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Book Reviews

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

Material concerning science in the Soviet Union, 1943-1997

 File
Identifier: Coll-1255/7/8
Scope and Contents Contains publications, photocopied articles from various authors, news clippings and Beale's own handwritten notes concerning science in the Soviet Union, particularly the figure of Trofim Lysenko. Also contains Beale's notes for a seminar on Lysenko delivered to the Glasgow University Biology Club in November 1948, and a typed proof copy of his review of The Rise and Fall of T.D. Lysenko by Zhores A. Medvedev, titled 'The Cult of T.D. Lysenko - thirty appalling...
Dates: 1943-1997
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Geoffrey Beale, founder of malaria genetics and Royal Society professor / Papers concerning Beale's research

Media's pink panther (The Scotsman), 19 Jan 2002

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 19 Jan 2002
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

Notices of Carmina Gadelica, 1900-1903

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW245
Scope and Contents Volume entitled 'Notices of Carmina Gadelica'. 'E.C. Carmichael' [Ella Carmichael] is written on the inside cover. The volume is a scrapbook containing typed copies of reviews of Alexander Carmichael's 'Carmina Gadelica' from journals such as 'The Oban Times', 'Highland News', 'Northern Chronicle' and the 'Irish Weekly Independent and Nation', as well as newspaper cuttings of reviews. The volume also includes correspondence mostly addressed to Alexander Carmichael regarding the 'Carmina...
Dates: 1900-1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Portfolio of Arthur Logan Turner mostly relating to the 350th Anniversary of the University of Edinburgh

 Fonds — Folder Dk.1.43
Identifier: Coll-2136
Scope and Contents

This is a portfolio compiled by Arthur Logan Turner. It contains photographs, pamphlets, invites, program of events, newspaper clippings, and captioned photographs relating to the 350th anniversary of Edinburgh University in 1933. It also includes reviews of his books, and a arge envelope containing miscellaneous correspondence of A. Logan Turner.

Dates: 1933-1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Postcard to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Shirley, 24 February 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2741
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 24 February 1952, Manchester, Shirley to Mary Grierson. Thanking Grierson for sending a card and news of a review of Grierson's biography of Tovey in The Manchester Guardian. Holograph signed.

Dates: 24 February 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Press cuttings and correspondence regarding reviews, 1960-1974

 Item
Identifier: Coll-41/2/2/4
Scope and Contents

The correspondence concerns reviews of Waddington's work as well as Waddington's own reviewing work. The file also contains a copy of 'The H.G Wells Society Bulletin' for April-May 1963.

Dates: 1960-1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Conrad Hal Waddington / Manuscripts, typescripts and related correspondence / Correspondence and reviews relating to Waddington's publications.

Press cuttings sent by Cambridge University Press for Beale's book The Genetics of Paramecium aurelia, together with royalty statements and related correspondence, 1952-1979

 File
Identifier: Coll-1255/3/2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Contains chiefly correspondence with publishers and publications including Edward Arnold, Taylor and Francis, Encylopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia of Genetics and the Trends in Genetics journal. Also contains press cuttings reviewing Beale's publications from Cambridge University Press and correspondence with individuals such as John Preer, Sidney Pollack and Keith Vickermann. Except where noted,...
Dates: 1952-1979
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Geoffrey Beale, founder of malaria genetics and Royal Society professor / Correspondence regarding Beale's publications

Printed articles about Donald Macpherson Baillie, 1913-1955

 File
Identifier: BAI 7/7
Scope and Contents

Booklets and similar containing biographical, obituary and book review articles about Donald Macpherson Baillie and his work.

Dates: 1913-1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers relating to Donald Macpherson Baillie

Review: Out on a limb (Scotland on Sunday), 22 Oct 2000

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/346
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 22 Oct 2000
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

Scotsgay Issue 43, Dec 2001

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/5/39
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: Dec 2001
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings