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Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 161 Collections and/or Records:

Commonplace book of William H. Peyton

 Item — Box CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2058
Content Description

Commonplace book of William H. Peyton, indexed, c. 80,000 words. Copious notebook kept some of the time when the writer was visiting France and Switzerland, with references to Darwin and Huxley, and an autobiography at p. 181. Dated 1893-1898.


Also includes enclosures (mainly newspaper clippings), gathered in one folder.

Dates: 1893-1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Copy of a newspaper clipping concerning post-WWII rations, 9 November 1948

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 2, no. 60
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of an article in the Evening Dispatch from 9 November 1948. It concerns post-World War II ration cuts.

Dates: 9 November 1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups / Volume 2

Copy of a newspaper clipping concerning "What Say They?", 9 November 1948

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 1, no. 124
Scope and Contents

This is a zoomed in copy of an advertisement for "What Say They?" in the Evening Dispatch printed 9 November 1948.

Dates: 9 November 1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups / Volume 1

Correspondence between Beatty and Robert G. Edwards chiefly concerning the publicity surrounding in vitro fertilisation, 1969

 File
Identifier: Coll-1364/6/4
Scope and Contents

The material also contains handwritten notes and a draft annotated typescript titled 'Comments on the fertilization of human eggs in vitro' and a copy of The Times newspaper from 19 February 1969 containing a column on 'human life in the test-tube'.

Dates: 1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Richard Alan Beatty / Correspondence

Correspondence concerning "Principles of Embryology"., 1946-1958

 Item
Identifier: Coll-41/2/2/2
Scope and Contents File includes: letters from the book's publishers George Allen & Unwin Ltd concerning the layout and printing of the book and various other administrative matters; copies of reviews and press cuttings; letters from various people who had read the book; an 'Agreement: Publication on Royalty Basis' between George Allen and Unwin Ltd and Waddington (19 November 1951); letters from various regarding permission to reproduce parts of, or illustrations from, the book and a couple of letters in...
Dates: 1946-1958
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.

Correspondence relating to Daniel S. Malekebu, 1918-1990

 Series — Box CLX-A-25: Series Coll-490/24; Series Coll-490/25
Identifier: Coll-490/24/DSM
Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to Daniel S. Malekebu.1-10. The Malekebu Enquiry In 1919, Simon Malekubu and his wife had written from America to Daniel's sister, Mrs Ruth Lawrence, in Nyasaland, expressing their intention of coming home. This was at a time that natives were holding meetings to advocate a policy of 'Africa for the Africans'. The Governor of Nyasaland, believing Malekebu to be deeply imbued with doctrines similar to Chilembwe, Cheek and Branch, asked for an enquiry...
Dates: 1918-1990
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 24

Coventry housing - press clippings, 1940-1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/3
Scope and Contents

This file contains press clippings and journal articles by Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson concerning Coventry City Council's experimental pre-fabricated housing and other new housing developments.

Dates: 1940-1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Coventry City Council / Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department / Redevelopment of Coventry - housing

"Coventry of tomorrow" exhibition, 1940

 Series
Identifier: PJM/ABT/E
Scope and Contents

"Coventry of Tomorrow" series consists of:


  1. flyers, programmes, black and white photographic prints (some mounted), press clippings and administrative details, 1940
  2. visitor's book for the exhibition, 1940
  3. administrative correspondence concerning the organisation of the exhibition, 1940
Dates: 1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Association of Building Technicians

Detailed notes and text for lectures (Second series, Lect. X; and Third series, Lect. I - III) on world commercial geography, with a few cuttings from newspapers tipped in, [c 1890]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-68/47
Scope and Contents

Detailed notes and text for lectures (Second series, Lect. X; and Third series, Lect. I - III) on world commercial geography, with a few cuttings from newspapers tipped in [cin 1890s]; ms, 1 bound notebook.


Reference according to Chisholm's alpha-numerical system: G 2-3

Dates: [c 1890]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of George Goudie Chisholm

Detailed notes for a series of lectures by Chisholm for his course on ‘commercial geography and history’, especially on Italy, 1906

 Item
Identifier: Coll-68/40
Scope and Contents

Detailed notes for a series of lectures by Chisholm for his course on ‘commercial geography and history’, especially on Italy; ms, 2 newspaper cuttings tipped in, 1 dated 1906; 1 bound notebook.


Reference according to Chisholm's alpha-numerical system: E 8-9

Dates: 1906
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of George Goudie Chisholm

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