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Postcard photograph of Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds 1923-1924

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1616
Scope and Contents H. Mumford (Robert Harold Mumford) is shown in a postcard photograph of the Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds team, 1923-1924. Seated centrally in the posed group photograph is R. Everett, the Captain, a Blue, on a chair swathed in a tartan blanket. From left to right (front) is G. B. Brook (Green), G. M'Laren (Blue), Everett, and R. H. Sanderson (Green), the Honorary Secretary. From left to right (back) is J. A. R. Watt (Green), T. Howden (Green), H. Miller (Old Green), Vice Captain, and...
Dates: 1923-1924

Postcard to Professor A. H. Campbell, 3 December 1969

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1423
Scope and Contents

The postcard is dated 3 December 1969, and its origin is Heriot Row [Edinburgh]. It is addressed to Prof. A. H. Campbell, on Braid Hills Road, Edinburgh and is thanks for a 'letter to D. Currie' and indicating that the 'check is correct'. The writer indicates that 'Crabbie, the Nelsons, or Sir D.T. are not for the moment going to be tried, but there is hope 'that someone else will come along with a letter to them'.

Dates: 1969

Prayer book in Latin and Dutch

 Item — Box: CLX-A-131
Identifier: Coll-1939
Scope and Contents Devotional volume in Latin and Dutch dated 1555, written possibly for a religious community in the diocese of Bruges. ff. 1r-11v: Calendar in red and black, probably of the Bruges area. Entries in red include SS. Basilius ( 14 June), Eligius (25 June and I Dec.), Egidius ( l Sept.) and Donatianus (14 Oct.). F.12 blank. ff. 13r-14r: St John I. 1-14...
Dates: 1555

Prayerbook in Latin and French

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1313
Scope and Contents

The volume has 72 leaves, and measures 160mm by 100mm. Original leather over pasteboards.

Dates: 1600-1699

Preliminary draft copy of Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory by Noam Chomsky

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1614
Scope and Contents Professor Angus McIntosh passed this copy of the 4-volume preliminary draft of Noam Chomsky PhD thesis (University of Pennsylvania, 1955), The Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory to Professor James Thorne (d. 1988). Volume I is inscribed on the first page, manuscript: For Jimmy / - to whom it is much more directly useful - / this treasured and distinguished / piece of pathfinding / from / Angus / with warmest regards / December 3rd 1986. On the...
Dates: 1955-1975

Presentations of Church of Scotland ministers

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 13.2
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: 1640-1877

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

Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital

 Fonds
Identifier: LHB30
Scope and Contents

Management 1926-1946; administration 1929-1982; finance 1927-1973; patients (bound and unbound records) 1933-1990s

Dates: 1926-1990s

Print archive of Corvus Works, by Christopher Wakeling

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-2110
Scope and Contents

This is a mixed collection of printed works by the fine press typographic studio "Corvus Works", founded by Christopher Wakeling.


  1. Fine press books (transferred to Rare Books collections);
  2. Single sheet publications (broadsides);
  3. Printed ephemera and prospectuses arranged by year.
Dates: 1999-2024

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1242
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Subject
Missionaries 74
Photographs 70
Correspondence 63
Missions 51
Students 49
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Student lecture notes 46
University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 44
University of Edinburgh -- students 40
Hospitals | Administration | 36
Sermons 35
Lectures and Lecturing 34
Diaries 31
India 25
Poetry 24
China 23
Medicine 23
Edinburgh -- Scotland 22
English literature | 20th century 22
Law (Scotland) 22
Music 22
Student notes 22
Women workers | 22
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 20
Commonplace-books 20
Medical records | Scotland | 20
Anatomy 19
Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 19
University of Edinburgh -- Societies and Clubs 19
Medals 17
Nursing | Study and teaching | Scotland | Edinburgh | 17
Philosophy 17
Theatre 17
Women students 17
Law 16
Medical students 16
Medicine | History | 16
University of Edinburgh -- Alumni and alumnae 16
Nigeria 15
Panoramas 15
World War, 1914-1918 15
Family papers 14
Mathematics 14
National Health Service (Great Britain) 14
Scottish literature | 20th century 14
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Health boards | Scotland | 13
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Malawi 13
Poets 13
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Animal Genetics 11
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AIDS (Disease) | Prevention | 9
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Africa 8
Agriculture 8
Examination Papers 8
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Genetics 8
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Medicine | Research | 8
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Musicians 8
Nursing | Study and teaching 8
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Language
English 1510
English 345
Latin 58
Multiple languages 39
French 33
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Names
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 136
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 11
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 9
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
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Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Church of Scotland 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Monro, Alexander, 'primus', 1697-1767 (Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 3
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 3
Church Missionary Society 3
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 3
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Torrance, Thomas Forsyth, 1913-2007 (theologian, and Professor of Christian Dogmatics at New College, Edinburgh) 3
Tragara Pressnn 3
Adlard and Son (1766-) 2
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Anderson, John, 1668-1721 (Minister of Dumbarton) 2
Baikie, Hugh Edward, 1906-1981 (Church of Scotland missionary to India) 2
Balfour, Sir Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922 (professor of botany, University of Edinburgh and regius keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh) 2
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, 1825-1894 (Scottish writer) 2
Bickersteth, Robert (surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary) 2
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 2
Bolton, Frederic James, 1908-1993 (Poet, Chemist) 2
Bonar, Horatius, Rev, 1808-1889 (Free Church of Scotland minister | hymn writer ) 2
Borland, Catherine Robina, d 1946 (manuscript historian) 2
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 2
Brewster, David, 1781-1868 (natural philosopher and vice-chancellor, University of Edinburgh) 2
Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875-1940 (Scottish novelist and historian) 2
Bulfield, Grahame, 1941-: (geneticist, formerly director and chief executive, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh and vice-principal, University of Edinburgh) 2
Cairns, David Smith, 1862-1946 (principal of the United Free Church College, Aberdeen) 2
Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law) 2
Carruthers, William, 1830-1922 (botanist, Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum) 2
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