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Correspondence from John Stuart Blackie, 1880-1882

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/9
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from the John Stuart Blackie sub-series consists of:


  1. 11 letters written from1880-1882
  2. 8 press clippings from the Scotsman, most dated 1873, written by John Stuart Blackie
Dates: 1880-1882

Correspondence: GA Le Bel to G De Lorenzo, 1869-1914

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/12
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Albert Auguste de Lapparent to Charles Lapworth sub-series consists of:


  1. 36 letters, alphabetically arranged (1869-1914)
Dates: 1869-1914

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Johannes Röntgen, 30 March 1922

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2435
Scope and Contents

Letter, 30 March 1922, Amsterdam, Johannes Rontgen to Mary Grierson. expressing delight at news of Miss. Weisse's travels, suggesting he meet up with the Rontgens' in Holland, describing memories of Edinburgh, asking Miss. Weisse about the Reid orchestra, suggesting Bartock is the best modern composer living, and best wishes. Holograph signed.

Dates: 30 March 1922

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 30 June 1935

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2593
Scope and Contents

Letter, 30 June 1935, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Miss. Weisse is going to Bad Nauheim and enclosing information on Miss. Weisses mother. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 30 June 1935

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 18 October 1938

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2610
Scope and Contents

Letter, 18 October 1938, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. News of Weisse's state of health, description of a lecture given by Tovey, news of Weisses travels in Germany. Holograph signed.

Dates: 18 October 1938

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, c1930

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2614
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Description of time spent with John Tovey in Stuttgart. Holograph.

Dates: c1930

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 06 July 1924

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2617
Scope and Contents

Letter, 6 July 1924, Bad Nauheim, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Enclosing fragments of a Tauchnitz and requesting Lord Murray's address and news of Miss. Weisse's visit to Germany. Holograph signed.

Dates: 06 July 1924

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Thea Hunter, c1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2244
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], Paris, Thea Hunter to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Hunter is returning for another year and news of her forthcoming visit to Italy. Holograph signed, with envelope.

Dates: c1952

Letter to Edward Speyer from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 08 March 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L140
Scope and Contents

Letter, 8 March 1901, Surrey, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Edward Speyer. Turning down an invitation to a house party because of a tour of Berlin. Holograph signed, L139 - L142 sewn together.

Dates: 08 March 1901

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Albert Schweitzer, 30 October 1930

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1644
Scope and Contents

Letter, 30 October 1930, London, Albert Schweitzer to Donald Tovey. Thanking the Tovey's of their offer of hospitality and details of Schweitzer's time of arrival and engagements. Holograph signed, letter accompanied by English translation.

Dates: 30 October 1930

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Names
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 28
Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 22
Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor) 7
Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 3
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 2
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Gould, Clara (Clara) 2
Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907 (violinist) 2
Rontgen, Johannes, 1898-1969 2
Baillie, Florence Jewel, 1893-1969 (married to John Baillie) 1
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 1
Bartók, Bela, 1881-1945 (Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and pianist) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 1
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 1
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 1
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 1
Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart) 1
Fletcher, Maud (Maud) 1
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 1
Gordon-Lennox, Charles Henry, 6th Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Gordon 1
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 1
Hunter, Thea (Thea) 1
Kruse, Johann Secundus, Johann Secundus |1859-1927 (violinist) 1
Le Bel, GA, fl1893 (French chemist) 1
Lebour, George Alexander Louis, 1847-1918 (geologist and curator of the Natural History Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 1
Lennox, Arthur, fl1869-1875 (Inspector of Science and Art Schools) 1
Lesley, J Peter, 1819-1903 (American geologist) 1
Lesley, Susan Inches, 1823-: (wife of J Peter Lesley) 1
Lewis, Henry Carvill, 1853-1888 (American geologist and educator) 1
Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman, 1836-1920 (astronomer) 1
Nature 1
Price, WJA, fl1886 (Scranton (Pennsylvania, United States)) 1
Privy Council on Education (1839-1899) 1
Rontgen, Julia (Julia) 1
Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science (fl1870-1875) 1
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 1
Ro¨ntgen, Julius, 1885-1922 1
Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965, 1875-1965 (medical missionary) 1
Scotsman (1817-:) 1
Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvannia (1874-1899) 1
South Kensington Museum (1857-1909) 1
Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 1
Spring-Rice, Thomas, 2nd Baron Monteagle of Brandon 1
Swoboda, Henry, 1897-1990 (conductor) 1
Szell, George, 1897-1970 (conductor) 1
The Times (c1787-:) 1
Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899) 1
Tovey, John Wellcome (adopted son of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 1
Trotter, V Murray Coutts, 1874-1929 1
University of Birmingham (1900-:) 1
University of Oxford (c1096-:) 1
Wallop, Newton, 1856-1917 (6th Earl of Portsmouth) 1
Weingartner, Felix, Edler von Münzberg 1863-1942 (Austrian conductor) 1
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