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Found in 1403 Collections and/or Records:

"Collectanea Scotica" by G. E. Kinloch

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1130
Scope and Contents This bound volume contains copies of letters, these being: copy of letter by Sir George McKenzie to the Lord Balcarres, 1684 copy letter from Sir George Mackenzie to the Earls of Moray and Middleton copy letter John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1680 copy letter Elizabeth, Countess of Dysart, after Duchess of Lauderdale copy letters Field...
Dates: 1820-1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of 19th-century autograph letters assembled by the Rev. John Walker

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2103
Scope and Contents This collection consists of c. 200 letters acquired by the Rev. John Walker (1855-1941), a Scottish-Australian autograph collector. The main fields of interest represented are geology, botany, theology, literature, academia, and politics. Names that feature particularly prominently include Walker's uncle John Stuart Blackie, Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh; William Garden Blaikie, Professor of Divinity at New College, Edinburgh; James Geikie, Professor of Geology at the...
Dates: 1792-1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of Disiecta Membra, c.1937

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW412
Scope and Contents

Series includes notes and glossary to William J. Watson's edition of selections from the Book of the Dean of Lismore (NLS 72.1.37): Scottish Verse from the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Edinburgh, 1937). Also correspondence, John Fraser (1882-1945), Professor of Celtic, Oxford, to William J. Watson concerning degree examination papers in Celtic, and unidentified folio of photostats and corresponding transcription.

Dates: c.1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Collection of letters of Thomas Chalmers, mostly to Rebecca Bell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2083
Scope and Contents Collection of 15 signed autograph letters from Thomas Chalmers, Edinburgh and Burntisland, 1832-1842. All but one are addressed to Miss Rebecca Bell of Woodhouse Lee, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire (the remaining letter to George Bell of Leith), discussing the state of the Church of Scotland during the campaign that culminated in the Disruption and the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843. He also offers spiritual advice, and discusses Miss Bell's proposed foundation of a new...
Dates: 1832-1842
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of letters relating to Nova Scotia

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-335
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of: a descriptive sketch of Nova Scotia, dated 1783 on the spine of the item; and, letters relating to Nova Scotia including some from the politician Henry Dundas (1742-1811), 1st Viscount Melville, on the defence of the province in the event of war with America.

Dates: 1783-1813
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

 Collection — Box CLX-A-1705
Identifier: Coll-1989
Scope and Contents This is a collection of 108 autograph letters sent from various scientists, politicians, economists, artists etc. to members of the Lyell and Horner families. Also includes 41 portraits (photographs, etchings, and engravings). Byrne, Fanny Horner (1789-1876), sister of Leonard Horner; Horner, Anna Susanna (1786-1862), married to Leornard Horner; Horner, Frances Joanna...
Dates: 1791-1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of Miscellaneous Letters of Scottish Interest

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2239
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous letters (39) of Scottish interest, 1719-1905. Includes a letter from James Erskine, a naval officer on board the Queen Charlotte at sea, to Miss Annie Erskine of Cardross, giving an account of naval activities in the Mediterranean against the French, 17 July 1799.

Dates: 1719-1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of papers of, and relating to Sir Walter Scott

 Fonds — Box Dk.3.8
Identifier: Coll-2167
Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection containing letters and papers relating to Sir Walter Scott, acquired by the University as individual items and thus too small to constitute a collection on their own. See the description of each item for more details.

Dates: 1800-1839
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Collection of typescript and manuscript letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joanne Soroka discussing tapestries

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1261
Identifier: Coll-1665
Scope and Contents The tapestries referred to were shown at exhibitions, including the ICA in London. The correspondence illustrates the creative process behind some of the very few tapestries Ian Hamilton Finlay had made. The collection is composed of:- 18 x ts letters and 9 x ms letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Joanne Soroka discussing tapestries commissioned from Ivory Tapestries by Finlay, and written between 20 September 1989 and 7 September 1997 (one is undated).- 26 x carbon...
Dates: 1988-1997
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Commonplace Book of Brian Fairfax

 Fonds — Volume Dk.5.25
Identifier: Coll-2201
Scope and Contents

Fairfax (B.) Commonplace book of Brian Fairfax, containing his "Iter Boreale" etc.


  1. "Iter Boreale", an account of his mission to George Monck in 1659. Ff.9-29.
  2. A letter of Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax to his son, Thomas, about portraits by a servant of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. F.2.
  3. Extracts from anti-papistical literature. 82 ff.
Dates: c 1646
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections