University of Dundee Archives

Tribal divisions; odd remarks; Herod's Castle; Gergerenes and Gadarenes; Dalmantha; Tarichea; Crown of Thorns; painting imprints of a hand on a house wall; Mantidae; Journey, Jerusalem to Nazareth; Carrying burden on the Sabbath; Personal Touch in the Gospels; Earthquakes; Hebrew Festivals; Odd remarks by Dr C. Scimon; The Walk to Olivet, Luke XXIV (50); Maimonides; Coffee; Passover; Article on Samaritan Passover by Hazel C. Ferguson; Jot or Tittle; Feeding of the 4000; Feast of Tabernacles; Plucking ears of corn on Sabbath; Eretz Israel; Sermon by Dr Christie, 10 March 1929 (Mark XI (1); The Boyhood Temptations and Service of Jesus, 23 March 1929; Landmarks; Baksheesh, Rod and Staff; Shepherd's voice; Feast of Pentecost; Nodding and shaking when praying; His summer parlour; Trees walking; Talk by Dr Arch. C. Harte, 19 January 1941; 'Don't Quit' by Most Rev. Richard J. Cushing D.D.; Miscellaneous papers.

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"Chapters II"

MS 38/5/1/6
Item
c 1929-1941

Part of Torrance Collection

The only birds allowable in a sacrifice; Two for one, Five for two (farthings); The Prime Minister among Bible Animals; Oryx; Bread upon the waters; The first King of Israel's tree; What is it?; Meet the Reed family; Snakes; Thorny problems; The shade of time; Forests; Fish and fisermen; Colour; Pharoah's Hen; Monarchs of the Air; Superlative in Contrasts; Bible not a scientific book; Observations; Errors; Paintings; Legendary, biblical, or Holyland plants.

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Notes

MS 38/5/1/11
Item
c 1929-1941

Part of Torrance Collection

Visit and address, Falkirk and Linlithgow Presbytery Council; Bridge; Belgrade; Children; crusades; conclusions; door; divorce; diseases, dates; duty; giving; God's hand; How to Preserve a husband; others; parable; retirement; Schweitzer sayings; Tiberias; worship.

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Notes

MS 38/5/1/12
Item
c 1929-1941

Part of Torrance Collection

Animals; bestiary; curious sum; cuttings; Bible coins; love; future; sayings; an ABC of health.

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Mainly notes on plants and animals.

MS 38/5/1/14
Item
c 1929-1941

Part of Torrance Collection

Letter, 27 May [?], to Dr [H.W. Torrance] from Margery Quilter, Suffolk, miscellaneous notes and cutting.

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A-G; miscellaneous cuttings and notes

MS 38/5/4/1
Item
c 1929-1973

Part of Torrance Collection

Letter, 3 September 1970, to Dr and Mrs H.W. Torrance from Dorothy and Alex Raeside, Crail; letter, 4 March 1965, to Dr H.W. Torrance from Annetta Carter, University of California, Berkely; postcard, Le Cèdre du drapeua. Phototgraphy: Photo Sport, Beyrouth. n.d. Card, Ch234ne d'Abraham, près d'Hebron. Photography: W. Hammer/ Schmidt. n.d.; transparency of Jerusalem artichoke; colour photograph of henna flower; 3 black and white photographs of a fig tree; letter, 21 September 1968, to Dr [H.W.] Torrance from H. Wright Baker, Manchester; letter, 23 June 1971, to Dr [H.W.] Torrance from Petros De Baz, Irbid, Jordan; extract from Jerusalem Post Weekly, 31 August 1970, on Jerusalem, obituary, Professor Walter Lowdermilk. n.d. Letter, 7 December 1975, to Dr H.W. Torrance from Ludwig Mayer, Jerusalem; letter, 19 [April] 1963, to Dr and Mrs H.W. Torrance from D.N. Sade.

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Examples of authors making mistakes about flowers in Palestine

MS 38/5/4/4
Item
c 1929-1973

Part of Torrance Collection

Plants (questions and answers); thistle; vine; iris Nazarena; plant captions; Egypt Captions.

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Letter, Glasgow. J.W. Torrance to Messrs J. Kennedy and Co.

MS 38/6/1/3
Item
13 Jan 1879

Part of Torrance Collection

Confirms his contract and conditions for a job with the company. [Handwritten].

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Copy of an article [which appeared in Israel?] on "Dr H.W. Torrance Visiting Israel".

MS 38/6/1/7
Item
c 1962

Part of Torrance Collection

Gives account of David and Herbert Torrance's work at Tiberias and of Herbert Torrance's visit to Israel in 1962. [Translated from Hebrew and typed on Dr N. Sadowski's notepaper].

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Torrance of Tiberias

MS 38/6/1/9
Item
24 Apr 1981

Part of Torrance Collection

Helga Dudman explores a Scottish connection on the shores of the Kinnereth. From Jerusalem Post Magazine

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David Watt Torrance and his wife Eleanor: papers, letters and a diary.

MS 38/6/3
Sub-series
1884-1902

Part of Torrance Collection

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Diary [partially] written by David Torrance.

MS 38/6/3/1
Item
c 1880-1890

Part of Torrance Collection

Describes his "Homeward Journey from Palestine" in 1884 via Port Said, Alexandria and Naples; his arrival in Tiberias in 1886 and his travels around Palestine and Jordan. Includes three dried flowers, including a Stern-bergia or Colchicum.

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Letter, Nazareth.

MS 38/6/3/4
Item
7 Nov 1902

Part of Torrance Collection

Dr M.A. Varten to "My dear Mrs Torrance". Expresses his sadness over Eleanor's death.

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List of medical degrees

MS 38/6/4/1
Item
c 1916

Part of Torrance Collection

List of medical degrees conferred to Herbert Torrance by Glasgow University in 1916.

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Certificate

MS 38/6/4/11
Item
Feb 1938

Part of Torrance Collection

From Mr and Mrs S. Cohen and Dr D. Shapiro. Expresses thanks to H.W. Torrance and staff for their attention to Mrs O. Shapiro.

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Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

MS 38/6/4/10
Item
1924

Part of Torrance Collection

Awarded to Herbert Torrance in July 1924.

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Letter, Tiberias. H.W. Torrance to his Committee

MS 38/6/4/13
Item
12 Dec 1952

Part of Torrance Collection

[Church of Scotland Missionary Committee?]. Reports on conditions and work at the newly-founded Church of Scotland Maternity and Gynaecological Hospital at Tiberias.

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Studio portrait of David Torrance

MS 38/7/1/2
Item
c 1900

Part of Torrance Collection

[Taken in Glasgow]. [Copy].

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