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 but these were subsequently relocated, most to the MS sequence
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 137 Collections and/or Records:
Bound manuscript entitled: "The fugitive essays & literary correspondence of the Earl of Buchan collected from various periodical works. Volume second."
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.12
Identifier: Coll-2147
Scope and Contents
This is a manuscript volume entitled "The fugitive essays & literary correspondence of the Earl of Buchan collected from various periodical works. Volume second." (note pasted on third page). A pencil note indicates that the "Earl of Buchan" is David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan.
Dates:
1603-1802
Campbell of Barcaldine Correspondence Papers
Fonds — Box Dk.8.2-4
Identifier: Coll-2245
Scope and Contents
Campbell (family of) of Barcaldine. Correspondence (52 letters). 1789-1843. Some letters with description attached. With an item price list of E.Halls, arranged alphabetically, some letters cross written.Includes:
21 Letters from Lady Baillie Mary L to her sister Mrs (Lady) Campbell of Barcaldine, Bonaw. 1818-1835. About domestic life, a 'Public Rebuke' in church, smallpox etc.
6 letters about Mrs Dundas J. Hamilton. 1824-1835. About social news, personal life and...
Dates:
1789-1843
Collection of Miscellaneous Letters of Scottish Interest
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2239
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous letters (39) of Scottish interest, 1719-1905. Includes a letter from James Erskine, a naval officer on board the Queen Charlotte at sea, to Miss Annie Erskine of Cardross, giving an account of naval activities in the Mediterranean against the French, 17 July 1799.
Dates:
1719-1905
Commonplace Book of Brian Fairfax
Fonds — Volume Dk.5.25
Identifier: Coll-2201
Scope and Contents
Fairfax (B.) Commonplace book of Brian Fairfax, containing his "Iter Boreale" etc.
- "Iter Boreale", an account of his mission to George Monck in 1659. Ff.9-29.
- A letter of Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax to his son, Thomas, about portraits by a servant of Sir Anthony Van Dyck. F.2.
- Extracts from anti-papistical literature. 82 ff.
Dates:
c 1646
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 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