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Correspondence within the University of Edinburgh regarding the Medical Research Council's Unit for Reproductive Biology, 1971-1972

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Identifier: Coll-1364/7/2/7
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of letters to the University Grants Committee from the University Factorial Secretary and the Principal regarding the Medical Research Council's decision to site a Unit for Reproductive Biology in Edinburgh, together with a response from the Grants Committee.

Dates: 1971-1972
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

General: 1949, 1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/30
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Henry Pitney Van Dusen, Hugh Martin and Thomas Forsyth Torrance. Includes material relating the University of Edinburgh, clothing ration books, a paper on eschatology and items relating to an insurance claim due to illness.

Dates: 1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Laureation Degrees (First Laureation Album), 1587-1809

 Item — Box EUA IN1/ADS/STA/1/1
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/STA/1/1
Scope and Contents This album begins with the text of the 'sponsio' or confession of Faith (sometimes referred to as the National Covenant) of 1580, to which the graduates subscribed, and which continued to be subscribed to by Professors and Students for many years. The entries for laureations (or graduations) begin in August 1587, when Robert Rollock, the first Principal 'did laureat the first classe which had passed under his charge in the Colledge of Edinburgh, after every one of them had subscrybed the...
Dates: 1587-1809
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 03 October 1877

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/4
Scope and Contents

Turner offers Ewart the post of Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, in the event of Daniel John Cunningham being offered the post of Chair of Anatomy at Galway.

Dates: 03 October 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 20 October 1877

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/5
Scope and Contents

Turner urges Ewart to respond regarding the offer of a Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, and offers details of what the post would entail, stressing the importance of the demonstration duties and of dissection room management.

Dates: 20 October 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Lady Thomson from Sir Edward Appleton, Principal of the University of Edinburgh, 16 Feb 1955

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/24
Scope and Contents

Appleton offers his condolences on behalf of the whole University, stating how much Thomson meant to the University, and referring to his influence on the many students he taught.

Dates: 16 Feb 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962): drafts and final publication, 1962-1963

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/1.4
Scope and Contents University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962): drafts and final publication consists of: published copy of University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area ( 1962) published copy of University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development...
Dates: 1962-1963
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir, 1892-1965 -- Correspondence 2
Applications for Positions 2
Edinburgh -- Scotland 2
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Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 -- Correspondence 2
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Academic Writing 1
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Eschatology 1
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Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 3
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh) 2
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 1
Baillie, Florence Jewel, 1893-1969 (married to John Baillie) 1
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 1
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Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 1
Charteris, Henry, 1565-1628 (Regent and Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 1
Drummond, William, 1585-1649 (Poet) 1
Dusen, Henry Pitney Van, 1897-1975 (ecumenical leader) 1
Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) 1
Leighton, Robert, 1611-1684 (Archbishop of Glasgow) 1
Low, M.D.W, fl 1974 (assistant to Dean (Planning), Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 1
Martin, Hugh, 1890-1965 (managing director and editor of the Student Christian Movement Press) 1
Medical Research Council (1913-:) 1
National University of Ireland, Galway (1835-:) 1
Rollock, Robert, c1555-1599 (Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 1
Sands, Patrick, c1567-1638 (Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 1
Swann, Michael Meredith, 1920-1990 (biologist, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh) 1
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 1
University Grants Committee (1918-1989) (advisory committee of the British government) 1
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