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Sermons of William Guthrie (1620-1665), minister at Fenwick

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Identifier: MS GUT 1
Scope and Contents In two parts:MS GUT 1.1. One notebook containing four sermons preached by William Guthrie, Minister of Fenwick. Volume is a thin paper-wrapped notebook, with 36 pages in a clear secretary hand. Previously owned by historian Robert Wodrow:Page 1 - Mark 4:38Page 11 - Psalms 119:120Page 25 - Matthew 15:22Page 30 Matthew 15:26 MS GUT 1.2. Notes of sermons in 7 volumes. The previous catalogue states that this is a transcript...
Dates: c.1655-c.1664
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of William Henderson (1690-1737), minister of Dalgety

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Identifier: MS HEN 2
Scope and Contents

Notebook of the sermons of William Henderson, Minister of Dalgety (1690-1737). Preached at Dalgety between 1723 - 1725. Notebook is an oblong octavo, with 278 numbered pages.

The main body of the text is in a small, sharp italic hand that bears some secretary features. A second hand writes in pencil on the front board and flyleaf. The front board states that this is volume 7, but no other volumes are held.

From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1723-1725
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of William Reid ( -1742), minister of Stevenston, Ayrshire

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Identifier: MS REI 2
Scope and Contents Manuscript notebook of sermonsInscription on front flyleaf reads: 'William Reid Minister of Stevenston was ordained in 1700 and died in 1742''Margaret McCall Fairlie Cottage' inscribed on front endpaper.Volume is written and paginated from both ends, in one exceedingly neat and small italic hand. Both end boards bear dates 1719 - 1720, and 'Book (18)'. ...
Dates: 1719-1720
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of William Robertson (1686-1745), minister of Old Greyfriars Church, father of Principal Robertson, the historian

 Collection
Identifier: MS ROB4
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below).

Dates: 1735-1737
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons of William Wisheart (1660-1729), minister of South Leith Parish Church

 Collection
Identifier: MS WIS
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below).

Dates: 1691-1692
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons on Hebrews chapter 11 by Robert Bruce

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Identifier: MS BRU 2
Scope and Contents Composite volume in one neat secretary hand. 'Ane Anagram: SOB SILLE COR' [Isabell Cor] 'Give me thy hairt And see fyre no more...' 'O louse me from this lothsum lump of clay...' 'The christianis cogniseance...' 'The winter night' ...
Dates: 1590-1594
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Sermons, prayers and correspondence of Rev James Mitchell (1759-1835), minister at Montrose

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Identifier: MS MIT 2
Scope and Contents Papers of Rev. James Mitchell (1759-1835), Minister at Montrose. Manuscript text spans one small bound volume, and a stack of gathered papers.Events covered in sermons and prayers include: - A celebration of the King's Birthday (4 June, 1794), - A funeral sermon on Mitchell's own death (1835), - A draft of a reply by James Mitchell to a pamphlet by Provost Christie [against the Kirk Session of Montrose, 1790], - A speech delivered by the Rev. James Mitchell...
Dates: 1790-1835
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Seven letters from Robert Graham to George Drummond Steuart

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Identifier: Coll-2899
Scope and Contents This is a collection of seven inscribed and signed letters from Robert Graham (Regius Professor of medicine and botany at the University of Edinburgh, and Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden and King’s botanist) to his friend George Drummond Steuart of Braco Castle [spelt "Stewart" by Graham]. The letters are generally a friendly correspondence discussing flowers, salmon fishing on the Tay, and other matters.The letters are dated 18 June 1842, 25 June 1842, 3 January 1843, 9 March...
Dates: 1842-1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sheila Scott

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Identifier: GD57
Scope and Contents Items relating to Sheila Scott's time as a nurse at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) and on the National Association of Theatre Nurses (NATN) Subcommittee on Policy for Staffing and Training of Operating Department Personnel. RIE materials relate primarily to the development of sterile dressings and the introduction of the Procedure Pack Service to the hospital. The collection includes: photographs of the Procedure Pack Service process; Theatre Service Centre reports and other reports...
Dates: 1960s - 1970s
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Shepherd, A.

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-80
Scope and Contents

Belt buckle and City Hospital badge of A. Shepherd 1902-1905; photo of A. Shepherd; letters from A. S. Kinnear regarding A. Shepherd 1998-1999

Dates: 1902-1999
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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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