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Collection of offprints entitled "A Collection of Published Works by the Department of Surgery. University of Edinburgh" in three volumes

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-2030

Content Description This is a collection of offprints entitled "A Collection of Published Works by the Department of Surgery. University of Edinburgh". It is divided in three volumes: 1957-1965 (vol. I), 1966-1969 (vol. II), and 1970-1976 (vol. III). The foreword explains that "as an appreciation of the outstanding contribution to Surgical Science and Immunology made by Sir Michael Woodruff during his occupation of the Chair of Surgery (formerly Surgical Science), his colleagues have compiled a collection of...

Dates: 1957-1976

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lecture notes and student memorabilia of Magnus Grimond

Fonds — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-1891

Scope and Contents This collection consists of miscellaneous undergraduate materials from 1978-82 belonging to Magnus Grimond, relating to his studies in law and history. Grimond studied at Edinburgh University between 1978 and 1982, although 1980/81 was spent at the University of Pennsylvania. Scots Law 1, 1978-79: course summary, reading and lecture notes and essays. Scottish Legal System, 1978-79, &...

Dates: 1978-1982

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Notebook on legal matters, including copy of transcript of the trial of Capt.John Porteous

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1244

Scope and Contents Much of this notebook contains a part-copy of the transcript of the trial as it was published in Edinburgh, 1818, in - Criminal Trials Illustrative Of The Tale Entitled The Heart Of Mid-Lothian: Published From The Original Record . Also in the notebook are some law notes on Cox v. Coleridge and the Rights of Allornies (or Attornies?); Rex v. Inhabitants of Middlesex; and, the Assizes at Lewes. There are also notes from Lacon, or Many...

Dates: 1818-1824

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Nouveaux souvenirs d'Holyrood

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1181

Scope and Contents

The unsigned letters, mostly from Edinburgh, were all written during November or December 1831. They describe a trip from Paris to Edinburgh, and life among the French refugees there. Although the last word has been obliterated, an inscription reads: 'Quoique l'auteur ne se nomme pas, tout le monde le reconnait pour M. le Baron de [...]'. On the inside of the front cover is pasted a note reading, 'Pour mes pauvres petites filles de France', and signed Louise.

Dates: 1831

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Frederick Couper and family

Fonds — Box: CLX-A-372

Identifier: Coll-1870

Scope and Contents Correspondence Frederick Couper's testimonials Notes and documents relating to genealogy and family history Legal documents Photographs of Frederick Couper Bookkeeping notebook A substantial archive of original manuscript correspondence, documents, photographs and printed material relating to...

Dates: 1530-1935

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1835

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, inventories, student notes, sermons, and business accounts relating to the members of the Anderson, Urquhart, and Graham families (all related). The material covers the 18th and 19th centuries and relates to subjects as varied as ironmongery, sea travel, study of humanities in the 1820s, preaching and sermons, school teaching, etc. This collection provides an excellent insight into the daily life in Edinburgh in the late 1700s and in the 1800s.

Dates: 1761-1979

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of the Christison Family

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1817

Content Description This fonds contains the papers of: Professor Alexander Christison FRSE (1751-1820), Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh from 1806 to his death in 1820, father of Sir Robert Christison. Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet, FRSE FRCSE FRCPE (1797-1882), toxicologist and physician, father of Sir Alexander Christison (1828-1918). John Christison (1789-1862),...

Dates: 1785-1904; 1979

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-206

Scope and Contents

The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:

2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)

Dates: 1808-1858

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Collection of offprints entitled "A Collection of Published Works by the Department of Surgery. University of Edinburgh" in three volumes

Lecture notes and student memorabilia of Magnus Grimond

Notebook on legal matters, including copy of transcript of the trial of Capt.John Porteous

Nouveaux souvenirs d'Holyrood

Papers of Frederick Couper and family

Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

Papers of the Christison Family

Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

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