in the Arts Faculty were Latin, Greek, mathematics, logic, moral philosophy, natural philosophy and English literature. The teaching of rhetoric was added in 1762.
On 15th April 1777, the minutes for the first meeting of the Faculty of Arts state that "for the future, The Faculty of Arts shall keep their own Minutes of Records as a Branch of the University". Other Chairs were created as follow: Astronomy (1786); Agriculture (1790); Engineering (1868); Geology (1871); Sanskrit (1862); Political Economy (1871); Education (1876); Fine Art (1880); Celtic (1882).
In 1816, an Ordinance provided for graduation with Honours. A student completeing an Ordinary Degree could offer himself for a further or Honours examination in one of four departments: Classical Literature, Mental Philosophy, Mathematics, or Natural Science. This last option was new and included Chemistry, Geology, Zoology and Botany.
The Faculty of Science was constituted in 1893, and the Arts Faculty was reconstituted with fifteen Chairs including History which was then about to be founded.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Arts Faculty Block D - William Robertson Building and David Hume Tower, 1964
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.2
Scope and Contents
9 copy architectural plans (60cm x 85cm), formerly stapled together, showing interior detail and podium plans for the University of Edinburgh Arts Faculty Block D (later the William Robertson Building and David Hume Tower). In addition there is a sheet of pencil and tracing paper draft sections undertaken by Percy Johnson Marshall & Associates.
Dates:
1964
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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George Square redevelopment
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George Square Redevelopment: faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, plans
Arts Faculty Block G feasibility study, 1965
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.5
Scope and Contents
20 copy architectural plans (60cm x 85cm) by Robert Matthew, Johnson-Marshall and Partners showing a feasibility study for the University of Edinburgh Faculty of Arts Block G which was never built. There are floor plans and block plans for both phase I and phase II at podium and subpodium level all at 1/16" to 1' scale. There are also parking plans and a site plan.
Dates:
1965
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
/
PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
/
George Square redevelopment
/
George Square Redevelopment: faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, plans
Faculty of Arts, 1777-2002
Sub-subfonds — Box: EUA-A-38 - 41
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACA/ART
Scope and Contents
Minutes, 1777-2002
Boards of Studies, 1892-1964
Unsorted material The followimng material has yet to be sorted and numbered.Box:
George Square, new buildings (Block D, Block F), 2 files,1960s
Linguistics laboratory, 1 file, 1961-62
Constitution and...
Dates:
1777-2002
Faculty of Science and Engineering, 1865-1996
Sub-subfonds
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACA/SCI
Scope and Contents
- Minutes of the Science Degrees Committee and Faculty of Science (1865-1996)
- Correspondence about examinations (1864-1945)
Dates:
1865-1996
File Series 'A', 1833-1987
Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A
Scope and Contents
Files in 13 subseries:
Faculty of Arts (1872-1977)
Bequests (1912-1987)
Faculty of Divinity (1927-1984)
Faculty of Law (1919-1958)
Lectures (1885-1965)
Faculty of Medicine (1833-1971)
Miscellaneous (1884-1981)
Faculty of Music (1891-1954)
Faculty of Science (1907-1956)
...
Dates:
1833-1987
George Square redevelopment, 1960-1973
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6
Scope and Contents
George Square redevelopment consists of:
general correspondence, (1969-1973)
Civic Trust Award, (1969)
reports, (1960-1973)
general photographs, (1965-1967)
plans: faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, (1964-1966)
plans: landscape and streetscape, (1964-1965)
plans: faculty of science, (1963)
...
Dates:
1960-1973
George Square Redevelopment: aerial photographs, 1965-1967
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.4
Scope and Contents
14 black and white photographic prints showing George Square in Edinburgh. 2 of these have been printed in a publication:
1 photograph of University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower under construction, with cleared sites to the south and east of the square (61cm x 40cm), (1965)
1 photograph of the completed University of Edinburgh Main Library and Faculty of Social Sciences precinct, in the...
Dates:
1965-1967
George Square Redevelopment: faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, plans, 1964-1966
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5
Scope and Contents
plans: tentative planning proposals: Arts and Social Sciences Precinct, (1964)
plans: Arts Faculty Block D - William Robertson Building and David Hume Tower, (1964)
plans: sketch layout of Windmill House area, (1964)
plans: Podium edge details - blocks C, D and E, (1966)
plans: Arts Faculty Block G feasibility study, (1965)
...
Dates:
1964-1966
George Square Redevelopment: plans: landscape and streetscape, 1964-1965
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.6
Scope and Contents
Set of plans by Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates relating to the landscape and streetscape details of the development of the George Square area by the University of Edinburgh. The plans include:
George Square Gardens: a large scale, hand coloured base layout of George Square Gardens (42cm x 60cm)
University of Edinburgh: George Square area: treatment of south and east sides of the square - a...
Dates:
1964-1965
George Square redevelopment: reports, 1960-1973
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.3
Scope and Contents
5 reports concerning proposals for the redevelopment of George Square by the University of Edinburgh. Included is the 1963 proposal for the whole of George Square, by Percy Johnson-Marshall, in his capacity as Planning Consultant to the University. Original photographs of scenic drawings by Alexander Duncan Bell and an architectural model, used as illustrations for this report, are included. Other reports are: proposals for disabled access by Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates, and...
Dates:
1960-1973