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Women

 Subject

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

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

Proverb beginning 'Mar dho[bh]ran am beul uisge', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/132
Scope and Contents

Proverb beginning 'Mar dho[bh]ran am beul uisge, Mar Sheobhag gu iar sleibhe'. The text has been scored through in pencil and in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Quote about cleaning and grinding corn, c1893

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126g/16
Scope and Contents

Quote about cleaning and grinding corn as it is carried out by women, taken from '[David] Livingstone's Last Journals Ulungu country p 214.'

Dates: c1893
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Quote from a Lismore woman living in Kingussie, August 1883

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/49
Scope and Contents

Quote, probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, from a Lismore woman described as magnificent looking, who lived in Kingussie [Ceann a' Ghiuthsaich, Siorramachd Inbhir Nis/Inverness-shire] from a quarrel she had with another woman. The quote reads 'Gu de is urrainn daibh a gh rath rium ach gun toil liom na fir – mu’s toil is toil leis na fir mi!'

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Records of OneKind animal welfare charity

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1618
Content Description The charity’s comprehensive archive dates from its origins up to the present day and comprises correspondence, membership and subscription books, press cuttings, photographs and material focusing on specific campaigns, such as the high-profile Uist Hedgehog Rescue (UHR) coalition. As well as capturing a broad sweep of the organisation’s history and activities, the archive also sheds light on key figures in animal welfare, such as the charity’s former director Clive Hollands (1929-1996), a...
Dates: 1911-2015
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Riddle for a pregnant woman, 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/12
Scope and Contents

Riddle for a pregnant woman beginning 'Craobh sa choille ud shios' probably collected from Mary Stewart, age 76, Malacleit [Malaclate, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] also known as Màiri Bhreac, sean bhanachaig [old dairywoman]. Text scored over with note saying 'Transcribed'.

Dates: 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying about hair colour beginning 'Aon fhear dha'n te dhuibh', 20 August 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/330
Scope and Contents

Saying about hair colour beginning 'Aon fhear dha'n te dhuibh' collected from Neil MacLeod 'am bard'.

Dates: 20 August 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying beginning 'Cha toir thu i mhac tuathanaich', September 1884

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/291
Scope and Contents

Saying beginning 'Cha toir thu i mhac tuathanaich' collected from Donald MacPhail, grocer, Quay, Oban [An t-Òban, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: September 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Saying from the Isle of Barra, 1901

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/23
Scope and Contents

Saying from the Isle of Barra [Barraigh] relating to women.

Dates: 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Senora Ignacio de la Torre, Daughter of the President, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2949
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of Senora Ignacio de la Torre, daughter of the President Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911) from the late 19th or early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Programme Board Annual Report , 2002-2023

 Item
Identifier: LHB56/3/1/15/5
Scope and Contents

Report by Yvonne Kerr, Strategic Programme Manager, Public Health and Health Policy; Steff Kaye, Assistant Programme Manager Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses. Concentrates on work of and services provided by key partners of the NHS Lothian Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Programme Board, and covers: sexual wellbeing; access to relevant services; work with young people; women's health; strategies to eliminate transfer of HIV and hepatitis C; and data on service use.

Dates: coverage: 2002-2023
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / NHS Lothian / Public Health and Health Policy / Reports / Reports