University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1250

New College Library Special Collections 560

Lothian Health Services Archive 186

Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes 4

 

Subject

Missionaries 75

Photographs 71

Correspondence 66

Missions 51

Students 49

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Student lecture notes 46

University of Edinburgh -- student lecture notes 44

University of Edinburgh -- students 40

Sermons 39

Hospitals | Administration | 36

Lectures and Lecturing 35

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

Theology 22

Women workers | 22

Commonplace-books 21

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 20

Medical records | Scotland | 20

Anatomy 19

Christianity 19

Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland) 19

University of Edinburgh -- Societies and Clubs 19

Philosophy 18

Church of Scotland, Establishment and disestablishment 17

Medals 17

Medicine | History | 17

Nursing | Study and teaching | Scotland | Edinburgh | 17

Theatre 17

Women students 17

Law 16

Medical students 16

University of Edinburgh -- Alumni and alumnae 16

Family papers 15

Mathematics 15

Nigeria 15

Panoramas 15

Scottish literature | 20th century 15

World War, 1914-1918 15

Malawi 14

National Health Service (Great Britain) 14

Botany 13

Chemistry 13

Church History 13

Health boards | Scotland | 13

Historians 13

Linguistics 13

Nursing | Edinburgh (Scotland) | Study and teaching | 13

Poets 13

Sketchbooks & albums 13

Travel writing 13

Astronomy 12

Geology 12

Manchuria (China) 12

Physicians 12

Publishers and Publishing 12

Religion 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

Kenya 10

Missions (Africa) 10

Physics 10

Scotland -- Church history 10

South Africa 10

Surgeons 10

Veterinarians 10

World War, 1939-1945 10

AIDS (Disease) | Prevention | 9

Africa 9

Artists 9

China -- Photographs 9

Christianity -- China 9

Colonization 9

Engraving 9

Lectures 9

Midwifery | Scotland | Edinburgh | 9

Agriculture 8

Architecture 8

Examination Papers 8

Family History 8

Family archives 8

French literature 8

Genetics 8

Geologists 8

HIV (Viruses) | Lothian (Scotland) | 8

History, 18th century (Scotland) 8

Literature 8

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Language

English 1509

English 355

Latin 60

Multiple languages 40

French 33

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German 24

Chinese 16

Scots 11

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

Chichewa; Chewa; Nyanja 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

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

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11

Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 11

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

Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, 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

Robison, John, 1739-1805 (professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 5

Roslin Institute 5

Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5

Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5

University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 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

Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4

Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 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. 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

Booth, Joseph, 1851-1932 (English Missionary in Africa) 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

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