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Papers of Roddy Lumsden
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2126
Scope and Contents
This is collection consists of the papers of Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden, dating mostly from his time in Edinburgh from mid-1980s to mid-1990s. It includes poetry (typed and handwritten), short stories, professional and personal correspondence, photographs, printed ephemera relating to poetry events in Edinburgh, and trinkets he would collect. The poetry material mostly proceeds from his first publication Yeah Yeah Yeah (Bloodaxe, 1997), and from a privately...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1984-1996; 1966-2020
Papers of Rolland J. B. Munro relating to James Hutton
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-804
Scope and Contents
The collection contained in two files, six notebooks and one envelope within an archive box is composed of: copies in typescript ofOn the loss of James Hutton's geological collection, an address given on 12 March 1941; notes on James Hutton and the wider Hutton family; correspondence 1939; correspondence 1942-1947; notes on Hutton and Isaac Newton; and address delivered by Munro to the Edinburgh Geological Society, 19 March 1947; genealogical notes; and, assorted notes and correspondence.
Dates:
1939-1947
Papers of Rosalind Mary Mitchison
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1066
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of a variety of material in manuscript and typescript form, and the content includes off-prints and other published matter. The collection is of academic material, letters from publishers and societies, and some personal letters, cards and reprographics. More particularly, there is:
Margaret Wrong's literacy work and the Remaking of Woman in Africa, 1929-48, by Ruth...
Dates:
1877-2001
Papers of Samuel Bailey
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-265
Scope and Contents
The papers consist ofLetters from an Egyptian Kafir on a visit to England in search of religion(1839) andMaro, or poetic sensibility(1845), and 20 volumes of notebooks and diaries. The notebooks and diaries from circa 1822 to 1866 are: literary diaries; index rerum, book of reviews; books of reference; and, those on various topics including 6 on Shakespeare. The collection is contained a wooden case with brass corners and handles and with a plate reading, 'MSS of the late Samuel Bailey Esq....
Dates:
1820s-1866
Papers of Sir Alastair Currie
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1615
Identifier: Coll-1938
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the papers and personal lectures of Sir Alastair Currie, who was Professor of Pathology at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 to 1986. It contains his lectures on various subjects related to pathology, and inuagural lectures given in Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Brisbane, Nairobi, etc.
Personal lectures, 1960-1970
Personal lectures, 1970
...
Dates:
1962-1982
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
Lyell’s 'Papers' provides a detailed description of several series of archival records, including his correspondence and other documents maintained by him and his team. Purposefully curated to record his work, achievements, and for historical significance, the archive retains Lyell's original organisation where possible, structuring the series accordingly. These papers should be viewed alongside Lyell's publications, notebooks, specimen collection, and offprints, which collectively represent...
Dates:
1806-1874
Papers of Sir David Pollock
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-377
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:
Gen. 703-712: notes taken down by Sir David Pollock on lectures on natural history by J. Walker, "Epitome", 1797. 10 manuscript volumes.
Gen. 774-783: elements of mathematics containing the first six books of Euclid, and lectures on logic by Professor J. Finlayson, taken down by Pollock in 1796-1797, and observations on medical jurisprudence delivered in lectures by Professor A. Duncan, 1797-1798. 10 manuscript volumes.
Dates:
1796-1798
Papers of Sir David Smith, Principal of Edinburgh University, 1987-1994
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1085
Scope and Contents
The boxes contain 39 files and 3 scrapbooks. The files cover a variety of subjects, from: appointment as Principal; financial crisis; recovery plan; restructuring; graduation addresses; talks and speeches; anglicisation; new University logo; and, the installation of Muriel Gray as rector. The scrapbooks contain cuttings or copies of cuttings on: the closure of the Dental School; the anglicisation of Edinburgh University; attacks on the University as inefficient; league tables; cuttings...
Dates:
1986-2006
Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton
Fonds — Box: MS.2300
Identifier: Coll-37
Scope and Contents
The papers, which are substantial, deal almost exclusively with Appleton's scientific work. There is little personal or private correspondence and almost no surviving material, apart from lectures, speeches and addresses, relating to his public life as scientific administrator or university principal. There are, however, a good run of diaries and engagement books and extensive folders of notes, research ideas, manuscript calculations and data from all periods of Appleton's career, as well as...
Dates:
c 1918-1973