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Animals

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

Found in 48 Collections and/or Records:

Animal homosexuality (The Scotsman), 1 Apr 2000

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/233
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: 1 Apr 2000
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

Animal Licences, 1988-1990

 Sub-Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/M1/10/5
Scope and Contents

correspondence and related documents (1988-1990), relating to ensuring that any department housing animals complied with the necessary legislative requirements

Dates: 1988-1990
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Molecular Biology / University of Edinburgh

Anti-lymphocyte antibodies generated in animals immunised with Theileria annulata-infected cells, 1992

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/1228
Scope and Contents

Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1992. Part 2.

Dates: 1992
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

Charm entitled 'Bun Dearg' with vocabulary and accompanying note about medicinal plants, c1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/48
Scope and Contents Charm entitled 'Bun Dearg' [Charm of the Red Water] beginning 'An t-eolas a rinn Calum-cille, Us leth chas sa churrachan'. The accompanying note gives vocabulary for plants which have medicinal properties, citing their uses for example 'The splitting of the human hair at the point is called gadmunn. The plant called the gadmunn prevents this hence the name.' Mention is also made of the availability of the plants in Iochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist. The plants are used for ailments in both...
Dates: c1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Charm for healing, 10 April 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/90
Scope and Contents Charm for healing probably collected from Fionaghal MacLeod [Flora MacLeod], cottar, at Carnan, Iocar [Càrnan, Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The charmer has to take water from a well at sunrise in a particular manner and three stones from the edge or bottom of the well. One stone is thrown over their shoulder with a phrase beginning 'Rosad [ag]us farmad na bhas deoi a bheo'aich (no'n) duine' and the other two are put in the water with silver or a brooch '6d is broken money & will...
Dates: 10 April 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Descriptions of land and aquatic animal species, including insects, 1770

 Item
Identifier: Coll-205/3/4 (Dc.2.32)
Scope and Contents

Descriptions of new and extant species of land and aquatic animals, including insects (approximately 204 handwritten pages).

Dates: 1770
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Dr. John Walker / Notes and Memoranda on Natural History (7 vols Dc.2.29-35)

Descriptions of plant and animal species, 1772

 Item
Identifier: Coll-205/3/5 (Dc.2.33)
Scope and Contents

Descriptions of plant and animal species observed mostly around Edinburgh (approximately 198 handwritten pages).

Dates: 1772
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Dr. John Walker / Notes and Memoranda on Natural History (7 vols Dc.2.29-35)

Descriptions of plant and animal species, 1770

 Item
Identifier: Coll-205/3/3 (Dc.2.31)
Scope and Contents

Descriptions of plants, including trees and lichen, animals, and fish.

Dates: 1770
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Dr. John Walker / Notes and Memoranda on Natural History (7 vols Dc.2.29-35)

Drawings and prints collected by Hugh Cleghorn

 Fonds — Box Coll-1619, Box: Coll-1619 / E2015.23
Identifier: Coll-1619
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of lithographs, engravings, and woodcuts, notes and news-clippings, drawings, sketches, tracings and water-colours, and photographs of drawings. These feature trees, flowers and leaves, figures, animals and places in the Himalayas and across India... Indian life, forests and gardens.

Dates: 17th-19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Efficiency of animal testing schemes, September 1960

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/110
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1958 - 1961. Volume 2 of 19.

Dates: September 1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

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