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Records relating to the Mechanics' Library and University Hall, Riddle's Court

 Item — Volume: Dk.1.4
Identifier: Coll-1841
Scope and Contents A single volume in two parts. The first part relates to the buildings use as the Mechanics Library, the second relates to its period as University Hall. In the front is bound an architectural plan and two engravings of the buildings.Section I begins with a Preface based on extracts from Daniel Wilson, 'Edinburgh in Olden Time'. Bound in before the Preface is a two-sided illustration, one side titled "M'Morran Superintends his bigging". Thererafter follows a table of contents...
Dates: 1850s, 1890s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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"Recueil de Desseins Ridicules", by Georges Focus

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1945
Scope and Contents This is a bound manuscript volume containing approx. 125 pen-and-ink drawings by Georges Focus, often signed by the author and sometimes dated 1694 or 1695. This artwork was produced during his confinement at the Parisian asylum 'Les Petites Maisons', where he was sent in 1680. The illustrations represent various scenes, such as episodes of the artist’s life taking place in mainly Parisian or Roman settings, and excerpts from Virgile Travesti by the poet...
Dates: 1694-1695
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Register of Writs, England

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.7.34
Identifier: Coll-2223
Scope and Contents

England. Register of writs. 16th-17th century.

Dates: 16th-17th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Remission for carrying arms, for William Scott, Edinburgh, 5 June 1621

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1743
Content Description

Remission for carrying arms, for William Scott, Edinburgh, 5 June 1621, together with translation by Dr. Jean Dunlop, Edinburgh, and covering letter referring to same dated 16 December 1957.

Dates: 5 June 1621
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Reports on visits to Sichuan and Wenchuan by Thomas F. Torrance

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 3
Identifier: CSWC 96
Dates: Majority of material found within 1986, 1994
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Reprints and lectures of Alan William Greenwood

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1700
Scope and Contents

Contains 7 bound volumes of Alan Greenwood's reprints and three folders of lectures and articles by Greenwood.

Dates: 1923-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Research Archive of David Sugden

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2044
Content Description

This fonds consists of the research archive of Professor David Sugden, including:


  1. His original thesis;
  2. Originals and printed copies of his fieldtrip diaries and four boxes of accompanying slides,
  3. Autobiographical texts reflecting on his career, and a detailed CV including a bibliography;
  4. Copies of his published papers.
Dates: 1962-2022
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Research Archive of Gordon H. K. Lawson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1737
Content Description

This collection consists of extensive research notes, experiment notes, and experimental material (slides, USB, compact disks) covering the research by Gordon H.K. Lawson and Rebecca A. Mackie on Lawsonia intracellularis. Other additional material includes a small amount of correspondence, a doctoral thesis by Neil MacIntyre AIBMS from 2001, and copies of academic papers (journals).

Dates: 1972-2013
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Research archive of John Martin concerning the History of Student Theatre at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1942
Scope and Contents The fonds consists of the research archive of John Martin relating to his on-going project on student theatre, which aims to compile a history of student theatre in Edinburgh from 1850 to 1970. In order to understand the wider student context in which theatre groups had arisen, John Martin started to work on two "spin-off" projects to support his research: one on student numbers at the University of Edinburgh between 1836 and 1966, and a second one on student societies in Edinburgh...
Dates: 2017-2021
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Research writings of Dr. Ewart Geoffrey Walsh

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1387
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 57 off-print copies of publications of Dr. Ewart Geoffrey Walsh over seven decades from 1947 to 2003. In addition to the articles there is a full-index of some 144 of his publications.

Dates: 1947-2003
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 136
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 18
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 9
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 7
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 5
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 5
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (Professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 5
University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 4
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Born, Max, 1882-1970 (physicist) 3
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Chiene, John, 1843-1923 (Scottish surgeon, Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh ) 3
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 3
Church of Scotland 3
Combe, George, 1788-1858 (Phrenologist) 3
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 3
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 3
Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828 (the elder | British physician | Professor at University of Edinburgh) 3
East India Company (1600-1874) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 3
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (Folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 3
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 2
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer) 2
Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843 (advocate, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh) 2
Berry, Richard James Arthur, 1867-1962 (Surgeon, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy) 2