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University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp

 Subject

Staff Only
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:

Lectures by David Gregory

 Fonds — Volume Dc.6.12
Identifier: Coll-1608
Scope and Contents Volume consists of teaching material originally produced by David Gregory, here transcribed with numerous drawings by Francis Pringle in Oxford in 1694-1695 and George Wood in St Andrews 1705. The volume's index is in Gregory's hand. The lectures, all by Gregory, are the Institutiones Astronomiae, the Oxford address on professional education he called De Ratione Studii Mathematici Consilium, the Lectiones Opticae, Trigonometria Planorum Angulorum, Geometria Practica, Geometriae de Motu, and...
Dates: c1694-c1705
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures Notes of Sir Robert Christison

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2267
Scope and Contents This collection consists of Sir Robert Christison's notes on his own lectures, that he gave at the University of Edinburgh as Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, and then Chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. The notes are not dated but appear to cover the 1830s to 1870s, spanning most of his career. Some notebooks appear to be in his own hand, while later volumes may have been written by a clerk or secretary.Box 1 (Dk.4.56/1): Materia Medica and Therapeutics...
Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures notes taken down by Nicholas Willett Chavasse

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1282
Scope and Contents

The bound manuscript volume of "Dr. Saunders's Clinical Lectures" is dated 25 January 1784, and is noted with the names: Nicholas Willett Chavasse; C.H. Chavasse, June 1805; and Thomas Chavasse, 20 August 1817.


Section headings contained in it include: Observations on a cutaneous infection; Observations on a case of chronic Rheumatism; Case of Thoracic inflammation; Observations on a case of Rheumatism; case of Rheumatic Gout; and, Observations on a case of Chronic Catarrh.

Dates: 1784
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures of Sir Ludovic James Grant

 Fonds — Box Dk.6.8
Identifier: Coll-2207
Scope and Contents

Grant (Sir Ludovic James). Lectures on international law. Typescript with manuscript additions. Also letter of Margaret H. Kidd, 19 February 1942.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures of Thomas Bever

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-302
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of volumes of notes on lectures on jurisprudence and civil law, given by Thomas Bever, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1772-1774.

Dates: 1772-1774
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures on Anatomy given by Alexander Monro, Secundus

 Fonds — Volume Dk.4.24
Identifier: Coll-2182
Scope and Contents

Monro (A.). Lectures on anatomy. No date. Begins with section on "Animal Oeconomy" and ends with section "On Generation". Bears bookplate of John S. Pakington.

Dates: [18th century]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Lectures on Chemistry by Sir Lyon Playfair

 Fonds — Volume Dk.5.3
Identifier: Coll-2186
Scope and Contents

Notes of Lyon Playfair's lectures on chemistry.

Dates: c 1860s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Ledger book of John Doers, merchant in Montrose

 Fonds — Volume Dk.2.5
Identifier: Coll-2140
Scope and Contents

Ledger book of John Doers, merchant in Montrose, 1717-1746.

Dates: 1717-1746
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letterbook of Dr James Arthur

 Fonds — Volume Dk.5.20
Identifier: Coll-2196
Scope and Contents

Letterbook of Dr James Arthur, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, containing copies and drafts of letters about his nephew William John MacKnight Craufurd of Cartsburn, Sir James McGrigor, private legal business, etc. Also satirical verses on Cardinal Wiseman. 1850.

Dates: 1850
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters and material relating to Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), the Poet

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1176
Scope and Contents

Items relating to the poet, Thomas Campbell, include:


  1. - letter, 22 February 1834, to Francis Jeffrey, the Lord Advocate, writing that he is thinking about competing for the position of chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at Edinburgh University, at shelfmark E2009.18
  2. - letter, undated fragment, at shelfmark Dc.3.99/13, f.7
Dates: 1834
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections