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Papers of Michael L. Ryder
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1702
Scope and Contents
Papers are sorted in box files by subject, on the following topics:- Ryder's book 'Sheep and Man', including original illustrations and correspondence (15 box files); textiles and weaving (3 box files);
- Sheep and wool in the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Middle East (3 box files);
- Skin biology, wool and other animal hair, wool colour (7 box files);
- St Kilda, Orkney and Shetland sheep (2 box files);
- Archaeological textiles, clothing, rugs and...
Dates:
c.1950s-2000s
Papers of Miss Margaret Campbell Scott
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1570
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
1 x Will of Catherine Scott, bequeathing her property to Margaret Campbell Scott, dated 1934, 1945
3 x ms letters from D. M. McDonald, Toronto, Canada, dated 8 April 1935, 16 December 1935, and 13 February 1938
1 x ms letter (part letter at least) to 'Dear Miss Scott' from Toronto, 1936, with ts titles/claims, The Timmins Area, as reported...
Dates:
1927-1960
Papers of Myra Carpenter (1900-1978)
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 18
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of: letters from Carpenter to her parents sometimes enclosing letters from others (1922-1951); notes, correspondence, reports and other material relating to Tanishan Orphanage (1924-1954); reminiscences, notes, articles, addresses and talks by Carpenter on her time in China and on women in China (1928-1960s); pamphlets, circulars and other material relating to the China Inland Mission (also OMF) and the British and Foreign Bible Society (from circa 1920s mainly...
Dates:
20th century
Papers of Neil Bernard (1909-1991)
Fonds
Identifier: CSWC 46
Scope and Contents
The material consists of papers, reports, correspondence, articles and press cuttings relating to: (1) South Africa: includes some early records such as on Lovedale (1884-1950s), material on the Paris Evangelical Society (1917-1960s), and material on the reaction of the churches to events in South Africa (1960s-1970s). (2) Zimbabwe: with material on Christian reaction to events (1951-1979). (3) Zambia: includes correspondence about the Livingstonia Mission (Rhodesia) Provident Fund...
Dates:
1884-[ca. 1989]
Papers of Norman Macleod
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-426
Scope and Contents
The material consists of the papers and correspondence of Norman MacLeod, including an unpublished book on the Admiralty and correspondence on this, material on shipwrights in Naval dockyards, material on Holbrook Naval School and Greenwich Hospital, lectures on the historical development of the Admiralty, articles and notes on Royal dockyards, and reports on Royal dockyards in Singapore, Palestine and Malta.
Dates:
20th century
Papers of Norman McOmish Dott
Fonds — Container: Gen.2085 (28 boxes )
Identifier: Coll-32
Scope and Contents
The papers fully document all of Dott’s principal activities. In addition, there are Dott's careful lecture notes which illustrate the development of the teaching of neurosurgery at Edinburgh, while the correspondence with Cushing, Jefferson and others traces the leading organisations and leading personalities in the field, especially in the second quarter of the century. There is also an extensive record of many aspects of public health in Scotland, relating chiefly to the care of the...
Dates:
c 1922-1973
Papers of Peter Howard Jones, Professor of Philosophy
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1833
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of lecture courses, single lectures and notes (some revised and published later) delivered in the University of Edinburgh, or in its name elsewhere, by Professor Peter Jones FRSE, as Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Philosophy between 1964 and 1998, and as Emeritus Professor from 1998 onwards - including his unpublished Inaugural Lecture (1986) and Gifford Lectures (1995).Subjects of the lectures include, but are not limited to: Philosophy and...
Dates:
1964-1999; 2015
Papers of Professor A. T. Altschul
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1000
Scope and Contents
The collection of papers is composed of: circa 50 files of notes or correspondence or reports; many copies of journals, articles, and printed books; and, a tube of diplomas and degrees, including those from the Royal College of Nursing (Fellowship of College), the Open University, and the University of London Birkbeck College. The printed books include a title by Annie T. Altschul,Patient-Nurse interaction. A study of interaction patterns in acute psychiatric wards(1972), and one with a...
Dates:
20th century
Papers of Professor Albert Venn Dicey
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-238
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of notebooks containing: notes on the law of domicil (domicile) with a list of cases to 1890; notes on jurisdiction procedure; notes on contracts to 1891; notes on changeability of immovables, and land or immovables; notes on the conflict of laws from 1907 to 1911; and, notes on private international law.
Dates:
19th century and 20th century
Papers of Professor Alexander Augustine Parker
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-647
Scope and Contents
The material is composed of student and later notebooks on Spanish literature, language, including notes on: criticism of Galdos; Conceptismo, metaphysical wit; minor dramatists, Golden Age; mystics and religious literature; plays, Tirso; criticism, Tirso de Molina; plays, criticism of Lope; criticism, plays, mythology of Calderon; picaresque novel in Europe; Unamuno; Gongora, criticism; Cervantes, criticism; Quevedo; Rojas Zorrilla, plays; Gracian, critical; Ruiz de Alarcons, plays; Libro...
Dates:
20th century