University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents A varied assortment of papers, much of it ethnographic and folklore material handwritten by Alexander Carmichael. Also includes: printer's copies of letters and symbols used in the Carmina Gadelica; printers proofs of Carmichael's work 'Grazing and Agrestic Customs of the Outer Hebrides', written for the Crofting Commission report, 1884; several complaints addressed to the Sheriff of the county of Inverness; assorted newspaper cuttings; ephemera from various events, such as the Gaelic...

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The material consists of correspondence with Martin Rivers Pollock, chiefly in appreciation of the lecture 'The Discovery of DNA' following its publication, dated January 1971-March 1971.

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The material consists of correspondence chiefly between R. Olby and Martin Rivers Pollock arising from his lecture 'The History of DNA' following its publication, dated April 1971-November 1971.

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The material consists of correspondence from Martin Rivers Pollock chiefly with J.L. Jinks and R. Olby, dated 1975-1976. It regards arrangements and publication of the Huxley Lecture which Pollock gave at University of Birmingham, 6 March 1975.

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Ewart writes that the account for the sheep from Cheltenham has already been paid. He tells Elwes to make a note of anything interesting on his travels, and if Elwes is back by March they may meet at the Zoological Congress in Monte Carlo. He reports that Elwes' two fat-rumped sheep and a dozen more ewes seem to be in lamb to the fat-tailed ram, and that the cloth Elwes sent is much admired. Now that Ewart's lectures are over for the winter he hopes to get some writing done.