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Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents Lyell’s 'Papers' provides a detailed description of several series of archival records, including his correspondence and other documents maintained by him and his team. Purposefully curated to record his work, achievements, and for historical significance, the archive retains Lyell's original organisation where possible, structuring the series accordingly. These papers should be viewed alongside Lyell's publications, notebooks, specimen collection, and offprints, which collectively represent...
Dates: 1806-1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Pulszky, Ferenc, 1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/57
Scope and Contents This file consists of five autograph letters signed from Ferenc Pulszky to Lady Mary Lyell and her husband Sir Charles Lyell, sent from Bayswater and Highgate (London), Turin, Budapest, and dated 1 July 1851, 23 June 1857, 18 March 1861, 19 February 1863 and 23 July 1875. Also includes an oval photographic portrait on a larger carrier.1. Letter from Ferenc Pulszky to Charles Lyell, dated 1 July 1851: "I enclose a letter of Mr Mazzini [i. e. the Italian politician and freedom...
Dates: 1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Quotation from a poem by Whittier under the title 'Rune', c1892

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/103
Scope and Contents

Quotation from a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier under the title 'Rune' beginning 'You find but common bloom and green, The rippling rivers rune'.

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Racing Mishap. Sensational Tumble, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3058
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a horse racing mishap showing a 'sensational tumble' a horse took at an American steeplechase event throwing its jocky many feet away in 1919.

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

Song beginning 'Ailein Duinn shiulain leat' and accompanying story, 7 August 1870

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW116/5
Scope and Contents Song collected from 'Ceit wife [of] Don[ald] MacKin[n]on nee Urqhuart', Tarasaigh/Taransay beginning 'Ailein Dhuinn shiulainn leat, M iar[rtas] eir Ri[gh nan] aingeaol'. The song was composed by Ana ni Dhonil ic Iain oig Chaimbeul [Anna Campbell] who was engaged to Allan Morrison of Crossobost, Lews [Crosbost, Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis], who drowned. She was said to have died soon after of a broken heart and was to be buried at Rodail [Rodel] and ended up being buried at sea, near to her...
Dates: 7 August 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song beginning 'Gum bean Dia tai mor Thunga' and accomapnying note and vocabulary note, 22 April 1871

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/32
Scope and Contents

Song collected from Ruary an Ruma [Roderick MacNeil, fisherman, Miùghlaigh/Mingulay] beginning 'Gum bean Dia tai mor Thunga, S fhad a chualas' [Taigh Mòr Thunga]. The song is composed of thirty-seven lines. MacNeil states that he heard the story from his father who heard it while he was in America. The vocabulary note reads 'Fosrachadh = Geamhrachadh [aruidh] Sgitheal = a Bothy'.

Dates: 22 April 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Sudden Death of Ex-President "Teddy" Roosevelt, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3172
Scope and Contents

Newspaper photographs and article on the sudden death of ex-president of the United States of America, Theodore, "Teddy", Roosevelt in 1919. The three photographs show Roosevelt receiving a delegation of bankers during the Liberty Loan campaign; a portrait of him; and giving a war speech. The article briefly sums up his career.

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

The comparative milking performance of Canadian and U.S. Holstein cattle, 1975

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/504
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1975. Volume 9 of 19.

Dates: 1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

The Fossil "Desert Horse", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/323
Scope and Contents

Image of the skeleton of the fossil "Desert Horse" which was discovered through the Whitney Fund in [1906] and is mounted in the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA.

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

The Money-Giving Smile - Andrew Carnegie, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3191
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist, in front of the Industrial Relations Commission of the U.S.A. in the early 20th century saying his 'greatest joy is giving money away.'

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