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Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
Lyell’s 'Papers' serves as a description of several series of archival records, including correspondence to and from Lyell, and other records kept by himself and his team. Lyell’s archive was purposefully created by himself and his team, to evidence his work, achievements and for prosperity. Where evident, Lyell’s own organisation has been retained, and used to structure the series. The archival papers should be seen in the context of Lyell's publications, the run of Notebooks, his specimen...
Dates:
1806-1874
Papers of Sir David Brewster (1781-1868)
Collection
Identifier: MS BRE
Scope and Contents
See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates:
1797
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Papers of Sir David Pollock
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-377
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:
Gen. 703-712: notes taken down by Sir David Pollock on lectures on natural history by J. Walker, "Epitome", 1797. 10 manuscript volumes.
Gen. 774-783: elements of mathematics containing the first six books of Euclid, and lectures on logic by Professor J. Finlayson, taken down by Pollock in 1796-1797, and observations on medical jurisprudence delivered in lectures by Professor A. Duncan, 1797-1798. 10 manuscript volumes.
Dates:
1796-1798
Papers of Sir David Smith, Principal of Edinburgh University, 1987-1994
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1085
Scope and Contents
The boxes contain 39 files and 3 scrapbooks. The files cover a variety of subjects, from: appointment as Principal; financial crisis; recovery plan; restructuring; graduation addresses; talks and speeches; anglicisation; new University logo; and, the installation of Muriel Gray as rector. The scrapbooks contain cuttings or copies of cuttings on: the closure of the Dental School; the anglicisation of Edinburgh University; attacks on the University as inefficient; league tables; cuttings...
Dates:
1986-2006
Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton
Fonds — Box: MS.2300
Identifier: Coll-37
Scope and Contents
The papers, which are substantial, deal almost exclusively with Appleton's scientific work. There is little personal or private correspondence and almost no surviving material, apart from lectures, speeches and addresses, relating to his public life as scientific administrator or university principal. There are, however, a good run of diaries and engagement books and extensive folders of notes, research ideas, manuscript calculations and data from all periods of Appleton's career, as well as...
Dates:
c 1918-1973
Papers of Sir George Ballingall
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-53
Scope and Contents
The Sir George Ballingall material is composed of correspondence and papers, 1801-1855. In March 1995, when researching in Edinburgh University Library, Dr. Roger Cooter of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, in Manchester, dictated the papers onto tape and produced transcripts of about 70 per cent of the documents, following the order in which they had been placed in the original boxes. The transcripts, produced in haste, and which may not be accurate in detail, have been placed...
Dates:
1801-1855
Papers of Sir Gerald Elliot
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1357
Scope and Contents
The collection of papers is composed of (in Boxes 1 & 2) material in the form of memos, notes, lectures, off-prints, talks, illustrations, press cuttings, and correspondence, relating to:
- Royal Society of Edinburgh, and Scottish Council Development and Industry
- company structures and company responsibilities
- companies and institutions with which Sir Gerald...
Dates:
1950-2013
Papers of Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-8
Scope and Contents
The papers of Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour consist of material relating to work on the flora of Socotra, 1883; letters; class tickets from 1871 and into the mid-1870s; notebook; notes; lecture notes; University of Glasgow class catalogues; material relating to the University of Edinburgh Commission of 1858, and its Reports on Botany, and Botany in the Arts Curriculum; material on the Universities Scotland Bill; and, material on botany excursions.
Dates:
circa 1870-1920
Papers of Sir John Graham Dalyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-244
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of some 158 volumes of notebooks of manuscript notes and printed matter. The subjects of the notebooks are wide and varied: antiquities, superstitions, human society, tours, musical practice, natural history, rare and remarkable animals, properties of animals, terabella littoralis, ichthology, the will of the creator, the power of the creator, experiments and observations, punishments, and extracts from records. There are references and bibliographies too. The printed...
Dates:
19th century