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Three letters from Joseph Lister to his French translator, with annotated drawings of wound-dressings
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2057
Content Description
Autograph letters from the pioneer of anti-septic surgery Joseph Lister to his French translator Dr Gustave Burginon, with annotated diagrams explaining the application of bandages and the design of a splint. Dates: 14th December 1877, 11th November 1878, 25th November 1878.
Dates:
14 December 1877; 11 November 1878; 25 November 1878
Three volumes of manuscript student notes on lectures presented by David Hume
Collection — Box: CLX-A-1706
Identifier: Coll-2025
Content Description
Three volumes of student manuscript notes written by unidentified students in Edinburgh, ca 1815-1819, on David Hume's lectures. The volumes do not have main titles, but have section headings throughout, subjects include: feudal rights; charter; instrument of sasine; state of vassal's titles, etc.
Dates:
c 1815-1819
Two photograph albums of views from Shantung and Shanghai, and from Jehol and Beijing, to Yunnan
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1879
Content Description
Two albums containing black and white photographs of landscapes in a variety of locations, as well as portraits and street scenes, each with accompanying text. The first album is entitled '"China 1920-1930 - From Shantung and Shanghai to Yunan [sic]" (119 pages), and the second album is entitled "China 1920-1930 - From Jehol and Peking to Yunnan" (136 pages). Many of the photos are grouped into sets of up to ten images on a particular province or theme, such as: Futoshan/Putuoshan, near...
Dates:
late 1920s- early 1930s
Two volumes of lecture notes taken down by Susan and Janet Robb
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-228
Identifier: Coll-1965
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of lecture notes taken by sisters Susan and Janet Robb, originally from Woodend, Carnwath, dating from the 1890s and early 1900s.
- Notes taken down by Susan Robb on botany lectures given by Professor S. Elliot, 17 May 1901.
- Lecture notes taken down by Janet Robb on the subject of physiography, 1890s.
Dates:
1890s-1901
Typescript by James Dick: Account of his boyhood in Scotland
Item
Identifier: Coll-1900
Scope and Contents
Typescript by Colonel James Dick (1863-1926), containing an 'account of his boyhood in Scotland'.
Dates:
late 19th-early 20th century (before 1926)
Typescript epistolary journal by [Alice] Maud Hitchcock
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-2000
Content Description
Extensive archive of letters, together forming a journal of seven years’ work for the Church Missionary Society in China. Addressed to ‘dear Friends’ of her church in Bermondsey, Hitchcock’s letters provide a detailed account of her journey to China and her mission there. Though evidently travelling frequently throughout south-east China, Hitchcock was stationed primarily on Haitan (Pingtan) island with Eleanor Jane Harrison, recording
efforts to teach the Gospel to the local population and her...
Dates:
1901-1908
Typescripts and manuscripts of "Lord in Waiting" and "Price of a Princess" by Nigel Tranter
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-390
Identifier: Coll-2056
Content Description
This collection consists of two typescripts of Nigel Tranter's books Lord in Waiting (first published in 1994) and Price of a Princess (first published in 1994) on 20 x 25 cm paper bound by strings; two manuscripts of the same novels on small paper cards 10 x 16 cm, and two published copies of the books.1. Nigel Tranter, Price of a Princess, c 1994, Autograph manuscript & typescript of...
Dates:
c 1994
University of Edinburgh Boat Club
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: EUA GD33
Scope and Contents
- 4 minute books: 1898-1912, 1912-1936, 1936-53 and 1953-61.
- Log books, Vols. 2 & 3: May 1919 - June 1920 and June 1920 - May 1921.
- One folder of correspondence and reports of use of Union Canal by Men's and Women's Boat Clubs (EUBC and EUWBC), 1953-1960 (old reference: Da.65).
- Additional material donated in 1999 (EUA-Acc-1999-021): one envelope containing photographs (named), newspaper cuttings, programmes 1930s, and 1999 Edinburgh & Glasgow Boat Race programme.
- Log books, Vols. 2 & 3: May 1919 - June 1920 and June 1920 - May 1921.
- One folder of correspondence and reports of use of Union Canal by Men's and Women's Boat Clubs (EUBC and EUWBC), 1953-1960 (old reference: Da.65).
- Additional material donated in 1999 (EUA-Acc-1999-021): one envelope containing photographs (named), newspaper cuttings, programmes 1930s, and 1999 Edinburgh & Glasgow Boat Race programme.
Dates:
1898-1989
University of Edinburgh Reference Collection
Collection — Box: EUA-A-9
Identifier: EUA-Ref
Scope and Contents
Published and other reference material relating to the University of Edinburgh and University Archives.Edinburgh Indian Association, 1883-1983 (1983)Footman, Ray and Young, Bruce, Edinburgh University, An Illustrated Memoir (1983)Old College Quad: 1789-2011 (...
Dates:
1983-
Unpublished essay entitled 'Answer to Messrs Crombie, Priestley, and Co.', by James Gregory, Professor of Medicine
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1931
Scope and Contents
Essay by James Gregory, Professor of Medicine, entitled 'Answer to Messrs Crombie, Priestley, and Co.', which is a reply to Alexander Crombie's Essay on philosophical necessity (London: 1793). Printed, but not apparently published. 512 pages, incomplete.
Dates:
c 1793
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- Burginon, Gustave, fl 1877-1878 (French translator of Joseph Lister's work) 1
- Burke, Bernard, fl 1860s 1
- Burns, Margaret, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University student) 1
- Burns, Tom, 1913-2001 (Professor of Sociology) 1
- Butcher, Samuel Henry, 1850-1910 (classicist, politician and professor of greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
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