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Commonplace book entitled 'Fugitive Pieces', collected by Richard Gall (1776–1801)

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Identifier: Coll-2935
Scope and Contents Commonplace book of Richard Gall, made up of clippings with occasional manuscript notes. Initial entries focus on the recent death of Robert Burns (1759-1796), but branch out into examples of Burns' work, and poems by other authors that centre generally on Scottish life and the city of Edinburgh.Identifiable authors and subjects of their work: E. [Ellen] Hyslop (1766-1852)William Roscoe (1753-1831)Edward Rushton (1756-1814)Eaglesfield...
Dates: 1649-1799
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Commonplace Book of Brian Fairfax

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.5.25
Identifier: Coll-2201
Scope and Contents

Fairfax (B.) Commonplace book of Brian Fairfax, containing his "Iter Boreale" etc.


  1. "Iter Boreale", an account of his mission to George Monck in 1659. Ff.9-29.
  2. A letter of Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax to his son, Thomas, about portraits by a servant of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. F.2.
  3. Extracts from anti-papistical literature. 82 ff.
Dates: c 1646
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Commonplace book of John Wilson of Whitehaugh (1785-1854)

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Identifier: Coll-2936
Scope and Contents Commonplace book of John Wilson of Whitehaugh (1785-1854). The manuscript volume is split into several sections, with pagination beginning anew.Section 1: 'The Doctrine of Rising in Life, taken chiefly from Lord Bacon'. This section includes both practical and philosophical advice, as well as a valuation of Wilson's assets at p.[1]76. Section spans pp.[1]1-84. Indexed at pages [1]85-86. The 'Lord Bacon' referenced is Francis Bacon,...
Dates: 1820-1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Concert programmes of the Orchestral Lecture-Concerts for School Children in the Usher Hall, 1924-1928

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Identifier: Coll-1557
Scope and Contents The concert programmes consist of: 4th Orchestral Lecture-Concert for School Children in the Usher Hall, Friday 22 February 1924. Education Authority for Edinburgh 5th Orchestral Lecture-Concert for School Children in the Usher Hall, Friday 29 February 1924. Education Authority for Edinburgh 6th Orchestral Lecture-Concert for School Children in the Usher Hall, Friday 7...
Dates: 1924-1928
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Concert programmes of the Waddell Orchestra, 1933-1984

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Identifier: Coll-1499
Scope and Contents In addition to the Concert Programmes there is a copy of a Questionnaire on Youth Orchestras sent by a researcher to the Orchestra in 1988, along with the answers prepared for the form, and associated correspondence. The collection of Concert Programmes is composed of: 1 x copy of programme for Concert by Preparatory Orchestra and Pupils at St. Cuthbert's Hall on Saturday, 9th December...
Dates: 1933-1988
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of items relating to John Baillie

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-563, Folder: E2004.10
Identifier: Coll-1039
Scope and Contents

Photograph of John Baillie, probably taken at the time of his graduation from the University of Edinburgh (c1908); programme for Inverness Royal Academy Second Annual Edinburgh Reunion (1907)

Dates: 1907-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of letters between C. M. Grieve and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji

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Identifier: Coll-1298
Scope and Contents Three copies of manuscript letters from Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) to Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji are dated 25 May 1926 from Montrose, 5 January 1932 from London, and 19 August 1955 from Lanarkshire. The letter from 25 May 1926 had been sent to Sorabji through the New Age. Grieve writes that 'I should have written you long ere this, but for the Strike, which involved me in all kinds of difficulties and while it lasted completely...
Dates: 1926-1955-
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of Macfarlan's Illustrated Family Paper

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1846
Scope and Contents

Three editions the Macfarlan's Illustrated Family Paper, from 1 May 1855, 1 June 1855, and 2 July 1855. The newspapers are entirely hand-written or hand-drawn, including illustrations. Topics discussed include, among other things: events relating to the Crimean war such as the siege of Sevastopol and the Hango Head massacre; the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1855; the Exposition Universelle of 1855 (as international exhibition held in Paris). The newspapers are beautifully illustrated.

Dates: 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of material relating to Madeira 1701-1837

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Identifier: Coll-1636
Scope and Contents Volumes about trade with Madeira and a trip to Madeira are these: The Bolton Letters, Volume II. 1701-1714. The letters of an English merchant in Madeira Madeira Fragments. I. A trip to Madeira 28 October 1836 - 25 June 1837. The journal of Edward Watkinson Wells & II. Extract from the diary of Miss Katherine E. Perry who came to Madeira in October 1844 ...
Dates: 1701-1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copies of material relating to the life and work of George Goudie Chisholm, drawn together by Professor T. W. Freeman

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Identifier: Coll-1297
Scope and Contents The material in the collection is composed of: typescript biographies of and notes on Chisholm by John Macfarlane and H.J. Fleure and various copy of typescript letter to C.J. Robertson from the IGU Commission on the History of Geographical Thought, dated 9 May 1975 copies of typescript letters to Marguerita Oughton from C.J. Robertson, 3 May 1975, 16 June 1975 and 20...
Dates: 1948-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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