In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-1434/18

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Portrait of an unidentified man, possibly from South East Asia, wearing a hat and holding a small rope trap in front of some trees and bushes in the early 20th century.

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW89

Date

1887

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael probably while he lived at 31, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, as this address is written in ink on the first folio. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-97/CW112

Date

1860 to c1866

Creator

Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland)

Description

Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The majority of the volume has been used but intermittently there are groups of blank folios. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/116

Date

May 1844 - 11 June 1844

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

The notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from May to June 11th 1844 while in London. It then continues through June 13th to July 27th in Scotland. …