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General Practitioner Local Medical Committees of Edinburgh and Lothian

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Identifier: LHB26
Scope and Contents

Edinburgh Local Medical Committee 1947-1975; Lothian Local Medical Committee and General Practice Sub-Committee of Lothian Area Medical Committee 1953-1990; related papers 1946-1984

Dates: 1946-1990
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Intelligence report from Thomas Henderson at Jedburgh to Sir John Forster, October 1559

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Identifier: Coll-1397
Scope and Contents The manuscript intelligence report penned 23 October 1559 at 'Jedert', Jedburgh, contains news of movements of the forces loyal to the Protestant Lords of Congregation in Edinburgh and mentions skirmishes between them and the French garrison at Leith. Sent by Thomas Henderson, burgess of Jedburgh, to Sir John Forster, the letter updates Forster on developments in the hostilities between the Protestant Congregation and the Catholic side headed by the Scottish regent Mary of Guise...
Dates: 1559
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Invitation to Rev. William Dobbie to take up post of Pastor at Castle Hill U.F. Church, Forres

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Identifier: Coll-1139
Scope and Contents

There are some 300 names on the invitation - subscribers to the Church - which is written on a number of paper pages joined into one long roll several feet long (a conservator's nightmare). The roll is contained in black leather covered tube with gilt blocked title and date.

The blocked title states: 'Call / to the Rev. William Dobbie / by Castlehill United Free Church / Forres / August 6th 1907

Dates: 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Johnstone, Robert William

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Identifier: GD11
Scope and Contents

General correspondence 1927-1954; speeches 1913-1954; records of meetings of the G.V.S. 1935-1946; work on medical history 1944-1957; papers and letters regarding the publication of 'William Smellie: the Master of British Midwifery' 1951-1953; miscellaneous 1883, 1938-1945; diary 1929

Dates: 1883-1957
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Kaisar-I-Hind Medal - For Public Service in India

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Identifier: Coll-1500
Scope and Contents

1 x Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal, George V - may be 1st variety, 1st class - together with 1 x example of the Miniature version of the Kaisar-i-Hind Gold Medal. Both are contained in a presentation case created by Garrard and Co. Ltd. of Albemarle St., London. Garrard was the Crown Jeweller charged with the upkeep of the British Crown Jewels, from 1843 to 2007.

Dates: 1910-1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Laurie and Hamilton Bruce family history

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Identifier: Coll-1522
Scope and Contents This spiral bound hard-backed volume has 86pp, numbered, with some pasted in illustrations. It is entitled A family patchwork by a Scottish cousin and was written by C. A. Hamilton Bruce. It was privately printed and was produced by Diane E. Thompson, Typing and Duplicating Service, 16 Brandon Terrace, Edinburgh. Chapter headings include: 'The Hamilton Bruces', 'The Lauries', 'Nairne Lodge Days', 'Dornoch Days', 'Patchwork section', and 'Grangehill...
Dates: 1730-1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lecture notes and student memorabilia of Magnus Grimond

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Identifier: Coll-1891
Scope and Contents This collection consists of miscellaneous undergraduate materials from 1978-82 belonging to Magnus Grimond, relating to his studies in law and history. Grimond studied at Edinburgh University between 1978 and 1982, although 1980/81 was spent at the University of Pennsylvania. Scots Law 1, 1978-79: course summary, reading and lecture notes and essays. Scottish Legal System, 1978-79, &...
Dates: 1978-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures and Notes of Professor Sir George Walter Prothero

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Identifier: Coll-454
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: lecture notes and notes of reading on British, European, and Roman history.

Dates: 19th century - 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures and sermons by Adam Gib (1714-1788), secession minister, Bristo Street Church, Edinburgh

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Identifier: MS GIB
Scope and Contents Notes of lectures and sermons in the Associate Congregation at Edinburgh. Newspaper clippings are pasted to the end leaves regarding the item's donation in 1880, and a portrait photograph is adhered to the end flyleaf.Each end has a title page with a different date. The front title page reads:'Notes of Lectures and Sermons By Adam Gib, v.d.m. In The Associates Congregation at Edinburgh. From January 10 1762 - all along to October 17 1762 Inclusive. N.b. This title...
Dates: 1762-1763
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Lectures of James MacKinnon (1860-1945), Professor of Ecclesiastical history, University of Edinburgh

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Identifier: MS MCK 5
Scope and Contents Notes on lectures delivered by Prof. James MacKinnon, Professor of Ecclesiastical History, during University of Edinburgh session 1908-1909. Volume I only.Part I: Origins of the Reformation (84 numbered pages, final 16 pages are blank).Part II: Progress of the Reformation (74 unnumbered pages, with infrequent blanks)Part III: Continuation of Calvin's Theories. (71 numbered pages).Part III [distinct from previous, reason for duplicated numbering...
Dates: 1908-1909
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

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Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 2
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582 (Scottish expatriate, historian and scholar, anti-absolutist and satyrist of clerical vice) 2
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Dods, Marcus, 1834-1909, New Testament scholar 2
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 2
Hannay, Robert Kerr, Professor, 1867-1940 (historian, palaeographer) 2
Heatley, David Playfair, 1868-1944 (Reader Emeritus in Political Science and Mackay Lecturer in History, University of Edinburgh) 2
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 2
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 2
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 2
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 2
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 (Emperor) 2
Rainy, Robert, 1826-1906 (Free Church Minister and Author) 2
Walker, John, 1731-1803 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman) 2
Adam, James (former owner of Coll-2266) 1
Adamson, Patrick, 1543-1591 (Archbishop of St Andrews) 1
Agriculture Society of Edinburgh 1
Aikman, John, fl 1692 (Donor to Edinburgh University Library) 1
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 1
Anderson (Edinburgh) 1
Anderson, David, fl 1563 (burgess of Aberdeen) 1
Andrews, Keith, 1920-1989 (Art historian and museum curator) 1
Ashworth, James Hartley, 1874-1936 (professor of zoology and later of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 1
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 (English Philosopher | Attorney General | Lord Chancellor of England) 1
Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662, Presbyterian Minister Principal of Glasgow University 1
Bannatyne, Richard, fl 1569-1605 (Scottish clergyman, secretary to John Knox) 1
Barlow, Arthur Ruffell, 1888-1965 (Scottish Missionary) 1
Bayley, George, 1831-1902 (Edinburgh solicitor) 1
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 1
Bogle, Very Reverend, Andrew Nisbet, 1868-1957 (Minister; Ex-Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland) 1
Bolton, Richard, Sir, 1570-1648 (Solicitor-General for Ireland, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer ) 1
British Association for the Advancement of Science (1831-:) 1
Brown, Gerard Baldwin, 1849-1932 (Watson-Gordon Professor of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh) 1
Buckland, William, 1784-1856 (English theologian, geologist) 1
Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de, 1707-1788 (French naturalist, mathematician) 1
Burnes, James, 1801-1862 (surgeon, physician-general of Bombay) 1
Burns, Margaret, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Butcher, Samuel Henry, 1850-1910 (classicist, politician and professor of greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG, KT, James, 1665-1745 (Irish statesman; Soldier) 1
Campbell family of Melfort (1343-) (Argyllshire) 1
Campbell, Archibald, 1767-1823 (Lieutenant-Colonel, Campbell of Melfort) 1
Campbell, John Colina, 1798-1861 (Campbell of Melfort) 1
Campbell, John, 1733-1790 (Lieutenant-Governor of Fort George, Campbell of Melfort) 1
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 (historian, essayist and philosopher) 1
Carse, Agnes, fl 1706 (wife of William Cochrane, Edinburgh) 1
Castehill United Free Church (Forres, Scotland) 1
Cecil, William, 1520–1598 (English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I) 1
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 1
Charles II, King of Scotland, 1630-1685 1
Charles IX, 1550-1574 (King of France) 1
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 1
Church of Scotland (1560-) 1
Cochrane, James, fl 1700-1799 (Edinburgh printer) 1
Cochrane, Lord Thomas, 1775-1860 (10th Earl of Dundonald, naval officer) 1
Cochrane, William, d before 1718 (Edinburgh writer ) 1
Colvin, John Russell, 1807-1857 (British administrator of the East India Company, and Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces) 1
Contostavlos, Alexander, fl 1855-1865 (minister of finance ) 1
Couper, Frederick, fl 1870s-1920s (Scottish marine engineer) 1
Coutts, - , fl 1845 ("Mrs"; Daughter of Rev Dr Robert McCulloch) 1
Craw, Barbara M, fl 1900s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Cripps, Richard Stafford, Sir, 1889-1952 1
Cromie, Howard P, fl 1951 (donor of Edinburgh University Darwinian Society records) 1
Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, 1722-1765 (Swedish chemist) 1
Cunningham, Daniel John, 1850-1909 (professor of anatomy, Trinity College Dublin) 1
Curwen, John Flavel, 1860-1932 (English architect) 1
Cutforth, Alizon, fl 1937 (Daughter of William Farrer) 1
Dalyell, John Graham, 1775-1851 (Antiquary and Naturalist) 1
Dansey, William, Rev., 1792?1856 (clergyman | Rector of Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire) 1
Davidson, Andrew Bruce, Rev Prof, 1831-1902 (Free Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in New College, Edinburgh) 1
Deacon, Margaret, fl 1969 (oceanography historian) 1
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 1712-1780 (3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness | economist | husband of Lady Frances Steuart (1722-1789)) 1
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 1744-1839 (4th baronet of Goodtrees and 8th baronet of Coltness | British Army Officer) 1
Dobbie, Rev., William, 1881-1946 1
Donaldson, Gordon, 1913-1993 (Scottish historian; Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography) 1
Douglas, Gavin, 1474-1522 (Scottish bishop, makar, translator) 1
Douglas, Robert, fl 1648 1
Drake, Frederick Seguier, 1892-1974 (English Baptist priest; Dean of the School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong) 1
Drummond, William, 1585-1649 (Poet) 1
Dufresne, Louis, 1752-1832, French Taxidermist, Natural Historian 1
Dundas, Robert, 1650-1726 (Lord Arniston) 1
Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528 (artist) 1
Edinburgh Befrienders 1
Edinburgh Gay Switchboard and Lesbian Line 1
Elizabeth I, 1533-1603 (Queen of England and Ireland) 1
Ellis, Peter Berresford, b 1943 (British historian and author) 1
Erskine, Ebenezer, 1680-1754 (Secession minister) 1
Erskine, Henry, 1720-1754 (Burgher Minister at Falkirk) 1
Falconer, Douglas Scott, 1913-2004 (Professor of Genetics, University of Edinburgh and Director of the Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Animal Genetics) 1
Farnese, Alessandro, 1520-1589 (Cardinal and diplomat) 1
Farrer, William Ecroyd, 1861-1924 (English historian and genealogist) 1
Felton, Cornelius Conway, 1807-1862 (American, Professor of Greek Literature) 1
Finlay, George, 1799-1875 (Scottish historian) 1
Firth, George, 1901-1983 (scientist, professional singer, teacher, choral and orchestral conductor, lecturer, administrator and author) 1