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Annotated copy of 'Immanuel's land and other pieces' by A.R. Cousin

 Collection
Identifier: MS 5017
Scope and Contents

Annotated copy of 'Immanuel's land and other pieces' by A.R. Cousin, with annotations by [W.S. Cousin, 21 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh] identifying difference between the published version and the manuscript version.

Dates: c.1900
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Annotated copy of 'Immanuel's land and other pieces' by A.R. Cousin

 Collection
Identifier: MS 5016
Scope and Contents

Annotated copy of 'Immanuel's land and other pieces' by A.R. Cousin [Anne Ross Cousin (1824-1906)] printed by James Nisbet and Co, London. Annotations show comparison with manuscript and with the second edition of 27 November 1861.

Dates: 1876
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Annotated copy of Parker’s Ephemeris for 1766 belonging to Gavin Mitchell (1731-1811), minister of Kinellar

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MIT 1
Scope and Contents Printed copy of Parker's ephemeris for the year of Our Lord 1766. The 77th impression.Small octavo volume with velum flap bindingInscribed in pencil on front flyleaf:'Gavin Mitchel (b.1731) presented to Kinellar in 1757. He was the son of Arthur Mitchell and succeeded his father. He died in 1811'Mitchell's notes begin on the verso of leaf D8. They refer initially to the parish rents and stipends. Later in the volume, following several blank...
Dates: 1766
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Annotated copy of 'Questions in divinity with instructions to candidates for orders and an appendix of forms'

 Fonds
Identifier: MS 5010
Scope and Contents Interleaved copy of 'Questions in divinity with instructions to candidates for Orders and an appendix of forms' by Rev Jospeh Lawson Sisson, DD, bound together with 'A collection of ordination questions as given at the texamination for Holy Orders of priests and deacons with a sketch of the different denominations of Christians' printed by and for J. Hall. Manuscript answers to the questions by Rev J [Johnson] Grant, MA, are given throughout. On the first title page, the name of Rev J. L....
Dates: 1832-1837
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Annotated copy of 'The Confession of Faith; The Larger and Shorter Catechisms with the Scripture-proofs at Large:' belonging to Rev Paton James Gloag (1823-1906)

 Collection
Identifier: MS 5011
Scope and Contents Annotated copy of 'The Confession of Faith; The Larger and Shorter Catechisms with the Scripture-proofs at Large: together with The Sum of Saving Knowledge, (contained in the Holy Scriptures, and held forth in the said confession and catechisms,) and practical use thereof; Covenants, National and Solemn League; acknowledgement of sins, and engagement to duties; directories for publick and family worship; form of Church government, etc. of publick authority in the Church of Scotland. With...
Dates: 1810
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Annotated New Testament of Prof James Moffatt (1870-1944), biblical scholar and church historian

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MOF
Scope and Contents

Published copy, with Moffatt's manuscript notes, of: Moffatt, James, translator. The New Testament : A New Translation. Hodder and Stoughton, 1913.

Inscription on front flyleaf reads 'This volume belonged to Professor Moffat, and contains his MS annotations. It was gifted by him to the Rev. D. H. Lawrence, D.D. Broughty Ferry, and is now gifted to New College Library by the Rev. W. R. Lawrence, M.A. Galashiels. October, 1952.'

Dates: 1913; Other: Donation, October 1952
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Anonymous essays entitled ‘An Essay upon the connection between true faith in the Gospel and holiness in heart and life’ and ‘An essay on the nature and necessity of regeneration’

 Fonds
Identifier: MS ESS
Scope and Contents

Manuscript notebook containing two essays, entitled 'An essay upon the connection between true faith in the Gospel and holiness in heart and life' and 'An essay on the nature and necessity of regeneration'.

The essays are written in ink, and annotated in pencil by a later hand. Essays were originally paginated, but some numbers are trimmed off.

Biblical texts: Titus 2, 3 and 5

Dates: c.1789
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Antique forgery of a letter from Robert Burns to James Johnson

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-114
Identifier: Coll-1166
Scope and Contents

Letter refers to ill-health, and to mis-spellings in 'Hyslop's bill'. It is address to Mr. Jas. Johnson, Engraver, Music Shop, Lawn Market, Edinburgh.

The collection also includes a cover, noted: 'Letter of the poet Burns received from Mr. James Stewart Merchant Burrowstounness January 1851'.

Dates: 1796
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Archive of ms material relating to work on Baron Corvo by Donald Weeks

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1580
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of 23 x folders, containing the following items: 1-2: Two ts letters from Ian Fletcher to Donald Weeks - Postal stamped: 8th August 1964 & 5th August 1964 3-5: Three letters addressed to Donald Weeks - Dated: (ms) 31st Dec. 1962 from L. Green, (ts) 21st July 1966 from F. Weatherhead, and (ts) 6th Feb. 1985 from Dr. E Bruce Tovee. 6: One...
Dates: 1939-1986
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1581
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: an archive of productions of 'Varsity Vanities', 1946-48, and various dramatic groups including Edinburgh University Dramatic Society, SRC Charities Week Office, Attic Theatre Co., Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group, and others.


The material is placed in two photograph albums and a "document store", which contain photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.

Dates: 1946-1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 9
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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
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 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
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, 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
Church of Scotland 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 4
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 4
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 4
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 3
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 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
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 3
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 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
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 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
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 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
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 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
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 2
Berry, Richard James Arthur, 1867-1962 (Surgeon, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy) 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
Brewster, David, 1781-1868 (Scottish scientist, inventor, author, and academic, Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
Brown, Alexander Crum, 1838-1922 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 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
Candlish, Robert Smith, Rev Dr, 1806-1873 (Free Church of Scotland minister, Chair of Divinity New College Edinburgh) 2
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 (historian, essayist and philosopher) 2
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 2
Church Missionary Society 2
Church of Scotland (1560-) 2
Craigie, Patrick George, Major, 1843-1930 (statistician; army major) 2
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 2
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and metalurgist) 2
Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2
Davidson, Andrew Bruce, Rev Prof, 1831-1902 (Free Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in New College, Edinburgh) 2
Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949 (Librarian and Historian) 2
Dods, Marcus, 1834-1909, New Testament scholar 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
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 2
Hamish Henderson Archive Trust 2
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 2
Hog, James, 1658-1734 (Scottish minister and controversialist) 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
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 2
Kirk, Robert, 1644-1692 (Folklorist and Church minister) 2
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 2
Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 2
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 2
Luther, Martin, 1483 - 1546 (German theologian) 2
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, 1910-1996 (poet, teacher) 2