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Eileen Paton

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1/146
Dates: 1963-1968
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Elizabeth Todd Logan papers

 Fonds — Container: EUA Acc.1996/008
Identifier: EUA GD50
Content Description

Original and copied material relating to Elizabeth Todd Logan (graduated MB ChB, 1922).


Includes: class / diplomas / degree certificates, photographs etc. & unpublished articles on Logan by Jo Currie.

Dates: 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Emigrant Letters of John Ronaldson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-893
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from John Ronaldson to family in Fife, Scotland, both during his journey to North America and from East Braintree in Massachusetts USA, and from Skagticoke (Schaghticoke). The material is in the form of typescript copies and photostat copies of manuscript letters.

Dates: 1852-1854
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Engineering drawings of John McKay Campbell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2011
Content Description

This fonds consists of 25 technical drawings produced by John McKay Campbell for his engineering degree, which he started in 1934 at the University of Edinburgh, and completed in June 1939 after the war. Titles of drawings include: "D.C. Machine", "Light Country Bridge", "Proposed road", "Grouped flange-place splice", "Survey of pasture fields", "Survey of drill fields", and "Non-concurrent coplanar forces".

Dates: 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Engineering notes of Dr. Russell A. Leather, Edinburgh University student, graduating 1952

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1421
Scope and Contents The content of the 1st and 2nd year engineering note-books (laboratory books) of Dr. Russell A. Leather reflect the wide approach in studies which covered mechanical devices, steel structures and electrical technology. The books include graphwork, drawings, and photographs of late-1940s laboratory equipment at Kings Buildings (1948-1949). Photographs feature the 'Riehle' testing machine', the 'Adie' cement testing machine, a torsion testing machine, the 'Ambler' compression machine, the...
Dates: 1948-1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

English translation of Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqī's work by H. Comyn Maitland

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1916
Scope and Contents

Tentative English translation by H. Comyn Maitland of parts of the Tārīkh-i Masʿūdī (تاریخ مسعودی, Mas'udi's History) by Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqī, 450-451 A.H. (ca 1058-1060 AD).

Dates: First half of 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Engraving by Nuria Quevedo as frontispeice in 'Aussichtsreiche Randfiguren : Aufsaetze'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1116
Scope and Contents The engraving was held loose in the Edinburgh University Library copy ofAussichtsreiche Randfiguren ; Aufsaetzeby Eva Kaufmann, 2000, shelfmark KMP 827 (Special Collections), a work which forms part of the Karin Macpherson acquisition of literature and literary criticism from the former German Democratic Republic (DDR/GDR). The same engraving forms the frontispiece toAussichtsreiche Randfiguren ; Aufsaetze. The engraving depicts a walking figure (female) set against sunlight, and...
Dates: 2000
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Entomology book by William E. Sharp: 'Collecting Days, No.3'

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1907
Scope and Contents

Book on entomology entitled 'Collecting days, no 3', by William E Sharp, created between 1909 and 1918.

Dates: 1909-1918
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Eric Olof Lundholm

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1055
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of black and white photographs taken in the 1940s, largely of archaeological sites in the Greece and the Middle East (Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Libya, Israel, Lebanon) but also of camps of the Royal Engineers in oil and water operations during the Second World War, and a selection of guide-books to the areas visited. The guide-books are these: Iraq: for issue to Officers...
Dates: 1938-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Essay written by George William Jones

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1261
Scope and Contents

The essay, manuscript, pp.32, entitled What is or what ought to be the meaning of Causation in the physical world? is dated 5 March 1900, and signed George W. Jones. On the cover is note: If lost / please return to / Geo. W. Jones / 52 North Bridge / Edinburgh / Reward

Dates: 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
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Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and 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
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, 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
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
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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
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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
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Church Missionary Society 3
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Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 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 (historian, philosopher) 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
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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
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 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
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Syme, James, 1799-1870 (Scottish pioneering surgeon; Professor of clinical surgery at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
University of Aberdeen (1495-:) 3
Wodrow, Robert, 1679-1734 (Church of Scotland minister, historian and antiquarian) 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
Baikie, Hugh Edward, 1906-1981 (Church of Scotland missionary to India) 2
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer) 2
Bell, George Joseph, 1770-1843 (advocate, Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh) 2