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Papers relating to the Literary Journal 'Two Rivers'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1082
Scope and Contents

The collections is composed of: autograph manuscripts; typed manuscripts; signed autograph letters and signed typed letters; and autograph post cards. There are also contents lists and corrected galley proofs. The collection includes letters of congratulation on the publication of the journal, and letters from Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid).

Dates: 1969-1970

Papers relating to the Marnoch Case

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 6.1 to MS BOX 6.3
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1837-1841

Papers relating to the Marrow Controversy

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MAR
Scope and Contents Composite volume containing several manuscript copies of papers, letters, proclamations, etc. Single clear italic hand throughout, with some secretary features.1.1. Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Councill and Session. The Representation of his Majesties Advocate in behalf of the Crown. Edinburgh, 23 January 1722. Regarding Patrick Haldane, nominated to be a Lord of Session. pp.1-6.1.2. Robert Dundas' protest and appeal to the Lords of Session their Address and...
Dates: 1720-1722

Papers relating to the planning of the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1097
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: Conceptual briefs, reports and drawings including reports on the various themes for the new museum; exhibition briefs; and, material directly relating to themes on Beginnings, the Church, Jacobites, Enlightenment, the Union, the Victorians and Edwardians, Land, Trade and Industry. ...
Dates: 1985-2001

Papers relating to Thomas Boston (1676-1732)

 Collection
Identifier: MS BOX 2.3
Scope and Contents

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Dates: 1713-1928

Papers relating to William James Heaton (1845-1933), Methodist minister

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HEA
Scope and Contents Scrapbook with several different sections. Letter pasted to front flyleaf reads:"Some further Illustrations of the Rev. W. J. Heaton's volumes on our own English Bible.Prepared for and presented to Principal Alexander Whyte.With a further section, illustrating the great advances made by Wesleyan Methodism of late, owing largely to the Twentieth Century Fund.W. J. Heaton.Bridport. Feb[ruar]y, 1915." Section 1: 15 plates...
Dates: c.1915

Papers relating to William Wordsworth

 Fonds — Box: Dk.2.23
Identifier: Coll-2156
Scope and Contents

Collection of newspaper cuttings, postcards, etc. relating to poet William Woodsworth. In folder, mounted on loose sheets. The postcards consist mainly of illustrations of places associated with Wordsworth.

Dates: early 19th century

Papers, volumes, and photographs of Robert and Margaret Laws

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 2
Identifier: CSWC 89
Scope and Contents

Volume of anthems, New Testament, empty wallet and photographs and prints of studio portratis of Robert and Margaret Laws

Dates: 20th c

Parody of Ola Hansson ditty by H.H.B., Young Ofegs last ditty

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1624
Scope and Contents

Card with ms poem, in pen, entitled 'Young Ofeg's Last Ditty'... or 'Never say Die'.. with envelope bearing a 'post-it' with 'Parody by H. H. B.'. Said to be a parody of Ola Hansson's Ung Ofegs visor.

Dates: late 19th - mid 20th century

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Sermons 93
Correspondence 88
Missionaries 75
Photographs 75
Student lecture notes 72
University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp 68
University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 61
Missions 52
Students 49
University of Edinburgh -- Students 42
Lectures and Lecturing 39
Hospitals | Administration | 37
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 36
Diaries 34
Poetry 33
Church History 27
Commonplace-books 27
India 26
Law (Scotland) 25
China 24
Edinburgh -- Scotland 23
English literature | 20th century 23
Medicine 23
Student notes 23
Music 22
Women workers | 22
Anatomy 21
Medical records | Scotland | 21
Scotland -- Church history 21
University of Edinburgh -- Societies and Clubs 21
Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 20
Law 19
Medals 18
Medical students 18
Philosophy 18
Theatre 18
Theology 18
Women students 18
Lectures 17
Nursing | Study and teaching | Scotland | Edinburgh | 17
University of Edinburgh -- Alumni and alumnae 17
University of Edinburgh -- staff 17
Family papers 16
Mathematics 16
Medicine | Study and teaching | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 16
Panoramas 16
Chemistry 15
Natural History 15
Nigeria 15
Scottish literature | 20th century 15
Travel writing 15
World War, 1914-1918 15
Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment 14
Geology 14
Linguistics 14
Malawi 14
National Health Service (Great Britain) 14
Societies and Clubs 14
Astronomy 13
Botany 13
Health boards | Scotland | 13
Historians 13
Nursing | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 13
Physics 13
Poets 13
Publishers and Publishing 13
Sketchbooks & albums 13
Surgeons 13
Letters 12
Manchuria (China) 12
Physicians 12
Scotland 12
Animal Genetics 11
Christianity 11
Midwifery 11
Minutes 11
Photograph albums 11
Teachers, Training of 11
Thesis and dissertation 11
Agriculture 10
Botanists 10
China -- Photographs 10
Colonization 10
Kenya 10
Medical students | Scotland 10
Missions (Africa) 10
Portraits 10
Scotland -- History 10
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University of Edinburgh -- Principals 10
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World War, 1939-1945 10
AIDS (Disease) | Prevention | 9
Africa 9
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Bible 9
Christianity -- China 9
Engraving 9
Ethics 9
Names
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 139
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
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
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
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 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
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
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
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 4
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
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
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
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
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
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and metalurgist) 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
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
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
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
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