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Dundee -- Scotland

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Firth of Tay and Tay Bridge, c. 1891, c 1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/C/1/4/8
Scope and Contents

An extract plate from a published work, Plate XII inscribed in corner, showing Firth of Tay and Tay Bridge, looking west. Dr Raemaeker adds "with man o'war" and "wash by J. Paterson 1891". Signature seen in lower right corner.

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: art works / Perth and Perthshire

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Alison M., 02 March 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2742
Scope and Contents

Letter, 2 March 1952, Dundee, Alison M. to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey. Holograph signed, paper ripped and torn, authors surname torn away.

Dates: 02 March 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Note about the last Bishop of Lismore, September 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/32
Scope and Contents

Note about the last Bishop of Lismore [Lios Mòr, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire] that he was brought as a prisoner from Ach nan Duin [Achadun] to Dundee but never returned. The pencil text is quite faded in places making it difficult to read.

Dates: September 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Opening of the Department of Surgical Neurology, Dundee Royal Infirmary, September 1966

 File
Identifier: Coll-32/D.233
Scope and Contents

Lecture by Norman Dott presented at the Opening of the Department of Surgical Neurology, Dundee Royal Infirmary, dated September 1966. The material consists of 2 manuscript drafts for the speech, and typescript with manuscript revisions of the text as delivered; and correspondence with officials and colleagues regarding arrangements for the occasion, programme of ceremony, etc.

Dates: September 1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott / Lectures, speeches, addresses

Poem beginning 'Am fac thu each seachad an seo?', 9 April 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/1
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Poem beginning 'Am fac thu each seachad an seo?' for the safeguarding of animals, collected from W. M. Thorburn [William MacLeod Thorburn] of Skye, Wellgate, Dundee. Carmichael notes it as being 'Obtained my me from [William] Craigie, Oxford of the Oxford Dictionary'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 9 April 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Prospectus Civitatis Taoduni ab Oriente = The Prospect of ye Town of Dundee from ye East, 1693

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/129
Scope and Contents

Prospectus Civitatis Taoduni ab Oriente = The Prospect of ye Town of Dundee from ye East. Line engraving. 1693. Slezer, John, -1714, Artist.

Published in: Slezer, Views of the Principal Towns, Castles, Abbeys, &c. in Scotland (1797).

Note: As 1797 edition: dedication to 'ye Honble. Coll: William Ker'. Numbering 'B.12.' to top and bottom right.

Dates: 1693
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee

Some National Problems of Today: Education, 18 Jan 1930

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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/14
Scope and Contents Thomson outlines some current problems in education, the most pressing of these arising from the raising of the school leaving age to 15. He briefly alludes to how the practical problems of the supply of specialist teachers and of buildings could meet the increased demand, before outlining his opinion on what secondary education should entail. He highlights the need for both vocational and cultural education in schools to ensure pupils of all abilities are prepared for the working world,...
Dates: 18 Jan 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Unpublished materials authored by Thomson / Lectures / Compiled lectures

Tay Bridge, c. 1879, c 1914

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Identifier: Coll-1167/C/1/4/9
Scope and Contents

Modern print showing remains of former bridge collapsed 1879, with City of Dundee in the background, on blue card.

Dates: c 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / Scenes of Scotland / Scenes of Scotland: art works / Perth and Perthshire

Thirtieth Annual Report of the Directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics, 1850

 Piece
Identifier: LHB7/7/6a/3
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Treasurer's copy of the annual reports from 1848-1862. Includes a copy of the "Thirtieth Annual Report of the Directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics", 1850.

Dates: 1850
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Royal Edinburgh Hospital / Annual Reports and Pamphlets Relating to the Origins of the Hospital / Bound Volume of Annual Reports, "Treasurer's copy"

View of Dundee from the West, 1 February 1804

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Identifier: Coll-10/4/127(i)
Scope and Contents

View of Dundee from the West. Line engraving. 1 February 1804. Williams, Hugh William, 1773-1829, Artist; Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by A. Constable & Co.

Published in: Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, January 1804.

Dates: 1 February 1804
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Symbolae Scoticae / 4. Perth, Forfar, Dundee