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Literature

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

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Papers in geography, science, and letters, 1743-1783

 Item
Identifier: Coll-205/2/3 (Dc.1.59)
Scope and Contents Extracts: some classes of herbs; Fundamenta Agroslographia (1781); Shell marle (1783); Plants growing on Inch Colm; Observable stars, with map of certain constellations (on reverse of disused accounts work); alchemy (for one Mr Mackenzie); balloon trips in France; Fortification (with drawing), from Gentleman's Magazine, 1743; Forsler's round-the-world trip, transcribed ca. 1780; Phlogisticated air, by Mr Scheele, transcribed 1782; What became of various academics by 1784; The downfall of...
Dates: 1743-1783
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Dr. John Walker / Papers on History, Geography, Science, Natural History, Parish Management and other matters

Papers of Andrew Lang

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-732
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of letters to various individuals including: those to H. Massie; those to Frances Bickley; letter to Mrs. Allhusen; letter to W. E. Henley; letter to Brookfields; letter to Frank Harris; letter to Miss Wynne; and, a batch of circa 20 letters including correspondence with Courtney Hill, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Smalley, 'My dear Page', Mr. Ashcroft, Miss Neaves, Mr. Deane, Mr. Rideing, and unnamed correspondents. Also includes manuscript letters written by his wife Leonora...
Dates: 1887-1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Arthur Melville Clark

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-65
Scope and Contents The Papers of Arthur Melville Clark contain lecture notes; lectures and articles on Sir Walter Scott; material on Shakespeare; Edinburgh University examinations material; some work on rhyme; material on heraldry and genealogy, and on the Order of St. Lazarus; correspondence, personal material and some photographs; speeches; reviews; and, books and a notebook containing poems with some inserted letters....
Dates: circa 1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor Andrew Brown

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-9
Scope and Contents

The papers of Andrew Brown consist of notes and papers on the history of North America during the War of Independence and including material on Indians, Nova Scotia and colonial history, and general miscellaneous material.

Dates: circa 1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Published material collected by Thomson which reflects his personal interests, 1879-1954

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/5
Scope and Contents

These publications were collected by Thomson and Lady Thomson, and reflect his many personal interests out with the fields of psychology and mathematics.

They include social and geographical histories, music, German literature, and publications given to Thomson by friends with messages and annotations on the inside.

Dates: 1879-1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers

Records of Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-25
Scope and Contents The records of Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd. consist of: general day books, ledgers, account books, details of sundry creditors, letter books, and commission books for the years 1861-1915; general correspondence and letters to and from a variety of individuals 1895-1960; material from trade representatives, editorial notices, sales department material; and other miscellaneous material. Within the Nelson Papers there is a very large body of correspondence between John Buchan and...
Dates: 1861-1961
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Scotsgay Issue 61, Dec 2004

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/8/81
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Other: Dec 2004
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

'Songs and Lyrics by H Heine' by James Geikie, 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/10
Scope and Contents

James Geikie translated and published poetry and song written by Heinrich Heine and other German poets. He signed this copy with a dedication to his daughter May (Mary Dorothea Geikie) in 1904.

Dates: 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Miscellaneous

Typescript entitled "A Lost Night" by Nancy Cunard, c 1920-1921

 Item — Box CLX-A-371
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0148
Scope and Contents This is an eight-page typescript of a previously unknown story from the early 1920s, written by Nancy Cunard. This short, well-written piece is the only fiction Cunard is known to have written, and is set in Paris in the beginning of the 1920s. It relates the unravelling of a relationship between the narrator and Leo, a ‘casual loitering adventurer’, told from a self-aware female perspective. It reveals much of the author's' thinking on relationships, sexuality and emotional involvements;...
Dates: c 1920-1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

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