University of Edinburgh -- Principals
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Drafts and notes relating to the Agricultural Research Council enquiry and surrounding issues, c.1951
Contains Sang's handwritten notes on meetings, conversations and lines of thought regarding possible responses or actions to the preparation of the Agricultural Research Council enquiry and its aftermath. There are also annotated drafts of letters to individuals such as Edward Appleton, William K. Slater and W.G Alexander of the Agricultural Research Council, as well as Sang's 'Memorandum on the affairs of the Genetics Laboratory'.
Much material is undated.
Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1963-1966
Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as courses, students, research grants and appointments. Those present at meetings included Michael Meredith Swann, Sir Edmund Langley Hirst, Tom L Cottrell, Hermann Brück, Charlotte Auerbach and W Ewart J Farvis,
Friendship [Provost Elder and Principal Baird], 1793
Friendship [Provost Elder and Principal Baird]. Etching. 1793. Kay, John, 1742-1826, Artist, Etcher.
Published in: Edinburgh Portraits (1837), CCCX.
Note: Annotation in ink on page below plate explaining the relationship between Baird and Elder.
General: 1949, 1949
Correspondence and related items, including letters from his wife Florence Jewel Baillie, his brother Donald Macpherson Baillie, Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Henry Pitney Van Dusen, Hugh Martin and Thomas Forsyth Torrance. Includes material relating the University of Edinburgh, clothing ration books, a paper on eschatology and items relating to an insurance claim due to illness.
Journal of a tour round the world taken by Sir John Fraser (1885-1947)
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Laureation Degrees (First Laureation Album), 1587-1809
Letter from Joseph Black to Principal William Robertson, undated
Letter from Joseph Black to Principal William Robertson, undated. The letter relates to Black asking how to address Prince Dashkov in a letter The item includes Robertson's reply.
Letter from Sir David Brewster to the Editor, the 'Scotsman', 5 November 1867
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 22 June 1877
Turner expresses regret that Ewart was not elected to the Chair of Anatomy at University College London.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Turner, 03 October 1877
Turner offers Ewart the post of Senior Demonstrator of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh, in the event of Daniel John Cunningham being offered the post of Chair of Anatomy at Galway.