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Surrey (England)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

A "Last Ditcher", 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2171
Scope and Contents

Photograph from the Sunday Pictorial newspaper of the horse, "White Cockade" falling and unseatting his jockey at an open ditch during the Past and Present Steeplechase, Grand Military Meeting at Sandown Park in 1920.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Among the Flying Hoofs at Kempton, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2020
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the horse "Shallogan" and his jockey, Escott, suffering a bad fall at the Norbiton Steeplechase at Kempton in 1921. The image shows the horse and jockey on the ground as three other horse ride and jump over them, neither were hurt.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Dog Acts as Foster-Mother To Pigs, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3178
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Pomeranian dog sitting next to a litter of six piglets in a pen acting as their foster-mother at Hersham, Surrey, [England] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

International Centre for Regional Planning and Development (ICRPD) - mixed papers (4), 1954-1960

 File
Identifier: PJM/ICRPD/6
Scope and Contents Correspondence, papers and minutes for the Provisional Committee, General Council and British Group of the International Centre for Regional Planning and Development (ICRPD). The file includes: an agenda for a meeting considering setting up the Scottish Group, the report and list of participants on the British Group study day held at the London School of Economics on 21 November 1959 entitled "Economic forces leading to Urban Concentration", some hand-written notes, in Percy...
Dates: 1954-1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / International Centre for Regional Planning and Development (ICRPD)

Letter from Carlos Paton Blacker, secretary of the Eugenics society, 17 Mar 1955

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/30
Scope and Contents

Blacker expresses his regard for Thomson and regrets not having seen more of him. He refers to his daughter, Thetis, and her feelings for Thomson, mentioning how kind both Thomson and Lady Thomson were to her.

Minor annotations by Lady Thomson who notes Thetis' membership of the Glynbourne Opera.

Dates: 17 Mar 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters of condolence to Lady Thomson

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 28 August 1939

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2612
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 August 1939, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Expressing anxiety over the threat of a European war and over Tovey's health. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 August 1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Charel Guthrie, 24 May 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2192
Scope and Contents

Letter, 24 May 1929, Edinburgh, Charles Guthrie to Robert Trevelyan. Concerning the finances of ' The Bride of Dionysus'. Typescript signed.

Dates: 24 May 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Charles Guthrie, 15 March 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2184
Scope and Contents

Letter, 15 March 1929, Edinburgh, Charles Guthrie to Robert Trevelyan. Enclosing a new agreement, thanking Trevelyan for a cheque and details of the costs of properties for the opera. Typescript signed.

Dates: 15 March 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Charles Guthrie, 23 March 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2185
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 March 1929, Edinburgh, Charles Guthrie to Robert Trevelyan. News that the opera licence has been received by the Empire theatre, and arranging the delivery of properties. Typescript signed.

Dates: 23 March 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Charles Guthrie, 26 March 1929

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2186
Scope and Contents

Letter, 26 March 1929, Edinburgh, Charles Guthrie to Robert Trevelyan. Discussion of the wigs, beards and moustaches ordered by Charles Ricketts for the production of 'The Bride of Dionysus'. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 March 1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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