| Description Of Item | These were originally in a folder labelled 'Speeches'. Speeches given: as a vote of thanks to the Lord Provost, c1944; as the guest of the Royal Medical Society, 1952; on the incorporation of the Edinburgh Dental School into the university, 1948; at the 54th annual meeting of the Haig Ferguson Memorial Home with the 49th and 50th annual reports; possibly when Sir Charles Symonds was made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1966; on the membership examinations, undated; to the Watsonian Club; at the Gibson lecture, 1953; to a dinner for life assurance professionals; letters concerning Alexander's invitation to the Sheffield and District Edinburgh University Club annual dinner, 1953; and as the reply to the toast of alma mater at an Edinburgh University dinner with the seating plan. Includes a notes of Sir Donald Pollock's benefactions to the University of Edinburgh, 1953. |