University of Edinburgh Library -- Legacy shelfmark sequence: Da-Dp
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:
Papers of Professor John Lee
Papers of John Lee, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Divinity, including: lectures and notes on divinity, biblical criticism, rhetoric and sermon writing, ecclesiastical history, and metaphysics and moral philosophy (pencil note: "[illegible] he seems to have taken Prof Wilson's course); "fragments of lectures, sermons, and prayers"; and "pamphlets, letters and miscellaneous papers relating to the Marriage Affinity Bill 1850".
Papers of Professor Max Born
3 items:
- Original manuscript in German of The restless universe, c 1930. [Dk.7.50]
- DVD (content not yet identified). [E.2006.32]
- Chinar wooden box presented to Born by students and admirers on 14 March 1936. [E.2007.09]
Papers of Professor R. L. G. Ritchie
Papers of Professor William Joseph M.A. Maloney
The papers of Professor Maloney include a card index file, notebooks, manuscript and typescript notes, drafts for publication.
Papers of Robert Kirk
These might be referred to loosely as commonplace books. Extracts of texts by others predominate alongside original notes by Kirk.
Papers of Sir John Macdonald Kinneir
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.
Papers of Sir John Smith Flett
Manuscript copy and typed copy of Flett's account of his student days at Edinburgh University, 1886-1894.
Papers of Sir William Jardine
The papers consist of correspondence about natural history, and journals, from around 1828 to 1861. More particularly there is: a journal of a visit to Ireland in the form of letters from Jardine to his wife, Dk.6.20/315; draft letters and replies on a variety of subjects; note; and, volume of offprints on natural history.
Papers of Thomas Hartley Cromek
The collection consists of the correspondence of artists and others with Hartley and his daughter Mary, 1835-1871. The letters are bound and pasted, and there is a complete list of correspondents on the first fly-leaf.