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Papers of Colonel Cecil Charles Murison
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2066
Content Description
This fonds consists of the papers of Colonel Cecil Charles Murison, physician and surgeon in the Indian Medical Service. It contains:
Certificates earned when he was studying in Edinburgh and in Liverpool, and in the Indian Military Service (1891-1930);
Published medical articles by Col. Murison and some related correspondence (1901-1926);
Small portrait photograph...
Dates:
1891-1942
Papers of Fred McMillen
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2040
Content Description
This fonds consists of the student archive of Frederick (Fred) Hugh McMillen, created when he was a student at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College from 1938 to 1943. It includes class notes, examination questions, Fred's diploma and certificates, a photograph of the wartime hockey team of which he was the captain, and three crest shields (RDVC, RAVC, RCVS).
A cardboard tube containing certificates and a...
Dates:
1938-1943
Papers of Ian Wilmut
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1320
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the working papers of Sir Ian Wilmut, including copies of published scientific papers, papers relating to Wilmut's scientific research including applications for funding, correspondence with the public and with various organisations, and material regarding the press and media and Wilmut's public appearances. The papers relate to Wilmut's work at the ARC Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biology at Cambridge, the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (later the...
Dates:
1969-2011
Papers of John Nimmo M.D.
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-819
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: manuscript volume of which first page is headedWestminster Infirmary for diseases of the eye; and, bundles of manuscript notes contained in two boxes, and on medical subjects.
Dates:
1804-1820
Papers of Joseph Black and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-16
Scope and Contents
5 boxes of correspondence between himself and a variety of individuals (including James Watt, Prince Paul Dashkov, John Robison) and on a variety of subjects: linen bleaching, use of lime water, assays of ores, civic water supply, mineralogical specimens, absorption of heat etc
1 box of family letters between Black, his father and his brothers Samuel, George and Thomas
...
Dates:
1746-1799
Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1586
Scope and Contents
Section A, Biographical, is very slight. It includes an obituary and a copy of Pollock's curriculum vitae. Of particular note are correspondence and papers relating to Pollock's difficulties in obtaining a visa to visit the USA in 1967 and 1970.Section B, Medical Research Council, documents Pollock's time at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill, London, from 1948 to 1964, shortly before his departure for Edinburgh....
Dates:
ca 1934-2000
Papers of Norman McOmish Dott
Fonds — Container: Gen.2085 (28 boxes )
Identifier: Coll-32
Scope and Contents
The papers fully document all of Dott’s principal activities. In addition, there are Dott's careful lecture notes which illustrate the development of the teaching of neurosurgery at Edinburgh, while the correspondence with Cushing, Jefferson and others traces the leading organisations and leading personalities in the field, especially in the second quarter of the century. There is also an extensive record of many aspects of public health in Scotland, relating chiefly to the care of the...
Dates:
c 1922-1973
Papers of Sir George Ballingall
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-53
Scope and Contents
The Sir George Ballingall material is composed of correspondence and papers, 1801-1855. In March 1995, when researching in Edinburgh University Library, Dr. Roger Cooter of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, in Manchester, dictated the papers onto tape and produced transcripts of about 70 per cent of the documents, following the order in which they had been placed in the original boxes. The transcripts, produced in haste, and which may not be accurate in detail, have been placed...
Dates:
1801-1855
Papers of Sir William Turner and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1937
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists mostly of certificates, diplomas, letters, and official documents related to Sir William Turner (1832-1916), to his son William Aldren Turner (1864-1945), and his grandson John William Aldren Turner (1911-1980). It also includes documents related to John Aymers MacDougall (1844-1928), and a significant number of family photographs which seemingly belonged to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (fl 1940s-1970s).
Dates:
1850s-1970s
Primary Care Division, Lothian Health Board
Fonds
Identifier: LHB24
Scope and Contents
Insurance Committees 1912-1954; Executive Councils 1948-1982; miscellaneous publications 1897-1952
Dates:
1897-1982
Found in:
Lothian Health Services Archive