University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1242

New College Library Special Collections 560

Lothian Health Services Archive 185

Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes 4

 

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

Botany 13

Chemistry 13

Church History 13

Health boards | Scotland | 13

Historians 13

Malawi 13

Poets 13

Sketchbooks & albums 13

Theology 13

Travel writing 13

Astronomy 12

Geology 12

Linguistics 12

Manchuria (China) 12

Nursing | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 12

Physicians 12

Publishers and Publishing 12

Societies and Clubs 12

Animal Genetics 11

Midwifery 11

Photograph albums 11

Scotland 11

Teachers, Training of 11

University of Edinburgh -- staff 11

Botanists 10

Christianity 10

Kenya 10

Physics 10

South Africa 10

Surgeons 10

Veterinarians 10

World War, 1939-1945 10

AIDS (Disease) | Prevention | 9

Artists 9

China -- Photographs 9

Christianity -- China 9

Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment 9

Colonization 9

Engraving 9

Lectures 9

Midwifery | Scotland | Edinburgh | 9

Missions (Africa) 9

Africa 8

Agriculture 8

Examination Papers 8

Family History 8

French literature 8

Genetics 8

Geologists 8

HIV (Viruses) | Lothian (Scotland) | 8

History, 18th century (Scotland) 8

Literature 8

Medicine | Research | 8

Medicine | Study and teaching | Edinburgh (Scotland) | 8

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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German 24

Chinese 16

Scots 9

No linguistic content; Not applicable 8

Hindi 7

Italian 7

Arabic 5

Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 5

Russian 5

Spanish; Castilian 5

Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 3

Hebrew 3

Japanese 3

Polish 3

Swedish 3

Bemba 2

Burmese 2

Efik 2

Kikuyu; Gikuyu 2

Swahili 2

Syriac 2

Afrikaans 1

Bengali 1

Batak languages 1

Creoles and pidgins, French-based 1

Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350) 1

Egyptian (Ancient) 1

English, Middle (1100-1500) 1

French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) 1

French, Old (842-ca.1400) 1

Fulah 1

Irish 1

German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500) 1

Hausa 1

Igbo 1

Ladino 1

Marathi 1

Mongolian 1

Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja 1

Persian 1

Pali 1

Portuguese 1

Quechua 1

Tamil 1

Twi 1

Yoruba 1

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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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