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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
Alexander Carlyle's papers consist chiefly of journals, sermons, lectures, autobiographical writings, writings on various topics, poetry and papers on church and other affairs. The later papers (MSS.23927-23930) consist of a list of his books, excerpts from his writings and excerpts of proceedings in the action against him by the Presbytery of Dalkeith.
Correspondence, lectures, notes and other material of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes and his son, Dr Arthur Geddes.
Correspondence, lectures, notes and other papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932).
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Drafts of lectures, notes, and other papers on ecclesiastical subjects by John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Essays and other papers of William Myrtle, author of ‘The plagiarist’, chiefly written while he was a student at Edinburgh University (1877-1880).
'Lecture on ragged schools' by Thomas Guthrie.
The lecture is preceded (folio 1) by notes of its contents in another hand.
Lectures and notes of Charles E Green, the Edinburgh publisher, chiefly on musical, literary or religious themes.
The lectures and notes are not in chronological order and only a few record the occasion of delivery.
Lectures and sermons by ministers of the Church of Scotland; with a list of contents and a transcript of one of the sermons, in a modern hand.
Lectures, lecture notes and journals of James Wright and Walter Macleod, ministers of Lauriston Street Original Secession Church, Edinburgh.
For James Wright's career, see David Scott, ‘Annals and statistics of the Original Secession Church’ (Edinburgh, 1886), pages 562-563.
Walter Macleod succeeded Wright in the charge of Lauriston Street Original Secession Church, Edinburgh on the latter's death in 1879.
Lectures on Aristotle delivered by Robert Balfour at the College of Guyenne, Bordeaux.
Lectures on criminal law delivered at Edinburgh by Alexander Bayne, Professor of Scotch law at the University of Edinburgh.
These lectures of Alexander Bayne’s are a great deal fuller than his ? of discourse ? for the use of students in his class.
Lectures on the law of Scotland by George L Ross, Advocate, Lecturer of Scots Law, the University of Edinburgh.
Lectures on Torsellino by Pieter Burman: ‘Viri eruditissimi Petri Burmanni professoris in Acad. Lugd. Batav. celeberrimi Dictata in Horatii Tursellini Historiarum Epitomen’.
'Lectures upon Pharmacy by Wm. Cullen M:D: Edinburgh', undated.
Letters, typescripts of lectures, diagrams, notes, and miscellaneous papers of Sir Patrick Geddes, Sociologist and Town Planner, and of his son Dr Arthur Geddes.
Manuscripts and typescripts of talks and essays of James Archibald Campbell of Achanduin and Barbreck (1854-1926).
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of 'Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, delivered by Joseph Black, Professor of Chymistry at Edinburgh, in two volumes'.
Microfilm of lectures and other papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun.
Microfilm of lectures of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, and some related papers.
The contents are as follows:
Introductory lectures, 1856-1864, of William Edmondstoune Aytoun: a series of lectures opening Aytoun's yearly courses (MS.4897);
Miscellaneous lectures, [1845-1865], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun (MS.4912);
Examination papers and class lists, [?1852-?1870], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun (MS.4913);
Exercises, [?1863-?1864], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun’s students (MS.4914).
Microfilm of two commonplace books and manuscript of a lecture.
Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.
Notebooks of J S Haldane containing the text, which has been much revised, of a lecture on the relation of science and belief.
The lecture was delivered by J S Haldane, apparently to the Royal Medical School (MS.20657, folio 26 verso).
The lecture is undated but appears to have been delivered not very long after 1882, the death of T H Green (MS.20656, folio 12).