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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

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 Wallace, Professor of Mathematics

 Fonds — Bundle Dk.3.40
Identifier: Coll-2177
Scope and Contents

Mathematical notebook containing a system of spherical trigonometry, geometrical problem, etc. by Professor William Wallace. 1790s-1800s. Accompanied by a red, thin volume, containing Wallace's own notes, and letters. Paper watermark 1819. In the volume are loosely inserted, a paper on the separation of the symbols of quantity and operation, and a letter of Prof. Wallace to engineer Thomas Drummond, 30 May 1830.

Dates: 1790s-1830

Papers relating to Archbishop James Sharp

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2257
Scope and Contents

Transcripts of manuscripts 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.

Dates: 1653-1676

Papers relating to Edmund Waller

 Fonds — Box Dk.2.19
Identifier: Coll-2152
Scope and Contents

Drury (G. Thorn). Parcel of material, manuscript and printed, used by G. Thorn Drury in the preparation of his edition of Edmund Waller's poems. Also notes and memoranda for editions of his other publications.

Dates: 19th century

Papers relating to William Wordsworth

 Fonds — Box Dk.2.23
Identifier: Coll-2156
Scope and Contents

Collection of newspaper cuttings, postcards, etc. relating to poet William Woodsworth. In folder, mounted on loose sheets. The postcards consist mainly of illustrations of places associated with Wordsworth.

Dates: early 19th century

Probate of the Will of William Wallace, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds — Folder Dk.3.36
Identifier: Coll-2173
Scope and Contents

Creator: Wallace, William, 1768-1843 (Scottish mathematician, astronomer)

Probate of the will of William Wallace, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh, 31 May 1843.

Dates: 1843

Records of the Hunterian Medical Society

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2251
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Hunterian Medical Society dating from 1830s to late 19th century, including minutes, loose papers, printed and manuscript material, and notebooks.

Dates: 19th century

Statutes and Orders of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, revived by Her Majesty Queen Anne

 Fonds — Volume Dk.3.1
Identifier: Coll-2163
Scope and Contents

Order of the Thistle. Statues and Orders. 1775. (Green morocco gilt.) Several inks, same hand.

Dates: 1775

Thesis entitled “The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century” by Alastair MacDonald Taylor

 Fonds — Volume Dk.2.7
Identifier: Coll-2142
Scope and Contents

Thesis by Alastair MacDonald Taylor entitled "The decline of Scottish monasticism in the fifteenth century", 1939.

Dates: 1939