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Forth Rail Bridge archive, composed of visitors' books, photographs, and other material

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1151
Scope and Contents This collection appears to have come from the Forth Bridge Office, and the archive is composed of: 2 x visitors books, one dating from September 1883 to September 1889, and the other dating between 1894 and 1901. Various clippings and cards (showing bridge dimensions), drawings of Forth Bridge House, printed pages from Engineering dated 30 April 1943, and a couple of newspapers from the significant dates of Monday 31 December 1900 (end of...
Dates: 1883-1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

'Forty Plus 'One' Glorious Years' by Dr Ida M Webb

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-374
Identifier: Coll-2026
Content Description

Thin volume titled 'Forty Plus 'one' Glorious Years: The History of the Association of Principals of Physical Training Colleges 1935-1958 and/or the Association of Principals of Women's Colleges of Physical Education 1958-1976' by Dr Ida M. Webb

Dates: Publication: September 2018
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Four autograph letters signed by Allan Cunningham

 Collection — Box: CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1889
Content Description A small group of four unrelated letters from Allan Cunningham to various correspondents, dating from 1826 to 1833 when dated. Letter to Jerdan (presumably William), 1 page 8vo, 29 November 1826, sending a 'Scots Almanack with the respects of our friend George Bagot the Bookseller'. Letter to Thomas ?Gaspay at Walnut Tree Walk, Lambeth, 1 page 4to, 27 Belgrave Place, 15 May 1828,...
Dates: 1826-1833
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of manuscript sermon notebook

 Fonds
Identifier: MS 5003
Scope and Contents

Two fragments of a manuscript sermon notebook, the first gathering being pages 3-14 and the second being pages 30-[98]. Some elements of text are written in shorthand. Biblical references are given throughout the text. There are only two dates given in the manuscript 27 October 1706 and 10 November 1706. There is no indication of the author/preacher or place of preaching.

Dates: c.1706
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Fragment of notes relating to content of 'The third volume of Chronicles [?] first compiled by Raphaell Holinshed, and by him extended to the yeare 1577'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1289
Scope and Contents This fragment of notes relates to pp.1419-1574 of The third volume of Chronicles beginning at duke William the Norman, commonlie called the Conqueror […] first compiled by Raphaell Holinshed, and by him extended to the yeare 1577 and to the content and omissions in these pages. The Holinshed copy in question was previously in the library of the Earl of Macclesfield and was acquired by Edinburgh University Library through dispersal auction sales of recent...
Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

From England to Darkest Africa, memoirs by Captain F.J. Brown and related correspondence

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 1
Identifier: CSWC 63
Dates: 1877-1878
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Full score and orchestral parts for Cello Concerto in C maj Opus 40 by Donald Francis Tovey

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1594
Scope and Contents

The music ms - full score amd orchestral parts - for 'Concerto in C Major for Violincello and Full Orchestra, written in honour of Casals by his friend Donald Francis Tovey, Opus 40' is composed of those for: 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola, violincello, contrabasso, flute and piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, corno, trumpet, trom,bone, bass trombone, and timpani. A copy of the score is also included.

The violincello part is fingered and bowed by Pablo (Pau) Casals.

Dates: 1936-1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Gaelic Bible belonging to John McLeod Campbell (1800-1872) (Bioball Gàidhlig aig Iain MacLeòid Caimbeul)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS CAMP1
Scope and Contents

Copy of Gaelic Bible, 'Leabhraichean an T-seann Tiomnaidh,' (Edinburgh, 1826) printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society, belonging to John McLeod Campbell (1800-1872); gifted to him by his sister Mary Campbell on 10th May 1829.

Dates: 1826-1829
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Genealogy of the Campbell's possibly by Ewen MacDougall (fl. 1800-1810)

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1686
Scope and Contents Ms volume in modern binding. The spine title is: 'Genealogie of the Campbells - Ewen MacDougall', though the name is lacking in the ms itself. The text begins: 'This Clan were of old called Clan o Duibn (or rather Duibhn with bh according to the irish Silabication, bh and mk with them of the same value with the consonant v or vau in latine or English) I say of old so called from the famous Knights and Champions the o Duibhns...'. The author refers to the Campbells being known...
Dates: 1800-1810
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

General Medical Council

 Fonds
Identifier: GD5
Scope and Contents

Minutes 1856-1992; index volumes 1858-1939

Dates: 1856-1992
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
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Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
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MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 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
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
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, 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
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, 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
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
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
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
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
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 3
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 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
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
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
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