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 340 Collections and/or Records:
Confession of Faith and Covenant of the Church of Scotland
Fonds — Box Coll-1075
Identifier: Coll-1075
Scope and Contents
"The Confession of Faith and Covenant of the Kirk of Scotland as it was upon the supplication of the General Assembly to His Majesties Honourable Privie Counsell subscribed againe in the yeare 1639."
Written by John Laurie, Writer in Edinburgh. Accompanied by another copy, 1638.
Dates:
1638-1639
Contemporary Copies of Letters relating to Mary Queen of Scots
Fonds — Volume Dk.7.32
Identifier: Coll-2221
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copies of letters relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, also Estat de Royaume d'Angleterre. 1578.
Dates:
c 1578
Copies of letters relating to Archbishop James Sharp
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2257
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of correspondence relating to Archbishop James Sharp, 2 volumes dated 1653-1676, author unknown. A note inserted in the first manuscript contains information on contents of volume, and where original copies are kept. Includes correspondence copied from Harleian Collection in the British Library, and the Wodrow Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland.
Letters of James Sharp...
Dates:
1653-1676
Correspondence and Papers of James Brown Johnston
Fonds — Box Dk.2.16
Identifier: Coll-2149
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers of the Rev. James Brown Johnston. Included are a list of the place names of Roxburghshire, and a notebook containing press cuttings of a series of notes on The Celtic etymology of the Campsie Fells by Neil Thomson.
Dates:
1938-1939
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 E. R. Agassiz
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-96
Scope and Contents
The correspondence of Alexander E. R. Agassiz is mainly about coral reefs. There are letters to Sir Charles Wyville Thomson and to Sir John Murray (1841-1914). There is also material on Agassiz's life and scientific work.
Dates:
c 1867-1910
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 Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-509
Scope and Contents
The material in the collection includes: a pedigree showing the descent of Charles Stuart from David I, King of Scotland, and William the Conqueror; letter on public health matters; letter to Comte Langles relating to the behaviour of his staff; letter to the French Ministry of the Interior asking for intervention in the case of Lady C. Parnell, and letters to the Interior Ministry on other matters; letter relating to letter of credence; letter relating to a survey of Ireland; letter...
Dates:
19th century
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