Edinburgh -- Scotland
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of James Cossar Ewart
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-14
Scope and Contents
Contains:
Coll-14/1 - Medals, including those presented at school in Penicuik and while at Edinburgh University. There are also medals won for prize animals at various shows;
Coll-14/2 - Certifcates, Diplomas and Letters of Appointment, including Ewart's medical qualification certificates, and his commission of appointment to the Regius Professorship of Natural History at the University...
Dates:
1866-1935
Papers of Marjorie Jean Oswald Kennedy
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1290
Scope and Contents
Mounted photograph of Highland scene
Packet of photographs c1970s inc. Edinburgh Castle
Folder "Upwards of a Century"
Family photographs
Students taking exam, location unidentified
Album of South African photographs: "Mr R Kennedy, with best wishes from T Wilson Cairncross, Cape Town, South Africa, 14 Oct 1896"
...
Dates:
19th-20th century
Papers of Professor Walter Ledermann
Fonds — Box CLX-A-667
Identifier: Coll-1064
Scope and Contents
The collection largely consists of letters from Godfrey Thomson to Ledermann. Many are highly mathematical in content, containing formulae and mathematical notation, though they also regard social events and contain enquiries from Thomson with regards to the safety of Ledermann's family throughout the war.
Dates:
1937-1954
Papers of Richard Alan Beatty
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1364
Scope and Contents
Contains:
Coll-1364/1: papers relating to scientific research (1949-1982);
Coll-1364/2: papers relating to grants from the Ford Foundation (1960-1983);
Coll-1364/3: papers relating to lectures given by R.A Beatty (1948-1978);
Coll-1364/4: papers relating to conferences and other events (1955-1982);
Coll-1364/5: papers relating to reports...
Dates:
1937-1993
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921
Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1835
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, inventories, student notes, sermons, and business accounts relating to the members of the Anderson, Urquhart, and Graham families (all related). The material covers the 18th and 19th centuries and relates to subjects as varied as ironmongery, sea travel, study of humanities in the 1820s, preaching and sermons, school teaching, etc. This collection provides an excellent insight into the daily life in Edinburgh in the late 1700s and in the 1800s.
Dates:
1761-1979
Papers of the Christison Family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1817
Content Description
This fonds contains the papers of:
Professor Alexander Christison FRSE (1751-1820), Professor of Humanity at the University of Edinburgh from 1806 to his death in 1820, father of Sir Robert Christison.
Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet, FRSE FRCSE FRCPE (1797-1882), toxicologist and physician, father of Sir Alexander Christison (1828-1918).
John Christison (1789-1862),...
Dates:
1785-1904; 1979
Papers relating to the planning of the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1097
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of:
Conceptual briefs, reports and drawings including reports on the various themes for the new museum; exhibition briefs; and, material directly relating to themes on Beginnings, the Church, Jacobites, Enlightenment, the Union, the Victorians and Edwardians, Land, Trade and Industry.
...
Dates:
1985-2001
Records of the Scottish Musical Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1385
Scope and Contents
- Records of foundation and dissolution
- Minutes of meetings
- Membership records
- Financial records
- Correspondence
- Papers relating to the Scottish Universities Commission
- Newspapers relating to the society
Dates:
1879-1900
Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-206
Scope and Contents
The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:
- 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Dates:
1808-1858