DEP/ABJ/4/1/325 | Letter from George Meares, Pau, Basses Pyrenées, France to John Abercrombie | Case of Mademoiselle M, 33 with weakness, pain and involuntary contractions of the right arm. Letter in English following a case note in French by Dr Foville. A summarised translation is included and notes on the case probably by Abercrombie. | 1 Dec 1836 |
DEP/ALW/2/21 | Letter from Gibson Baine to Dr William Alister Alexander | He writes from France of his experiences with the British Liberation Army. | 14 Dec 1944 |
DEP/AWP/5/1/139 | Untitled essay on America by William Pulteney Alison | Statistics on fever cases admitted into fever wards November 1835 - January 1836; birth and death rates in France, 1802; list of tables on the causes of death to be included in an unspecified work c1822; newspaper clipping giving the bills of mortality for 1821; and causes of death in Philadelphia, United States of America c1827. Draft copy. | 1820s - 1850s |
DEP/AWP/5/2/84 | [U] - Newspaper cutting, in the papers of papers of William Pulteney Alison | Cutting listing educational establishments in London and France and advertising the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company. | Jul 1859 |
DEP/AWP/5/5/1 | Journal of William Pulteney Alison | The diary gives an account of Alison's trip to Rouen, France, Paris, France, Geneva, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland, Chamonix, France (where he failed to reach the summit of Mont Blanc), Milan, Italy, Pavia, Italy, Lake Como, Italy, Arth, Switzerland and the Rigi, Switzerland, Engelberg, Switzerland, Reichenbach, Switzerland, Berne, Switzerland, and Tours, France, amongst other places from August to November 1820. He records people he met, conversations, sites seen and hospitals visited. It also contains reminders to himself and an account he heard about smallpox at the front and financial accounts of the trip at the rear. Includes loose sheets with entries for 7 November, 9 November, 13 November and 17 November, giving details of visits to the Hospice de la Maternité, Les Enfants Malades and Val-de-Grâce in Paris, France and including some poetry on Oberhasli, Switzerland and the Tyrol, Switzerland (stored separately).The previous catalogue also indicates that the passport at AWP/5/5/6 was originally with this volume. | 1820 |
DEP/AWP/5/5/4 | Journal of William Pulteney Alison | Parchment bound notebook of a journey to France in October. He records his observations about the country including education of women and marriage. | 1822 |
DEP/AWP/5/5/5 | Miscellaneous notes of William Pulteney Alison | The notebook was used to record a visit to the Smallpox and Fever Hospital in London, England August 1825 and a visit to a hospital in Paris, France from 13 to 26 August. After that he visited Foutainbleau, France, Clermont, France, Aix, France, Aosta, Italy, Zurich, Switzerland, Lucerne, Switzerland, Berne, Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland and others often visiting hospitals on the way. | 1825 |
DEP/AWP/5/5/6 | Passport issued to William Pulteney Alison | Signed by the Ambassador of France and allowing passage from Lourdes to Calais, France. Endorsements on the reverse. Originally with AWP/5/5/1. | 23 Sep 1820 |
DEP/AWP/5/7/6 | [Extracts of notes on various subjects by William Pulteney Alison] | These were found together in an embroidered cover with the initials MCA (Margaret Crawford Alison - Alison's wife). Includes: 'amendments to the Police and Improvement Scotland Bill' 1850; 'address by the Lord Advocate to the Leith Burghs' 7 March 1857; extract from Acland's Memoir on the Cholera in Oxford; extract from the 'Illustrated London News' 6 April 1850 on prison reform; reviews of Alison's work from 'Edinburgh Review' Volume 18; extract from Memorial to the Managers of the Royal Infirmary by James Gregory; extract from 'Journal of a Naturalist on the coasts of France Spain and Sicily' by A de Quatrefages; extract from 'Christian and Religious Antiquities of Edinburgh' by Reverend James Stothert; extract from 'Livingstone's Missionary Travels in South Africa'; extract from 'Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton' by Sir David Brewster; extract from Humboldt's 'Cosmos'; extract from 'Note of the Dialogues in Lord Brougham's Natural Theology'; extract from the 'North British Review'; extract from 'Memoirs of Dr Thomas Young' by George Peacock; extract from 'Oxford essays on natural theology' by Rev Baden Powell 1857; extract from 'The World of Mind' by Isaac Taylor (1858); abstract of the 'Theory of Specific Causes' by Professor E Forbes; and extract from the 'European Review Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man' (Thomas Reid 1855). | 1850s |
DEP/BRE/1/8 | Diary of Edwin Bramwell, volume 8 | Includes cuttings on Sir Andrew Cunningham; Byrom Stanley Bramwell's pronouncement as secretary of the Eugenics Society Council; review of Kinnier Wilson's 'Neurology'; the wedding of Hilda Byrom Bramwell; Churchill's speech, June 18th; and Germany's armistice terms to France. | 1 Jan 1940-6 Sep 1940 |
DEP/CRD/2/9 | [List of territories in North America, South America and historic Empires] | From the collection of David and Andrew Craigie. The list for North America gives the British territories and islands, Spanish territories and islands, Dutch islands, French islands and Danish islands. The list for South America gives the French, Spanish, [Netherlands] Dutch and Portuguese territories. The lists for historic empires gives the territories held at particular times for the Empire of Assyria, Empire of the Persians, Empire of Alexander the Great, Empire of the Parthians, Roman Empire and the Empire of Charlemagne. | c1780 |
DEP/CRO/1 | NUWSS [National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies] - The Call of Our Allies and the Response of... | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. The booklet is sub-titled 'Being Record of Work accomplished by the Scottish Women's Hospitals in France and Serbia'. It includes a list of the Scottish Women's Hospital Committee and administrative staff and a list of the staff at Royaumont, Krgujevlaz and Troyes. It is illustrated with photographs. | Jun 1915 |
DEP/CRO/3/13 | Royaumont News-Letter New Series No 3 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letter to the Royaumont Unit from our Medecin-Chef (Frances Ivens); list of those present at the annual dinner; speech by Dr Estcourt-Oswald at the annual dinner; obituary for Mrs Aubrey Carter; miscellaneous memories; how I spent Coronation Day; suggested reunion at Royaumont, France; poem titled 'Royaumont alphabet'; letters from our French friends; balance sheet; correspondence; and news from members. | Jan 1938 |
DEP/CRO/3/14 | Royaumont News-Letter New Series No 4 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letter to the Royaumont Unit from our Medecin-Chef (Frances Ivens); list of those present at the annual dinner; account of Armistice Day at Royaumont, France 1918 and 1938; review of book on acting by member Susan Richmond; description of services currently offered at the Foyer de l'Abbaye de Royaumont, France; balance sheet; obituaries for Sister MacGregor, Miss Margaret Adams, Sister Cocking, Miss Edith Stoney; poem titled 'Reflections' - an alphabet of Royaumont, France; account of the death of Miss Henderson; correspondence; letters from our French friends; new addresses and notes; and news from members. | Jan 1939 |
DEP/CRO/3/15 | Royaumont News-Letter New Series No 5 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letter from our President; the Royaumont Canteen Idea; the AVF (the Association des Amis Des Volontaires Francais); Royaumont Association Report; balance sheet; acknowledgement of news-letter due to enemy action; letter to the Yugoslav minister on Serbia joining the Allies; suggestion of giving allotments to French fishermen stranded in Torquay; clubs for the Free French; Radio Brazzaville; news from France; monthly review 'La France Libre'; London Free French newspaper; review of book 'All Gaul is Divided' and 'Lament for Democracy'; Scottish Women's Hospitals Royaumont Canteen Unit - Record of Work including balance sheet; account of the escape of the Royaumont Canteens staff from the Germans in 1940; translation of a German leaflet dropped during the Battle of France; Trek to the South - Rolt's account of being a refugee on the road from Paris to Spain; the Oulton Park Canteen for French sailors; the Allied Sailors' Club; news from members; and questionnaire for members. | Sep 1941 |
DEP/CRO/3/18 | Royaumont News-Letter No 10 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letter from our President; report of a visit to Holland [Netherlands]; obituary for Etta Inglis; report of a visit to Royaumont; Royaumont Reunion Dinner; Glasgow Reunion Dinner; account of four years in Occupied France; news from members; and balance sheet. | Jan 1947 |
DEP/CRO/3/19 | Royaumont News-Letter | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letter from our President; report of a visit to France; obituary for Dr Elizabeth Courtauld; the Radiology Service of the French Red Cross; report in French on the use of Royaumont, France as a cultural centre; account of a flight from Prestwick, Scotland to Montreal, Canada by Miss Davidson; and news from members. Photocopy. | 1948 |
DEP/CRO/3/33 | Royaumont and V C Association of the Scottish Women's Hospitals News Letter No 3 Series 2 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes our 50th anniversary; Royaumont Association Emergency Fund; letters from the President and Chairman; the Edinburgh Reunion and tea party; annual business meeting; obituary for Ruth Nicholson; L'Abbaye de Royaumont becomes the property of a Foundation for the Study of Les Sciences de l'Homme; reprint of an article 'A Hospital in France' by Collum, 1918; news from members; reminiscences; the Royaumont Cafard ditty; account of life in Spain 1964; and statement of accounts. | Jan 1964 |
DEP/CRO/3/34 | Royaumont and V C Association of the Scottish Women's Hospitals News Letter No 4 Series 2 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes centenary of the birth of Dr Elsie Inglis; letters from the President and Chairman; 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Scottish Women's Hospitals; the Edinburgh Reunion and luncheon party; tea party in London; obituaries for Butler, Dr Agnes Savill, Una Minchin, Salway; Dr N H Stein, Dr Estcourt-Oswald; reprint of an article 'A Hospital in France Chapter II' by Collum, 1918; news from members; account of a journey to San Marino by Smeal; reminiscences; and statement of accounts. | Jan 1965 |
DEP/CRO/3/35 | Royaumont and V C Association of the Scottish Women's Hospitals News Letter No 5 Series 2 | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letters from the President and Chairman; tea party and annual general meeting; obituaries for Tollit, Betty (Mrs Bruce), Merrylees, Mrs Robinson, Warner, Little Murray (Mrs Galbraith) and Dr Louisa Martindale; reprint of an article 'A Hospital in France Chapter III' by Collum, 1918; news from members; account of a Spaish fiesta by Peter (Williams); account of her home in La Chapelle de la Clarté by Little Andy; account of Christmas in Montreal by Dr Henry; account of a visit to the [Netherlands] Dutch bulb fields; and statement of accounts. | Jan 1966 |