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Papers of Helen B. K. Maclean (fl. 1921-1954)

 Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 14
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two version of an unpublished manuscript Memories of a Missionary by Maclean, the first dates from 1967 or just after, the second is the same version but amended and annotated at a later date and including photographs and pictures dating from c 1930s to 1984. It is an account of the relationship between Maclean and her friend Fragrant Tree, describing their backgrounds, their work for the mission and church in Manchuria...
Dates: [ca. 1930]-1984
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Helen Chassels Drysdale Kerr and Thomas Kerr

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1133
Scope and Contents

The material is composed of: family birth and death certificates; newspaper cuttings relating to the family; certificates from James Gillespie's; diplomas and certificates, Edinburgh University 1932-34; Edinburgh University class certificates; two boxes of assorted family photographs; smaller photographs and portraits; graduation portraits; examination papers and essays; and, assorted letters and memorabilia.

Dates: 1870-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Helen M. Taylor

 Fonds — Box: Gen.2180, Folder: Gen.2180/3
Identifier: Coll-224
Scope and Contents The collection covers the period of the controversy over the Central African Federation and the protests of the nationalist movement under Hastings Banda. The material includes papers, memoranda, telegrams and reports by Taylor and others relating to the position of the church, mission and teacher training college at Livingstonia and giving their opinions on the events in Nyasaland. Statements and correspondence are directed to the government, the Devlin Commission of Enquiry and to...
Dates: 1958-1963
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Henry Barker, including lectures on Kant and Hegel

 Fonds — Box: Dk.6.9
Identifier: Coll-2208
Scope and Contents

Henry Barker's lectures on Kant and Hegel. 1898-1906. Also, miscellaneous philosophical papers, c. 1905-1910.

Dates: 1898-1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Henry Drummond

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.3.33
Identifier: Coll-2170
Scope and Contents

Henry Drummond. Notebook dated 'Possil Park. April 1. 1880', containing notes made in preparation for his book: Natural law and the spiritual world. Same hand, different inks, pencils. Also includes: letter to the Registrar, 5 October 1873; class certificate for Senior Humanity 1869-70; class cards for Senior Humanity 1866-67 and Geology and Mineralogy 1871-72; newspaper cuttings; miscellaneous printed material.

Dates: 1866-1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Henry Goodsir Stewart

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-507
Scope and Contents

The material includesA flying visit to Madeira and the Canary Islands, 1886, andSome account of a trip to America, i.e. both Canada and the United States, 1885. The notebook volumes contain photographs as well as narrative.

Dates: 1885-1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Iain Hamilton built around his work on Arthur Koestler

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1479
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of the following: Boxes 1-11: Drafts, copies of drafts, annotated drafts, and copy cut and copy edited material Box 12: News cuttings on the deaths of the Koestlers Discarded folios ...
Dates: 1941-1998
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Ian Mason, cattle geneticist

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1638
Scope and Contents

The archive comprises the working papers of Ian Mason, including: subject files in alphabetical sequence, mainly pertaining to animals; subject files ordered by country; reports on various visits and meetings; articles reviews ans reports by Ian Mason and others, including card indexes; lectures; publications (not by Mason); notes and correspondence; slides featuring animals in various countries, and maps and graphs, mostly distribution maps of cattle and other animals.

Dates: 1912-2002
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Ian Wilmut

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1320
Scope and Contents This archive contains the working papers of Sir Ian Wilmut, including copies of published scientific papers, papers relating to Wilmut's scientific research including applications for funding, correspondence with the public and with various organisations, and material regarding the press and media and Wilmut's public appearances. The papers relate to Wilmut's work at the ARC Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biology at Cambridge, the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (later the...
Dates: 1969-2011
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Irene J. Young

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1657
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of school study notes and educational certificates 1929-1937, diplomas and degrees, private tutoring notes and papers, personal correspondence of Irene Young, draft material for publications and autobiography, correspondence with, and papers relating to, her late husband Reginald Sydney Brown (1919-1982). 1 x folder composed of: 5 x certificates of the Royal Drawing Society,...
Dates: 1929-1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Names
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 137
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
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 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
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 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
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
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
Beattie, James, 1735-1803 (Scottish poet, professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic) 2
Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843 (advocate, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh) 2