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ArchivesWellcome Cataloguing ProjectIn February 2011 an archivist was appointed, with funding from the Wellcome Trust, to catalogue the deposited collections of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The project was completed in May 2013. The project used Calm cataloguing software which allows for fully web-enabled access to the catalogued collections. The catalogue can be viewed at: http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/ The first collection to be catalogued 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. These will be available at: http://www.cullenproject.ac.uk/ Other major collections held by the College are:- Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870) Some interesting items came to light during the cataloguing and are highlighted on this page and via the link, College Collections Showcase, on the College’s homepage. College Collections Showcase:Letter from Joseph Bell to William Wood (ref: WOW/1/6) Previously ShowcasedMedical Record of Second World War Australian Prisoners of War (Ref: WOO/1/3) Flyleaf of a Cash Book Kept by Ann Home (ref: HOJ/1/3) Post Mortem on Napoleon Bonaparte (ref: ABJ/4/1/41) Drawing of Jonathan Martin (ref: MOR/4/129) Account 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 DetailsEnquiries: library@rcpe.ac.uk Telephone: 0131-225-7324 Address: RCPE, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ
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