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Lectures and Lecturing

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

Found in 378 Collections and/or Records:

Lectures and Courses, c 1970-2015

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1871/2
Scope and Contents This series contains files relating to the lectures and courses Tom McGlew gave on the following subjects: Sociology of Religion; Demography and Fertility Lectures; Sociology I and II; Research Methods; Medical Sociology; All sociology lectures 2014-2015 - Tom McGlew's last set of lectures; MBA...
Dates: c 1970-2015
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Tom McGlew

Lectures and talks, 1986-2008

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1528/7
Content Description From the Fonds: This archive comprises the personal and working papers of Noreen Murray, including: awards and honours; biographical materials such as photographs and family documents; material relating to Noreen's education and early career, including school certificates; personal and professional correspondence; papers relating to Noreen's work at the University of Edinburgh, including departmental papers, teaching materials and staff and student files; notes and data relating to research; notes and...
Dates: 1986-2008
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Lady Noreen Murray

Lectures given by Alan Greenwood, c.1942-1968

 Series
Identifier: Coll-1057/5
Scope and Contents

Contains typescript papers, many with handwritten annotations regarding where the lecture was given. There is also a bound volume of lectures for the period 1946-1949, which contains final copies of many of the same lectures as are also found in loose form here.

Dates: c.1942-1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Alan W. Greenwood

Lectures in Mineralogy, c1895

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/1/1
Scope and Contents

Lectures given by James Geikie on mineralogy, covering areas including the form of minerals (crystals), their characteristics depending on light (colour, pleochromism, play of colours, iridescence, lustre, transparency, refraction, phosphorescence), characters depending on state of aggregation (hardness, tenacity, fracture), other characteristics (taste, odour, feel, electricity, magnetism, specific gravity) and their origins (solution, fusion, sublimation).

Dates: c1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Lectures and Syllabus

Lectures on American geological history, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/4
Scope and Contents

Notes and text for seven lectures looking at the geological history of the American continent, looking at specific locations therein, based partly on results from American survey work. These locations were related to to other places around the world, particularly in Britain and Europe. A variety of geological formations were looked at, including that of the continent itself, considering the materials which make them up and the geological timeframe.

Dates: c1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Boston lectures

Lectures on Geology, 1832-1833

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)
Scope and Contents

Lectures on geology consists of:


  1. manuscript lecture notes for lectures given at King's College London and the Royal Institution and a printed programme for a series of lectures given at King's College London in 1833 (1832-1833).
Dates: 1832-1833
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Lectures, speeches, addresses, 1926-1973

 Series
Identifier: Coll-32/D
Scope and Contents Norman Dott wrote prolifically on his subject, and was also much in demand as a speaker or lecturer and this series contains files relating to these works. Almost all of his lectures were specially written and, when he used previous material, he carefully re-worked it and made extensive adaptations to accommodate new research or a particular audience. The papers are presented chronologically as far as possible, though in cases where Dott preferred to work on a particular topic, e.g....
Dates: 1926-1973
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Norman McOmish Dott

Letter to Albert Schweitzer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 11 May 1934

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L134
Scope and Contents

Letter, 11 May 1934, Suffolk, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Albert Schweitzer. Discussing plans for Schweitzer's Edinburgh Gifford lectures and concerts. Holograph signed, photocopy.

Dates: 11 May 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Annie Freidberg from Richard G. Appel, 02 November 1925

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2007
Scope and Contents

Letter, 2 November 1925, Boston, Richard G. Appel to Annie Freidberg. Asking if Tovey would be available to give a lecture at Boston public library. Typescript copy.

Dates: 02 November 1925
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Annie Friedberg from Arthur Quimby, 12 August 1926

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2661
Scope and Contents

Letter, 12 August 1926, Arthur Quimby to Annie Friedberg. Enclosing a signed contract from Tovey and informing Friedberg that Tovey will speak on ' The development of modern music'. Typescript copy, torn.

Dates: 12 August 1926
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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