Photographs

Collection of Photographs of Persia (Iran), 1874

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-797

Scope and Contents

The photographs held in a decorated binder, include those of: Venus passing the sun over Iran, December 1874; the interior of the observatory at Isfahan (Ispahan); the astronomical station Baugh-i-Zerecht; bridge at Sende-Roud; a city gate; the Maidan of Isfahan; the Mosquee Royale, Tomb of Ali, and other mosques; views in Qum; and views in other Iranian cities.

Dates: 1874

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of Photographs relating to Rex v. Ruxton 1935

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-704

Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of circa 43 black and white photographs, many of them duplicated, of severed limbs and bones, bodies in decomposition, skull and cranial features, foot casts, shoes and other personal effects. There are tracing paper sketches of skull dimensions, feet, and bone cross-sections.

Dates: 1935-1936

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of the Rt. Rev. Stanley Booth-Clibborn

Fonds — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-1063

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: 1 box of circa 20 glass plate negatives of the All Africa Youth Conference, 1960s, village elders, and the Limuru Conference Centre, Kenya 1 file of circa 60 letters relating to the Nigeria / Biafra war, 1969-1970 1 file of correspondence and printed matter relating to the National Council of Churches of Kenya, and NCCK Partners election...

Dates: 1957-1996

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of Thomas Jaffrey McNair

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1269

Scope and Contents The collection is composed largely of black and white photographs reflecting Thomas Jaffrey McNair's study and leisure-time activities while at Edinburgh University. There are photographs of: group photo Union women's dinner 1949 group photo Union men's dinner 1949 group photo Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Mr Walter Mercer's Clinique, Winter 1947 group...

Dates: 1946-1963

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection relating to Eric Henry Liddell

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Coll-218

Scope and Contents

Small collection of items, from multiple sources, relating to Eric Liddell.

Annual sports programmes of Edinburgh University Athletic Club, 1923-1925, showing Liddell's times in the races entered, and an annotated Scottish Inter-Universities programme, 1923; two photographs of a memorial stone in China; Wedding invitation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 20th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections