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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 517 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, November 1947-December 1947

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/E.92
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, dated November-December 1947. The material includes Japanese and German ionospheric research.

Dates: November 1947-December 1947

Correspondence and papers re. content and running of the course, 1970-1971

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1586/C/4/C.19
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence and papers re. content and running of the mini-course, 'The evolution of Molecular Biology', dated 1970-1971.

Dates: 1970-1971

Correspondence and papers regarding Pollock's resignation from Edinburgh, 1975-1977

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/C/2/C.9
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence and papers of Martin Rivers Pollock relating to his resignation from Edinburgh Unviersity, dated 1975-1977. It includes a copy of the Senatus special minute recording the University's thanks to Pollock, 1977.

Dates: 1975-1977

Correspondence and papers regarding superannuation, October 1945, 1965-1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/C/2/C.10
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence and papers of Martin Rivers Pollock regarding superannuation It includes a letter of appointment to the Medical Research Council, dated October 1945 required for calculation of superannuation entitlement.

Dates: October 1945, 1965-1976

Correspondence arising from Pollock's letter, January 1981-February 1981

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/E/1/54
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence arising from Pollock's letterto The Guardian regarding commercials during the broadcast of ‘Playing for Time’ on ITV, dated January 1981-February 1981.

Dates: January 1981-February 1981

Correspondence between an astronomer, David Little of Granton, Edinburgh, and the instrument maker William Horn, of Allan Park, Stirling, and correspondence between Horn and instrument makers Thomas Morton of Kilmarnock, and T. Cooke & Sons, York

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1555, Folder: SC-Acc-2016-0164
Identifier: Coll-1784
Scope and Contents

The collection of letters is divided into a group dating from 1850 which includes receipts, costs and correspondence between William Horn and David Little, Granton, Edinburgh.


Another group of in the collection is correspondence between William Horn and Morton and Cooke.


There is also a sketch of a comet drawn in 1838 (Encke's Comet).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1870

Correspondence between Dr Alan Orr. Anderson and W.J. Watson, 04 Feb 1922-22 June 1928

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW373
Scope and Contents Series of letters from Dr Alan Orr Anderson to William J. Watson. The letters largely form a discussion on the origins of the Northern race, the origins of Scottish place names, and the origins of Gaelic words. Discussion is also made of vol ii of the publicationEarly sources of Scottish history, A.D. 500 to 1286, collected and translated by Alan Orr Anderson (Edinburgh, 1922). Also included are a series of genealogical charts of early medieval Scottish...
Dates: 04 Feb 1922-22 June 1928

Correspondence between D.R. Hartree, H.R. Hulme, L.B. Loeb, K. A. Macfadyen with Edward Appleton, 1937

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.292
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Edward Appleton, dated 1937. The material consists of correspondence from D.R. Hartree; H.R. Hulme, consisting of two letters, (originally sent to Hartree and J. A. Ratcliffe and passed on by them, and annotated by Edward Appleton); L.B. Loeb; and K. A. Macfadyen.

Dates: 1937

Correspondence between F.J.M. Stratton, L.H. Thomas, J.S. Townsend with Edward Appleton, 1934-1938 and no date

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.296
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Edward Appleton. The material consists of correspondence from F.J.M. Stratton, dated 1938; L.H. Thomas, dated 1934; J.S. Townsend, no date; and 1 page from an unidentified correspondent at Trinity College, Cambridge, dated 1936.

Dates: 1934-1938 and no date

Correspondence between J. Sayers and Edward Appleton, 1937

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.295
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between J. Sayers and Edward Appleton, dated 1937. It includes calculations, graphs, drafts of papers on recombination by F.L. Mohler.

Dates: 1937