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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Douglas, 27 August 1914

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/24
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Douglas writes that he will send an 'Argalian' sheep skull and horns to Ewart at the University for investigation. He would like to talk the matter over with Ewart, as he believes that this type of horn is found in no other breed than the 'Argalian'.

Dates: 27 August 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 25 May 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/33
Scope and Contents Elwes writes that he has not seen anything of the paper on Scotch sheep which was to be published in The Scottish Naturalist and of which Ewart was to correct the proofs. He mentions a skull and skin of fat-tailed sheep from Central Asia which is now at the British Museum. He has spoken to Lydekker about stuffing other breeds which are not at present represented in the Domestic Animals gallery, but he has been told that there is not enough space and money. However,...
Dates: 25 May 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 June 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/39
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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.

Dates: 08 June 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 08 July 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/46
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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.

Dates: 08 July 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Guy Dollman, 06 January 1929

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/35/1
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Dollman writes that he will send on the photographs Ewart requires as soon as possible. The photographer at the Natural History Museum has already sent photographs of the skull of Ovis sairensis. Dollman provides the measurements of the horns on the specimen.

The reverse of the page contains Ewart's handwritten notes concerning prehistoric settlements.

Dates: 06 January 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Robert E. Holding, 24 February 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/19
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Holding thanks Ewart for the tickets for 'Zoo' and says he will send him a photograph of an old St Kilda sheep as well as a photograph of a stuffed head which was eventually purchased from him by J.G Millais. He offers Ewart an exchange of a St Kilda ewe's skull for a pair of Roebuck horns.

Dates: 24 February 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Roman Prawochenski, 14 April 1927

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/33/6
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Prawochenski thanks Ewart for the information concerning the types of sheep skulls. He confirms that Ewart's paper on Polish wool, which he delivered at the 1925 International Congress of Agriculture, is nearly printed. His colleague Kaczkowski is finding Ewart's study of the embryological development of sheep valuable for his own work.

Dates: 14 April 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 01 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/26
Scope and Contents Alexander writes that the skulls of the Somerford white polled cattle are the same as the Newstead skull. He makes observations on the polls of his horned Somerford cows, the Shorthorn and a Hamilton bull and states that he will embark on some experiments with zebras, as he is interested in the possible relation of zebras and Bos primigenius, suggesting that the Romans may have possibly imported them. He will ask a friend to compare the skulls of the Norfolk red...
Dates: 01 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist) 3
Alexander, Sir Claud, fl 1910-1930 1
Beare, Thomas Hudson, Sir, 1859-1940 (regius professor of engineering, University of Edinburgh) 1
British Museum (Natural History) (1881-1991) 1
Dollman, John Guy, Captain, 1886-1942 (zoologist, British Museum (Natural History)) 1
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Douglas, Charles Mackinnon, 1865-1924 (politician and agricultural expert) 1
Fagan, Charles Edward, 1855-1921 (assisant secretary at the Natural History Museum, London (England)) 1
Holding, Robert E., fl 1895-1911 (zoological, anatomical, and veterinary artist) 1
Irish National Stud 1
Kaczkowski, B., fl 1926 (scientist) 1
Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 (palaeontologist) 1
Millais, John Guille, 1865-1931 (British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer) 1
Prawochenski, Roman, fl 1925 (professor of animal breeding, Agricultural Department, Jagellonian University) 1
Rural Development Commission. Development Commission 1910-1987 (1910-2000) 1
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 1
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