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Papers of Everitt Young

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1071
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of letters to Ivory Buchan (Margaret Ivory Ritchie Buchan) and includes: Edinburgh letters, 1931-1938, beginning on a regular basis in 1934, with comments on teacher training, and setting up a private school in Blackhall; South Africa letters, 1938-1951, going abroad for health reasons, early difficulties in South Africa, and about work in Benoni and Johannesburg.

Dates: 1931-1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1310
Scope and Contents Biographical and personal papers, c mid 19th century-1972; Publications authored and co-authored by Thomson, 1904-1954; Unpublished materials by Thomson, 1897-1954; Publications collected by Thomson regarding education, intelligence, psychology, and statistics, 1879-1971 Unpublished material collected by Thomson and authored by others, c mid 20th...
Dates: c1890s-1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Gregory P. Lubkin

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1021
Scope and Contents The material is composed of notes, essays, and examination papers, and consists of: folder relating to British History I, European History 2, and Celtic I, 1972-1973; Medieval aristocracies and society, Medieval and early renaissance thought, and Theory and history of history, 1973-1974; Literature, war and society in France, England, and the Iberian Peninsula; Studies in Italian Renaissance history, 1974-1975; and an European History examination sheet, Autumn 1972. There are also a large...
Dates: 1972-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of James Cossar Ewart

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-14
Scope and Contents Contains: Coll-14/1 - Medals, including those presented at school in Penicuik and while at Edinburgh University. There are also medals won for prize animals at various shows; Coll-14/2 - Certifcates, Diplomas and Letters of Appointment, including Ewart's medical qualification certificates, and his commission of appointment to the Regius Professorship of Natural History at the University...
Dates: 1866-1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Marjorie Jean Oswald Kennedy

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1290
Scope and Contents Mounted photograph of Highland scene Packet of photographs c1970s inc. Edinburgh Castle Folder "Upwards of a Century" Family photographs Students taking exam, location unidentified Album of South African photographs: "Mr R Kennedy, with best wishes from T Wilson Cairncross, Cape Town, South Africa, 14 Oct 1896" ...
Dates: 19th-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor Walter Ledermann

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-667
Identifier: Coll-1064
Scope and Contents

The collection largely consists of letters from Godfrey Thomson to Ledermann. Many are highly mathematical in content, containing formulae and mathematical notation, though they also regard social events and contain enquiries from Thomson with regards to the safety of Ledermann's family throughout the war.

Dates: 1937-1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Richard Alan Beatty

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1364
Scope and Contents Contains: Coll-1364/1: papers relating to scientific research (1949-1982); Coll-1364/2: papers relating to grants from the Ford Foundation (1960-1983); Coll-1364/3: papers relating to lectures given by R.A Beatty (1948-1978); Coll-1364/4: papers relating to conferences and other events (1955-1982); Coll-1364/5: papers relating to reports...
Dates: 1937-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of: personal, organisational and scientific correspondence geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours reprints of his work miscellaneous lecture notes student's lecture notes lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston proofs for...
Dates: 1851-1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1835
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, inventories, student notes, sermons, and business accounts relating to the members of the Anderson, Urquhart, and Graham families (all related). The material covers the 18th and 19th centuries and relates to subjects as varied as ironmongery, sea travel, study of humanities in the 1820s, preaching and sermons, school teaching, etc. This collection provides an excellent insight into the daily life in Edinburgh in the late 1700s and in the 1800s.

Dates: 1761-1979
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers relating to Rev Dr William Henry Goold (1815-1897)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS GOO
Scope and Contents MS GOO 1.1. Address presented by the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in connection with the Free Church of Scotland, to the Rev. William Henry Goold on the occasion of the 50th Jubilee of his ordination as a minister of the Church. Edinburgh, 6 October 1890. 5 illuminated leaves. The title page is elaborate and mostly filled with imagery, whilst the latter pages are text-based with illuminated borders. Contains a list of names of members of the Synod. In a tooled leather case, with...
Dates: 1848; 6 October 1890; 14 May 1968
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 9
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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 2
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 2
Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 2
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 2
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1505) 2
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 2
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 2
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 2
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 2
Abercrombie, Sir Patrick, 1879-1957 (professor of town planning) 1
Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Animal Genetics. Unit of Animal Genetics (1957-1980) 1
Alison, William Pulteney, 1790-1859 (Physician) 1
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 1
Anderson (Edinburgh) 1
Armstrong College (University of Durham). Durham College of Science (1871 -) 1
Association of Building Technicians (1942-1970) 1
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 1
Bartlett, Maurice Stevenson, 1910-2002 (statistician) 1
Beatty, Richard Alan, 1915-2005 (reproductive biologist) 1
Blegborough, Henry, fl 1754 (student) 1
Bramwell, Edwin, 1873-1952 (Neurologist, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh) 1
Burt, Cyril Lodowic, Sir, 1883-1971 (educational psychologist) 1
College of New Jersey (1746-1896) 1
Commonwealth Human Ecology Council 1
Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne. Mars Group 1
Coventry City Council, Coventry City Architect 's Department. Coventry City Architect's Department 1
Cunningham (Glenwood Flour Mills, Belfast) 1
Cunningham, Thomas, c1827-1859 (Medical Doctor) 1
Davidson, Sir Stanley, 1894-1981 (Physician) 1
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 1
Duff, James Fitzjames, Sir, 1898?1970 (educationist and academic administrator) 1
Duncan, Andrew, 1744-1828 (the elder | British physician | Professor at University of Edinburgh) 1
Edinburgh Graduates Theatre Group (1954-) 1
Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 1
Edinburgh University Union (1889-1973) 1
Emmett, William B, fl mid 20th century (psychologist) 1
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1
Ewen, William Milne, fl1946-1951 (Edinburgh University alumnus) 1
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, 1890-1962 (English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist) 1
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 1
Fraser, Sir John 1885-1947 (surgeon, 1st Baronet, Principal of Edinburgh University) 1
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 1
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 1
Gibson, Sir Donald Evelyn Edward, 1908-1991 (architect and town planner) 1
Graham (Edinburgh) 1
Greenwood, Alan William, 1897-1981 (genetical physiologist and director of ARC Poultry Research Centre) 1
HM Government. Ministry of Town and Country Planning 1
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 1
Hallas, Duncan Frederick, 1925-2002 (revolutionary socialist) 1
Harrison, John, 1693-1776 (horologist) 1
Haultain, William Francis Theodore, fl 1893-1958 (Surgeon, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, medical officer) 1
Hotelling, Harold, 1895-1973 (mathematician) 1
Housing Centre Trust 1
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 1
International Centre for Regional Planning and Development (1954-1960) 1
International Society of City and Regional Planners (1965-:) 1
Irving, John (treasurer of Donaldson's Hospital) 1
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 1
John Paul II, 1920-2005 (Pope) 1
Johnson, John, fl1770-1775 (surgeon at Lancaster (England) and student of Joseph Black) 1
Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) 1
Johnson-Marshall, Stirrat, 1912-1981 (architect) 1
Justice, James Robertson, 1905-1975 (actor) 1
Kelley, Truman Lee, 1884-1961 (psychometrician, statistician) 1
Kennedy, Marjorie Jean Oswald, c1916-2003 (Edinburgh University Library member of staff) 1
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 1
Laidlaw, Stuart (Medical Officer of Health) 1
Ledermann, Walter (1911-2009) 1
Ledermann, Walter (Mathematician) 1
London County Council (1887-1965) 1
Lubkin, Gregory P, fl 1972-1996 (Edinburgh University alumnus, President of the American Friends of the University of Edinburgh) 1
Lucey, Eric, 1923-2010 (scientific film pioneer) 1
Lynch, Professor, Michael, b. 1946 (Former Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography) 1
Martin, John N T, b 1940 (University of Edinburgh alumnus) 1
Mathieson, Anne (Padi) (Edinburgh University alumnus) 1
Middlesex County Council (1888-1965) 1
Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 (man of letters and geologist) 1
Modern Architectural Research Group 1
Monro, David Carmichael, 1886-1960 (Major-General) 1
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 1
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 1
Murray, Louie (Edinburgh University alumnus) 1
Museum of Scotland 1
NHS Education for Scotland 1
National Museums of Scotland 1
Northern General Hospital 1
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 1
Oliver, Anthony D, fl 1958-1963 (University of Edinburgh medical student) 1
Patterson, Margaret Madeline nee Fraser, b.1927 (Cert. Social Study, Edinburgh University) 1
Pechey, Mary Edith, 1845-1908 (medical doctor in the UK and India, campaigner for medical education for women) 1
Pechey, Nellie, fl 1885 (sister of Edith Pechey) 1
Percy Johnson-Marshall & Associates (1962-:) 1
Philip, Sir Robert William , 1857-1939 (Scottish physician, expert of tuberculosis) 1
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 1