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Book, medals, and printed ephemera relating to Helen Patuffa Hood and Marjory Kennedy Fraser
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1592
Identifier: Coll-1978
Content Description
This collection includes a printed book with two enclosures, printed ephemera, and two medals related to harpist Helen Patuffa Hood and her mother Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, Scottish musician and folk-song collector.
The printed book is a signed copy of The Road to the Isles (Edinburgh: Robert Grant & Son, 1927) by Kenneth Macleod given by the author himself to Patuffa...
Dates:
1889; 1925-1928; 1946
Medals and photograph of Emily Charlotte Thomson and Alexander Thomson
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-346
Identifier: Coll-1994
Content Description
This fonds consists of medals awarded to Emily Charlotte Thomson and Alexander Thomson , as well as one photograph depicting Emily Charlotte Thomson.
Five medals of Alexander Thomson from the University of Edinburgh, in: chemistry (1886-87), practical physiology (1887-88), natural history (1887), Institute of Medicine (1887-88), and a blank one on the same model.
Three medals of Emily...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1879-1891
Medals of Professor Kenneth M. Creer
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2016
Content Description
Medals and pins awarded to Professor Kenneth M. Creer in their original boxes.
John Adam Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union (1990) in a wooden box;
American Geophysical Union cufflink in a black velvet box (1990);
Freedom of the City of Grenoble medal in a blue box (1994);
Royal Astronomical Society medal (Gold, Geophysics, 1996) in a red...
Dates:
1990-1996
Papers of James Robert Stott
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-390
Identifier: Coll-2041
Content Description
This small fonds consists of the papers, portrait, and medals of Dr James Robert Stott, OBE, World War I Captain and graduate in medicine from the University of Edinburgh. It includes:
Four First World War medals in a "Ernest Jones" box: The British Military Medal, The Victory Medal (Great Britain), an OBE Officer Badge, Military Division, and a tripartite medal with smaller versions of the three...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1914-1919; 1954
Papers of the Scott family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2076
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the family papers of the Scott Family, whose lineage can be traced back to Walter Scott, who served as a Burgess of Edinburgh around 1521. The material comprises genealogical research notes, correspondence, historical charters (including one dated 1663, with a wax seal), official records (both originals and copies), photographs (including what appears to be daguerreotypes or ambrotypes), as well as a badge and a medal from the Argyll and Sutherland...
Dates:
1663-1993