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Two photograph albums of views from Shantung and Shanghai, and from Jehol and Beijing, to Yunnan

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1879
Content Description Two albums containing black and white photographs of landscapes in a variety of locations, as well as portraits and street scenes, each with accompanying text. The first album is entitled '"China 1920-1930 - From Shantung and Shanghai to Yunan [sic]" (119 pages), and the second album is entitled "China 1920-1930 - From Jehol and Peking to Yunnan" (136 pages). Many of the photos are grouped into sets of up to ten images on a particular province or theme, such as: Futoshan/Putuoshan, near...
Dates: late 1920s- early 1930s

Two preparation sermons by Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661), Professor of Divinity, St Mary’s College, St Andrews

 Collection
Identifier: MS RUT
Scope and Contents See External Documents (below).
Dates: 1634

Two scrap books on the 'Scottish Church Case'

 Collection
Identifier: MS 5021
Scope and Contents Two scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings relating to the Scottish Church Case 1904-1905. Loose cuttings have been rehoused in a folder.
Dates: 1904-1906

Two volumes of lecture notes taken down by Susan and Janet Robb

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-228
Identifier: Coll-1965
Scope and Contents Two volumes of lecture notes taken by sisters Susan and Janet Robb, originally from Woodend, Carnwath, dating from the 1890s and early 1900s.
  1. Notes taken down by Susan Robb on botany lectures given by Professor S. Elliot, 17 May 1901.
  2. Lecture notes taken down by Janet Robb on the subject of physiography, 1890s.
Dates: 1890s-1901

Tynedale-Biscoe, Barbara Bettina

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-54
Scope and Contents Photocopy of nurse's letter describing night duty 1935; transcript of letter
Dates: 1935

Typescript and printed volumes on Glasgow and Edinburgh 'lodging houses'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1816
Content Description A collection of 2 x ts and printed volumes on Glasgow and Edinburgh 'lodging houses'. These were created by...:Louie Murray, who wrote Edinburgh Common Lodging-Houses, a study of the residents and how their needs are met by statutory and voluntary social services. Murray's work was presented as a thesis for the Diploma in Social Study, Edinburgh University... 94pp including appendices.and by...Dr. Stuart Laidlaw, who wrote ...
Dates: 1956

Typescript by James Dick: Account of his boyhood in Scotland

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1900
Scope and Contents Typescript by Colonel James Dick (1863-1926), containing an 'account of his boyhood in Scotland'.
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century (before 1926)

Typescript by John Findlater, Methodist minister, Leith

 Fonds
Identifier: MS FIN1
Scope and Contents See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates: c.1909

Typescript by Richárd Hörcsik (1955-) entitled ‘The history of the Hungarian scholarship at Edinburgh’

 Fonds
Identifier: MS HOR1
Scope and Contents See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates: c.1990

Typescript Cunningham Lectures by Prof William Alexander Curtis (1876-1961)

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 36.7
Scope and Contents See External Documents (below) for details.
Dates: 1950-1953

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1205
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Missionaries 73
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Student lecture notes 41
University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 40
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University of Edinburgh -- students 37
Hospitals | Administration | 34
Lectures and Lecturing 31
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Sermons 25
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Law (Scotland) 21
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Women workers | 21
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Medical records | Scotland | 19
Anatomy 18
Nursing | Study and teaching | Scotland | Edinburgh | 17
Law 16
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National Health Service (Great Britain) 14
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English 304
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Names
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 134
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 11
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 7
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Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir (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
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 5
Church of Scotland 5
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 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 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
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 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
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
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 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
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 3
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 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
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
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of 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
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 3
Unknown (Unknown) 3
Ambler, Richard Penry, 1933-: (professor of protein chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 2
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet) 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
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
Chisolm, George Goudie, 1850-1930 (geographer) 2
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 2
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 2
Combe, George, 1788-1858, Phrenologist 2
Craigie, Patrick George, Major, 1843-1930 (statistician; army major) 2
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and mettalurgist) 2
Davidson Clinic (Edinburgh, Scotland) 2
Dickson, William Kirk, 1860-1949, Librarian and Historian 2
Dollar, Thomas Aitken, 1833-1909 (Veterinary scientist) 2
Duncan, Andrew, 1773-1832 (the younger | British physician) 2
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 2
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