Medical Buildings Time Capsule
Scope and Contents
Note written by William Turnbull contating details about him, his wife Cecilia, and Thomas Wilkie, which describes their idea, along with three cuttings taken from The Scotsman. One includes an item on Popery in the Highlands by John Stuart Blackie, with a related poem on the establishment of Fort Augustus. Another reports weather conditions. The third includes coverage of a meeting of the Free Church Presbytery in Edinburgh.
Dates
- Creation: 1880
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
William Turnbull was born at Ancrum, Roxburghshire, 29 July 1834. On 22 October 1880, he and Thomas Wilkie had been working on the construction of the Medical School for about 2 years. That date found them working on the boiler house chimney and they sealed into the structure, a bottle containing their details, along with some cuttings from The Scotsman. The bottle and its contents were discovered when the chimney was demolished in 1965.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
Box: EUA-A-48
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by Edinburgh University Library in 1965: sent to E. R. S. Fifoot, University Librarian, by L. D. Macmillan, Assistant University Secretary. Accession E 65/43.
Subject
- Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Turnbull, William, b1834 (stone cutter) (Person)
- Wilkie, Thomas, fl1880 (building worker) (Person)
- Free Church of Scotland (1843-:) (Organization)
- St. Benedict's Abbey (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
- Title
- Medical Buildings Time Capsule
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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