Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist)
Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, [c. April 1912]
Elwes writes that he doubts Lord Fortescue's sheep are worth bothering about. He remarks that he leaves for Formosa shortly and will be back in May.
The letter is undated, although it is marked 'Friday night', and it appears to predate May 1912, when Elwes returned from Formosa.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 20 May 1912
Elwes writes that he has just returned from Formosa and invites Ewart to visit him in time for the shearing of the ewes. He will also invite Lort and Bateson to settle which rams are to be kept for future experiments.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 May 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 29 May 1912
Elwes writes that some of his sheep have already been shorn owing to the prevalence of fly on them. He asks Ewart to confirm when he will be visiting, as he wishes to choose which ram lambs to keep as soon as possible. He would like to stay with Ewart and see the Shetland sheep at his friends' place on his way to Aberdeen.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 30 May 1912
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 June 1912
Elwes writes that he will read Ewart's lecture on the origin of domesic animals with great interest. He has asked for some photographs of sheep skulls in the Museum at Cambridge. He reports that he has received a letter from Hudson Beare asking Elwes' opinion of Ewart's farm at Fairslacks, as someone has objected to it being too high and cold.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 09 June [1912]
Elwes writes that he has received a sample of wool and asks if the sheep is from Siberia. He is sorry to hear that Wallace is opposing Ewart.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 10 June 1912
Elwes writes that he has presented the three sheep skins collected by Carruthers to the British Museum on condition that they are mounted at once. He describes the wool of the sheep in the Calcutta Zoological Gardens and recommends that Ewart sees them when he goes. He has applied for a space at Bristol (the Royal Agricultural Show) the following year to exhibit a selection of his pure breeds and crosses, and asks Ewart to join him.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 23 June [1912]
Elwes writes that he is enclosing a letter from Heatley Noble about the pied sheep (letter not present) of which he showed Ewart photographs and remarks on the interesting point he makes about the crosses always coming out black. If this can be verified, Elwes will get his tup from the Shetland flock to cross with him on other breeds. He also provides a list of crosses he proposes to make and asks for Ewart's advice.
The year is not written on the letter.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 July 1912
Elwes writes that he is sending Ewart a photograph of the 'so-called Cabul sheep' at Tetbury, which he thinks look like St Kildas. He asks Ewart to bring with him the Takin horns which he left in Ewart's house when he visits Elwes.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Sheep 45
- Animals--Transportation 35
- Rams 31
- Shetland sheep 26
- Wool 25
- Cross-Breeding 19
- Sheep breeds 18
- Ewes 17
- Animals--Colour 16
- Agricultural exhibitions 15
- Social Interaction 15
- Animal sale 14
- Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 12
- Lambs 12
- Publications 12
- Fat-tailed sheep 11
- Hybrids 11
- Photographs 11
- Soay sheep 11
- Sheep, Breeding 10
- Experiments 9
- Farms 9
- Hides and Skins 9
- article 9
- Icelandic sheep 8
- Museums 8
- North Ronaldsay (sheep) 8
- Ovis nivicola 8
- Animal Markings 7
- Societies and Clubs 7
- Castlemilk Moorit (sheep) 6
- Cheviot sheep 6
- Welsh mountain sheep 6
- Blackface sheep 5
- Embargo 5
- Horns 5
- Sheep-shearing 5
- Zoos 5
- Lectures and Lecturing 4
- Ryeland (sheep) 4
- Samples (Commerce) 4
- Textile fabrics 4
- Agricultural Experiment Stations 3
- Animal housing 3
- Circular letters 3
- Domestic Animals 3
- Hebridean Sheep 3
- Jacob sheep 3
- Karakul sheep 3
- Manx Loaghtan sheep 3
- Merino sheep 3
- Norfolk Horn (sheep) 3
- Physical Characteristics 3
- Scottish Dunface (sheep) 3
- Skull 3
- Textile industry 3
- Wensleydale (sheep) 3
- Animal Breeding 2
- Animal breeders 2
- Animals--Health 2
- Authorship, Collaboration 2
- Committees 2
- Funding 2
- Goats 2
- Herdwick (sheep) 2
- Meetings 2
- Prehistoric animals 2
- Quarantine 2
- Reports and Dissertations 2
- Research Institutes 2
- Southdown sheep 2
- Valuation 2
- Wallachian sheep 2
- Animal feeding 1
- Archaeological sites 1
- Bulls 1
- Cattle 1
- Climate 1
- Congresses and Conventions 1
- Crofters 1
- Exmoor Horn (sheep) 1
- Faroes (sheep) 1
- Foula sheep 1
- Illustrations 1
- Livestock--Breeding--Economic aspects 1
- Meat quality 1
- Ouessant (sheep) 1
- Parasites 1
- Pregnancy in animals 1
- Proofreading 1
- Report writing 1
- Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep 1
- Sheep shows 1
- Specimens 1
- Tail 1
- Takin 1
- Taxidermy 1
- Tuberculosis 1
- Veterinary Medicine 1
- Wiltshire Horn (sheep) 1 + ∧ less