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Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:)

 Organization

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Professor James Geikie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-99
Scope and Contents The papers of James Geikie consist of: original lecture notes reprints of scientific papers correspondence relating to the publication of scientific papers personal correspondence and photographs a copy of The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man, (1877), 2nd ed with hand-written...
Dates: 1872-1917

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of: personal, organisational and scientific correspondence geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours reprints of his work miscellaneous lecture notes student's lecture notes lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston proofs for...
Dates: 1851-1921

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

Papers relating generally to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1956-1974

 Item
Identifier: Coll-41/6/25/3
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Contains a few items of correspondence and a typescript copy of a 'Note on the History of the Royal Society Club of Edinburgh' by Dr Douglas Guthrie.

Dates: 1956-1974

Papers relating to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1954-1974

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-41/6/25
Scope and Contents

The material here contains papers relating to:


  1. the Royal Society Club of Edinburgh (1954-1955);
  2. the Royal Society of Edinburgh Council (1955-1959);
  3. the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1956-1974).

There is also correspondence, programmes of meetings and Fellows' admission cards.

Dates: 1954-1974

Reprints, 1872-1914

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-99/3/1
Scope and Contents
  1. reprints of scholarly articles by James Geikie
  2. reprint of scholarly article by John Somerville Geikie
  3. reprints of testimonials for James Geikie
Dates: 1872-1914

Reprints of journal articles and research papers by Alan Greenwood and Janet Blyth, 1929-1951

 File
Identifier: Coll-1057/4/2
Scope and Contents Contains: 'An Experimental Analysis of the Plumage of the Brown Leghorn Fowl', reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Session 1928-1929, Vol. XLIX, Part IV, No. 25 (1929); 'The Results of Testicular Transplantation in Brown Leghorn Hens', reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, B., Vol. 106...
Dates: 1929-1951

Reprints of journal articles and research papers by Alan Greenwood and others, 1927-1956

 File
Identifier: Coll-1057/4/3
Scope and Contents Contains: 'On the Quantitative Relation of Comb Size and Gonadic Activity in the Fowl' by Alan Greenwood and F.A.E Crew, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Session 1926-1927, Vol. XLVII, Part II, No. 14 (1927); 'An Experimental Study on the Effect of Thyroxin upon Sexual Differentiation in the Fowl', by Alan Greenwood and A.C...
Dates: 1927-1956

"Statutes of the Royal Society of Edinburgh enacted at the general meeting of June 23 1783 and amended 28 January 1788", 28 January 1788

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/II/67F
Scope and Contents

Statutes of the Royal Society of Edinburgh enacted at the general meeting of June 23 1783 and amended 28 January 1788.

Dates: 28 January 1788