Theses.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Discourses advancing an original point of view as a result of research, especially as a requirement for an academic degree.
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents
With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.
Dates:
1934-1978.
"A Petrological and Geochemical Study of the Dalbeattie "Granite"", a PhD thesis of Dr Malcolm MacGregor.
File
Identifier: Acc.10744
Scope and Contents
Includes abbreviated version of the thesis.
Dates:
1933.
Antonella Bendo, "L`Ammirabile Critonio", Univeristy of Verona thesis.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9107- is now Mf.MSS.438
Dates:
1982-1983.
Bradley J Beckman`s University of Texas thesis, "Ronald Stevenson`s Passacalia on DSCH: Understanding the Composer`s Unique Approach to Large-scaled Structure."
Item
Identifier: Acc.11286
Dates:
1994.
Carbon copy of typescript of thesis "The Education and Training of the Adolescent in Scotland" by William S Cormack.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10392
Dates:
1945.
Collection of manuscript material transferred from printed theses collection, 1637-late 19th century, chiefly consisting of German academic papers, but including a small cache of Scottish legal papers, 19th century.
Series
Identifier: Acc.3591
Scope and Contents
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.
Dates:
14th century-19th century.
Copy of Anna Laura Simoni`s thesis, "Uno Scozzese Impopolare: Fionn MacColla", University of Bologna.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11301
Dates:
1995.
Copy of Bruce Charlton, "The Literature of Alasdair Gray", a Durham University thesis.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9824
Dates:
1988.
Copy of Cambridge PhD thesis of Iain G Brown, "Sir John Clerk of Penicuik 1676-1755: Aspects of a Virtuoso Life".
Item
Identifier: Acc.7944
Dates:
1980.
Copy of Michèle Duclos "Kenneth White: Les Chemins de la Pensée Poétique", a Grenoble University thesis.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11052
Dates:
1993.
Copy of PhD Thesis of Margaret M McArthur, "The Sutherland Clearance".
Item
Identifier: Acc.9240
Dates:
1940.
Copy of PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, by David Mackie on "Raeburn: Life and Art".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11587
Scope and Contents
In four volumes, the first being the text and second to fourth a catalogue of works, annotated by the author.
Dates:
1993.
Copy of Sylvie Peyrot, "Travel sketches in "The Wild Swans": a Reading of Kenneth White`s "The Wild Swans"", thesis, University of Bordeaux.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11269
Dates:
1995.
Copy of thesis entitled "Sir James Hall, un Homme de Science dans la Revolution", by Elizabeth Denton, presented to l`Ecole Nationale des Chartes.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12214
Dates:
2003.
Copy of thesis of James MacGlone, "An Investigation of the Publishing and Textual Transmission of John Buchan`s Three First World War Novels: "The Thirty-Nine Steps" (1915), "Greenmantle" (1916), and "Mr Standfast" (1919)".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8571
Dates:
1981.
Copy of thesis of R M M Campbell, "An Account of Patronage Provided by the 11th Earl of Buchan, and His Relationships with the Artists of Britain 1750-1820".
Item
Identifier: Acc.9068
Dates:
1984.
Correspondence, notes, photographs and audiotapes of Dr Alice G. Vines relating to her book `The MacDonald Women: Margaret and Ishbel`.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13629/1-21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, research papers, photographs and audio tapes, 1904-1994, of Dr. Alice Gilmore Vines (1923-2009) relating to her PhD thesis on Margaret Ethel Gladstone MacDonald (1870-1911) and Ishbel MacDonald (1903-1982), James Ramsay MacDonald’s wife and daughter.Dr. Vines collected this material in the course of her research for an intended biography of the two women. Over a number of summers she visited Ishbel in Lossiemouth and corresponded with her. Unfortunately, she had...
Dates:
1904-1994
'David Livingstone, a reassessment with particular reference to his psyche' by Oliver Ransford, a University of Rhodesia thesis.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20341-20343
Scope and Contents
The thesis is the basis of the biography, ‘David Livingstone, the dark interior’ by Oliver Ransford and gives fuller particulars of his theory that Livingstone was cyclothymic.
Dates:
1977.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).
Dates:
1968-1983.
Inscribed copy of "Die Romane Fionn Mac Collas: Untersuchungen zu Thematick und Sprache", thesis of Martina Bungert, Mainz University.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10728
Dates:
1990.
Manuscript thesis of Robert Louis Stevenson titled, 'The Pandects', presented in accordance to custom on his admission to the Faculty of Advocates.
Item
Identifier: F.R.107
Dates:
1875.
Manuscript thesis on Lib.XLI, title IX of the ‘Digest, Pro Dote’, written by Robert Louis Stevenson for his admission to the Faculty of Advocates on 16 July 1875.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.5.8
Dates:
1875.
Microfilm of copy of ‘Table Talk: The Discourse of John Selden Esq., or his sense of various matters of weight and high consequence, Relating especially to Religion and State’.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.572
Dates:
17th century.
Microfilm of copy of ‘The Literature of Alasdair Gray’ by Bruce Charlton, a Durham University thesis.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.828
Dates:
1988.
Papers and printed material relating to the literary and artistic work of Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11338/1-40
Scope and Contents
Includes a thesis entitled "The World of 4 to 7 Years", 1960, together with printed items illustrating Gray`s work as a graphic artist and book designer.
Dates:
circa 1960-1991.