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Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116
Scope and Contents
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, inscribed on the inside cover with 'Alexander A Carmichael Inland Revenue Lochmaddy N[orth] Uist 15/7 1870 Note Book No 8'. The majority of this notebook contains material collected on Tarasaigh/Taransay from the MacDonalds at Paible House, Mor or Marion MacQueen and Donald MacKinnon including notes on the island's archaeology, local history and geographical changes, with stories of how coastal erosion revealed burial sites and renditions of...
Dates:
15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 04 April 1757
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/3
Scope and Contents
Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, introducing Mr Somerville, grandson to John Gowdie, Principal of the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
04 April 1757
Modern (19th and 20th century) correspondence about Joseph Black, 1858-1949
Series
Identifier: Coll-16/VIII
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence between various people on the subject of Joseph Black, his career and his family. These include letters relating to the acquisition of Black's letters by the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
1858-1949
Papers relating to John Baillie, Free Church minister, Gairloch, c1880-1894
Series
Identifier: BAI 5
Scope and Contents
The papers relating to John Baillie, Free Church minister, Gairloch, consist of:
- certificates
- correspondence
- legal papers
- memorials
- religious texts
- theological notes
Dates:
c1880-1894
University of Edinburgh: Proposed Physical Education Building: model photographs, 1970s
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/11
Scope and Contents
A set of approximately 60 photographic negatives from the same film. About half of these depict an architectural model of the proposed physical education building for the University of Edinburgh. The remainder are personal photographs of Percy Johnson-Marshall's children during a family holiday.
Dates:
1970s