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Edinburgh -- Scotland

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Found in 838 Collections and/or Records:

Telegram to Sophie Weisse from Laura Weisse, 06 December 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2669
Scope and Contents

Telegram, 6 December 1935, Edinburgh, Laura Weisse to Sophie Weisse. ' Concerto and orchestra superb'. Typescript with envelope, envelope annotated by Sophie Weisse.

Dates: 06 December 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Tentative planning proposals: Arts and Social Sciences Precinct, 1964

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/6.5.1
Scope and Contents Set of 9 copy architectural plans and sections (62cm x 76cm), at 1:500 scale, of the proposed Arts and Social Sciences Precinct for the University of Edinburgh. All are stamped "draft for discussion only". 4 are hand overlaid using large-tip felt-tip pens to show proposals for pedestrian and traffic access and circulation at different levels of the development. 1 is similarly overlaid to show phasing information at podium level. There is a bird's eye view 3 dimensional view of the...
Dates: 1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / George Square redevelopment / George Square Redevelopment: faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, plans

The Extent and Significance of Individual Differences, c1930s-1940s

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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/12
Scope and Contents Thomson begins by introducing the concept of individual differences in general terms, before moving on to his own topic of intelligence, and discussing the extent of individual intelligence differences. He illustrates the wideness of the intellectual range within the population by reproducing Cyril Burt's table, Distribution of Intelligence among Children and Adults, which contains suggested IQ scores for different levels of schooling and occupational complexity in...
Dates: c1930s-1940s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Unpublished materials authored by Thomson / Lectures / Compiled lectures

The Langhill breeding programme, January 1976

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Identifier: Coll-1362/1/548
Scope and Contents

Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1976. Volume 10 of 19.

Dates: January 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)

The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PJM
Scope and Contents The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection consists of papers, plans, books, journals and photographs collected or created by him throughout the course of his career. These reflect both his employment situation, his involvement in professional organisations and educational bodies, his involvement in World Development issues and his general interest in architecture and planning. The collection contains material relating to: ...
Dates: 1931-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

The School as a Social Influence: Two Practical Examples, 1930

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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/13
Scope and Contents The lecture explores how schools could, and should, benefit the whole community by giving pupils a happy, clean environment which serves as a model for what the home should be, and by giving them the knowledge and skills in order to work towards solving practical and social problems in their communities. He illustrates this point with detailed descriptions of the Rachel MacMillan Nursery School in Deptford, London, and the Training School for Village Teachers at Chapra, Bengal....
Dates: 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Unpublished materials authored by Thomson / Lectures / Compiled lectures

Tides, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/33
Scope and Contents

Volume contains print and manuscript notes ostensibly on tides, but mostly on optics, with numerous diagrams and tables.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

[Traffic management plan of central Edinburgh], c1962

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/1.8.17
Scope and Contents

Copy of an Ordnance Survey plan of central Edinburgh at 1:5000 scale (reduced from 1:2500) overlaid in black with ideas for immediate traffic relief and long-term traffic relief projects. Traffic flow directions for a one-way system are indicated, along with sites for immediate or future construction of car-parks. This plan is very dilapidated and requires careful handling.

Dates: c1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962) / University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area (1962): general maps and plans

Treatises, c1780-c1802

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Identifier: Coll-204/7
Scope and Contents

Illustrated print and manuscript treatises on the geometry of motion.

Dates: c1780-c1802
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Two stories of sparrows caught by merlins in Edinburgh, June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/115
Scope and Contents

Two stories of sparrows caught by merlins in Edinburgh which relates how one was caught in front of a cab driving along Princes Street and another at Portobello in 1887. Also notes that a white-winged sparrow had been seen in Princes Street. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

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