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Papers of John Johnstone, Printer and Publisher

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Identifier: GD35
Scope and Contents The papers are composed of correspondence with John Johnstone from Lindsay Alexander, J.H. Balfour, Lewis Balfour, James Begg, Andrew A. Bonar, Horatius Bonar, John J. Bonar, John Brown, Alexander Brunton, John Bruce, James Buchanan, Islay Burns, Robert S. Candlish, Thomas Chalmers, George Cook, Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigne, Alexander Duff, Emily Faithfull, Thomas Guthrie, William M. Hetherington, Robert Murray McCheyne, Thomas McCrie, Mackintosh Mackay, Thomas McLauchlan, Norman McLeod, Hugh...
Dates: 1837-1857
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Lawson ( -1852)

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Identifier: MS BOX 1.2
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1765-1791
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Leslie (1527-1596), Bishop of Ross

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Identifier: MS LES
Scope and Contents

Manuscript compilation abridged from an English translation of John Leslie's 'De origine moribus, et rebus gestis Scotorum' (1578). Written in secretary hand (16th c.?) possibly by more than one person.

Inscribed on the front inside cover - 'Tho. McCrie'. From General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1578
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Livingston (1603-1672), minister at Ancrum

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Identifier: MS LIV
Scope and Contents Manuscript volume titled, 'The life of Mr John Livingstone minister of the Gospell from the principall writ by himselfe and compaired-'.Comprised of 6 sections:1. 'The life of Mr John Livingstone.' pp. 1-120 2. 'Ane account of what past when Mr John Livingstone appeared before ye councill in the lower councill house of Edinburgh 11 of December 1662 at which tyme they banished him.' pp.121-134 3.'The substance of a discourse had by Mr John Livingstone in the pulpit to his parish...
Dates: 1662-1671
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Love (1695-1750), schoolmaster, Dalkeith

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Identifier: MS LOV 2
Scope and Contents

Manuscript copy of 'A vindication of Mr. George Buchanan in two parts' prepared for press by the author Rev John Love (1695-1750). Contains bookplate of Alexander Thomson of Banchory (1798-1868) and note on the flyleaf saying the manuscript was found with the papers of the late Dr. Hamilton of Aberdeen.

Dates: c.1745
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Love (1757-1825), minister at Anderston, Glasgow

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Identifier: MS LOV 1
Scope and Contents MS LOV 1.1 Notes written by a Miss Kay from Rothesay on sermons preached by Rev John Love in Greenock between 1784-1785. Sermons titled:Sermons on Luke 7:21. "He cured many of their infirmities and plagues" pp. 1Sermons on 2 Sam. 23:5. "yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant" pp. 88Sermons on Joel 2:21. "Fear not O land be glad and rejoice" pp. 153Sermons on Acts 8:39. "If thou believest with thine heart" pp. 261...
Dates: 1784-1823
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John McDonald (1761-1828), minister of Dubbieside, Fife and Thurso Antiburgher Churches

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Identifier: MS MCD 5
Scope and Contents 12 manuscript notebooks of sermons given by John McDonald at Dubbieside [Inverleven] and Thurso.Arranged approximately in chronological order, with all sections of text made up from a combination of standard writing and short hand.Each volume has a short contents list on the boards, outlining which biblical passages are referenced. MS MCD 5.1 - MS MCD 5.11 are written from both the front and the back, whilst MS MCD 5.12 is written from just the front.The...
Dates: 1797-1823
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of John Middleton Murry

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Identifier: Coll-62
Scope and Contents The collection includes critical reviews, including typescripts and proof sheets of some of these; poems, possibly by Katherine Mansfield; typescript notes of work; typescripts of articles; galley proofs; manuscript notebooks; bundles of notes on Keats; lectures and speeches; and , essays. There are also albums of press cuttings between 1939-47, and letters, letterbooks, diary, and contracts. Some material unidentified or undated.Click ...
Dates: 1912-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of John Moffat

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Identifier: Coll-811
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of loose manuscript sheets (in some disorder) found among Moffat's papers, and they include teaching notes, material belonging to a book on legal reasoning that Moffat had been working on at his death, and copies of these notes on law, norms of reasoning, legal language and the nature of legal thought.

Dates: 1973
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of John Morrison, librarian, General Assembly Library

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Identifier: MS BOX 1.5.2
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Dates: nd
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 7
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 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
Church of Scotland 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 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
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 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
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 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
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
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
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 3
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 3
Church Missionary Society 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
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 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 (historian, philosopher) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 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
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 3
Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 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
Syme, James, 1799-1870 (Scottish pioneering surgeon; Professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 3
Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734 (Church of Scotland minister, historian and antiquarian) 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
Baikie, Hugh Edward, 1906-1981 (Church of Scotland missionary to India) 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