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 9 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:
Edinburgh University Library Special Collections
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PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
/
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
/
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:
Edinburgh University Library Special Collections
/
PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
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
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: 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
Podium edge details - blocks C, D and E, 1966
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.4
Scope and Contents
1/8" to 1' scale copy architectural detail drawings of the podium edge for the University of Edinburgh Faculty of Arts buildings and concourse at George Square.
Dates:
1966
Found in:
Edinburgh University Library Special Collections
/
PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
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
Sketch layout of Windmill House area, 1964
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.3
Scope and Contents
Copy of sketch layout plan at 1/16" = 1" of the area surrounding Windmill House, near George Square at the University of Edinburgh. The house was to be demolished to facilitate the construction of the new Arts Faculty buildings.
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Edinburgh University Library Special Collections
/
PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
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
Tentative planning proposals: Arts and Social Sciences Precinct, 1964
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.1
Scope and Contents
Set of 9 copy architectural plans and sections (62cm x 76cm), at 1:500 scale, of the proposed Arts and Social Sciences Precinct for the University of Edinburgh. All are stamped "draft for discussion only". 4 are hand overlaid using large-tip felt-tip pens to show proposals for pedestrian and traffic access and circulation at different levels of the development. 1 is similarly overlaid to show phasing information at podium level. There is a bird's eye view 3 dimensional view of the development....
Dates:
1964
Found in:
Edinburgh University Library Special Collections
/
PJM, The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
/
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
University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area: Buccleuch Place redevelopment, 1969-1972
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/13
Scope and Contents
Buccleuch Place redevelopment consists of:
- plans: proposed alterations for various houses in Buccleuch Place, (1951-1972)
- plans: Buccleuch Place survey - preliminary survey of accommodation as used May 1969, (1969)
Dates:
1969-1972