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Notes compiled during a course of philosophy, possibly by Francis Scott, 1661-1662

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1458
Scope and Contents Volume of manuscript notes in Latin, ink on paper, quarto. A few initial letters and chapter headings with penwork decoration. Believed to be associated with Francis Scott (Franciscus Scott). The name of Scott and his initials appear in many penned chapter headings throughout the volume. A coat-of-arms of the Scott family of Buccleuch has been penned in one of the margins. The manuscript volume was compiled during 1661 and 1662, and at the time James Pilan was one of the regent...
Dates: 1661-1662

Papers of Andrew Crawford Hume

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1096
Scope and Contents

The collection contains:


  1. 1 x degree certificate in the name of Andrew Crawford Hume
  2. 4 x degree/certificates in the name of Thomas Hume
  3. 1 tool-bound volume containingJail hygiene in India, published in Calcutta, 1881, andVaso-motor diseases in India, 1879, which was owned by A. Hume aboard 'HMS Marathon', Bombay, Sept. 1891
Dates: 1873-1927

Papers of Catherine R. Borland

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-241
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 7 notebooks and a file of correspondence relating to Borland's work on the catalogue of western medieval manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library, 1911-1916 (catalogue available online (external link)).

Dates: 1911-1916

Papers of Charles Mackie

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-423
Scope and Contents Volumes: Index Funereus 29 Annorum, June 1727 - June 1756 (Dc.1.47) Commonplace books containing chiefly notes and extracts on Roman and general history, 2 vols [also containing a list in vol. 2 of Mackie's students in History and Roman Antiquities] (Dc.5.24) Annotationes in ontologiam Gerrardi de Vries, 1703 (Dc.7.79) Commonplace book containing...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1703-1756

Papers of Dr. John Walker

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-205
Scope and Contents

[to be completed]

Dates: 1731-1803

Papers of John Nimmo M.D.

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-819
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: manuscript volume of which first page is headedWestminster Infirmary for diseases of the eye; and, bundles of manuscript notes contained in two boxes, and on medical subjects.

Dates: 1804-1820

Papers of Professor Gordon Donaldson

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-78
Scope and Contents The papers of Professor Gordon Donaldson within Gen. 1627-1645 consist of general and individual correspondence and correspondence with institutions and publishers. There is material and notes on churches, about crofters, emigration, genealogy, and the Northern Isles. There are lectures and notes; personal and family papers; photographs; and, press cuttings. There is manuscript material, typescript material, and proofs. These all cover the period 1935-1993.The collection also...
Dates: 1549-1993

Papers of Professor Walter Horace Bruford

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-806
Scope and Contents

The material contains: manuscript summary and introduction material includingThe economic foundations of the German classical period; two loose-leaf notebooks with notes; and, a Cambridge document of 1958 in Latin.

Dates: 1958-1968

Papers of Robert Kirk

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-394
Scope and Contents

These might be referred to loosely as commonplace books. Extracts of texts by others predominate alongside original notes by Kirk.

Dates: 1660-1674

Papers of the Ferretti Family of Ancona

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1014
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of some 121 unpublished manuscript documents - in Latin and Italian - relating to the Papal States and the House of Ferretti. The collection also contains many supporting photocopied items (articles etc), and some colour photographs of Palazzo Ferretti in Ancona. There is a large envelope containing city plans of Ancona.This material offers a detailed account of the private lives of the minor nobles in the Papal States after the Sack of Rome in 1527 and...
Dates: 1574-1746

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