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Missionaries 55

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Students 46

Photographs 42

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Diaries 21

Student notes 21

Edinburgh -- Scotland 20

Medicine 20

Lectures and Lecturing 17

Music 17

India 16

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University of Edinburgh -- Societies and Clubs 16

Commonplace-books 15

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 14

Law (Scotland) 14

China 13

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Student lecture notes 11

University of Edinburgh -- students 11

Chemistry 10

English literature | 20th century 10

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Surgeons 10

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Manchuria (China) 9

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Scottish literature | 20th century 9

Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 9

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Animal Genetics 8

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University of Edinburgh -- Alumni and alumnae 8

Agriculture 7

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University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 7

Engraving 6

History, 17th Century (Scotland) 6

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Kenya 6

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Malawi 6

Medical students 6

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Philosophy 6

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University of Edinburgh -- staff 6

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China -- Photographs 5

Church History 5

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Education 5

Family archives 5

Legal Documents 5

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Linguistics 5

Medicine | History | 5

Midwifery 5

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Poets, Scottish 5

Scotland -- History 5

Scottish literature 5

Travel 5

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University of Edinburgh -- Principals 5

Zambia 5

Zoology 5

Africa 4

Articles 4

Christianity -- China 4

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Language

Latin 16

Chinese 13

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Spanish; Castilian 4

Arabic 3

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3

Italian 3

Bemba 2

Kikuyu; Gikuyu 2

Multiple languages 2

Scots 2

Swahili 2

Swedish 2

Afrikaans 1

Bengali 1

Creoles and pidgins, French-based 1

Efik 1

Egyptian (Ancient) 1

Fulah 1

Igbo 1

Marathi 1

Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja 1

Polish 1

Portuguese 1

Quechua 1

Russian 1

Twi 1

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Names

University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 113

Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8

Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 6

Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 6

Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6

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Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 5

Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 5

Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 5

Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5

Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5

Roslin Institute 5

Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4

Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 4

MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 4

Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4

Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 4

Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 4

Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 3

Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3

Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 3

Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 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

Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 3

Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3

Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 3

Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 3

Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 3

Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3

Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3

Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3

Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 3

Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 3

Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 3

Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 3

Tragara Pressnn 3

University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 3

University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 3

Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 3

Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 2

Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 2

Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 2

Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 2

Bolton, Frederic James, 1908-1993 (Poet, Chemist) 2

Borland, Catherine Robina, d 1946 (manuscript historian) 2

Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 2

Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 2

Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940 (Scottish novelist and historian) 2

Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law) 2

Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 2

Church of Scotland 2

Combe, George, 1788-1858, Phrenologist 2

Craigie, Patrick George, Major, 1843-1930 (statistician; army major) 2

Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and mettalurgist) 2

Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2

Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949, Librarian and Historian 2

Dollar, Thomas Aitken, 1833-1909 (Veterinary scientist) 2

Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 2

Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) (c1971-present) 2

Edinburgh University Women's Athletics Club 2

Emmett, William B, fl mid 20th century (psychologist) 2

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 2

Foreign Mission Committee the Church of Scotland 2

Geological Society of London (1807-:) 2

Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 2

Greenwood, Alan William, 1897-1981 (genetical physiologist and director of ARC Poultry Research Centre) 2

Hamish Henderson Archive Trust 2

Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 2

Holland, Sir Thomas Henry, 1868-1947 (geologist, Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2

Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2

Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 2

Kirk, Robert, 1644-1692 (Folklorist and Church minister) 2

Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 2

Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 2

MacCaig, Norman Alexander, 1910-1996 (poet, teacher) 2

MacDonald, William Donald, 1827-1862 (lieutenant-colonel 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot) 2

MacMurray, John, 1891-1976 (chair of moral philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 2

Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 2

Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 2

Newman, Sidney Thomas Mayow, 1906-1971 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 2

Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 2

Ringsleben, Mary R. E., Dr., fl. 1954-1968 (Edinburgh University graduate; signatory of the Committee of 100) 2

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 2

Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 2

Sarolea, Charles, 1870-1953 (Professor of French and Romance Philology, University of Edinburgh) 2

Saunders, William, 1743-1817 (physician) 2

Scott, Walter, 1729-1799 (Writer to the Signet, Father of the Scottish Writer) 2

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 2

Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 2

University of Glasgow (Scottish University)) 2

University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Architecture. Liverpool School of Architecture (1895-:) 2

Unknown (Unknown) 2

Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) 2

Wallace, Robert, Professor, 1853-1939 (professor of agriculture and rural economy) 2

Watt, James, 1736-1819 (engineer) 2

1928 Club 1

Abercrombie, Sir Patrick, 1879-1957 (professor of town planning) 1

Aberdeen University Celtic Society (1853-:) 1

Absolon, Elizabeth, fl. 1850-1857 1

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