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General Practitioner Local Medical Committees of Edinburgh and Lothian

 Fonds
Identifier: LHB26
Scope and Contents

Edinburgh Local Medical Committee 1947-1975; Lothian Local Medical Committee and General Practice Sub-Committee of Lothian Area Medical Committee 1953-1990; related papers 1946-1984

Dates: 1946-1990
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

George Baillie Collection of Music Manuscripts

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1061
Scope and Contents

This collection contains music manuscripts dating mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries, which belonged to George Baillie. It mostly consists of arias and cantatas by composers such as Giovanni Bononcini, Alessandro Scarlatti, Giovanni Pergolese, George Handel, and many more. Most of the manuscripts are in Italian.


A few later manuscripts from the 20th century have obviously been subsequently added to the collection, although there is no information on their provenance.

Dates: 1700-1830; 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Gill, Annie Warren

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-22
Scope and Contents

Letters 1893-1907; photographs 1910-1930

Dates: 1893-c1930
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Glass slides collected by Stanley Cavaye

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1328
Scope and Contents

The glass slides measuring approximately 8.5 cms x 8.5 cms show classical scenes largely of 19th century Italy, a 'Grand tour of Italy' in effect - Rome and the Vatican, Venice, Vesuvius, Pompeii, Florence, Pisa, Naples, and the Italian Lakes. Some of the scenes are hand-coloured.

Dates: 1880-1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Glass slides depicting Chinese buildings and Chinese people

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2893
Scope and Contents Small black box containing nine glass slides relating to China and Chinese people, dating from around the late 19th - early 20th century, and possibly used for teaching. They're labelled as follows: [Content warning: contains inapproriate, racist and outdated language. Two photographs show women with bound feet.]- "Porcelain Temple Sintu-hsien" [possibly Xindu, a district of Chengdu]; - "Temple of Heaven, Pekin" [now...
Dates: [late 19th - early 20th century]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Godfrey Thomson Reference Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EUA CA5
Scope and Contents An accumalation of material relating to Sir Godfrey Thomson: Robertson, Sir James. 'Godfrey Thomson', Godfrey Thomson Lecture, 1964. Thomson, Godfrey. Education of an Englishman, Edinburgh: Moray House Publications, 1969 Duff, James. Godfrey Thomson obituary. Proceedings and Papers of the Twelfth...
Dates: 1939-1972
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Gogarburn Hospital

 Fonds
Identifier: LHB36
Scope and Contents

Management 1922-1999; administration 1925-1998; finance 1923-1962; patients (bound records) c1914-1991; patients (unbound records) 1940s-1965

Where no title has been given for an item, these have been estimated using square brackets.

Dates: 1915-1999
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Golden handkerchief. A Christmas romance, William Hastie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1533
Scope and Contents

The manuscript volume is bound in a colour-illustrated soft card cover. There are drawings throughout the work. The pages are un-numbered, but there are 34pp ms text. Chapter 1 is entitled 'The Friar', Chapter 2 is 'The Palmer', Chapter 3 is 'The Handkerchief', Chapter 4 is 'The Pope', and Chapter 5 is 'The Prayer'. A dedicatory page states: To / Marion and Fred / With best wishes from Anna / from Will - / Dec.23/1900

Dates: 1890-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Graduation and Ordination Certificates of William Kerr Smith

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1890
Scope and Contents Graduation certificate, on vellum, of William Kerr Smith, who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1771 with a Master's in Liberal Arts. A red wax seal in a metal case is appended to the certificate. It represents a castle surrounded with the words 'S.[IGILLUM] COMMUNITATIS. BURGI. DE EDENBURGH. AD. CAUSAS.', and was appended by the City of Edinburgh to confirm the authenticity of the diploma.This collection also includes William Smith's ordination certificate, as he became the...
Dates: 1771-1772
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Graham MacIndoe Photography Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-2067
Scope and Contents

Portfolio of 155 archival prints of photographs relating to Edinburgh taken by Graham MacIndoe in the 1980s, and consisting of four different series:


  1. Coal Yard;
  2. Powderhall and Bookies;
  3. Edinburgh College of Art and Student Protests;
  4. Images of the City of Edinburgh.
Dates: 1980s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 139
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
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, 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