Degrees, Academic
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Graduates in Science, 1888-1965
Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/STA/9
Scope and Contents
Graduation schedules including examinations taken, as follows:
- Graduates in Pure Science, to 1899
- Graduates in Engineering, Public Health & Agriculture, to 1899
- Graduates in Science, 1900-1965
Dates:
1888-1965
Honorary DD degree, 1933
Item
Identifier: BAI 7/4
Scope and Contents
Honorary DD degree certificate from the University of St Andrews.
Dates:
1933
Laureation and degrees albums, 1587-1896
Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ADS/STA/1
Scope and Contents
4 albums containing students' signatures, signifying their graduation.
Dates:
1587-1896
Letter from William Stark to Joseph Black, 20 March 1766
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/22-25
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Stark, London, to Joseph Black , wishing to obtain a MD in absentia from his former university (Glasgow) and referring to cases at St George's Hospital, London.
Dates:
20 March 1766
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Fanny Davies, 28 February 1925
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2115
Scope and Contents
Letter, 28 February 1925, London, Fanny Davies to Mary Grierson. Asking Grierson on behalf of a pupil about taking a music degree under Tovey at the University of Edinburgh. Holograph signed.
Dates:
28 February 1925
Letter to Edward Joseph Dent from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 November 1931
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L66
Scope and Contents
Letter, 14 November 1931, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Edward Joseph Dent. Description of Tovey's ideas of university musical education, comparison of Edinburgh degrees with that of Oxford and Cambridge. Typescript copy.
Dates:
14 November 1931
Letter to [Edward Speyer] from Franz Moser, 03 July 1927
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2325
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Letter, 3 July 1927, Franz Moser to [Edward Speyer]. Outlining plans to do a doctorate in music at Edinburgh University and plans to compose chamber music. Holograph signed, L2317 - L2325 sewn together in a book.
Dates:
03 July 1927
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from B.L Seawell, 07 October 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/24
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Seawell, a former pupil of Ewart's, writes as a teacher of biology at a State Normal School in Warrensburg, Missouri, where he has recently been conducting general botany and zoology research. In particular he has been investigating the ecological relations of the life-forms of a series of small freshwater lakes in the area. He would like to know how he might go about studying for the degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Edinburgh.
Dates:
07 October 1901
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James Richard Ainsworth-Davis, 06 January 1904
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/2
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Ainsworth-Davis states that he is interested in the proposed developments in Veterinary Science at the University of Edinburgh and that he has written a letter about certain points raised in the Draft Ordinance relating to Veterinary Degrees. He invites Ewart to show the letter to his colleagues and goes on to outline his experience in the field and his opinions on the state of veterinary studies.
Dates:
06 January 1904
Letter to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 03 November 1912
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L230
Scope and Contents
Letter, 3 November 1912, Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Emphasising that music should be a faculty, not part of an arts faculty. Holograph signed.
Dates:
03 November 1912