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Photographs and badges of Johanna Harris, former student at the Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2120
Content Description This fonds consists of material related to the Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training [later renamed the Dunfermline College of Physical Education] that belonged to Johanna (Jo) Harris, a former student. 27 small photographs of College life taken by Johanna Harris during her time there as a student, from 1928 -1931. This includes a trip to Sweden by the students; 1 large...
Dates: 1928-1931
Coll-20/1/9/9: The Temple of Jupiter Olympus with the Acropolis in the distance. Athens
Coll-20/1/9/9: The Temple of Jupiter Olymp...

Photographs and Diaries of John Shaw Smith

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-250
Identifier: Coll-20
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: a folder containing a typescript copy of a diary of a journey from Italy to the Holy Land, covering the period 18 December 1850 to 6 September 1852; two microfilms of diaries covering the period 1849 to 1850; and five boxes of photographs showing scenes of Ireland, Paris, Switzerland, Rome, Pompei, Athens, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Cairo, Thebes, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Petra, and more.

Dates: 1849-1852

Photographs and papers relating to Dr. Anthony D. Oliver

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1825
Content Description This fonds consists of photographs and papers relating to Dr Anthony D. Oliver. It is made of two different accessions; the first one (SC-Acc-2017-0102) contains photogrraphs and pictures, and the second one (SC-Acc-2023-0120) contains papers such as student notes, medical case notes, workbooks etc.SC-Acc-2017-0102: group photograph of the Students' Representative Council, 1960/61 (also includes David Steel, Senior President and Duncan F. Hallas, Secretary); portrait photograph...
Dates: 1958-1970s

Photographs (copies) taken by Capt. Herbert Mather Spoor

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1155
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of copies of photographs taken by Herbert Mather Spoor. Titles of photographs, as noted by Capt. H. M. Spoor R.A.M.C., M.C., under each photograph in the original family album, are as follows (numbering is that given by Special Collections, Edinburgh University Library): 1. Fire at Pathology 2. Botany 1904 3. Histology 4....
Dates: 1904-1905

Photographs from drawings by W. Vandevelde Junr

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1416
Scope and Contents

The album had been in the possession of the Earl of Cawdor (John Frederick). It is dated 1859. The album is composed of photographic art reproduced on salted paper. Eight images are maritime in nature - vessels at sea - with waves and sails coloured in bluish / greyish tint, and are of drawings done by Willem Van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707).

Maroon morocco. Gilt stamp at the from and back board - John Frederick Earl Cawdor.

Dates: 1859

Photographs from the 50th-anniversary of the first clinical use of penicillin reunion in Oxford

 Collection — Box: CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1785
Scope and Contents

Five photographs from the reunion at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford, marking the 50th-anniversary of the first clinical use of penicillin. The pictures show Sir Edward Abraham, Professor Charles Fletcher, Lady Florey, Dr. Norman Heatley, and Kenneth Jones. Also include high-quality copies on paper.

Dates: 1991

Photographs of papermaking in China 1910-1929

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1653
Scope and Contents

The group of 12 photographic prints are unlabelled but show various processes in papermaking: pulping by foot; mixing; and, hanging to dry.

Dates: 1910-1929

Photographs of Scottish writers

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1070
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 6 boxes of photographs (15in. x 12in.) of Scottish writers, mostly noted as either Edinburgh or Glasgow, and dated between 1968 and 1979. The photographs include those of: Helen B. Cruickshank, Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Liz Lochhead, Billy Connolly, George Mackay Brown, Hamish Henderson, and William McIlvanney.

Dates: 1968-1979

Photographs of student life in the 1950s, Edinburgh University

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1104
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: - b/w mounted group photograph showing the members of the National Council, SUS, 1952-1953, taken in Glasgow, May 1953, including Hills - b/w mounted group photograph showing the members of the Executive Committee of Edinburgh University, SRC, 1952-1953, Old College Quad., including Hills - b/w mounted group photograph showing members of...
Dates: 1949-1954

Photographs of War-Devastated Caen

 Fonds — Volume: Dk.2.1
Identifier: Coll-164
Scope and Contents

The collection of photographs and postcards shows the war devastation of Caen, June-July, 1944. The devastation is shown from different elevations, and feature not only the most prominent buildings but also the extent of the damage beyond the central area of the city. Some of the pictures show the streets and buildings of Caen before the bombings.

Dates: 1900-1945

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 8
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 2
Edinburgh University Sports Union (EUSU) (c1971-present) 2
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 2
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 2
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University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 2
Abraham, Sir Edward Penley, 1913-1999 (English biochemist) 1
Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) 1
Arbuthnot, Doreen, fl 1910s (contributor to 'The Cavalier' magazine) 1
Arthur, John William, 1881-1952, Medical Missionary in Kenya 1
Ato Printing Association (fl 1922-1944) (Japanese photography company) 1
Barlow, Arthur Ruffell, 1888-1965 (Scottish Missionary) 1
Bradley, O. Charnock (Principal, Roayl (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh) 1
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 1
Brennan, A. D. J. (Veterinarian) 1
Browne, Margaret (Megan), 1911-1991 (Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Acting Head of the School of Social Study, University of Edinburgh) 1
Campbell, Daisy Helen Burnley-, 1891-1973 (later Warrand) 1
Campbell, John Frederick, 1790-1860 (1st Earl Cawdor) 1
Carvalho, Caroline-Marie, 1827-1895 (French opera singer) 1
Christie, Margaret, d 1996 or 1997 (née Campbell | Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education alumna) 1
Chrystal, George, 1851-1911 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 1
Church Missionary Society 1
Cialdini, Enrico, 1811-1892 (Italian soldier, politician and diplomat) 1
Coleman, Francis L., fl. 1971-1993, Economist, Economic Historian 1
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 1
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 1
Currie, Sir Alastair Robert, 1921-1994 (Professor of Pathology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Czarnecki, Louisa Agnes, fl 1861 (Scottish poet) 1
Darling, Sir Frank Fraser, 1903-1979 (human ecologist and senior lecturer in ecology and conservation, University of Edinburgh) 1
Davie, George Elder, 1912-2007 (philosopher) 1
Davies, Reginald, 1887-1971 (Colonial Administrator) 1
Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949, Librarian and Historian 1
Donaldson, Gordon, 1913-1993 (Scottish historian; Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography) 1
Dougal, Helen Lewise, 1906-1976 (Scottish teacher) 1
Drake, Frederick Seguier, 1892-1974 (English Baptist priest; Dean of the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong) 1
Drummond, Frances A, fl 1910s (contributor to 'The Cavalier' magazine) 1
Drummond, Jean, fl 1910s (contributor to 'The Cavalier' magazine) 1
Drummond, Victoria A, fl 1910s (contributor to 'The Cavalier' magazine) 1
Edinburgh Graduates Theatre Group (1954-) 1
Edinburgh University Diagnostic Society 1
Edinburgh University Dialectic Society 1
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 1
Edinburgh University Women's Athletics Club 1
Ellis, Peter Berresford, b 1943 (British historian and author) 1
Elmslie, James S. K., fl. 1930-1970 (Veterinarian) 1
Falkirk Iron Company 1
Fletcher, Charles Montague, 1911-1995 (physician and epidemiologist) 1
Fraser, John R, d 1961 (Glaciologist, Imperial College, and Edinburgh University graduate) 1
Fraser, Sir John, 1885-1947 (Principal of Edinburgh University and surgeon) 1
Freshwater, Nancy (Annie), 1874-1959 (Married to missionary Will Freshwater) 1
Freshwater, Will, 1872-1936 (Missionary) 1
Garibaldi, Guiseppe, 1807 - June 1882 (Italian General, Patriot, Revolutionary and Republican) 1
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 1
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Giles, Alexander Falconer, 1881-1963 (Lecturer in Classical History, University of Edinburgh) 1
Glaister, John, 1892-1971 (Professor of Forensic Medicine at Glasgow University) 1
Grieve, Andrew Graham (brother of Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Hallas, Duncan Frederick, 1925-2002 (revolutionary socialist) 1
Harman, Nathaniel Bishop-, fl 1890-1935 (physician) 1
Harris, Johanna, fl 1928-1963 (Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training student) 1
Heatley, Norman George, 1911-2004 (English biochemist) 1
Henry VIII, 1491-1547 (King of England) 1
Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) 1
Hills, Joseph W. (Senior President, Students' Representative Council, E.U., 1952-1953) 1
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 1
Horn, William, fl 1872-1890 1
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 (French writer and political activist) 1
Hunter, Margaret Jane Campbell, 1857-1938 (Gaelic culture advocate and suffragist) 1
Inglis, Alexander Adam, c 1840-1913 (photographer) 1
Jennings, Margaret Augusta, 1904-1994 (British scientist) 1
John Dover, Wilson, Professor, 1881-1969 (Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, Edinburgh University) 1
John Paul II, 1920-2005 (Pope) 1
Jones, Kenneth, fl 1990s (early penicillin patient) 1
Justice, James Robertson, 1905-1975 (actor) 1
Kaufman, Matthew H., Professor, 1942-2013 (Professor of Anatomy) 1
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 1
Kennedy, Marjorie Jean Oswald, c1916-2003 (Edinburgh University Library member of staff) 1
Kenyan African National Union (founded 1960) 1
Kenyatta, Jomo, c 1897-1978 (Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician) 1
Kilburn, Benjamin West, 1827-1909 (American photographer; stereoscopic view publisher) 1
Liddell, Eric Henry, 1902-1945 (Olympic Athlete and Missionary) 1
London Missionary Society 1
Lumsden, Susy F, fl 1910s (treasurer of 'The Cavalier club') 1
Lundholm, Dr., Eric Olof, b. 1915 (Physician, Psychotherapist) 1
Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) 1
Lyell, Leonard, 1st Baron Lyell, 1850-1926 1
Mac a' Ghobhainn, Seumas, 1930-1987 (Scottish author and political campaigner) 1
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 1
MacWilliam, Iain Coutts, 1926-2013, brewing scientist 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, 1861-1937 (Principal of Madras Christian College) 1
Masson Hall (1897-) 1
Mathieson, Anne (Padi) (Edinburgh University alumnus) 1
McBeath, Norman, fl 1990s-2010s (photographer) 1
McNair, Thomas Jaffrey, 1927-1994 (surgeon and surgeon to the Queen in Scotland) 1
Morrison, Frederick Thomas, fl. 1885, Engineer 1
Murison, Cecil Charles, 1874-1942 (Colonel, Indian Medical Service) 1
NHS Education for Scotland 1
Nares, Sir George Strong, 1831-1915 1
Northern General Hospital 1
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 1
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