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ArchivesAccess and Opening HoursThe library is open to readers by appointment from 9.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Please call the Library on 0131-225-7324 to arrange appointments. Wellcome Cataloguing ProjectIn spring 2009 Wellcome Trust Research Resources funded a report on the RCPE archive. The report praised the quality and condition of the archive but indicated that some a lot of the collections were effectively invisible due to the lack of information on content. As a result of this, the College put in a bid for Wellcome funding to improve cataloguing standards and was awarded a grant in June 2010. The project is using Calm which has now been extended to Calmview allowing fully web-enabled access to the collections that have been catalogued so far. Obviously, more collections will be added as the project continues. The catalogue can be viewed at: http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/ Once the software was in place the first priority was the papers of William Cullen (1710-1790). Not only do the papers have immense research value but there is also a project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and managed by University of Glasgow, to make Cullen’s correspondence available digitally. Other major collections that have already been catalogued are:- Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870) Some interesting items have come to light in the process and we intend to highlight these on this page and via the link, College Collections Showcase, on the College’s homepage. College Collections Showcase:Drawing of Jonathan Martin (ref: MOR/4/129)
Previously ShowcasedAccount of Lady Jane Grant of Monymusk (ref: GRA/1) Account of a voyage to Baffin's Bay (ref: CRD/2/1/1) Christmas entries from the diaries of Sir Alexander Morison (ref: MOR/1) Photographs of Royaumont (ref: CHM/1) Letter from Rudyard Kipling, 1909 (ref: CUH/1) Contact DetailsArchival enquiries: a.scott@rcpe.ac.uk Telephone: 0131-225-7324 Address: RCPE, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
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