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Records of the Round Table Club, Edinburgh

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-341
Scope and Contents

The records consist of a minute-book for the period 1868-1878, a minute-book covering 1878-1895 with photograph inserts, a notebook with poems dated 1870, an envelope containing correspondence and accounts, a bound photograph album with a few portraits of Round Table Club members, and a volume entitledAnnals of the Round Table Club. The volume was edited by J.G.M, and was printed for private use in 1908. It was no.27 of 35 copies printed.

Dates: 1868-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College

 Fonds
Identifier: EUA IN2
Scope and Contents

The archive contains:


  1. Administrative and Financial Records
  2. Staff Records
  3. Student Records
  4. Estate Records
  5. Veterinary Practice and Research
  6. Photographs and Slides
  7. Objects
Dates: 1823-1999
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Royal Physical Society

 Fonds — OpenShelf: Da.67 Phys
Identifier: Coll-1207
Scope and Contents Volume 1 Physical Society (Spine reads 1777): 1775 - 1777 Volume 2 Physico-Chirurgical Society: 1777 - 1778 Volume(3) Physico-Chirurgical : 1778 - 1779 Volume(4) Physical Society : 1780 Volume(5) Chirugico-Medical Society: 1781 - 1782 Volumes 6 and 7. (Bound together) Royal Physical Society dissertations : 1782 - 1783 Volume 7a Physico-Chirurgical society dissertations: 1783 - 1785 Volume 8 Royal Physical Society dissertations: 1784 - 1786 Volume 9...
Dates: 1775-1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of The Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-262
Scope and Contents

Minutes books of the Edinburgh and Lothian Local Branch of the Royal Anthropological Society, The Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society and The Standing Committee of Anthropological Teaching. Various papers relating to the winding up of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society.

Dates: 1922-1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Scottish Constitutional Committee

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-276
Scope and Contents The records consist of copies of written testimony and copies of transcript of oral testimony from persons interviewed and reporting to the Committee by invitation. The individuals, bodies and interest groups represent industry and commerce, Churches, education and academia, the legal profession, journalism, the economic world, trade unionism, the political life of the country, trade groups, and local government. There are news clippings and newspapers covering the period of the life of the...
Dates: 1968-1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Scottish Council for African Questions

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-269
Scope and Contents The unsorted records of the Scottish Council for African Questions includes, in MS 2495, typescript and manuscript documents on Central Africa, copies of the "Newsletter. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland", and newspapers and newspaper clippings. In MS 2496 there is a selection of journals, government reports, parliamentary debates, and colonial reports, for example Northern Rhodesia 1951, Nyasaland 1957, "Northern Rhodesia. Proposals for constitutional change. 1958", and "Report of...
Dates: 1950s-1970s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society

 Fonds
Identifier: GD10
Scope and Contents The records contain: minute books of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, 1904 to 1965, with 1935-1942 wanting; cash books of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, 1911-1931 and 1934 to 1954; membership accounts of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, 1903-1913 and 1924-1955; income tax records of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, 1936-1963; correspondence of the Scottish Ecclesiological Society, 1957-1963; letter books of the Aberdeen Ecclesiological Society, 1891-1903, and the minute...
Dates: 1891-1972
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Records of the Scottish Marine Station for Scientific Research, Granton

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-263
Scope and Contents

The records of the Scottish Marine Station consist largely of notebooks containing details about the chemical work done at Granton, 1888-1901. The notebooks show calculations, water and other analyses, notes on chemical deposits, photographs, sketches, and tables both written and printed. There is also a large amount of invoices addressed to the Station and receipts for payment, 1883-1887. A few other papers relate to accounts, 1884-1901.

Dates: 1883-1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Scottish Microscopical Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-257
Scope and Contents

The records of the Scottish Microscopical Society consist of minute books covering the years 1888-1909, and 1909-1921, and council minutes for 1889-1914. There is also an envelope containing loose correspondence and other papers.

Dates: 1888-1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Scottish Musical Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1385
Scope and Contents
  1. Records of foundation and dissolution
  2. Minutes of meetings
  3. Membership records
  4. Financial records
  5. Correspondence
  6. Papers relating to the Scottish Universities Commission
  7. Newspapers relating to the society
Dates: 1879-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 11
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
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 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, 1835-1924 (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
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 5
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 5
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
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, 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
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish 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
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
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 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
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 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 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
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and 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
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 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
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of 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