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2 glass negatives & prints featuring Dr Clerk Ranken

 Fonds — Folder: EUA GD51
Identifier: EUA GD51
Content Description

Two glass negatives showing Clerk Ranken in a Chemistry laboratory, c1903, and in a group of students, c1905. Along with the negatives are two later prints of the same.

Dates: 1903-1905

Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1581
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: an archive of productions of 'Varsity Vanities', 1946-48, and various dramatic groups including Edinburgh University Dramatic Society, SRC Charities Week Office, Attic Theatre Co., Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group, and others.


The material is placed in two photograph albums and a "document store", which contain photographs, programmes, cuttings, posters and correspondence.

Dates: 1946-1951

Bound volume of manuscript materials by and about Scottish poet Thomas Brown

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1986
Content Description Ths is a bound volume of manuscript material, correspondence and verse, by and about Thomas Brown, Scottish poet and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1810 until the end of his life in 1820. The collection was almost certainly put together by his friend and colleague William Erskine, to whom the vast majority of the manuscripts are addressed.Contents: ...
Dates: 1797-1835

Class cards etc. relating to John Baillie Miller

 Fonds — Box: EUA-A-10
Identifier: EUA GD67
Scope and Contents

2 matriculation cards (1862 and 1864); class cards - Greek (1862), Law of Scotland (1862/3), Scots law (1862/3), Criminal law (Summer session, 1863).

Dates: 1861-1863

Collection of documents relating to student theatre in Edinburgh gathered together by Grahame Bulfield

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1892
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 67 physical items, mainly theatre programmes, hand-outs, and newspaper cuttings relating to student theatre in Edinburgh in the late 1960s. Also includes an inventory, and a list of known student performances in Edinburgh from autumn 1964 to summer 1972. Most items are originals, but a few are copies.Click ...
Dates: late 1960s

Collections of posters of student events at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds — Container: CLX-D-66
Identifier: Coll-1867
Scope and Contents Bundle of about 20 posters of events at the University around 1971, mostly relating to student activities. The events advertised include dances/balls/concerts; special lectures and symposium; Church and carol services; and Student Representative Council Elections. The posters are arranged in bundles by types of events, as follows: Poster of the Corries, and poster advertising a folk concert in...
Dates: 1970-1972

Diaries of Edwin Maybury, zoology student at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1605
Identifier: Coll-2112
Scope and Contents This fonds consists of five diaries written by Edwin Maybury of Nuneaton, Warwickshire covering the time period 1947-1951, when he was a student at the University of Edinburgh reading zoology. In his diaries, Edwin writes introspectively about himself, talks about his daily life as a student in Edinburgh, and records his experience of different lectures and practical courses. For example, in his 1947 diary he mentions on p. 291 a lecture he attended given by "Dr Auerbach", that is to say Dr...
Dates: 1947-1951

Engineering drawings of John McKay Campbell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2011
Content Description

This fonds consists of 25 technical drawings produced by John McKay Campbell for his engineering degree, which he started in 1934 at the University of Edinburgh, and completed in June 1939 after the war. Titles of drawings include: "D.C. Machine", "Light Country Bridge", "Proposed road", "Grouped flange-place splice", "Survey of pasture fields", "Survey of drill fields", and "Non-concurrent coplanar forces".

Dates: 1934

Graduation and Ordination Certificates of William Kerr Smith

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1890
Scope and Contents Graduation certificate, on vellum, of William Kerr Smith, who graduated from Edinburgh University in 1771 with a Master's in Liberal Arts. A red wax seal in a metal case is appended to the certificate. It represents a castle surrounded with the words 'S.[IGILLUM] COMMUNITATIS. BURGI. DE EDENBURGH. AD. CAUSAS.', and was appended by the City of Edinburgh to confirm the authenticity of the diploma.This collection also includes William Smith's ordination certificate, as he became the...
Dates: 1771-1772

Helen Lewise Dougal Archive relating to Patrick Geddes and Scots College, Montpellier

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1534
Identifier: Coll-2045
Content Description This fonds consists of material of Helen Lewise Dougal relating to Patrick Geddes and the Scots College in Montpellier. Includes photos (originals and copies), booklets, letters, and a CD containing photos. Postcards of Sète and Montpellier, 1929. Article entitled Patrick Geddes in his Montpellier setting by A.D. Peacock, ca 1927. Print...
Dates: 1927-1934

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 10
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Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 2
Martin, John N T, b 1940 (University of Edinburgh alumnus) 2
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 1
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Anderson, Charles A., fl. 1888-1934 (surgeon) 1
Aristotle, 384-322 BC (Greek philosopher) 1
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 1
Brown, Kenneth R, fl 1880s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Brown, Thomas, 1778-1820 (Scottish poet and Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 1
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 1
Bulfield, Grahame, 1941-: (geneticist, formerly director and chief executive, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh and vice-principal, University of Edinburgh) 1
Cabbell, J, fl 1750s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Campbell, John McKay, 1916-1986 (engineering student, teacher) 1
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 1
Craufurd, Thomas, fl 1626-1662 (Regent of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 1
Croom, John Halliday, Professor Sir, 1847-1923 (physician) 1
Dalgliesh, George, fl 1660-1662 (University of Edinburgh student) 1
Dougal, Helen Lewise, 1906-1976 (Scottish teacher) 1
Duncan, John V Stuart, d 1943 (British soldier) 1
Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee 1
Edinburgh Mechanics' Subscription Library 1
Edinburgh University Boat Club 1
Edinburgh University Diagnostic Society 1
Edinburgh University Dialectic Society 1
Edinburgh University Union (1889-1973) 1
Erskine, William, 1773-1852 (Scottish historian and orientalist) 1
Fraser, Thomas Richard, Sir, 1841-1920 (physician and pharmacologist, professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Garvey, P J F, fl 1890s-1900s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Goodsir, John, Professor, 1814-1867 (professor of anatomy Edinburgh University | Edinburgh) 1
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 1
Grouchy, Philip de, b 1940 (Edinburgh University alumnus; teacher) 1
Hamilton, Sir William, 1788-1856 (metaphysician ) 1
Irvine, Louis Godfrey (medical scientist) 1
Kennish, T L, fl 1880s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Knott, Cargill Gilston, 1856-1922 (physicist, mathematician and secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) 1
Knowles, William Andrew, 1868-1942 (minister) 1
Lubkin, Gregory P, fl 1972-1996 (Edinburgh University alumnus, President of the American Friends of the University of Edinburgh) 1
Maclaren, D, fl 1840s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, 1861-1937 (Principal of Madras Christian College) 1
Masson Hall (1897-) 1
Maybury, Edwin, fl 1947-1951 (University of Edinburgh zoology student) 1
McMorran, John, Baillie (magistrate, Edinburgh) 1
Miller, John Baillie, 1841-1926 (solicitor) 1
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 1
Morgan, Alexander 1
Murdoch, William Gordon Burn-, 1862-1939 (Scottish artist and traveller) 1
Ogilvie, Alan Grant, 1887-1954 (Scottish geographer) 1
Orr, Robert Low, fl 1870s-1880s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Orr, William J, fl 1870s-1880s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Patterson, Margaret Madeline nee Fraser, b.1927 (Cert. Social Study, Edinburgh University) 1
Pearse, Arthur, fl 1850s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Ranken, Clerk (chemist) 1
Russell, Alexander, fl 1770s-1780s (medical student, University of Edinburgh) 1
Rutherford, John, 1695-1779 (Professor of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 1
Schofield, Anne Dollar, 1921-2015 (née Davies | Physician) 1
Scroggie, Ian McGregor Reith (Edinburgh University alumnus) 1
Simpson, Sir Alexander Russell, 1835-1916 (professor of midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 1
Stephens, Riccardo, fl 1889-1896 (medic and author) 1
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 1
Torrance, James B, 1923-2003 (theologian) 1
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 1
University Hall (Edinburgh) 1
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 1
Watson, James R, fl 1890s (Edinburgh University student) 1
Wishart, Marion Donaldson, b 1903 (University of Edinburgh student) 1
Young, Robert Burns, b. 1874, Scientist 1
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