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Correspondence relating to British banks and their customers

 Fonds — Box: Dk.8.5-6
Identifier: Coll-2247
Scope and Contents

Collection of correspondence between banks, and between banks and their customers. Principally routine business letters relating to remittance and receipt of cheques, etc. Banks represented included the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Bank of Scotland, the Union Bank of London, Glyn Mills Co. 1801-1874. 517 letters. 4/o.

Dates: 1801-1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence relating to Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

 Fonds
Identifier: GD44
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of letters of Newman to either Jane Whyte and Alexander Whyte, 1881-1885, or of Sir Frederick Whyte and C. Stephen Dessain to James Bartholomew Primrose and John Alexander Lamb, 1953-1960. There is also a letter from Fr. Henry Tristram to Lamb, 1953.

Dates: 1881-1960
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Correspondence relating to Copper Mining in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), 1960-1962

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-688
Scope and Contents

This material is incoming correspondence relating to Coleman's research into Northern Rhodesian (Zambian) copper mining. There are also 4 photographs, three of which are copies of an image of Nchanga incline shaft in 1927, and one of Nchanga football team.

Dates: 1960-1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence relating to Donald Maclean, Duirinish, Isle of Skye

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 31.3
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: 1901-1946
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Correspondence relating to Elmslie William Dallas

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1556, Folder: Coll-1814 / SC-Acc-2017-0064
Identifier: Coll-1814
Content Description

The collection is a bundle of Dallas correspondence, often to 'My Dear Aunt' or 'My Dear Lilly'. His aunt may have been Mrs. Sweetland.

Dates: c 1840-1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence relating to the Scots Law Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-707
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of circa 28 letters to the Secretary of the Scots Law Society, William Lindsay, and A. Thomson Jnr.

Dates: 1842-1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence relating to the Scottish Anti-Vaccination League

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-52
Identifier: Coll-723
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of correspondence relating to the Scottish Anti-Vaccination League, Kirkcaldy, 1896-1897.

Dates: 1896-1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence with James Blades, and material relating to percussion instruments

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1171
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of a number of letters to James Blades including : letter from Music Librarian, Liverpool City Libraries, 20 June 1967, about a title to do with the tambourine letter from Music Librarian, Liverpool City Libraries, 27 June 1967, indicating that photostat pages relevant to the tambourine will be sent to Blades letter from Deutsche Grammophon...
Dates: 1930-1967
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence with Rev Adam Mitchell Hunter (1871-1955), Librarian, New College Library

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 49.3
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: 1901-1971
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Corson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-1022
Scope and Contents The Corson Collection consists of materials assembled by James Clarkson Corson (1905-1988), Deputy Librarian of Edinburgh University and Honorary Librarian of Abbotsford.It is comprised of two sub-divisions. The first consists of materials related to Sir Walter Scott, including manuscripts, artworks, realia, memorabilia, press-cuttings, and critical materials, which were purposely collected by Corson to complement his extensive collection of printed works by or about...
Dates: 18th-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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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
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Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
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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
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 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 Aberdeen (1495-:) 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
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
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
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
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