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Correspondence: Andrew Carnegie with W. H. Ellis relating to the Emperor of Ethiopia (copies from the Carnegie Collection), 1903-1906; 1966

 File — Box: CLX-A-23
Identifier: Coll-490/21/1

Scope and Contents

Cover letter from Georpe Shepperson to F. Mann, Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, dated 2 June 1966, concerning Shepperson's access to the correspondence between Andrew Carnegie and W. H. Ellis in the Carnegie Collection.

1-23. Copy of File of Correspondence with Emperor Menelik of Ethiopa through various people'. Letters are mostly W. H. Ellis to Andrew Carnegie 1903–1906, and chiefly concern the authenticity of the original letter. 23 letters and 2 telegrams.

24. Letter of Tribute.

25. Authentication of certain documents (John Wood).

26. Newspaper reports: Tribune, 28 June 1904, "W. H. Ellis's Career".

New York Times, 23 November 1904. J.Kent Loomis disappeared from Kaiser Wilhelm II while travelling with Ellis as Government Messenger.

Dates

  • Creation: 1903-1906; 1966

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Full Extent

1 folder

Genre / Form

Geographic

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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