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Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1835
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, inventories, student notes, sermons, and business accounts relating to the members of the Anderson, Urquhart, and Graham families (all related). The material covers the 18th and 19th centuries and relates to subjects as varied as ironmongery, sea travel, study of humanities in the 1820s, preaching and sermons, school teaching, etc. This collection provides an excellent insight into the daily life in Edinburgh in the late 1700s and in the 1800s.
Dates:
1761-1979
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Papers of the Christison Family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1817
Content Description
This fonds contains the papers of:
Professor Alexander Christison FRSE (1751-1820), Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh from 1806 to his death in 1820, father of Sir Robert Christison.
Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet, FRSE FRCSE FRCPE (1797-1882), toxicologist and physician, father of Sir Alexander Christison (1828-1918).
John Christison (1789-1862),...
Dates:
1785-1904; 1979
Papers relating to the planning of the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1097
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
Conceptual briefs, reports and drawings including reports on the various themes for the new museum; exhibition briefs; and, material directly relating to themes on Beginnings, the Church, Jacobites, Enlightenment, the Union, the Victorians and Edwardians, Land, Trade and Industry.
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Dates:
1985-2001
Philip de Grouchy's collection of theatre programmes and other ephemera
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2003
Content Description
This fonds consists of theatre programmes and other ephemera relating to plays taken part in or seen by Philip de Grouchy whilst studying at the University of Edinburgh from 1959 to 1963, and after. The material is arranged in nine "volumes":
Vols I and II: Programmes of plays presented by Edinburgh University Dramatic Society (hereafter E.U.D.S.or "Dramsoc") in which Philip de Grouchy took part or...
Dates:
1959-1966
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
Raeburn, Margaret Farquharson
Fonds
Identifier: GD1-86
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Margaret Farquharson Raeburn; information regarding M. F. Raeburn
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive
Records of Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1895
Content Description
This fonds consists of the Records of the Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee (c. 1973-1978), with some material relating to the Chile Solidarity Campaign UK-wide. The records of the committee include minutes, correspondence, membership lists, publications, documents relating to the "adoption" of Chilean refugees by the committee, and various printed ephemera used to spread awareness of their campaign and advertise events organised to support the committee. There are also...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973-1978
Records of the Berean Church Edinburgh Assembly
Fonds
Identifier: Ms EDI 1
Scope and Contents
Records of the Berean Assembly, 1773-1839. One folio volume with vellum binding and various pagination. Laid paper bears the watermark of J Whatman, Turkey Mill, 1826.Also includes memorial of events; register of names and baptisms; and enrolment of members at and after Mr Barclay's decease.Several items are loosely inserted, including:- Copy of Scottish Congregationalist, August 1933, with article on original Assembly at Sauchieburn
- Letter regarding the...
Dates:
1773-1839; 1932-1933
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Records of the NHS Education for Scotland South East Deanery
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1436
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of correspondence, copies of committee meeting documentation, and printed matter: Box 1:
Postgraduate Board, Policy and membership - 1975-1990
Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Education (SCPMDE), Postgraduate News - 1973-1979
Minutes/Committee and Sub-committee meetings - 1979-1992
...
Dates:
1939-1989
Records of the Scottish Musical Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1385
Scope and Contents
- Records of foundation and dissolution
- Minutes of meetings
- Membership records
- Financial records
- Correspondence
- Papers relating to the Scottish Universities Commission
- Newspapers relating to the society
Dates:
1879-1900