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Edinburgh -- Scotland

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 832 Collections and/or Records:

University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee: minutes and correspondence, October 1973- September 1978

 File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/2.1
Scope and Contents

Contents of a file numbered VII E.U.10 and entitled Works and Buildings Committee, covering October 1973 to September 1978. The majority of the file consists of incomplete sets of minutes of meetings of the University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee . Some correspondence concerning the work of the Committee is also included.

Dates: October 1973- September 1978

University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee: miscellaneous papers, 1976-1985

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/2.5
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers relating to Percy Johnson-Marshall's work on the University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee. These include: minutes and notes of meetings, memos and correspondence, plans, reports and financial plans.

Dates: 1976-1985

University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee: Sub-committee and Working Party Papers, 1984-1985

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/2.4
Scope and Contents

Assorted papers relating to one sub-committees and two working parties of the University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee. These are: the Grounds Maintenance Sub-Committee, Upgrading of Old College Working Party and Working Party Considering Access to the Old College from West College Street

Dates: 1984-1985

University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee: subcommittee papers, 1972-1974

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/A/2.3
Scope and Contents

Contents of a personal file containing incomplete sets of University of Edinburgh Works and Buildings Committee Sub-committee papers and related correspondence. The sub-committees represented are the Parking Sub-committee and the Grounds Maintenance Sub-committee. The file was closed in December 1974

Dates: 1972-1974

Untitled lecture given to members of staff of the University of Edinburgh, 1950

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Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/7
Scope and Contents The lecture comprises of Thomson's advice to new and inexperienced lecturers, and covers topics such as the audibility and clarity of the lecturer; the importance of the lecturer believing in what they are saying; the importance of engaging with the audience; effective use of blackboards, notes, diagrams, examples and models; and the use of humour. Thomson's humour is clear throughout. The advice he offers is actually very unusual for this time – Lawn et all describe it as ...
Dates: 1950

Varied Motions, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/14
Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on the geometry of motion, on materials science, and on astronomy; some jotted diagrams and tables attend.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Verse about 'An Dreathan donn' [the wren], 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/122
Scope and Contents

Verse about the bird 'An Dreathan donn' [the wren] collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] which reads 'An Dreathan donn [cuir] gunair S e bhean a giulan fudair' and which is one of twelve true and twelve false verses. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 24 June 1887

Vocabulary note for noises, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/139
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note for noises collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann which reads 'Chomhag = ghlagach = Rattling. Whirlwind noise in air a rush.'

Dates: 24 June 1887

Vocabulary note for tadpole, dragonfly and some plants, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/133
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note for dragonfly and some plants collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann. The note includes 'Ceanna-Phollan', 'C[eanna] Simid' [both meaning tadpole] and gives 'Tarbh-Narach' as a term for dragonfly and describes its size. It gives 'Cluas an Fheidh' as possibly 'Harts tongue', 'Caol Phail' as a plant of three feet high or more and 'Meac-an-mor' as being 'Like Leeks'.

Dates: 24 June 1887

Vocabulary note for types of fish, 24 June 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/128
Scope and Contents

Vocabulary note for types of fish collected from John MacAulay from Gearrloch [Geàrrloch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty] but living in Edinburgh [Dùn Èideann] including that the donnag [ling] is like the 'mùgach' and that they are 'Claoidheag = Wriggles like eels' [cloitheag or shrimp].

Dates: 24 June 1887