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Autobiographies

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

4 versions of 'Reflections on personal experience' , 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.223
Scope and Contents 4 versions of a lecture by Norman Dott, 'Reflections on personal experience', dated 1964. These talks related to Dott's own career, including personal and professional material, given to various Edinburgh societies, principally the Rotary Club of Edinburgh, August 1964 and the Soroptimist Club of Edinburgh, September 1964. The material consists of 4 versions of the talk, all different or with different manuscript corrections, and brief correspondence with club secretaries regarding the...
Dates: 1964

Address by Norman Dott to Edinburgh University Club of Bristol, January 1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.162
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Address by Norman Dott to Edinburgh University Club of Bristol, dated January 1962. The lecture mainly mainly contains autobiographical reminiscences. The material consists of 2 copies of the address, one with manuscript revisions and extensions; and correspondence with George L. Alexander.

Dates: January 1962

Address to the Borders Clinical Club, January 1964-March 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.205
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Address by Norman Dott to the Borders Clinical Club, dated January 1964. The material includes autobiographical material on 'Medical Travels' and notes for a similar talk given to Kirkcaldy Round Table, dated March 1964.

Dates: January 1964-March 1964

'An itinerant medical man', 1962

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.174
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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'An itinerant medical man'. The Talk was given to the Colinton Parish Church Literary Society, dated December 1962. The material consists of a manuscript of the talk, and correspondence. Dott was born in Colinton and both talk and correspondence contain reminiscences.

Dates: 1962

Correspondence from Percival Bailey to Norman Dott, 1965

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Identifier: Coll-32/H.27
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Correspondence from Percival Bailey to Norman Dott, dated 1965. The brief correspondence was written to accompany a copy of his autobiographical paper 'Eulogium Magistrorum Meorum', and a typescript copy of 'Pepper Pot', Bailey's account of his work with Harvey Cushing, which are included in the folder.

Dates: 1965

'God's Children', March 1968

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.249
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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'God's Children'. The talk was given to the Edinburgh Merchant Company Teachers' Association, dated March 1968. The material consists of text of the talk; and correspondence including letters of thanks. The content of the talk is largely autobiographical.

Dates: March 1968

Presentation of Lord Florey for Honorary Fellowship of the College, November 1967

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.247
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Presentation by Norman Dott of Lord Florey for Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, dated November 1967. The paper was published in Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh see reference Harris 89 in Coll-32/A.3). The material consists of a typescript of the speech with manuscript corrections.

Dates: November 1967

Proposing motion to elect Lord Florey to Honorary Fellowship of the College, October 1967

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.246
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Proposing motion by Norman Dott to elect Lord Florey to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, dated October 1967. The material includes some biographical notes on Florey.

Dates: October 1967

'The Heritage of the Generations', February 1971

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.287
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Lecture by Norman Dott, 'The Heritage of the Generations', dated February 1971. The talk was given to St Catherine's Argyle Youth Group. The material consists of the text of the talk (mainly reminiscences) and brief correspondence.

Dates: February 1971