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 90 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
Letters from John Gwynn to John Pinkerton
Fonds — Box Dk.3.37
Identifier: Coll-2174
Scope and Contents
Two letters from John Gwynne to Rev. John Pinkerton, and notes on Syriac, 1915.
Dates:
1915
Letters from Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie to Richard Wharton
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2259
Scope and Contents
Letters (2) from Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie to Richard Wharton, about oak plantations in the New Forest, etc., for naval timber. Office of Woods, etc. Dated 15, 26 October 1813. 2 volumes.
Dates:
15, 26 October 1813
Letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North"), Andrew Wilson, and Alexander Blair
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.48
Identifier: Coll-2179
Scope and Contents
Three letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North") to Robert Findlay, also a letter of Andrew Wilson, his brother, and six letters of Alexander Blair to Findlay, about J. Wilson's life at Oxford, etc. 1804-1807.
Dates:
1804-1807
List of Subscribers to a testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry
Fonds — Volume Dk.2.22
Identifier: Coll-2155
Scope and Contents
List of subscribers to testimonial presented to Richard James Arthur Berry, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., on his departure from Edinburgh to take up his duties as Professor of Anatomy at Melbourne University. December 1905.Also contains a letter noting Berry's career from Sir Edward Appleton, with a photograph of the Anatomy Department of the School of Medicine of the Royal College, Edinburgh as it was after DR R. J. A. Berry had taken it over from Dr. James Musgrove, in an envelope at the...
Dates:
1905
Log-book of the East India Company's Ship Streatham
Fonds — Volume Dk.6.10
Identifier: Coll-2209
Scope and Contents
Log-book of East Indian Company's Ship Streatham. 10 January 1811 to 19 July 1812, covering a voyage from England to Bengal and back.
Dates:
1811-1812
Manuscript of "Historical Syntax of Classical Greek" by Prof. A. Berriedale Keith
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2250
Scope and Contents
Manuscript in 13 volumes entitled "Historical Syntax of Classical Greek" by Prof. Arthur Berriedale Keith, c 1914-1944.
Dk.1.5: "Historical Syntax of Classical Greek by Prof. A. Berriedale Keith. Contents."
Dk.1.6: "Historical Syntax of Classical Greek by Prof. A. Berriedale Keith. Sections 1-179."
Dk.1.7: "Historical Syntax of Classical Greek by Prof. A. Berriedale Keith. Sections 180-258."
Dk.1.8: "Historical...
Dates:
c 1914-1944
Manuscript volume entitled "Operations of Surgery", Alexander Monro Secundus
Fonds — Volume Dk.5.7
Identifier: Coll-2190
Scope and Contents
Monro, Alexander Secundus. Operations of surgery. February 15, 1753.
Dates:
1753