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 247 Collections and/or Records:
Notes on Medicine by Sir Stanley Davidson
Fonds — Box Dk.1.28
Identifier: Coll-2134
Scope and Contents
Duplicated typescript of notes on medicine by Sir Stanley Davidson.
Dates:
1938-1959
Notes on Sir Thomas Rirchard Fraser's lectures on materia medica
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2278
Scope and Contents
Synopsis of Prof. Sir Thomas Richard Fraser's lectures on materia medica. c. 1891. 2 vols.
Dates:
c 1891
Notes on the History of Burntisland by James Speed
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.39
Identifier: Coll-2158
Scope and Contents
Speed, James. Notes on the history of Burntisland. c. 1830. Also a letter from Robert A Graham to James Speed, 20 November 1833.
Dates:
c 1830
Ordinale Ottenburgense, 1527
Item
Identifier: MS 32
Contents
The manuscript is an Ordinal from 1527, when it was written in and for the Benedictine monastery of Ottenburg in Swabia (Germany). Ordinals get their names from the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations and provide a general guide to the liturgy for a particular church.The Kalendar starts on f.2r. This is Benedictine, of Augsburg Diocese, and written for the monastery itself.Prominent saints commemorated in the...
Dates:
1527
Original Manuscripts of Rudyard Kipling's "A Diversity of Creatures" and "The Eyes of Asia"
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.8
Identifier: Coll-2143
Scope and Contents
Original Manuscripts of Rudyard Kipling's "A Diversity of Creatures" (foirst edition), together with a portion of "The Eyes of Asia". c 1916-1917.
Dates:
c 1916-1917
Papers of Henry Barker, including lectures on Kant and Hegel
Fonds — Box Dk.6.9
Identifier: Coll-2208
Scope and Contents
Henry Barker's lectures on Kant and Hegel. 1898-1906. Also, miscellaneous philosophical papers, c. 1905-1910.
Dates:
1898-1910
Papers of Henry Drummond
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.33
Identifier: Coll-2170
Scope and Contents
Henry Drummond. Notebook dated 'Possil Park. April 1. 1880', containing notes made in preparation for his book: Natural law and the spiritual world. Same hand, different inks, pencils. Also includes: letter to the Registrar, 5 October 1873; class certificate for Senior Humanity 1869-70; class cards for Senior Humanity 1866-67 and Geology and Mineralogy 1871-72; newspaper cuttings; miscellaneous printed material.
Dates:
1866-1880
Papers of John Hill, Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.3
Identifier: Coll-2138
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts and papers of John Hill, Professor of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh, including poetry and essays. Bound in one volume.
'The Virtuous Rapture. A Poem' by Matthew Mitchell. Edin., 22 Oct., 1735. Addressed to 'The Reverend Mr. John Gowdie, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh.'
'An Analysis of the Principals of Taste', by John Hill.
...
Dates:
late 18th century - early 19th century
Papers of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2253
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir, including a letterbook with two maps enclosed, and a portfolio containing newspaper clippings, large sheets of papers of Arabic calligraphy, and correspondence, all dating from c. 1827-1830.
Dates:
1827-1830
Papers of William Kirk Dickson
Fonds — Box Dk.1.3
Identifier: Coll-799
Scope and Contents
The papers include: valedictory address by Robert Louis Stevenson to the Speculative Society, 1873; drawing of David Masson, drawn by William Hole; illustrations of the Men's Union building, and the Old Quad; notes on lectures of Henry Calderwood taken by Dickson; notes on Professor Masson's lectures, 1880; two letters to Dickson from John Ruskin, Honorary President of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh, 1883; two letters and copy letters to Dickson from Robert Browning,...
Dates:
1877-1934