Collections information and resources

We have created a suite of resource guides on various topics which list in depth any records held by LHSA which relate to that subject.

Clinical case notes

Western General Hospital: Dept of Surgical Neurology: printed brochure.

Dentistry

The White Jacket magazines

Disability

Dr Moon's Alphabet for the Blind (A to E and H to L)

HIV and AIDS

Dora & Dan: The Dramatic Start of a Love Affair. SAM leaflet

LGBT+

Gay Scotland magazine, No.10, Sep/Oct 1983

Activism

Watercolour portrait of George Lumsden, patient at Royal Edinburgh Hospital

NHS in Lothian

Pamphlets like this were created as a response to the government's 1989 White Paper (GD25/1/1/1/23)

Nursing

Postcard of nurses singing Christmas carols

Oral histories

Recorder and headphones for oral history recording

Photos & objects

Blue jumper from TASK (To Aid Sick Kids, 1989 - 1992). Text reads: help, THE SICK KIDS

Psychiatry

Image shows a bus with patients from Bangour Village Hospital off on Holiday to Scarborough (LHB44/26/20)

World Wars

Luggage label, Fitzroy scrapbook. Text reads: Scottish Women's Hospital Serbian Unit Russia

This article was published on 2025-11-13