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University of Aberdeen (1495-:)

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Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John K. Butter, 25 September 1904

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/105
Scope and Contents

Butter asks for advice on breaking in and handling the two zebras he has purchased from Carl Hagenbeck in Hamburg. He writes that natural history is his greatest hobby, and that he recalls Ewart from his time at Aberdeen University, where Butter was a student.

Dates: 25 September 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir J. Arthur Thomson, 20 July 1901

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/20
Scope and Contents

Thomson, from the Natural History Department of the University of Aberdeen, expresses his wholehearted agreement with Ewart's idea of creating an Inter-University Institute of Experimental Evolution.

Dates: 20 July 1901

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Robinson Pirie, 14 December 1878

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/7
Scope and Contents

Pirie writes regarding Ewart's appointment to the Medical Faculty at the University of Aberdeen.

Dates: 14 December 1878

Miscellaneous Papers by Alexander MacBain, c.1880

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW29
Scope and Contents Series of loose leaf papers by Alexander MacBain, mostly connected with his student days at Aberdeen University. Contents include: an essay entitled, 'Study and Books', a Presidential Address by Alexander MacBain to the Celtic Society, 7 November 1879, debates on Universal Suffrage and Irish Land Agitation, an essay entitled, 'Separate Legislation for the Highlands', a Gaelic debate on the theme, 'Co aca bu choir an t-Seann Nollaig agus Callain', a number of poems, an essay on Relativity and...
Dates: c.1880

Notes of philosophy lectures given by George Glennie, taken down by William Simpson at Marischal College

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1954
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing notes of philosophy lectures given by Prof. George Glennie, taken down by William Simpson at Marischall College, Aberdeen, in 1834.

Dates: 1834

Printed text of Ewart's Introductory Lecture at Aberdeen University, 1879

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Identifier: Coll-14/5/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains syllabuses and programs of lecture series delivered by Ewart, catalogues of horse sales and various reports.

Dates: 1879

Royal Commission of appointment of Ewart as Regius Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen, 09 December 1878

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Identifier: Coll-14/2/9
Scope and Contents

Commission bears Queen Victoria's signature on the letterhead and the royal seal.

Dates: 09 December 1878

Student notes and writing of Dr. Graeme D. Eddie, and other miscellaneous items

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1263
Identifier: Coll-1671
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: work on aspects of the output of Swedish writer Göran Tunström (1937-2000); material relating to study periods, and writing and publication while at Edinburgh and Aberdeen Universities, and afterwards; notes providing a picture of Edinburgh University Library at a time of transition in the mid-1990s; and, tracts and other publications, 1940s-1960s, relating to Scottish independence. The material being: ...
Dates: 1987-2003

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Agriculture and state 3
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Animal Breeding Research 2
Lectures and Lecturing 2
Animal Training 1