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Sports and academic awards to Nathaniel W Stewart and Alexander Vivian Stewart 1911-1914

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1635
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of medals and a spoon awarded to Nathaniel William Stewart: 1 x bronze medal, University of Edinburgh (School of Medicine), Practical Zoology. Hugh Miller Lecturer. Awarded to Nathaniel William Stewart, Session 1913-1914, in presentation case 1 x bronze medal, Edinburgh University Athletics Club, Awarded for Quarter Mile Flat Race, 1911, Freshmen [probably to...
Dates: 1911-1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Statutes and Orders of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, revived by Her Majesty Queen Anne

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.3.1
Identifier: Coll-2163
Scope and Contents

Order of the Thistle. Statues and Orders. 1775. (Green morocco gilt.) Several inks, same hand.

Dates: 1775
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Stereoscopic photographs of Boer War and other subjects

 Fonds — Box: Coll-1753
Identifier: Coll-1753
Scope and Contents

An as yet unsorted box of steroscopic photographs.

Dates: Publication: c1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Student manuscript copy of Colin MacLaurin's Treatise of Algebra

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1812
Content Description These are manuscript lecture notes on algebra... notes of 'A Treatise of Algebra' by Colin MacLaurin. Although the writer is unknown (a student?), the ms volume bears a label... an armorial Melville bookplate... possibly that of Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.The volume is noted...: 'A Treatise of Algebra by Mr McLaurin Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh. part 1. 1735'.The last five pages are 'Concerning the Art of Measuring Land'....
Dates: 1735
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Student notes and writing of Dr. Graeme D. Eddie, and other miscellaneous items

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1263
Identifier: Coll-1671
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: work on aspects of the output of Swedish writer Göran Tunström (1937-2000); material relating to study periods, and writing and publication while at Edinburgh and Aberdeen Universities, and afterwards; notes providing a picture of Edinburgh University Library at a time of transition in the mid-1990s; and, tracts and other publications, 1940s-1960s, relating to Scottish independence. The material being: ...
Dates: 1987-2003
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Student notes of lectures by Baron David Hume

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1534
Scope and Contents The first manuscript page of Volume 1 states, 'Notes taken from the Lectures of Mr. D. Hume, Professor of Scotch law in the University of Edinburgh, delivered in the years 1814 and 15'. The first page is dated 26 October 1814.The four volumes contain chapters or sections headed, e.g. Introductory lecture; Husband and Wife; Parent and child; Guardian and ward; Guardians to Idiots and Furious persons; Master and servant; Distinction of things; Contract of sale; Contract of Location...
Dates: 1814-1815
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Student notes of Malcolm Fife

 Fonds — Box: Acc.95/013
Identifier: Coll-1782
Content Description

Geography Lecture Notes, Exam papers etc inc some other Social Science Subjects, taken by Malcolm Fife (MA, Social Sciences, 1976).

Dates: 1970s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Study on the removal of French inhabitants of Nova Scotia in 1755

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1305
Scope and Contents

Including bibliography this bound illustrated volume has 293 pages.

The thesis is concerned with 'one of the earliest known historical accounts of the Acadian Deportation', an account based 'on primary documents, eye-witness accounts and Acadian oral tradition'. It provides an annotated edition of the original edition of the manuscript.

Dates: 2010
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Surgical reports on 88 patients at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, 1826-7.

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1324
Scope and Contents Manuscript volume of pp.492, in neat hand on narrow folio paper with numerous additional blanks. Item is bound in contemporary half calf, gilt bands, lettered in gilt. The volume begins with a detailed 'Table 1st' and 'Table 2nd'. The 'Table 1st' details the age, occupation, symptoms, and state of the different physical functions (vital, natural, animal, and sexual). The 'Table 2nd' details the necessary information for the taking of daily reports, the effects of medicines, the...
Dates: 1826-1827
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Susan Binnie Anderson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1052
Scope and Contents The material is composed of high school exam passes, photographs, pass certificates, class cards and tickets, degree scroll, and letters. In the collection there is the Intermediate Certificate, dated 1913, issued by Airdrie Academy Higher Grade Public School, certifying that Binnie had gained the Intermediate Certificate in English, Mathematics, Science and Drawing, and that she continued at school for three further years passing in Lower Latin and Lower French. The...
Dates: 1913-1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 6
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Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 5
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Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
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Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 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
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
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 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
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
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 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
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
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 2
Church of Scotland 2
Church of Scotland (1560-) 2
Craigie, Patrick George, Major, 1843-1930 (statistician; army major) 2
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and metalurgist) 2
Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2
Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949 (Librarian and Historian) 2
Dollar, Thomas Aitken, 1833-1909 (Veterinary scientist) 2
Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 2
Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) (c1971-present) 2
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Hamish Henderson Archive Trust 2
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 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
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 2
Kirk, Robert, 1644-1692 (Folklorist and Church minister) 2
Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 2
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 2
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, 1910-1996 (poet, teacher) 2
MacDonald, William Donald, 1827-1862 (lieutenant-colonel 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot) 2
MacMurray, John, 1891-1976 (chair of moral philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 2
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 2
Newman, Sidney Thomas Mayow, 1906-1971 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 2
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 2
Peru Inland Mission 2
Ringsleben, Mary R. E., Dr., fl. 1954-1968 (Edinburgh University graduate; signatory of the Committee of 100) 2
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 2
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 2
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (signatory to the American Declaration of Independence, physician, writer, educator, humanitarian) 2
Sarolea, Charles, 1870-1953 (Professor of French and Romance Philology, University of Edinburgh) 2
Saunders, William, 1743-1817 (physician) 2
School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges (fl1871) 2
Scott, Walter, 1729-1799 (Writer to the Signet, Father of the Scottish Writer) 2
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 2
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 2
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 (author and Traveller) 2
University of Glasgow (Scottish University)) 2
University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Architecture. Liverpool School of Architecture (1895-:) 2
Unknown (Unknown) 2