University of Edinburgh. Secretary

Organization

History

The University Court and the Senatus Academicus had separate Secretaries until 1918. Following the recommendations of a Joint Committee of Court and Senatus (set up by Sir Richard Lodge in 1916), the position of University Secretary was established. It took over from the Secretaries of Court and Senatus and also oversaw the general secretarial business of the University.

The office of the University Secretary evolved to include a Deputy and Assistant Secretaries, have responsiblity for the University's central filing and to become what is today the University Secretary's Group (USG).

The role of University Secretary has been held by:

1918-1919: William Wilson (1875-1953)
1924-1945: William Arnot Fleming (1879-1970)
1945-1948: Robert Jardine Brown (1905-1972)
1948-1978: Charles Helme Stewart (1910-1981)
1978-1989: Alexander Monteith Currie (1926–2014)
1990-2002: Martin Lowe, OBE (1940-2011)
2002-2010: Melvyn Cornish (1948-: )
2010-2013: Kim Waldron
2013-2022: Sarah J. Smith
2022-pres.: Leigh Chalmers

Found in 918 Collections and/or Records:

Medical Radiology (later Radiology), 1952-1954

File — Box Secretary's box file: Medicine 13

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/6/44

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Medical Radiology (later Radiology)

Dates: 1952-1954

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Medicine, Faculty of

Medicine, Chair, 1921-1945

File — Box Secretary's box file: Medicine 13

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/6/45

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Medicine, Chair

Dates: 1921-1945

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Medicine, Faculty of

Medicine, Faculty of, 1833-1971

sub-series

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/6

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Medicine, Faculty of

Dates: 1833-1971

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A'

Mercantile Law, Lectureship, 1919-1947

File — Box Secretary's box file: Law 2

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/4/15

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Mercantile Law, Lectureship

Dates: 1919-1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Law, Faculty of

Military Education Committee, 1940-1954

File — Box Secretary's box file: Students 32A

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/10/90

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Military Education Committee

Dates: 1940-1954

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Students

Miller, Miss Mary Stewart, 1947-1953

File — Box Secretary's box file: Bequests 5

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/2/79

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Miller, Miss Mary Stewart

Dates: 1947-1953

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Bequests

Mills, Thomas Ross, 1946-1948

File — Box Secretary's box file: Bequests 5

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/2/80

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Mills, Thomas Ross

Dates: 1946-1948

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Bequests

Mining: Chair, 1919-1950

File — Box Secretary's box file: Science 32

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/9/29

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Mining: Chair

Dates: 1919-1950

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Science, Faculty of

Mining: General Correspondence, 1920-1953

File — Box Secretary's box file: Science 33

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/9/30

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Mining: General Correspondence

Dates: 1920-1953

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Science, Faculty of

Minutes of the Faculty, 1931-1939

File — Box Secretary's box file: Medicine 14-15

Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/SEC/A/6/46

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Minutes of the Faculty

Dates: 1931-1939

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Administration and Support Services / University Secretary / File Series 'A' / Medicine, Faculty of