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Folio E, c1692-c1708

 Series — Box Dk.1.2: Series Coll-33/Quarto A; Series Coll-33/Folio B; Series Coll-33/Folio D; Series Coll-33/Folio E
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E
Scope and Contents The constitution of the Folio E papers of David Gregory follows: The documents' order is random, but the collection has several foci. One is David Gregory the academic's need for books. Numerous shopping lists for titles abroad reflect this, (one of which also includes a requirement for tea), as do inventories of other people's libraries nearer to home. Another focus in the collection is Gregory's public...
Dates: c1692-c1708
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from C. Leuderdorf, 10 May 1921

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1353
Scope and Contents

Letter, 10 May 1921, Oxford, C. Leuderdorf to Donald Tovey. Informing Tovey that Oxford University has decided to confer the degree of doctor of music on Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 10 May 1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Charles Francis Bell, 23 October 1897

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L755
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 October 1897, Oxford, C. F. Bell to Donald Tovey. Cancelling a meeting, offering Tovey a book and the use of a harpsichord. Typescript copy, tea stain on right hand side of the letter.

Dates: 23 October 1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Charles Francis Bell, 23 October 1897

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L756
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 October 1897, Oxford, C. F. Bell to Donald Tovey. Cancelling a meeting, offering Tovey a book and the use of a harpsichord. Typescript copy.

Dates: 23 October 1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Arthur Lionel Smith, 23 January 1917

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2460
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 January 1917, Oxford, Arthur L. Smith to Sophie Weisse. A discussion of and suggested draft for Miss. Weisse's proposed Tovey memorial scholarship. Typescript signed.

Dates: 23 January 1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from John Farmer, 08 May 1899

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2139
Scope and Contents

Letter, 8 May 1899, Oxford, John Farmer to Sophie Weisse. Praising Tovey's exceptional talent, comparing the young Tovey to Brahms. Holograph signed.

Dates: 08 May 1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Oxford Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1895

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L433
Scope and Contents

Letter, [1895], Oxford Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Details of Tovey's progress in his studies at Balliol. Holograph signed.

Dates: c1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 21 October 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1680
Scope and Contents

Letter, 21 October 1894, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of a tutorial with Farmer and a request that Tovey continue lessons with Parry. Photocopy of Holograph signed.

Dates: 21 October 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 October 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L371
Scope and Contents

Letter, 14 October 1894, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Description of Tovey settling in to his Balliol room and requesting his tennis racket be sent. Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 October 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 21 October 1894

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L372
Scope and Contents

Letter, 21 October 1894, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Describing a music lesson with Mr. Farmer and a discussion of his loyalty to Dr. Parry. Holograph signed.

Dates: 21 October 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 48
Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 46
Saumarez Bray, Sir Denys, 1875-1951 (Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, and Indian delegate to the League of Nations) 7
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Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 3
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Farmer, John, 1836-1901 (English educationist and composer) 2
JL Strachan-Davidson, 1843?1916 (classical scholar) 2
Apollonius of Perga, 262-190 BC (Greek mathematician) 1
Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735 (Scottish physician and satirist) 1
Arbós, Enrique Fernández, 1863-1939 (violinist, conductor and composer) 1
Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677 (mathematician, classicist, and divine) 1
Euclid of Alexandria, 325-265 BC (Egyptian mathematician) 1
Godley, Hugh (Hugh) 1
Gregory, David, 1659-1708 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh, and Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford) 1
Halley, Sir Edmund, 1656-1742 (astronomer) 1
Hipkins, Alfred James, Alfred James |1826?1903 (writer on musical instruments) 1
Joachim, Harold Henry, 1868-1938 (philosopher) 1
Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907 (violinist) 1
Keill, John, 1671-1721 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 1
Leuderdorf, C (University of Oxford Registry) 1
Newton, Sir Isaac, 1642-1727 (mathematician and astronomer) 1
Pitcairne, Archibald, 1652-1713 (Scottish physician, amateur mathematician and poet) 1
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 1
Sluse, 1622-1685 (Belgian mathematician) 1
Smith, Arthur L, 1850?1924 (historian and college head) 1
Stainer, John, 1840?1901 (musicologist and composer) 1
Trotter, V Murray Coutts, 1874-1929 1
Wallis, John, 1616-1703 (professor of geometry, University of Oxford) 1
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