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Diary of Helena Marshall

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1952

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Diary of Helena Marshall when she was a student at the 'College of Arts', Edinburgh (NB - not Edinburgh College of Arts, which was founded in 1907, but probably the Faculty of Arts of the University of Edinburgh) and (later) a governess in Russia (Petersburg) and Switzerland. Also journal consisting mainly of notes from lectures at the College of Arts on botany, geology, zoology, electricity, Italian art, etc., 1869.

Dates: 1869-1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lecture Notes of John Robison

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-204

Scope and Contents

Lecture notes from the time when Robison was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. The notes embrace the sciences of mechanics, hydrodynamics, astronomy and optics, together with electricity and magnetism.

It is assumed that these are Robison's own notes but this has not been verified.

Dates: c1779-c1801

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter describing annual Spring parade of Russian troops on the

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1452

Scope and Contents The letter was written in St. Petersburg, on Grande Morskaia (Bolshaia Morskaia, or Morskaya Street), on 2nd or 15th May 1901, by W. Sedgefield, and addressed to his 'Dear Uncle', W. J. Sedgefield, Esq., Abingdon, Berkshire, England. The envelope, with franking and partial postage stamp, survives. The letter describes the 'annual spring parade of the troops quartered in and around St. P[etersburg]' which took place 'yesterday' - yesterday being 1 May 1901 - on the 'Field of...

Dates: 1901

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

North Russian Association collection of theatre and concert programmes

Fonds — Box: CLX-A-368

Identifier: Coll-1865

Scope and Contents A sizeable collection of theatre/concert programmes from the North Russian Association (1928-1940). Founded in 1926, the North Russian Association grew out of a group set up by emigrants from Arkhangelsk living in London after the Revolution. Its interests were cultural, and it organised five events a year such as lectures, concerts, and other performances. The events documented here include a family Pushkin evening at London’s Institut Français in June 1928; a performance of Aleksei Faiko’s...

Dates: 1928-1940

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Victorian family photograph album with sixty-one photographs of Russian vendors and tradesmen by William Carrick

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1309

Scope and Contents

This is a first quality Victorian family photograph album of the family of Eliza Murphy, daughter of Calvert Toulmin who was a shipowner holding the monopoly of postal carriage to Australia.

In addition to 196 'carte de visite' photographs of family members including Calvert Toulmin, of holiday destinations and of sentimental group poses, the album contains 57 photographs of Russian tradesmen and street vendors taken by William Carrick.

Dates: 1857-1878

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Diary of Helena Marshall

Lecture Notes of John Robison

Letter describing annual Spring parade of Russian troops on the

North Russian Association collection of theatre and concert programmes

Victorian family photograph album with sixty-one photographs of Russian vendors and tradesmen by William Carrick

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