Chile

Scope and Contents From the Series: Section L, Correspondence, is by far the most substantial and comprehensive section in the collection. Pollock kept his correspondence - incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing letters - in a single alphabetical sequence ordered by correspondent and this arrangement has been retained. It includes correspondence with some of the most distinguished biochemists, microbiologists and molecular biologists of the day, including E.P. Abraham, M. Cohn, F.H.C. Crick, E.F. Gale, W.E. van...

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Photograph of a herd of cattle minded by cowboys crossing the Andes mountains into Chile in the early 20th century.

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The material consists of correspondence between Ruth Urbá and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1959. It relates to progress of research, social and personal news, and arrangements for Pollock's visit to Chile, November-December.

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The material consists of correspondence by Martin Rivers Pollock regarding the arrest of Chilean refugee academics in Argentina, dated 1979-1981.

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The material consists of letters of protest signed by Edinburgh Professors and list of those signing, dated 1976.

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The material consists of letters to the press drawing attention to the protest, appealling to the Argentinean government not to return academic refugees to the Chilean authorities, dated 1976.

Scope and Contents This notebook is written primarily in ink. Subjects include scholarship and university arrangements in other nations, religion, and notes on recent geological discoveries. on page 121 there is a list of ch[apters], indexed as 'essays' indicating Lyell's notes on his proposed book. Three pages are missing. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook,...

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of the papers of Sir John Jackson, including: Photograph albums. Albums of newspaper clippings relating to Sir John Jackson's work, and to his and his family's personal life. Personal and business correspondence. Material relating to Sir John Jackson's candidacy as MP for Devonport in 1904, 1906, and 1910. ...

Content Description This fonds consists of the Records of the Edinburgh Chile Solidarity Committee (c. 1973-1978), with some material relating to the Chile Solidarity Campaign UK-wide. The records of the committee include minutes, correspondence, membership lists, publications, documents relating to the "adoption" of Chilean refugees by the committee, and various printed ephemera used to spread awareness of their campaign and advertise events organised to support the committee. There are also...

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Three A4 sheets with a brief biography of Elvira Hernández and a brief history of La Joyita Cartonera. Associated with La Bandera de Chile by Elvira Hernandez, published 2018.