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Thesis by Hugh MacCallum, MBChB, entitled 'A psychiatric study study of delinquency in a military detention barracks.'

 Fonds — Box: Gen.78
Identifier: Coll-1663
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Thesis by Hugh MacCallum, MBChB, entitled "A psychiatric study of delinquency in a military detention barracks." Presented for the degree of M.D. in the University of Edinburgh, but degree not awarded. 1945. iv, 238pp. Typescript carbon copy.

Dates: 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Thesis entitled “The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century” by Alastair MacDonald Taylor

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.2.7
Identifier: Coll-2142
Scope and Contents

Thesis by Alastair MacDonald Taylor entitled "The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century", 1939.

Dates: 1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Thomas Charles Hope: Notes from lectures given by John Robison

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1371
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Five volumes of notes taken at the lectures given by John Robison.

Dates: c1780s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Three 18th century letters by an Edinburgh student

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1476
Scope and Contents This group of 3 letters discusses life and study at Edinburgh University. Letter dated 21 April 1797: Dates and duration of terms - Discussion about the courses in Botany and his admiration of his mentors Letter dated 23 May 1797: Expressing concern at not having a...
Dates: 1797-1799
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Three medical notebooks, two of which relate to Alexander Woodcock fl. 1833-1845

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1483
Scope and Contents The Alexander Woodcock notebooks contain: Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology - Alexander Jardine Lizar - notebook noted 5 November 1833 Lectures on Chemistry - Doctor Hope - 11 July 1845 A third volume contains: Notes from 1 September 1843 - 20 July 1844 -...
Dates: 1833-1845
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Timothy L. S. Sprigge Archive

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1154
Scope and Contents The Sprigge collection of papers at E2008.47 is composed of: - curriculum vitae, life-diary (key events), and unpublished papers including 'What I believe' - photographs - obituaries - letters from philosophers, 1967-2003 - copy of Ph.D thesis: 'The limits of morals defined' - Spinoza - lecture notes - adult...
Dates: 1960-2009
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Tragara Press archive

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1571
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of 14 letters from Alan Anderson to Donald Weeks about his Corvine pamphlets (published by the Tragara Press) - 10 manuscript and 4 typescript, some with 72 Dundas Street letter-heading, some with 137 Warrender Park Road. The letters are dated: 23 August 1974, Wednesday 10 September, 1 October 1979, 29 July 1980, 17 August 1981, 7 November 1983, 14 November 1983, 23 July 1983, 15 December 1983, 18 January 1985, 21 February 1985, 23 May 1985, Tuesday,...
Dates: 1974-1985
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Travel ephemera from a journey on Canadian Pacific Steamships - Empress of Britain - 1961

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Identifier: Coll-1403
Scope and Contents Travel ephemera relating to the journey made by Verna Isaac includes: 1 x Canadian Pacific passenger list relevant to the sailing from Liverpool, Tuesday 22 August 1961 1 x Canadian Pacific westbound ocean ticket in favour of Miss Verna Isaac, on 'Empress of Britain', Liverpool to Montreal, 22 August 1961 1 x ticket document pouch (without tickets) - Trans-Canada Air...
Dates: 1960-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Treatise of the Materia Medica

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1127
Scope and Contents The bound manuscript volume begins: ' A treatise of the Materia Medica in which the Virtues of all the Simples of the three Kingdoms are truly described and they have been fully demonstrated by the accurate Observations of many truly celebrated Authors and particularly of the learned Dr. Charles Alston Professor of the Materia Medica and Botany in the University of Edinburgh and Reg. Prof. Botan'. The text in the manuscript volume is organised into the following...
Dates: 1745-1747
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ts copy of a speech by Dr Shelton H Short III on Patrick Henry and Dr William Robertson

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Identifier: Coll-1576
Scope and Contents A copy of typescript, 'On the British ancestral background of Patrick Henry - and a Scottish orator, his cousin, Dr. William Robertson, Principal of Edinburgh University', being a speech delivered by Dr. Shelton H. Short III, at the Parents and Friends Lounge, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, USA, on 20 February 1974. The collection also contains a clipping from the Virginia title, Herald Progress, Thursday 11 April 1974, entitled 'Henry's heritage...
Dates: 1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
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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
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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
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Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 2
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Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2
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Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 2
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Holland, Sir Thomas Henry, 1868-1947 (geologist, Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 2
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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
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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
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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
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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813 (signatory to the American Declaration of Independence, physician, writer, educator, humanitarian) 2
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