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Women students

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Papers relating to Anne Jane Anderson (b 1847), 1866-1873; 1952; 1979

 Sub-Fonds — CLX-A-349
Identifier: coll-1835/14
Scope and Contents This subfonds contains: Photocopies of a certificate of the second grade from the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, 1866 Photocopies of certificates of study from the University of Edinburgh, 1871-1872 Transcripts of a letter from Edith Pechey to Anne Jane Anderson expressing her shock at the news that Anne will get married and give up...
Dates: 1866-1873; 1952; 1979

Photographs, regulation pamphlet, and examination paper relating to Masson Hall

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1594
Identifier: Coll-2004
Content Description This fonds contains documents and photographs relating to Masson Hall, a hall of residence for women students who attended the University of Edinburgh. It consists of the following items: Two group photographs of students who resided at Masson Hall, dated 1943-44 and Summer 1946. One photograph bears the stamp of J. Campbell Harper, A.R.P.S, 181-185 Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh; One...
Dates: 1940s

Photographs related to Bryn Mawr, 1912-1913

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/2
Scope and Contents

File contains one photo album full of photos of exterior buildings of the Bryn Mawr campus, and a postcard sent to Marjorie Rackstraw at Birmingham University from Esther Davis and Clara B.

Dates: 1912-1913

Photos related to Birmingham University, 1908-1915

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/1
Scope and Contents

Three photos in this file depict the "Ladies Hostel" at Birmingham University. The fourth photo shows 14 women seated on the steps of the building, and the note on the back of the photo reads "Birmingham? M. Fry in centre. ? Taken by M. Rackstraw?"

Dates: 1908-1915

Records of Masson Hall of Residence

 Fonds
Identifier: EUA GD58
Scope and Contents

Minutes, accounts, details of residents/members and related records.

Dates: 1893-1967

Records of the Dunfermline College of Physical Education Old Students' Association

 Collection
Identifier: EUA GD55
Scope and Contents This collection comprises: the records of Dunfermline College Old Students' Association (DCPE OSA), including governance and membership records, publications and records relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education (DCPE), which may have been made up of donations from OSA members (see Custodial History); and donations of items from former College students relating to both the DCPE and DCPE OSA. The collections are varied and include photographs, artefacts and uniforms as well as...
Dates: 1905-2018

Rose, Joan Kennedy

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-24
Scope and Contents

Certificates 1912-1914; student ticket 1915; collection of autographs

Dates: 1912-1915

Scrapbook of Edinburgh University student Ella MacGregor, 1920s

 Item — Box CLX-A-345
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0181
Scope and Contents Scrapbook/diary of Ella MacGregor, an Edinburgh University student in the 1920s. It contains handwritten autobiographical accounts and thoughts, cuttings of poems and songs, copies of photographs of people involved in the University's student life (for example, V. K. Mowat, joint editor of the Student 1923-24; John B. Colquhoun, President of the Union; Lilian M. Roger, President of Edinburgh University Unionist Association), of famous people who visited the University (G. K. Chesterton;...
Dates: 1920s

Two volumes of lecture notes taken down by Susan and Janet Robb

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-228
Identifier: Coll-1965
Scope and Contents

Two volumes of lecture notes taken by sisters Susan and Janet Robb, originally from Woodend, Carnwath, dating from the 1890s and early 1900s.


  1. Notes taken down by Susan Robb on botany lectures given by Professor S. Elliot, 17 May 1901.
  2. Lecture notes taken down by Janet Robb on the subject of physiography, 1890s.
Dates: 1890s-1901

University medals of Christina Struthers (Mrs. Frederick Niecks)

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1507
Scope and Contents The Bronze medals awarded by the University of Edinburgh to Christina Struthers are: History of Music, 1893-1894 Counterpoint and Composition,1895-1896 Musical Analysis, 1897-1898 They had been presented in small padded cases prepared by: Alexander Kirkwood and Son, Medalists, 9 St. James Square, Edinburgh. This Edinburgh firm of...
Dates: 1893-1898