Diplomas. School records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Formal documents conferring some honor, degree, or privilege, especially those bearing record of graduation from or a degree conferred by an educational institution.
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
Diplomas granted to members of the Pongelli family., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25248
Diplomas of the Beggar`s Benison and Merryland, Anstruther, to Thomas Renny, 1773, and Alexander Strachan of Torrie, 1784., 1773, 1784.
File
Identifier: Ch.915-916
Dates:
1773, 1784.
Doctor of Divinity degree, awarded to Olive Wyon by Aberdeen University., 1918.
File
Identifier: Acc.5261/58
Doctorate in law granted to Sanctius Bictonius by the University of Perugia., 1631.
Item
Identifier: MS.25250
Family papers, including correspondence, genealogies and inventories of documents, some concerning business of George Skene in Danzig, Poland., 1597-1709.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/5
Scope and Contents
Contains:
85. Summons at the instance of James Murray of Halzardis against his tenants of Halkernis and Toddis hauch for nonpayment of rent - Joseph Dowglas in Halkernis and Elizabeth Thomesoun his spouse, Alexander Mathy there, John Wilsoun there, James Sammell there, John Bell in Halbernis, Marioun Dicksoun, Thomas Tait in Halbernis, James Zoung in Toddishauch and Margaret Polwarth, James Wast her son and James Zoung her spouse. Edinburgh, 24 March 1597.[On an attached sheet is...
Dates:
1597-1709.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Fine Art Degree Certificate, 1965
File
Identifier: MS.50824
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series documents Lucinda Mackay's early education in Switzerland at the Châtelard School, Les Avants (1954-1958), and her subsequent education and training at Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) (1960-1965) and the Central School of Art and Design, London (1973-1974).
Dates:
1965
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
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Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her academic education and artistic training
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Papers of Lucinda Mackay concerning her education and training at Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) (1960-1965); and Central School of Art and Design, London (1973-1974)
Five leaves from an illuminated copy, dated 1665, of the diploma awarded by the University of Padua in 1658 to Jacobus Pasquali on his graduation as Doctor of Laws., 1658, 1665.
Item
Identifier: MS.7148
Scope and Contents
The diploma is signed by Antonius Paulutius, Vicar General to the Bishop of Padua, and attested, 1665, by Aloysius Baratti, Protonotary Apostolic and chancellor of the diocese. The designer's name is in the bottom margin of folio 5. At folio 1 verso is a portrait of the recipient in his nineteenth year, enclosed in an oval frame and surrounded by drawings in full colour of flowers and leaves and of a peacock. The surviving parts of the text are enclosed by wide borders containing ribbons,...
Dates:
1658, 1665.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
Illuminated diploma of Angelo Ripanti as a Knight of the Order of St George, Rome., 1603.
Item
Identifier: MS.25249
Medical diplomas awarded to John James Graham Brown., 1875, 1878, 1881-1882.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/242-246
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1875, 1878, 1881-1882.
Miscellaneous items relating to William Soutar, including academic certificates and class cards, unused picture postcards, greetings cards, bookplates and photographic prints., [1943, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.8764(I)
Scope and Contents
The photographic prints would appear to be of family relations of William Soutar.
Dates:
[1943, or before.]
Miscellaneous papers of Esther Barbara Chalmers., Circa 1900-1963.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/109-113
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates:
Circa 1900-1963.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families.
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Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Traill., 1780-1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.15374-15377
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.
Dates:
1780-1833.
Notebooks, papers, and diplomas connected with William Edmondstoune Aytoun's membership of the Religious and Military Order of the Temple., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.4933
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist mainly of letters written by authors to Blackwood as their publisher, and by others in search of publication, but they also include some manuscripts and proofs of works considered for publication, together with some papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun and John Wilson ('Christopher North'). Broadly, this is the incoming correspondence of the firm during the nineteenth century. The outgoing correspondence, so far as it is represented by copies in letter-books, etc.,...
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
Papers of Lucinda Mackay concerning her education and training at Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) (1960-1965); and Central School of Art and Design, London (1973-1974), 1961-2016
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.50821-MS.50827
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series documents Lucinda Mackay's early education in Switzerland at the Châtelard School, Les Avants (1954-1958), and her subsequent education and training at Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) (1960-1965) and the Central School of Art and Design, London (1973-1974).
Dates:
1961-2016
Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her academic education and artistic training, 1961-2016
Series
Identifier: MS.50820-MS.50827
Scope and Contents
This series documents Lucinda Mackay's early education in Switzerland at the Châtelard School, Les Avants (1954-1958), and her subsequent education and training at Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) (1960-1965) and the Central School of Art and Design, London (1973-1974).
Dates:
1961-2016
Photocopies of miscellaneous papers of David Livingstone., 1840-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.10754
Scope and Contents
The photocopied papers consist of:(i) The oath taken on being admitted to the medical profession, written by David Livingstone, circa 1840;(ii) Certificate of attendance at medical classes in London, 1840;(iii) Livingstone's diploma of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, 1840;(iv) Livingstone's burgess-tickets of Glasgow, London, and Edinburgh, 1857;(v) An address to Livingstone by the United Presbyterian Presbytery...
Dates:
1840-1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Miscellaneous items of and concerning David Livingstone.
Photographs of family relations of William Soutar, with his educational certificates and miscellaneous ephemera. , [1943, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.8764(I)-(II)
Scope and Contents
The contents relate chiefly to Soutar's educational and family life.
Dates:
[1943, or before.]
Prizes, certificates, degrees and related papers., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9533/296-305
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...
Dates:
Undated.