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  • 1
    The Littlejohn Collection
    Letter from J. Smith
    3rd May 1897
    Ref:GB 779 GD23/2/1/6
    Location:Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Archive
    Extent:1 letter
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  • 2
    Thomas Edmondston papers
    1841 - 1855, 1962
    Ref:GB 249 OM/52
    Location:University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections
    Name of creator:
    Edmondston Thomas 1825-1846 botanist.
    Extent:0.1 metres
    Language:English German
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  • 3
    Orkney church records
    South Ronaldsay United Secession/South Ronaldsay United Presbyterian Church/North United Free Church/St. Margaret's Church of Scotland
    1843-1961
    Ref:GB 241 OCR/FC/28
    Location:Orkney Library and Archive
    Extent:0.16 Linear Metres
    Language:English
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  • 4
    Sketchbooks by R. M. Ballantyne, including seven autograph letters
    1860s
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-1838
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Name of creator:
    Ballantyne Robert Michael 1825-1894 (Scottish writer).
    Extent:2 Volumes
    Language:English
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  • 5
    Letters of George Chalmers (1742-1825)
    1788
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-1259
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Name of creator:
    Chalmers George 1742-1825 (antiquary and political economist).
    Extent:1 letter
    Language:English
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  • 6
    Notebook of a visit to Pitcairn Island in 1848, bearing the name Edward William Pritchard on front cover
    1848
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-1821
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Name of creator:
    Pritchard Edward William 1825-1865 (doctor assistant naval surgeon).
    Extent:0.05 folder volume in folder
    Language:English
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  • 7
    Patrick Geddes papers
    'Jules César (d'après une peinture faite sur émail)'
    1864
    Ref:GB 249 T-GED/22/4/135
    Location:University of Strathclyde Archives and Special Collections
    Extent:1 illustration: black and white; 15.6 x 22.5 cm on 22.6 x 28.8 cm backing
    Language:French
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  • 8
    Miscellaneous Small Gifts and Deposits
    Provost Samuel Reid correspondence
    1884-1919
    Ref:GB 241 D1/18
    Location:Orkney Library and Archive
    Extent:0.01 Linear Metres
    Language:English
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  • 9
    Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
    Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Edward Frankland
    23 December 1879
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-74/11/1/8
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:1 letter
    Language:English
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  • 10
    Manuscript entitled "An Enquiry into the Elements of General Therapeutics, with Special Illustrations, to which is prefixed an Essay on the Nature Value and Utility of Theory" by Robert Abraham
    c 1825
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-1981
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Name of creator:
    Abraham Robert fl 1823-1825 (Physician journalist and lawyer University of Edinburgh alumnus).
    Extent:1 volume
    Language:English
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  • 11
    Records of Edinburgh Geological Society
    Annual Address by Thomas Sturrock, vice president
    1845
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-43 ::: MS 2935.5
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:1 manuscript
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  • 12
    Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
    Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry Walter Bates
    31 October 1874
    Ref:GB 237 Coll-74/11/8/31
    Location:Edinburgh University Library Heritage Collections
    Extent:1 letter
    Language:English
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  • 13
    Records of the Burghs Annexed to Glasgow
    Records of the Barony of Gorbals
    1700 - 1900
    Ref:GB 243 H-GOR
    Location:Glasgow City Archives
    Extent:13 volumes; 2 items
    Language:English
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  • 14
    Diocese of Brechin: Correspondence of Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin and George Frederick Boyle
    1844-1875
    Ref:GB 254 BrMS 1
    Location:University of Dundee Archive Services
    Name of creator:
    Frederick Boyle George (9 October 1825 – 23 April 1890) Earl of Glasgow Penrose Alexander (16 June 1817-8 October 1875) Bishop of Brechin.
    Extent:0.88 linear meters
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  • 15
    Subsidiary Companies of the Standard Life Assurance Company
    1893 - 2017
    Ref:GB 2078 SL/SC
    Location:Standard Life Aberdeen Archive
    Name of creator:
    Standard Life Edinburgh.
    Extent:7 cubic metres. Boxes Volumes and Bundles
    Language:English Chinese Hindi
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