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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.
The material is placed in two photograph albums and a "document store", which contain photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.
Dates:
1946-1951
James Johnson: notes from lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black
Fonds — Volume: Dc.10.1
Identifier: Coll-1375
Scope and Contents
The lectures on chemistry by Joseph Black consist of:
- 1 volume of lecture notes (1770-1775)
Dates:
1770-1775
Lecture Notes of John Robison
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-204
Scope and Contents
Lecture notes from the time when Robison was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. The notes embrace the sciences of mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy and optics, together with electricity and magnetism.
It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.
It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.
Dates:
c1779-c1801
Material relating to Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh, and including 4 x letters from W. H. Playfair
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1732
Scope and Contents
The material gathered together by the foreman plumber working on the renovations to Donaldson's Hospital in the late-1950s and early-1960s is composed of...:
4 x letters from W. H. Playfair to John Irving, written Edinburgh, 28 November 1942, 24 May 1844, 27 May 1847, and 1 December 1848
1 x printed item, being candidacy of Ann Robertson for 'situation of 'Under Female Teacher in Donaldson's Hospital', dated Rockville [near North Berwick], May...
Dates:
1842-1853
Material relating to Tessa Ransford
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1727
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of the following materials:
1 x spiral bound copy of Granny's Guest 1902-1945, by Torfrida, which is an account of Ransford family life from the birth of Torfrida, her mother, in 1902, until Tessa and her family returned to Britain in the 1940s, pp.73
1 x bundle correspondence from Walter to Tessa, Duncan [Glen] to Tessa, and Eileen to Tessa, 2007-2010
1 x copy of ...
Dates:
1975-2010
Notebook on legal matters, including copy of transcript of the trial of Capt.John Porteous
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1244
Scope and Contents
Much of this notebook contains a part-copy of the transcript of the trial as it was published in Edinburgh, 1818, in - Criminal Trials Illustrative Of The Tale Entitled The Heart Of Mid-Lothian: Published From The Original Record . Also in the notebook are some law notes on Cox v. Coleridge and the Rights of Allornies (or Attornies?); Rex v. Inhabitants of Middlesex; and, the Assizes at Lewes. There are also notes from Lacon, or Many...
Dates:
1818-1824
Panorama of Edinburgh from Calton Hill
Fonds — Folder: Coll-1092 (E2006.22)
Identifier: Coll-1092
Scope and Contents
This is an incomplete non-aqua-tinted version of the earliest panorama view - and a modest panorama. The panorama is composed of only four of the full collection of a six part set. The panorama shows (when the parts are laid adjacent to each other, and from right to left):
- Calton Hill, and the Observatory there, looking east towards Berwick Law and the Forth estuary
- Towards...
Dates:
1789-1790
Papers of Alan W. Greenwood
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1057
Scope and Contents
Contains:
academic certificates of Alan Greenwood and Janet Alison Vera Crockett;
papers relating to the Institute of Animal Genetics, including a notebook detailing various poultry experiments, a report from the Institute (1943-1944) and various historical memoranda;
papers relating to the Poultry Research Centre;
reprints of journal articles and research...
Dates:
19th century-1984
Papers of Conrad Hal Waddington
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-41
Scope and Contents
Contains:
laboratory notebooks and bundles of research notes, including many from Waddington's early years of research in Cambridge in the 1930s;
manuscripts, typescripts and related correspondence, including draft manuscripts of New Patterns in Genetics and Development and Principes of Development and Differentiation, and correspondence...
Dates:
1923-1976
Papers of Eric Lucey
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1484
Scope and Contents
The material contains:
two vinyl (78") records from Edinburgh University Phonetics Department, possibly containing recordings of the humorous songs composed at the Institute of Animal Genetics (1958);
various photographs showing: a social event held at Eric Lucey's house, possibly with Institute of Animal Genetics staff (George Clayton is pictured); the Institute of Animal Genetics Research...
Dates:
c.1955-2006
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