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 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:
Correspondence of Rev. John Snaith
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.
Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire
Correspondence of William Veitch, LL.D.
Correspondence relating to British banks and their customers
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.
Court Book of Baronies in Balgonie and Markinch
Court book of baronies in Balgonie and Markinch, Fife, Scotland, 1683-1746. 8^o. Several inks, hands.
Crayon Sketches of Scottish Landscapes
Five crayon sketches of Scottish landscapes, viz. Campeltown harbour (2), Erins, Lochnagar, Tam-o-shanter's Brigg. 1857-59.
Cunningham Family Correspondence
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.
Diary of a "London Gentlemen of Independent Means"
Diary of a London gentlemen [Cas?] of independent means for 1893. Intermittent groups of entries recording shooting in Scotland, visits to race meetings, theatres, etc.
Diary of Henrietta Barnett
Barnett (Henrietta). Diary, 5 April 1834 to 2 April 1838. Mainly a record of social engagements, domestic events, and the weather.
Dictates of "Physica Generalis" in Edinburgh University by Herbert Kennedy, written down by C. Dalyell
Dictates of "Physica Generalis" in Edinburgh University by Herbert Kennedy, dated 1689, written down by C. Dalyell, M.A..