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lock of hair

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Envelope containing hair from the first cut of William Halley Eggars , 8 July 1887

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1843/4
Scope and Contents

A small envelope, 120 x 95mm, containing a lock of hair with the pencil inscription "William Halley Eggers first cut. July 8th [18]87".

Dates: 8 July 1887

Hymn book in the Nyanga (?) language printed at Blantyre, 1896

 Item
Identifier: Coll-210/1/11
Scope and Contents

Hymn book in the Nyanga (?) language printed at Blantyre. 1 vol., 1896. Includes a lock of hair [presumably of Joseph Booth, comparing with hair in COll-210/1/1] and a fabric cross.

Dates: 1896

Items relating to Dr John Brown of Edinburgh and his family

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2238
Scope and Contents Dr John Brown, M.D. Author of Rab and his friends (1859). Letters of, photos, and other items relating to John Brown and his father, his son and his cousin who all named John Brown. Also letter of Lord Lister. 1853-1920s, 1951. 3 letters of Dr John Brown to his cousin Dr John Brown of Burnley and the latter's wife Mary. 1879-1880, n.d. 6 ff. 12^o. 2...
Dates: 1853-1882

Quotations from the Bible, verses and poems in the hands of members of the Booth family, and lock of Joseph Booth's hair, c 1871 - c 1913

 File
Identifier: Coll-210/1/1
Scope and Contents

Quotations from the bible, verses and poems in the hands of members of the Booth family, also includes a lock of Joseph Booth’s hair

Dates: c 1871 - c 1913