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Two volumes of lecture notes taken down by Susan and Janet Robb

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-228
Identifier: Coll-1965
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Two volumes of lecture notes taken by sisters Susan and Janet Robb, originally from Woodend, Carnwath, dating from the 1890s and early 1900s.


  1. Notes taken down by Susan Robb on botany lectures given by Professor S. Elliot, 17 May 1901.
  2. Lecture notes taken down by Janet Robb on the subject of physiography, 1890s.
Dates: 1890s-1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Two volumes of "minutes and reports" by Lieutenant Colonel James Brunton

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2274
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Minutes and reports by Lieuteuant Colonel James Brunton, Military Auditor General, as a member of the military Board. Fort St. George [Chennai, India]. Madras. Two volumes, 1801-05, 1801-06.

Dates: 1801-1806
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Tynedale-Biscoe, Barbara Bettina

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Identifier: GD1-54
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Photocopy of nurse's letter describing night duty 1935; transcript of letter

Dates: 1935
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Typescript and printed volumes on Glasgow and Edinburgh 'lodging houses'

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1566
Identifier: Coll-1816
Content Description A collection of 2 x ts and printed volumes on Glasgow and Edinburgh 'lodging houses'. These were created by...:Louie Murray, who wrote Edinburgh Common Lodging-Houses, a study of the residents and how their needs are met by statutory and voluntary social services. Murray's work was presented as a thesis for the Diploma in Social Study, Edinburgh University... 94pp including appendices.Dr. Stuart Laidlaw, who wrote ...
Dates: 1956
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Typescript by James Dick: Account of his boyhood in Scotland

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1900
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Typescript by Colonel James Dick (1863-1926), containing an 'account of his boyhood in Scotland'.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century (before 1926)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Typescript by John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith

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Identifier: MS FIN 1
Scope and Contents Typescript manuscript of John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith. Fl.1906 - 1913.Manuscript titled "The Missionary Movement: Its Rise, Progress, and Prospects." Created c.1909, with several former shelfmarks and the author's name inscribed inside. Notes on 'The Great Commission' loosely inserted after page 232. Typescript frequently annotated with pencil, with printed biblical passages pasted in. Ammendments are mostly small, but occasionally whole paragraphs are marked for...
Dates: c.1909
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Typescript by Richárd Hörcsik (1955-) entitled ‘The history of the Hungarian scholarship at Edinburgh’

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Identifier: MS HOR 1
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Loose leaf typescript titled 'The history of the Hungarian scholarship at Edinburgh'. By Richárd Hörcsik. Undated, but created c. 1990. 56 numbered pages, followed by 2 pages of charts.

It is unclear if this paper was ever published in its current format, but it is cited in some of Hörcsik's later publications.

Dates: c.1990
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Typescript Cunningham Lectures by Prof William Alexander Curtis (1876-1961)

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Identifier: MS BOX 36.7
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Dates: 1950-1953
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Typescript epistolary journal by [Alice] Maud Hitchcock

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-2000
Content Description Extensive archive of letters, together forming a journal of seven years’ work for the Church Missionary Society in China. Addressed to ‘dear Friends’ of her church in Bermondsey, Hitchcock’s letters provide a detailed account of her journey to China and her mission there. Though evidently travelling frequently throughout south-east China, Hitchcock was stationed primarily on Haitan (Pingtan) island with Eleanor Jane Harrison, recording efforts to teach the Gospel to the local population and...
Dates: 1901-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Typescript form of daily devotion by Father Mark Gibberd

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Identifier: MS BOX 36.6
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Dates: nd
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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