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Papers of Sir John Graham Dalyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-244
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of some 158 volumes of notebooks of manuscript notes and printed matter. The subjects of the notebooks are wide and varied: antiquities, superstitions, human society, tours, musical practice, natural history, rare and remarkable animals, properties of animals, terabella littoralis, ichthology, the will of the creator, the power of the creator, experiments and observations, punishments, and extracts from records. There are references and bibliographies too. The printed...
Dates:
19th century
Papers of Sir John Jackson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1490
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of the papers of Sir John Jackson, including:
Photograph albums.
Albums of newspaper clippings relating to Sir John Jackson's work, and to his and his family's personal life.
Personal and business correspondence.
Material relating to Sir John Jackson's candidacy as MP for Devonport in 1904, 1906, and 1910.
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Dates:
1838-2002
Papers of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2253
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir, including a letterbook with two maps enclosed, and a portfolio containing newspaper clippings, large sheets of papers of Arabic calligraphy, and correspondence, all dating from c. 1827-1830.
Dates:
1827-1830
Papers of Sir John Smith Flett
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-100
Scope and Contents
Manuscript copy and typed copy of Flett's account of his student days at Edinburgh University, 1886-1894.
Dates:
1886-1894
Papers of Sir Robert H. Matthew
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-89
Scope and Contents
A first tranche of papers of Sir Robert Hogg Matthew (acquired 1980) is composed largely of office papers, but does include personal material, letters of knighthood, and speeches. Otherwise, the papers are composed of: R.I.B.A material; and, material relating to other organisations including the Scottish Civic Trust; material relating to Department of the Environment enquiries; conference material, including the Vancouver Conference on the Environment; and, material on buildings in Hong...
Dates:
circa 1947-1979
Papers of Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-27
Scope and Contents
The Lorimer Papers (office letters) have been sorted and numbered with a full inventory on typed sheets. The Papers relate to projects in Edinburgh and all over Scotland, and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. There are some plans of buildings and building details. Material in some boxes have been sorted but not numbered. Some Papers are still in bundles with only rudimentary sorting.An interim handlist is available ...
Dates:
1901-1949
Papers of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and his Family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-51
Scope and Contents
- Family papers
- Papers of Kenneth Murchison
- Papers of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
Dates:
1771-1935
Papers of Sir Thomas Hudson Middleton
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1044
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: material relating to Middleton's honours, including his C.B., K.B.E., and K.C.I.E; an envelope containing 8 letters and telegrams on the award of his K.C.I.E., 1929; an envelope containing 6 letters concerning his appointment to Baroda; material relating to his appointment to the University of Wales, 1896; and envelope of circa 11 letters concerning attempt at Chair of Agriculture, Yorkshire College, Leeds, 1898; an envelope of circa 21 letters concerning...
Dates:
1896-1968
Papers of Sir William Jardine
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-253
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence about natural history, and journals, from around 1828 to 1861. More particularly there is: a journal of a visit to Ireland in the form of letters from Jardine to his wife, Dk.6.20/315; draft letters and replies on a variety of subjects; note; and, volume of offprints on natural history.
Dates:
[ca. 1828-1861]
Papers of Sir William Kennedy Reid
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1826
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mostly of William Kennedy Reid's student records when he was studying Classics at the University of Edinburgh: correspondence, certificates, graduation booklets and leaflets, matriculation cards, two photographs, and three medals in their cases.
Pass certificates and matriculation cards from the University of Edinburgh in Classics: Ancient History, Greek, Latin, Classical...
Dates:
1947-1994