Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 851 - 860 of 928

Scottish tradition of the House of Napier

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1412
Scope and Contents The volume is dated 1902 and entitled on the front board: 'A Scottish tradition of the House of Napier / Hon'ble Mrs. James Napier. On a facing page to the inside of the front-board it states: 'This Legend of Her Name was illustrated for The Bride / The Artist employed / was Mr. J. Jenks[?] / Schoolmaster / Kilmore [?] / by Oban. The volume contains a tale about the origin of the name 'Napier' and features a fine water-colour of two knights in 'Arts and Crafts' or 'Art Nouveau' style and...
Dates: 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, largely relating to the books of Sir James Purves-Stewart and his views on Euthanasia

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1117
Scope and Contents The volume - a scrapbook - contains newspaper cuttings in small part consisting of reviews of Purves-Stewart's notable published workDiagnosis of nervous diseases(1906). There are reviews from theBMJ, theAthenaeum(8 Dec. 1906);The Lancet(8 May 1909),La Clinique(12 Aout 1910), and theBulletin Medical de l'Algerie(Alger, 25 Aout 1910), but in large part consisting of controversial articles in the 1930s about Purves-Stewart's views on voluntary euthanasia and about the administration of...
Dates: 1906-1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sermon as component of A proclamation for a public thanksgiving, 1814

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1463
Scope and Contents

Folio. Broadside. Uncut, with some loss to edges. Folded, with some marking and marginal tears. Inscribed at head in 19th century hand, 'Thanksgiving Peace 1814 July' and at foot 'Public worship on Thursday will begin at the usual hour...'.

On verso, the broadside bears a lengthy manuscript copy of a contemporary sermon on 'the great and public blessing of peace' beginning with the 126th Psalm and occupying the entire verso in four columns.

Dates: 1814
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sermons and poems of Rev. Alexander Kirkwood

 Fonds — Folder: SC-Acc-2016-0120, Box: data_value_missing_2593ea9464e5157dc644face32ad44ae, Box: data_value_missing_7830fd03fbb75a70bb27d5e2d16ad646
Identifier: Coll-1764
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises around 50 separate items including small booklets of notes and individual sheets.

Dates: 1840-1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sermons of James Mackinlay

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1058
Scope and Contents

The sermons - manuscript - are contained in a single volume. There is numbering within the volume. The item contains an inserted letter, dated 1901.

Dates: 1782-1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Signed copies of poems of George Mann MacBeth

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1459
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 3 x mimeographed typescript copies of poems, being:


  1. 'The Wasp-Woman', after Ponge - signed George MacBeth
  2. 'Noah's Journey' [1966] - signed George MacBeth
  3. 'The Castle', after le Chastel d'Amours - signed George MacBeth
Dates: 1969-1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Silver medal awarded to Edward Price Edwards 1888-1889

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1622
Scope and Contents

Silver medal with: on obverse - Edinburgh Veterinary Medical Society / Professor Jas. Hunter President / Awarded to E.P. Edwards For Best Special Essay Session 1888-1889; and, on reverse - Androcles and the Lion.

In presentation or jeweller's case of Alexander Kirkwood and Son, Medalists, 9 St. James Square, Edinburgh.

The medal - diameter 51mm - is gripped in a tight band decorated on the 'top' with a fancy link for a neck ribbon.

Dates: 1888-1889
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sketch books and photo albums of Charles Lovett Gill

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1603
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: Box 1: 1 x photograph album with 'C. L' Gill' on endpaper. Album includes approx. 86 photographs of architectural subjects interspersed with family groups. Various captions including : New House, Sevenoaks, Jan-Feb '09, group photographs, the Fleet at Southend, King Edward's funeral, continental Europe 1 x photograph album with 'C. L' Gill' on...
Dates: 1904-1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sketchbooks by R. M. Ballantyne, including seven autograph letters

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-327
Identifier: Coll-1838
Scope and Contents The collection consists of two sketchbooks by Scottish writer R. M. Ballantyne:1. The first sketchbook is made of approximately 85 leaves, almost all of which bear original drawings (pencil, ink and ink-and wash), cartoons, sketches and preliminary ideas. Some are highly finished images intended for a subsequently abandoned book of his fishing trip to Norway, as well as material for the published 'Freaks on the Fells'. On the first blank is Ballantyne's presentation inscription...
Dates: 1860s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Sketchbooks containing drawings and notes by John Williamson for the illustration of works by Sir Walter Scott

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1301
Scope and Contents

One of the two sketchbooks is titled on the front board, 'Sketches made at Edinburgh, Melrose and Craigmillar, etc, for drawings illustrating Sir Walters Scott's novels The Monastery and The Abbot'. There are several loose leaves and fragments in the second sketchbook.

The sketchbooks contain drawings in pencil and ink and some are coloured or washed. There are notes from lectures in the history of art.

Dates: 1888-1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Filtered By

  • Repository: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections X
  • Language: English X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp 94
Correspondence 68
Missionaries 55
Missions 50
Photographs 47
Students 46
Diaries 24
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 23
Student lecture notes 23
Lectures and Lecturing 22
Student notes 21
Edinburgh -- Scotland 20
Medicine 20
Commonplace-books 18
University of Edinburgh -- Societies and Clubs 18
India 17
Music 17
Poetry 17
University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 17
Law (Scotland) 15
Anatomy 14
Poets 14
China 13
Law 13
University of Edinburgh -- staff 13
Historians 12
Medals 12
Natural History 12
University of Edinburgh -- Students 12
Chemistry 11
English literature | 20th century 11
Nigeria 11
Surgeons 11
Geology 10
Physicians 10
University of Edinburgh -- Alumni and alumnae 10
Veterinarians 10
Family papers 9
History, 17th Century (Scotland) 9
Manchuria (China) 9
Mathematics 9
Scotland 9
Scottish literature | 20th century 9
Societies and Clubs 9
Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 9
Teachers, Training of 9
Theatre 9
Animal Genetics 8
Artists 8
Botanists 8
Genetics 8
Geologists 8
Philosophy 8
Portraits 8
Agriculture 7
Botany 7
Legal Documents 7
Medical students 7
Musicians 7
Poets, Scottish 7
Psychology 7
Scotland -- History 7
Scottish poetry -- 20th century 7
Sketchbooks & albums 7
South Africa 7
University of Edinburgh -- Medals 7
sketches 7
Astronomy 6
Colonization 6
Engraving 6
History, 18th century (Scotland) 6
Kenya 6
Lectures 6
Malawi 6
Medicine | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 6
Missions (Africa) 6
Philosophers 6
Sermons 6
Travel 6
Travel writing 6
University of Edinburgh -- Principals 6
Women students 6
Amateur Theatre 5
Architecture 5
China -- Photographs 5
Church History 5
Education 5
Family History 5
Family archives 5
Genealogy 5
History, 16th Century (Scotland) 5
Letters 5
Linguistics 5
Materia medica 5
Mathematicians 5
Midwifery 5
Physics 5
Scots language 5
Scottish literature 5
Sports 5
Names
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 114
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 15
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 6
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 6
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 5
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 5
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 5
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 4
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 4
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (Professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 4
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 3
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 3
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 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 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 3
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 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
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
Campbell, Sir Alexander, 1819-1880 (2nd baronet Barcaldine, Captain Argyll and Bute Militia, Justice of the Peace) 2
Church of Scotland 2
Church of Scotland (1560-) 2
Craigie, Patrick George, Major, 1843-1930 (statistician; army major) 2
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 2
Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2
Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949 (Librarian and Historian) 2
Dollar, Thomas Aitken, 1833-1909 (Veterinary scientist) 2
Douglas, Gavin, 1474-1522 (Scottish bishop, makar, translator) 2
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811 (1st Viscount Melville, lieutenant, Scottish politician) 2
East India Company (1600-1874) 2
Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 2
Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) (c1971-present) 2
Edinburgh University Women's Athletics Club 2
Emmett, William B, fl mid 20th century (psychologist) 2
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 2
Foreign Mission Committee the Church of Scotland 2
Fraser, Sir John 1885-1947 (surgeon, 1st Baronet, Principal of Edinburgh University) 2
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 2
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 2
Greenwood, Alan William, 1897-1981 (genetical physiologist and director of ARC Poultry Research Centre) 2
Guthrie, Douglas James, 1885-1975 (surgeon and historian of medicine) 2
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, 1711-1776 (Scottish Philosopher) 2
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 2
Jeffrey, Francis, 1773-1850 (Lord Jeffrey, Scottish judge and literary critic) 2
Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa, 1840-1912 (medical practitioner, reformer and suffragette) 2
Kirk, Robert, 1644-1692 (Folklorist and Church minister) 2
Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 2
Liston, Robert, 1794-1847 (British surgeon) 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 College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1505) 2