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Photographs and papers relating to Dr. Anthony D. Oliver

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1825

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Scope and Contents

This fonds consists of photographs and papers relating to Dr Anthony D. Oliver. It is made of three different accessions; the first one (SC-Acc-2017-0102) contains photographs and pictures, and the second one (SC-Acc-2023-0120; SC-Acc-2024-0062) contains papers such as student notes, medical case notes, workbooks etc.

SC-Acc-2017-0102: group photograph of the Students' Representative Council, 1960/61 (also includes David Steel, Senior President and Duncan F. Hallas, Secretary); portrait photograph of Anthony D. Oliver; photograph of the rectorial installation, 1958, of James Robertson Justice; print of drawing of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (Lauriston Place); print of drawing of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

SC-Acc-2023-0120, box 1:

  1. File labelled "E.U. Lecture Notes: Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery", early 1960s;
  2. File containing lecture timetables and lecture notes, British Medical Association Junior Members Forum newsletter and letter, 1964-1965, readings from world scriptures, one medical case note (extracted from folder due to DP issues), and exam papers, 1960s;
  3. File containing Laboratory Course in Pharmacology and Therapeutics and case notes from Edinburgh Northern General Hospital, early 1960s (closed due to Data Protection restrictions);
  4. British Medical Students Association meeting papers, 1964-1965, Medical Education Symposium papers, preliminary typescript tutorial notes for 5th year Medicine, newspaper cuttings relating to student life 1960s-1970s (2 folders).

SC-Acc-2023-0120, box 2:

  1. File containing Practical Biochemistry Course notes 1959-1960;
  2. File containing 3rd year Medicine Bacteriology exam papers and practical class notes, 1961-1962;
  3. File containing Department of Physiology laboratory experiments workbooks, 1960-1961;
  4. Copy of Scottish Field magazine, June 1961, containing article with photographs of medical students;
  5. File containing a mixture of typescript notes from Medical School, reports from the International Federation of Medical Student Associations and British Medical Students Association, visit of Edinburgh Medical Students to Leiden, c 1961-1965 (2 folders);

SC-Acc-2024-0062:

  1. Notebooks containing notes on: physiology, pharmacology, "bugs", genetics, "notes on pathology - Boyd", obstetrics, forensic medicine, public health, psychiatry, psychological medicine, surgery, 1961-1965;
  2. "Silver Series" notebooks containing notes on: pediatrics, cardiology, and clinical chemistry (including a blank exam paper dated 7 December 1963), c 1963;
  3. Loose cards with notes and definition of different medical terms and conditions;
  4. Loose revision notes on medical subjects.
  5. Grey spiral notebooks containing notes on the nervous system and on histology;
  6. Sketchbook entitled "Course of Practical Histology" containing medical pencil sketches;
  7. Blue notebooks containing biochemistry notes, 1958-1959;
  8. Loose exam paper - Class of clinical chemistry, December 1962;
  9. File labelled "Physiology Practical" containing physiology course notes and handouts, 1959;
  10. File labelled "Physiology" containing an "essay on clinical demonstration" by A. Oliver (3rd year), and physiology course notes, 1959-1960;
  11. File labelled "Anatomy" containing anatomy course notes, 1959-1960.

Dates

  • Creation: 1958-1970s

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Some of this material is restricted under Data Protection legislation. Please contact the repository in advance for details.

Full Extent

5 items

Full Extent

4 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated in 2017 (accession no. SC-Acc-2017-0102), in 2023 (accession no. SC-Acc-2023-0120), and in 2024 (accession no. SC-Acc-2024-0062).

Processing Information

Catalogued by Grant Buttars in 2017, revised by Aline Brodin in April 2024 and February 2026.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

https://library.ed.ac.uk/heritage-collections
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