University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This shelfmark (or press mark) sequence originated within the Strong Room Library in 'Old College', likely beginning around 1909 (the first Strong Room having been constructed 1905-1909). Each two-letter prefix referred to a block of shelving, which roughly mapped to a category or grouping of items. The first number then referred to the shelf and the final number to the item itself. As collections expanded and were moved, this precise correlation broke down but most of the items retained their shelfmarks.
Da
University Archives. Originally upper floor, north wall of the Strong Room. This later evolved into a crude classification scheme before being abandoned in favour of regular archival arrangement. Items bearing these legacy shelfmarks can still be identified, particularly early Library records which occupied Da.1 and Da.2.
Db
Originally used for mediaeval manuscripts. In the early 20th century, pre-Reformation manuscripts from across the library were brought together to form the Western Medieval Manuscripts collection, under the shelfmark "MS".
Dc
Manuscripts. Mostly bound. Originally on upper floor, front of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is largely intact, with these shelfmarks now being retained as identifiers of physical location. The items themselves have all been given regular archival reference codes.
Dd
Printed, including Clement Litill. Originally on upper floor, front, south wall of Strong Room.
De
Printed, including the Drummond of Hawthornden collection (largely printed but with some manuscript enclosures from the latter). Originally on the upper floor, back, west wall of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is intact.
Df
Printed. Originally on the upper floor, back, east wall of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is intact.
Dh
Printed, including Lutheran tracts. Originally on the upper floor, back of the Strong Room. This part of the sequence is intact.
Dk
Manuscript. Originally in the centre case of the Strong Room, opposite Dh. This part of the sequence is largely intact, with these shelfmarks now being retained as identifiers of physical location. The items themselves have all been given regular archival reference codes.
Dm
Music. Originally in the centre cases of the Strong Room.
Dn
Bindings. Originally in the centre cases of the Strong Room.
Found in 265 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and Papers of Principal William Carstares
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2249
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Papers of Principal William Carstares.
Dates:
1637-1715
Correspondence of Alexander Lindsay of Balcarres
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2241
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eight letters of Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres, afterwards 23rd Earl of Grawford, 5 to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville and 3 to Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. 1788-1812. All letters are signed "Balcarres". Letters 4 and 5 are written from Jamaica, the others from Edinburgh, Balcarres, and Haigh Hall. Letter 1 is a draft or copy by the Earl of the last part of a letter only, about his brother "Mr Lindsay". With letter 5 is a duplicate also...
Dates:
1788-1812
Correspondence of Armand Leslie
Fonds — Box Dk.2.15
Identifier: Coll-2148
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers relating to Armand Leslie, M.R.C.S., surgeon and Chief Medical Officer who died in Sudan under the command of Charles George Baker. This collection includes many letters to him, some from his sister Jane Young Elvira Leslie and his brother John Leslie, as well as further correspondence after his death between Elvira, John Leslie, and others.Some material (newspaper cuttings, parts of a rough diary, and correspondence, including two letters from...
Dates:
1824-1900
Correspondence of James Sime, Lord Francis Jeffrey and William Sharp
Fonds — Box Dk.6.23
Identifier: Coll-2211
Scope and Contents
Letters (24) of Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey to Dr George Wilson, afterwards Professor of Technology at Edinburgh University about articles in The Edinburgh University Review on Watt and Cavendish, January 1848, and the electric telegraph, Oct. 1849. 1847-49, n.d.
A letter of James Patrick Muirhead to Wilson with an extract from a letter of...
Dates:
1847-1890
Correspondence of John Barker of Langshaw
Fonds — Box Dk.2.40-42
Identifier: Coll-2160
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the correspondence of John Barker of Langshaw, including five letters from his widow, 1881-1837. Includes a one-page typescript description of the letter by the original seller. Barker was a "gentleman farmer", and the correspondence is addressed to Mr Wyatt of Foolow near Bakewell, who was in the lead-mining business. Barker comments on his farming, crops, cattle and sheep, and discusses his investments and economic matters of the first part of the 19th century....
Dates:
1821-1837
Correspondence of Rev. John Snaith
Fonds — Box Dk.2.6
Identifier: Coll-2141
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of John Snaith, 1891-1915. Correspondents include James Hutchison Stirling, Amelia Hutchison Stirling, Rev. R. M. Spence, William Hal White ('Mark Rutherford'), and Sir William Robertson Nicoll. 153 letters.
Dates:
1891-1915
Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire
Fonds — Box Dk.7.53
Identifier: Coll-2231
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire. 242 letters. 1773-1859, two legal documents dated 1680 and 1685.
58 letters (1773-1790) to Lt.Col. John Campbell, Governor of Fort George (d. 1790).
72 letters (1793-1823) to Capt. Archibald Campbell. Son of the above (d. 1823).
4 letters (1816-1843) of, and 94 letters (1825-1859) to Lt. Col. John...
Dates:
1680-1685, 1773-1859
Correspondence of William Veitch, LL.D.
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2234
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of William Veitch LL.D., 1873-1885.
Letter to William Veitch, LL.D., from W. Dawson Brown. Montreal, 7 November 1873. 4pp. 12^o.
Printed circular letter requesting subscriptions for a portrait of W. Veitch, Edinburgh, 21 June 1880.
Ticket for the presentation dinner to William Veitch on the occasion of the presentation of his portrait, 7 January...
Dates:
1873-1885
Correspondence relating to British banks and their customers
Fonds — Box Dk.8.5-6
Identifier: Coll-2247
Scope and Contents
Collection of correspondence between banks, and between banks and their customers. Principally routine business letters relating to remittance and receipt of cheques, etc. Banks represented included the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Bank of Scotland, the Union Bank of London, Glyn Mills Co. 1801-1874. 517 letters. 4/o.
Dates:
1801-1874
Court Book of Baronies in Balgonie and Markinch
Fonds — Volume Dk.5.32
Identifier: Coll-2206
Scope and Contents
Court book of baronies in Balgonie and Markinch, Fife, Scotland, 1683-1746. 8^o. Several inks, hands.
Dates:
1893