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Lectures.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of expositions of a given subject delivered before an audience or class, especially for the purposes of instruction. (AAT) Use for all lecture texts and students' notes. Index also under the subject of the lecture, and under the names of the lecturer and student where known (but not under the university or other place where the lecture was delivered). (NLS) .

Found in 359 Collections and/or Records:

Lectures and notes of Charles E Green., 1884, 1887, 1892, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14235
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The lectures and notes are not in chronological order and only a few record the occasion of delivery.

Dates: 1884, 1887, 1892, undated.

Lectures and papers, 1911, 1928, undated, of Sir Frank Mears., 1911-1928, undated.

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Identifier: MS.10629
Scope and Contents

The lectures are generally concerned with sociological topics and are chiefly in typescript. There are also some notes on architecture (folios 2, 94), and a letter from Frank Mears to Patrick Geddes, 1920, enclosing a memorial of Alasdair Geddes (folio 143).

Dates: 1911-1928, undated.

Lectures and papers of John Stuart Blackie on Greek and Latin literature and philosophy., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2646
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) University lectures and other papers on ancient Greek literature and philosophy (a selection preserved as specimens of John Stuart Blackie's thought and method) (folio 1); with verse translations of Greek and Latin poets (folio 190);

(ii) Papers relating to modern Latin poetry (folio 230);

(iii) Papers relating to modern Greek literature (folio 249) and modern Greece (folio 272).

Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

Lectures and papers, undated, of Patrick Geddes., [1895-1927.]

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Identifier: MS.10617
Scope and Contents

The papers include a typescript (folio 1) entitled 'Olympus', being a reconstruction of a series of lectures by Patrick Geddes on the sociological meanings of Greek mythology.

Dates: [1895-1927.]

Lectures and seminars written and given by Ian Rankin on creative writing and literary works; Speeches and addresses written and given by Ian Rankin at events, or printed., 1985-2009, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50526
Scope and Contents Lectures and seminars written and given by Ian Rankin on creative writing and literary works. Folios 1-88.Materials include typescripts and related developmental notes. Lectures are arranged alphabetically by title.‘Creative Writing’. Folios 1-26. This lecture was given by Rankin in Japan. Typescripts, 1996-1997, of Ian Rankin’s lecture 'Creative Writing', three drafts, early and revised; with author’s annotations. 'Reading the Reader: Reader-Response...
Dates: 1985-2009, undated.

Lectures and seminars written and given by Ian Rankin on crime fiction., 1995-1997, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50525
Scope and Contents Materials include typescripts and related developmental notes. Lectures and seminars are arranged alphabetically by title. 'From Sherlock Holmes to Judge Dredd: Crime Fiction's Place in British Culture'. Folios 1-52. Ian Rankin gave this lecture in Japan, and the re-purposed it as a seminar for the Shots in the Dark Summer School in Nottingham in 1997.Lecture for Japan. Annotated typescripts, 1995, 'From Sherlock Holmes to Judge Dredd: Crime Fiction's Place in British...
Dates: 1995-1997, undated.

Lectures delivered by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1845-1865.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.4897-4912
Scope and Contents Hardly any of the lectures are dated, but they were presumably delivered between 1845 and 1865, while he held the Chair of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh. Apart from the introductory lectures in MS.4897 and a few miscellaneous lectures in MS.4912, they have been broadly grouped according to the threefold classification used by W E Aytoun himself; lectures on literature; lectures on language, style, and versification; and lectures on the principles of...
Dates: 1845-1865.

Lectures of Alexander Carlyle on scriptural texts., 1785, 1803, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.23909
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1785, 1803, undated.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1888-1894.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.3564/34-51
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1888-1894.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1888.

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Identifier: Acc.3564/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1888.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1890.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.3564/35-39
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1890.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1890.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3564/35
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1890.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1890.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3564/36
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1890.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1890.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3564/37
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1890.

Lectures of George Reith on ecclesiastical history., 1890.

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Identifier: Acc.3564/38
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: 1890.