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Biography

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 408 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Unknown from Andreas Moser, 30 January 1908

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2318
Scope and Contents

Letter, 30 January 1908, Andreas Moser to Unknown. Discussing the second volume of the Joachim biography. Holograph signed, L2317 - L2325 sewn together in a book.

Dates: 30 January 1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 1843-1879

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/1
Scope and Contents

The Letters to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay sub-series consists of:


  1. 14 letters from a variety of European correspondents concerning geological papers and research (1843-1879).
Dates: 1843-1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H)

List of four prayers or charms with details about where, when and from whom they were collected, c1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/6
Scope and Contents

List of four prayers or charms with details about where, when and from whom they were collected, the items being 'Urnuigh Chadail', 'Eolas an Tairbhin', 'Eolas Beum Sula' and 'Marking the Lamb'.

Dates: c1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

List of names and addresses, 18 June 1861

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/10
Scope and Contents

List of names and addresses for persons to whom presentation copies of Memoir of Edward Forbes , ( 1861) , have been sent.

Dates: 18 June 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

List of potential informants of charms, 23 September 1909

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW117/153
Scope and Contents List of potential informants of charms including Ruary Maconlish, Duncan Murchison's wife, Isabella Murchison, who are all in Druimbui [An Druim Buidhe/Drumbuie] and have the charm 'Casga Fala'; Mary MacLennan, Earbarsaig [Earbasaig/Erbusaig]; Peggie Finlayson, Druimbui [An Druim Buidhe/Drumbuie]; and Iain Macrath, Strome Ferry [Port and t-Sròim/Stromeferry]. Written at Diurnis [Duirnnis/Duirinish] Lochals[h] [Lochaillse, all places Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. Text has been scored...
Dates: 23 September 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Lyndon Baines Johnson Diary of Private Prayer, 1961-1968

 File
Identifier: BAI 11/13
Scope and Contents

File of mostly correspondence between Florence Jewel Baillie and individuals, including Donald S Klinefelter, interested in writing dissertations/theses/biographies on John Baillie.

Dates: 1961-1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / John Baillie: posthumous

MacLullich and Smith [History of Dr Smith of Campbeltown], Late 19th or early 20th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-98/1/1/34
Scope and Contents

Script of a lecture, probably by Mackinnon, although the handwriting does not appear to be Mackinnon's.

Dates: Late 19th or early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Lecture notes / University lectures

Manuscript fragments relating to Sir Walter Scott, c 1800-1829

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2167/1/5
Scope and Contents Manuscript fragment, with two sections of text, author unknown. The first section begins with a copy of an extract from John Gibson Lockhart's Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk. Content centres on Walter Scott, and begins 'His manners are simple [and] unassuming...'.Second section of text describes the landscape and scenery on the approach to Abbotsford. Two illustrative engravings are pasted in. The first engraving shows Abbotsford, drawn by R. Westall...
Dates: c 1800-1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott / Items relating to Sir Walter Scott from a collection made by Miss Marianne Talbot
Detail of page from the Compendium of Chronicles by Rashid al-Din. Shows text with central miniature depicting the Sultan Luhrasp seated on a throne, surrounded by attendants. [Please click twice to see the full manuscript]
Detail of page from the Compendium of Chro...

Manuscripts of the Islamicate World and South Asia

 Collection
Identifier: Or Ms
Scope and Contents This collection consists of over 700 manuscripts pertaining to the Islamicate world and South Asia, dating from the 10th to 19th centuries C.E. (the majority being post-1500). Chiefly bound paper codices, it includes sacred texts of importance to the Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh faiths, Qur’anic commentaries, Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad and the Shi’i Imams, works treating Islamic law, world history, the history of India, medicine,...
Dates: 10th-19th centuries C.E. (bulk: post-1500 C.E.)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Memoir of Henry O' Donnell, Count of La Bisbal, c 1812-1850

 Item
Identifier: Coll-98/4/7/1
Scope and Contents

This appears to be a biography of a general of the Spanish Army, Henry Joseph O' Donnell y Anatar, Count of La Bisbal. It is a manuscript with an unnamed author that has factual inconsistencies. For example, the memooir claims that Count 'Abisbal' was born in Andalucia in 1770, although most records indicate that he was born in San Sebastián in 1769.

Dates: c 1812-1850
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Professor Donald Mackinnon / Material collected for research / History and culture