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Letter declining to stand as University Rector
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-837, Folder: Coll-1158
Identifier: Coll-1158
Scope and Contents
The letter is addressed to 'Aux Etudiants de l'Universite de Edimbourg', and begins 'Chers Messieurs, Je vous suis bien reconnaissant pour votre proposition si innatendue et si flatteuse: de poser ma candidature pour le Rectorat de votre Universite...' The letter is dated 'le 7 juin 1935', and was sent to Mr. R. N. Levitt, Edinburgh. The gist of the letter is that Trotsky was unable to accept the invitation to stand in the election. The letter is signed with a flourished...
Dates:
1935
Letters of Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Lord Roberts of Kandahar
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1170
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of, at shelfmark E2009.12, an autograph letter signed 'Roberts' to 'Dear Sir', and marked 'Private'. It is a 3-page letter, headed (embossed) Royal Hospital, Dublin, and dated 18 February 1896. In it, he declines to stand as the Liberal Unionist candidate for the Lord Rectorship of Edinburgh University. He states that, 'The conclusion I have come to, and in which I have reason to believe that the military authorities concur, is that it would be undesirable for an...
Dates:
1896
Manuscript account book of Scottish statistician, Major Patrick George Craigie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1456
Scope and Contents
The account notebook contains detailed and precise notes for his time at Edinburgh University, starting October 1859 with expenditure for session 1859-1860. The first page shows detail from 31 October to 24 November 1859 including ten shillings (10/-) for his train fare (from Perth), his one shilling and sixpence (1/6) cab fare from the railway station to Melville Street, and his bill of two pounds eleven shilings and twopence (£1/11/2) for lodgings and food for one week and three days. On 29...
Dates:
1859-1865
Material around the Edinburgh University student history of Alan Owen MA., Dip.Ed., B.Ed
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1182
Identifier: Coll-1439
Scope and Contents
The collection of material relating to life at University for Alan Owen and Anne Hyslop Gemmell is composed of:
Cowan House, Hall of Residence for Men - Owen admitted 1939 - documents relating to Cowan House residency
Inclusive Fee Regulation cards, General Council registration, and class cards for varied subjects between 1939-1948 - documents relating to both Owen and Anne Hyslop Gemmell
...
Dates:
1939-1948
Material collected by Elsie G. Taylor
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1446
Scope and Contents
Taylor's University of Edinburgh, B.Ed. degree graduation hood, 1948;
First Class Certificate of Merit awarded to Elsie G. Taylor for her performance in Advanced Theory and History of Education, signed by Professor Godfrey Thomson, 1948;
Sketch diagram of Room 70 showing positioning of staff and desks (collected by Professor Ian Deary during the Economic...
Dates:
1947-2007
Material relating to Agnes Waugh, and student outings in the 1930s
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1525
Scope and Contents
Ring-binder with notes describing the hike taken by Agnes Waugh, Winifred N. Turner, Katharine M. Martin, Minty Johnstone, Mary Craig, Grace M. Thomson, and Marion Wilson, between Thursday 22 June and Saturday 1 July [1933]. The description of the hike from Edinburgh into Kirriemuir, Angus, and Glen Clova, and then on to Ballater, Braemar, Inverernan, Tomintoul, Aviemore, Inverness, Loch-an-Eilean, and the Lairig Ghru, also contains some black and white photographs. Note-book with...
Dates:
1933-1936
Material relating to Charles A. Anderson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1240
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises an Edinburgh University medal (bronze) awarded to Charles A. Anderson session 1888-1889, for the Senior Surgery class. The medal is mounted in a small case (Alex'r Kirkwood and Son, Medalists, 9 St. James Square, Edinburgh).
Dates:
1888-1889
Material relating to Hugh Marwick
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1272
Scope and Contents
At E2010.24 there is an autograph letter signed from Marwick to Professor Bruce Dickins, placed and dated as Alton (Kirkwall), 26 January 1965. The letter was written around 3-4 months before his death and is autobiographical. The content is largely reminiscenses about his time at Edinburgh University. He writes, 'There are now so few of my old-time friends surviving that I feel very lonely [and] to hear from any of them is a rare pleasure. Do you know – of my friends of my Univ. days I don’t...
Dates:
1959-1965
Material relating to James S. Robson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1293
Scope and Contents
The material in the collection is composed of: a list of candidates selected for Rockefeller Medical Studentships, 1942; a letter dated 3 June 1942 from the Universities Bureau of the British Empire indicating that travel arrangements had been made for passage to the USA; a typescript copy of the thesis entitled Fluid retention in patients with chronic liver disease by James S. Robson, M.B., Ch.B. (Hons), and with tables and figures to the thesis; and, a summary of...
Dates:
1945-1950
Material relating to period spent at St. Trinnean's School, Edinburgh, and at Edinburgh School of Cookery by Florence Bruce Steven
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1162
Scope and Contents
- Photograph album - dated 28 August 1926 - Florence B. Dorward - St. Trinnean's School, Edinburgh
- Photograph - Group - 1926-1927 - St. Trinnean's School, Edinburgh - Whole school
- Photograph - Group - 1933 - St. Trinnean's School, Edinburgh - Whole school
- Photograph - June 1986 - Florence Bruce Steven (right) with friend (left)
- Drawing -...
Dates:
1926-2000
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