Papers of Alexander Falconer Giles, Lecturer in Classical History at the University of Edinburgh
Content Description
This collection consists of approx. 50 notebooks and bound volumes of notes taken by Giles as a student at Balliol College, and as a lecturer in Classical History at the University of Edinburgh. Also includes a typescript entitled 'On Land, Sea and Ice. An Autobiography' by J. Burn Wood, 1947.
It also includes one photograph album and eight individual photographs acquired later, all related to Alexander F. Giles and his family.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1949
Creator
- Giles, Alexander Falconer, 1881-1963 (Lecturer in Classical History, University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
The lecture notes are in English, with some Greek and Latin.
Condition Description
Lecture notes bound together in good condition albeit somewhat dirty.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Alexander Falconer Giles graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in 1904, and then went to study at Balliol College sometime before 1914. He came back to the University of Edinburgh to teach as a Lecturer in Classical History from the 1920s to the 1940s. He became the Deputy Secretary of the University in 1922.
Extent
1.30 linear metre (8 boxes)
Physical Location
Coll-1828/1-5: CLX-A-361 to 367
Coll-1828/6/1,2,3,6,7,8: CLX-A-1623; Coll-1828/6/4,5,9,10: outsize in CLX-D-72
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Lecture notes and medal donated in August 2017, accession no SC-Acc-2018-0150.
Photographs purchased in August 2018, accession no SC-Acc-2019-0049.
Condition Description
Lecture notes bound together in good condition albeit somewhat dirty.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in March 2018. Photographs catalogued in April 2019.
- Title
- Papers of Alexander Falconer Giles, Lecturer in Classical History at the University of Edinburgh, 1898-1945
- Description rules
- Isad(G)2
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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