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Papers of David Gregory

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-33
Scope and Contents The papers of David Gregory consist of: bound manuscripts of mathematical and personal papers by both David Gregory and James Gregory bound manuscripts Lectiones Mechanicae Sive Geometria de Motu parts 1-4 (1689-1690) bound manuscripts of treatises on mathematics and astronomy (1683-1694) bound manuscripts ...
Dates: 1652-1706
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of David Playfair (D. P.) Heatley

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-243
Scope and Contents The papers of D. P. Heatley include, at Dk.6.5-7, manuscripts of unpublished works on political science, these being on the subjects of :"The mind of Britain in politics"; "Britain, the USA, and the comity of nations"; "The politics of Richard Hooker"; "Shakespeare and Bacon on human nature and politics"; and "A humanist view of a political classic". There is also some material for a memoir.At Gen. 825/1-2 there are certificates mainly for classes taken at the University of...
Dates: 1880-c 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of David Preston (History of the Colonial Mission of the Church of Scotland)

 Fonds
Identifier: GD6
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of twelve notebooks containing the unpublished manuscript version of the History of the Colonial Mission of the Church of Scotland.

Dates: [ca. 1946]
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of Donald Grant Moir

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-793
Scope and Contents

The manuscript material is composed of files of research including: travel in medieval Scotland; travel pre-1600; royal pilgrimages; pilgrims and hospitals; 16th century travellers; roads; bridges; ferries; early maps; James VI visit; coaching and stage-coaches; turnpike roads; 17th and 18th century travellers; mountains; Wade and Highland roads; 19th century travellers; mail coaches; smacks and steamers; and, railways.

Dates: 1950-1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Donald M. Baillie (1887-1954)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BAI 31
Scope and Contents

1. 'Faith in God'. Commonplace book (1940-1952).

2. Lectures, St. Mary's College, St. Andrews. Typescript. 1955?

3. Lectures...on the development of Christology. Sections I through V. Typescript (carbon). Also included: Correspondence from Nicholas B. Van Dyck to Prof. W.R. Forrester. 1963-1964.

Dates: 1940-1952; 1955-1964
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of Donald MacDonald (1817-1863), minister of Edinkillie Free Church

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCD 1
Scope and Contents

Interleaved and annotated copy of Rev. Donald MacDonald. 'Creation and the Fall: A defence and exposition of the first three chapters of Genesis'. Thomas Constable, Edinburgh. 1865.

With a review from the Atlas, June 28, 1856 pasted to the front board.

Dates: 1856
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Papers of Dorothy Webb relating to Southern Rhodesia

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-386
Identifier: Coll-2050
Content Description Papers relating to the settling and occupation of lands and farms by British settlers in Southern Rhodesia from the 1890s to the 1960s, compiled and saved from destruction by Mr Webb when Robert Mugabe was destroying records in Zimbabwe.The first file is entitled "Lomagundi - S. S. Ranch Ext.", and has two bundles labelled "notices / gazettes" and "blank forms". The first bundle contains advertising pamphlets, gazettes, and paperwork relating to the purchase of land by settlers...
Dates: 1892-1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Douglas Scott Falconer

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1478
Identifier: Coll-1690
Scope and Contents Contains: a file of correspondence; inserts removed from various editions of Falconer's 'Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'; photographs of Falconer and colleagues at the Institute of Animal Genetics; cassette tapes of contributors to 'Genetical Research' 73:3 (1999) reading out their contributions.Also includes at SC-Acc-2023-0103: five folders entitled "Institute of Animal Genetics History"; "Reviews and comments on DSF's 'An Introduction to Quantitative Genetics'"; "Notes...
Dates: 1939-2004
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Dr. Asta Winifred Russell Moller

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1832
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the personal papers of Dr. Asta Moller, B Litt and D Phil (University of Oxford), MA (University of Edinburgh), who made a substantial contribution to knowledge by her researches into the history of the coal industry. The collection contains: Examination papers in Arts and Science - Danish 1 and 2, March 1916 Honours' class examination paper in Political...
Dates: 1916-1981
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Dr. Charles Edward Rhodes Bruce

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-643
Scope and Contents

The unsorted material is composed of: circa twelve notebooks of calculations and notes; miscellaneous files containing off-prints and photographs; two box-files containing copies ofA new approach in astronomy and cosmology, and article off-prints; and six audio cassette tapes (type C.60) of him talking about his work.

Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 6
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 6
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 6
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
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Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 5
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
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Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", 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 Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 (author and Traveller) 5
University of Edinburgh. 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
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
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Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
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Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, 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
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
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 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
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 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 Missionary Society 3
Church of Scotland (1560-) 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
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 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
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 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
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 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
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 3