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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 646 Collections and/or Records:

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 and papers regarding the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs, 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/H/1/H.3
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence with Martin River Pollock and papers regarding the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staff activities at the University of Edinburgh, 1976. Itrelates to industrial action taken by the ASTMS. Pollock did not support the strike and offered to resign from the union.

Dates: 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