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lock of hair

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Personal papers of Katie Halley, a Scotswoman abroad in London

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Material related to the Booth family

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Material related to the Booth family