Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Alternative name(s):	Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (Also known as)
Date:	1741-2009
Places:	Edinburgh, Midlothian
Functions, occupations and activities:	Health and social care > Hospitals
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C28770 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O32584 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1741-1961: administrative, financial and medical records	Lothian Health Services Archive	NRAS343	NRA 11626
2	1820-1824: record of cases (1820-1821) and journal (1823-1824)	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	E2003.27	See Annual Return 2003
3	1823-1824: history of clinical cases	The National Archives	PRO 30/26
4	1880-1970: donation and legacy registers	Lothian Health Services Archive	LHB1 Acc17/051	See Annual Return 2017
5	1881-2003: visitors' book	Lothian Health Services Archive	LHB1/199/1	See Annual Return 2007
6	1890-1922: photographs	Royal College of Nursing Archives	P	See RCN accessions 1997-1998, 2005; 2011
7	c1904-1967: dermatology patient index cards, case notes and registration cards	Lothian Health Services Archive	Acc 11/034	See Annual Return 2011
8	c1923-1993: anaesthetic records including ward registers and operation books	Lothian Health Services Archive	Acc 13/041	See Annual Return 2013
9	c1946-1958: further dermatology records	Lothian Health Services Archive	Acc 12/025	See Annual Return 2012
10	1948-1990: records incl minutes, annual reports, brochures, work studies, committee papers, other papers	Lothian Health Services Archive	LHB2
11	1950-1980: badge collection	Royal College of Nursing Archives	B/1061	See RCN accessions 2009
12	c1950-1999: colposcopic clinic outpatient records	Lothian Health Services Archive	Acc 12/044	See Annual Return 2012
13	1950-2009: Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, operation and anaesthetic books; registers of the blind	Lothian Health Services Archive	LHB1 Acc 14/010	See Annual Return 2014
14	1956-1957: plans of Surgical Outpatient Department and Lecture Theatre	Lothian Health Services Archive	LHB1 Acc 14/002	See Annual Return 2014
15	1972: records	Royal College of Nursing Archives	C359	See RCN accessions 1999
16	1974-1994: records incl committee minutes and papers, annual reports, newsletters	Lothian Health Services Archive	LHB42
17	2002: digital images of Lauriston Place site just prior to closure	Lothian Health Services Archive	P/PL1	See Annual Return 2020
18	2019: oral histories with staff and others about memories of its Lauriston Place site	Lothian Health Services Archive	Acc20/004	See Annual Return 2020
19	c1998-2010: Chaplaincy papers relating to the hospital Sanctuary	Lothian Health Services Archive	Acc21/003	See Annual Return 2021