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Copies of items relating to John Baillie

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-563, Folder: E2004.10
Identifier: Coll-1039
Scope and Contents

Photograph of John Baillie, probably taken at the time of his graduation from the University of Edinburgh (c1908); programme for Inverness Royal Academy Second Annual Edinburgh Reunion (1907)

Dates: 1907-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of letters between C. M. Grieve and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

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Identifier: Coll-1298
Scope and Contents Three copies of manuscript letters from Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) to Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji are dated 25 May 1926 from Montrose, 5 January 1932 from London, and 19 August 1955 from Lanarkshire. The letter from 25 May 1926 had been sent to Sorabji through the New Age. Grieve writes that 'I should have written you long ere this, but for the Strike, which involved me in all kinds of difficulties and while it lasted completely...
Dates: 1926-1955-
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of letters relating to Archbishop James Sharp

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2257
Scope and Contents Transcripts of correspondence relating to Archbishop James Sharp, 2 volumes dated 1653-1676, author unknown. A note inserted in the first manuscript contains information on contents of volume, and where original copies are kept. Includes correspondence copied from Harleian Collection in the British Library, and the Wodrow Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland. Letters of James Sharp...
Dates: 1653-1676
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of Macfarlan's Illustrated Family Paper

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1846
Scope and Contents

Three editions the Macfarlan's Illustrated Family Paper, from 1 May 1855, 1 June 1855, and 2 July 1855. The newspapers are entirely hand-written or hand-drawn, including illustrations. Topics discussed include, among other things: events relating to the Crimean war such as the siege of Sevastopol and the Hango Head massacre; the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1855; the Exposition Universelle of 1855 (as international exhibition held in Paris). The newspapers are beautifully illustrated.

Dates: 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of material relating to Madeira 1701-1837

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Identifier: Coll-1636
Scope and Contents Volumes about trade with Madeira and a trip to Madeira are these: The Bolton Letters, Volume II. 1701-1714. The letters of an English merchant in Madeira Madeira Fragments. I. A trip to Madeira 28 October 1836 - 25 June 1837. The journal of Edward Watkinson Wells & II. Extract from the diary of Miss Katherine E. Perry who came to Madeira in October 1844 ...
Dates: 1701-1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of material relating to the life and work of George Goudie Chisholm, drawn together by Professor T. W. Freeman

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1297
Scope and Contents The material in the collection is composed of: typescript biographies of and notes on Chisholm by John Macfarlane and H.J. Fleure and various copy of typescript letter to C.J. Robertson from the IGU Commission on the History of Geographical Thought, dated 9 May 1975 copies of typescript letters to Marguerita Oughton from C.J. Robertson, 3 May 1975, 16 June 1975 and 20...
Dates: 1948-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of memoirs of Lilias Dunbar (fl.1674-1691) and copies of sermons by Dr John Love (c.1756-1825)

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Identifier: MS DUN 1
Scope and Contents

Volume containing extracts of memoirs of Mrs Lilias Dunbar, spouse to Alexander Campbell of Torrick. Transcribed from the original manuscript ... Lay 1764 by John Calder, grandson to the said Mrs Lilias Dunbar. Octavo volume with 271 leaves. Memoirs cover the period 1674-1691.

Also contains copies of sermons by Dr John Love, some dated, 1757-1823.

Index on flyleaf indicates that this is volume III of a larger collection.

Dates: c.1764; c.1756-1825
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copies of newspapers: The Border Watch, The Caledonian Mercury and The Witness (1775-1856)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 25.5
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: 1775-1856
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Copy in Russian of 'Stan Kenton' by Dietrich Schulz-Koehn, tr. Vladimir Feiertag

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1324
Identifier: Coll-1691
Scope and Contents This early form of photo-copy of 'Stan Kenton' by Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (1912-1999) was translated into Russian by B.’.Fejertaga (Vladimir Feiertag), Leningrad. It was published in Voronezh, 1967.On the title page it contains the following publishing information: Dietrich Schulz-Köhn STAN KENTON Izdatel’stvo (Publishing House) 'Pegaus' (perhaps a typographical error of 'Pegasus') g.Vetclar 1961 g. Perevod (Translated) B.’.Fejertaga (Vladimir...
Dates: 1967
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of ‘A booke of records for the English Church in Delft’ by George Gibson and William Steven, 1836

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Identifier: MS DEL
Scope and Contents

Contains: Records, 1643-1724; a catalogue of such as were members at 1 Oct. 1645; a register of matrimonial, 1646-1696; a catalogue of the children's names that have been baptized, 1643-1723.

From the General Assembly Library.

Dates: 1643-1724; 1836 (Copied from the original records)
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 5
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Roslin Institute 5
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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
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Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
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Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
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Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
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Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
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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
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 3
Chiene, John, 1843-1923 (Scottish surgeon, Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh ) 3
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 3
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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
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828 (the elder | British physician | Professor at University of Edinburgh) 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
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
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 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
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3