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:
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 the Oswald family of Auchincruive
Fonds — Box Dk.1.30
Identifier: Coll-521
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of correspondence to Richard Oswald (1705-1784) and the correspondence of Richard Alexander Oswald, M.P. (1771-1841), his cousin James Oswald, M.P., and the latter's nephew Alexander Oswald, M.P., all of whom had succeeded in turn to the Auchincruive estates. More specifically there is: a batch of letters to Richard Oswald of Auchincruive from various correspondents in Scotland relating to the management of his Scottish estates and to business transactions,...
Dates:
1764-1846
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
Crayon Sketches of Scottish Landscapes
Fonds — Box Dk.8.2-4
Identifier: Coll-2244
Scope and Contents
Five crayon sketches of Scottish landscapes, viz. Campeltown harbour (2), Erins, Lochnagar, Tam-o-shanter's Brigg. 1857-59.
Dates:
1857-1859
Cunningham Family Correspondence
Fonds — Box Dk.7.46
Identifier: Coll-2226
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Papers (154 items) of the Cunningham family of Glenwood Flour Mills, Belfast, 1785-1875, including letters (34) of Thomas Cunningham M.D. (Edinburgh) which contain some account of his medical career in Edinburgh and of his association with professor J. Y. Simpson, 1840-1858.
Dates:
1785-1875
De Doctrina Cordis, religious treatise addressed to nuns, late 14th century
Item
Identifier: MS 85
Contents
This manuscript contains the text De Doctrina Cordis, also known as De Dispositione Cordis, De Praeparatione Cordis, and Cordis Instructio. It is a religious treatise addressed to nuns. The book is divided in seven parts, each corresponding to one of the actions required to attune the heart for unity with God. It was originally written in the 13th century, but...
Dates:
late 14th century