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Collection of recordings (78rpm) of a lecture given by Sir Godfrey Thomson in 1950

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1448
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 5 (lacquer) acetate 78 rpm records containing a recording of a lecture on University teaching given by Godfrey H. Thomson in 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-42
Scope and Contents The collection contains reports and calendars of the Association between 1868 and 1888 as well as class register books, 1867-1892; minutes and scroll minutes spanning 1868 to 1970 (ELEA and EAUEW); certificates in arts and register of names, addresses and subjects passed; blank certificates and diplomas; printed pamphlets on the history of the Association; photographs of the first women graduates. There is the correspondence of Mrs Mary Crudelius; and, acceptances of honorary membership of...
Dates: 1868-1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Edinburgh Sketches by Sir Daniel Wilson

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-63
Scope and Contents The collection consists of 83 separate original drawings and watercolour sketches of Edinburgh used in hisMemorials of Edinburgh in the olden timepublished in 1848. The illustrations include buildings and streets in Edinburgh's old town as well as in the port of Leith, for example: the Council House of Mary of Lorraine when Queen Regent, Coal Hill, Leith; Roofs of houses, Grassmarket; John Knox's House; the Sanctuary, St. Anne's Yard, Holyrood; St. Giles'; a plan of old Edinburgh; and, many...
Dates: before 1847
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Essays by Rev James Drummond (c.1805-1867), minister of Irvine Relief Church

 Collection
Identifier: MS DRU 3
Scope and Contents

Essays for the Relief Divinity Hall by James Drummond, Minister of Irvine Relief Church, 1841. Octavo volume with 133 leaves.

Interleaved with a biographical note from 1949 by Rev. Robert J. Drummond, donor of the item and grandson of the author. "Exercises usually prescribed in the fourth year of a student for the ministry in the Relief Church"

Dates: Majority of material found within 1841
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Lecture and teaching notes taken down by Diana K. Hastings while at Dunfermline College of Physical Education (1967-1970)

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1277
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 3 files of manuscript notes taken down during the period of study, 1967-1970. There are notes from practical lectures and notes for teaching practice.

Dates: 1967-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Material collected by Elsie G. Taylor

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1446
Scope and Contents Taylor's University of Edinburgh, B.Ed. degree graduation hood, 1948; First Class Certificate of Merit awarded to Elsie G. Taylor for her performance in Advanced Theory and History of Education, signed by Professor Godfrey Thomson, 1948; Sketch diagram of Room 70 showing positioning of staff and desks (collected by Professor Ian Deary during the Economic...
Dates: 1947-2007
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Material of David Wilson relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1972
Content Description This collection includes textbooks, booklets, memorandums, newspaper cuttings, typed documents, and audiotapes relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education and donated by David Wilson. The textbooks cover subjects as varied as history, physical education, sword-dancing, poetry, French grammar, self-defence, geography, etc. The fonds is arranged by types of documents: File on the history of...
Dates: c 1900-c 1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Material relating to the Needlework Development Scheme

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2053
Content Description

This fonds consists of slides, bulletins, and printed ephemera produced by the Needlework Development Scheme to support and contribute to the advancement of embroidery in Scotland and in the UK between 1934 and 1961.


The donated material also included books published by the Needlework Development Scheme, and NDS-related publications that feature their work. These have now been transferred to Rare Books collections.

Dates: mid-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Material relating to the winding up of the Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1419
Scope and Contents This collection of material largely relating to the winding up of the EAUEW is composed of: scrapbook of newspaper articles - mostly the Scotsman - about the Association from 1871 to 1879 copy of a booklet about the Association covering 1867-1967, by E.J.B.W copy of the Statutory Instrument, 1972 No.1185 (S.82) Education, Scotland. The David...
Dates: 1871-1973
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Anne M. M. Swanson relating to the British Association for Early Childhood Education

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2087
Scope and Contents This fonds consists of the papers of Anne M. M. Swanson relating to the BAECE (British Association for Early Childhood Education, formerly Nursery School Association (NSA)), dating from 1907 to 1993.The papers include:- A children's book entitled A Year of Song for a Baby in a Garden, signed and dedicated by the author Graham Robertson in 1907; - A file with typed and manuscript documents (including minutes) relating to the NSA in...
Dates: 1907-1993; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 7
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Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 2
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 2
Lawley, Derrick, 1915-2012 (statistician) 2
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 2
Armstrong College (University of Durham). Durham College of Science (1871 -) 1
Barlow, Arthur Ruffell, 1888-1965 (Scottish Missionary) 1
Bartlett, Maurice Stevenson, 1910-2002 (statistician) 1
British Association for Early Childhood Education (1973-) 1
Browne, Margaret (Megan), 1911-1991 (Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Acting Head of the School of Social Study, University of Edinburgh) 1
Burt, Cyril Lodowic, Sir, 1883-1971 (educational psychologist) 1
Christie, Margaret, d 1996 or 1997 (née Campbell | Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education alumna) 1
Crudelius, Mary, 1839-1877 (campaigner for women's education) 1
Duff, James Fitzjames, Sir, 1898?1970 (educationist and academic administrator) 1
Dunfermline College of Physical Education Old Students' Association (1912-:) 1
Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (1907-1959) 1
Edinburgh Trust for the University Education of Women 1
Edinburgh University Diagnostic Society 1
Edinburgh University Dialectic Society 1
Emmett, William B, fl mid 20th century (psychologist) 1
Fisher, Ronald Aylmer, 1890-1962 (English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist) 1
Harris, Johanna, fl 1928-1963 (Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Training student) 1
Hastings, Diana Kerr, fl. 1967-1970 (physical education teacher) 1
Hotelling, Harold, 1895-1973 (mathematician) 1
Kelley, Truman Lee, 1884-1961 (psychometrician, statistician) 1
Kenyan African National Union (founded 1960) 1
Kirkwood, James, c1650-1708 (advocate of parish libraries) 1
Ledermann, Walter (1911-2009) 1
Ledermann, Walter (Mathematician) 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, 1861-1937 (Principal of Madras Christian College) 1
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 1
McFarland, Henry Stewart Noel, 1924-1973 (educationist) 1
Mitchell, William Fraser 1
Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord, 1714-1799 1
Needlework Development Scheme (1934-1961) 1
Nursery School Association (1923-1973) 1
Phelps-Stoke Fund (American non-profit organisation for equitable education in American and Africa) 1
Rackstraw, Marjorie, 1888-1981 (educationalist and social worker) 1
Scottish Council for Research in Education (fl. 1928-2003) 1
Scottish Gymnastics (sports organisation) 1
Silber, Käte, 1902-1979 (Senior Lecturer in German, University of Edinburgh) 1
St. George's Training College, Edinburgh 1
Swanson, Anne M M, fl 1973 (Headmistress of Hope Cottage Nursery School, Edinburgh) 1
Taylor, Elsie Gwenllian, 1922- (B.Ed. graduate, University of Edinburgh) 1
Thomson, Hector, 1917-2008 (senior lecturer of ancient and modern Greek, University of Aberdeen) 1
Thomson, Jane, Lady, fl. 1890-1971 1
Thurstone, Louis Leon, 1887-1955 (psychometrician) 1
University of Durham (1832-:) 1
University of Edinburgh. Department of Social Work 1
Watson, Dr., Thomas J., fl .1949-1967 1
Wilson, Daniel, Sir, 1816-1892 1
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939-1949) (WAAF) 1
Young, Janet Everitt Maclean, fl. 1931-1951, Teacher 1