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Animals

 Subject

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

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 12 September 1890 to 1895

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1
Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael but also used by John Ewen MacRury. The front cover bears a sticker which reads 'Gaelic Notes 1894-5. (Collection of traditions, tales, etc. by Alexander Carmichael (?). Many pages cancelled, indicating publication.) [Carmichael Watson Collection]'. The flyleaf reads 'Gaelic Notes, 1894-5' and the rear flyleaf contains a jotting which reads 'Wishing Guidhe'. The beginning of the notebook contains field notes made by Carmichael in Uibhist a...
Dates: 12 September 1890 to 1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Papers and letters of Sir John Dalrymple, on the subject of fish soap

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1917
Scope and Contents

Papers and letters of Sir John Dalrymple, on the subject of "fish soap from herrings", 1798-1799.

Dates: 1798-1799
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Poem beginning 'Am fac thu each seachad an seo?', 9 April 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/1
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Am fac thu each seachad an seo?' for the safeguarding of animals, collected from W. M. Thorburn [William MacLeod Thorburn] of Skye, Wellgate, Dundee. Carmichael notes it as being 'Obtained my me from [William] Craigie, Oxford of the Oxford Dictionary'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 9 April 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Poem beginning 'Coin air loina', 1895

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/63
Scope and Contents

Poem writte down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula beginning 'Coin air loina, Eich air thaoda'. Text has been scored through in pencil.

Dates: 1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Proverb beginning 'Mar dho[bh]ran am beul uisge', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/132
Scope and Contents

Proverb beginning 'Mar dho[bh]ran am beul uisge, Mar Sheobhag gu iar sleibhe'. The text has been scored through in pencil and in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Records of OneKind animal welfare charity

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1618
Content Description The charity’s comprehensive archive dates from its origins up to the present day and comprises correspondence, membership and subscription books, press cuttings, photographs and material focusing on specific campaigns, such as the high-profile Uist Hedgehog Rescue (UHR) coalition. As well as capturing a broad sweep of the organisation’s history and activities, the archive also sheds light on key figures in animal welfare, such as the charity’s former director Clive Hollands (1929-1996), a...
Dates: 1911-2015
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

References for books on natural history, 1886

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/62
Scope and Contents

References for books on natural history which reads 'See Dean Munro on F[ield] vole. Culpepper on horse shoe plant. Reeves on iodh.'

Dates: 1886
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Report on hair and skin remains from Ashgrove Farm, Methil, Fife and other Bronze Age sites, 1966

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/229
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1965 - 1966. Volume 4 of 19.

Dates: 1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)
Coll-1434/628 [Please click on image twice to see the full collection]
Coll-1434/628 [Please click on image twice...

Roslin Slide Collection

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1434
Scope and Contents This collection of 3,465 glass positive slides were acquired from the Roslin Institute in November 2009 as part of a larger accession of material. The slides, which range in date from the 1870s to the 1930s, cover a wide range of subjects; photographs of indigenous peoples from around the world, international travel scenes, personal portraits (frequently of figures connected with the natural/veterinary/agricultural sciences), images and portraits of domestic animals (chiefly sheep, poultry,...
Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Saying beginning 'Aona godhar deug ghiorlagach ghearlagach ghoirleagach', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/54
Scope and Contents

Saying written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula beginning 'Aona godhar deug ghiorlagach ghearlagach ghoirleagach'. The saying appears to be a tongue-twister involving animals and people. The text has been scored through in pencil and it looks as if Alexander Carmichael has altered the 'chalmana' to 'chalamana'.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael