Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 533 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs and Correspondence from Hedwig Rauh and family, 9 December 1951, 17 December 1950, 10 December 1949
File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/7
Scope and Contents
Photographs and Correspondence from Hedwig Rauh and family, 9 December 1951, 17 December 1950, 10 December 1949.
Dates:
9 December 1951; 17 December 1950; 10 December 1949
Playfair, Lyon, 1st Baron Playfair, 17 February 1889
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/53
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, sent from South Kensington on 17 February 1889 to Katharine Murray Lyell concerning one of her sons: “Edith has handed me Your letter. I am afraid that I cannot encourage you in regard to the Imperial Institute. There are already some hundreds of Candidates for the few places, which will not be filled for the next five years. If your son wishes to be added to the Candidates he should send in an application to Sir Frederick Abel...
Dates:
17 February 1889
Poerio, Carlo, 13 April [no year]
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/54
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Carlo Poerio, from Florence on 13 April [no year], to Susan Horner in response to an invitation: “Fino a ieri sera io avevo sperato di poter proffitare del [!] di Lei gentile invito, e tornai appositamente della campagna, dove io era andati a passare qualche giorno per la mia malferma saluta. Ma la febbre mi tornò, e fui costretto a rinunziare al piacere di riverirla. – Spero domani o dopo domani di essere in grado di uscire, [...]. – E pregandola di far gradire...
Dates:
13 April [no year]
Postcards sent to Marjorie Rackstraw, mostly 1960s
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-705/5/7
Scope and Contents
This sub-series includes postcards sent to Marjorie Rackstraw from all over the world, by various people.
Dates:
mostly 1960s
Primrose, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 8 and 18 May 1899
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/55
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery to Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, and his wife Mary, from 38 Berkeley Square, [London], 8 & 18 May 1899: “Dear Lyell. I really cannot thank you enough. You could not have pleased me more than by giving me this book (of the very existence of which I was ignorant) about one whose memory I so truly revere [...]” (18 May 1899, to L. Lyell, who had sent him the Memoir of Leonard Horner). – In a secretarial hand: “I am much...
Dates:
8 and 18 May 1899
Professional correspondence, 1946-2000
Series
Identifier: Coll-1255/4
Scope and Contents
Chiefly contains correspondence with professional colleagues and students, the Royal Society (generally concerning proposals for Fellowships) and the Genetics Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Subjects include Beale's early career, applications for positions, army service and plans for the Protozoan Genetics building on Edinburgh's King's Buildings site.
Except where noted, copies of Beale's replies are usually present.
Dates:
1946-2000
Publicity Material, 16 Oct 1994 - 21 Nov 1995
File
Identifier: GD61/5/3/15
Scope and Contents
Contains a press release and correspondence regarding the formation of the Scottish Switchboards Association (SSA).
Dates:
16 Oct 1994 - 21 Nov 1995
Pulszky, August von, 4 December 1868, 15 March 1895, 11 December 1901
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/56
Scope and Contents
Three autograph letters signed from August von Pulszky to Katharine Murray Horner, mostly on current affairs in Hungarian politics but also about the family’s well being and business. Sent from Szécsény & Budapest, 1868-1897.1. Dated 4 December 1868: “As to general politics, we have reason to be satisfied. The peace seems assured for next spring; internally, the constitution of last year for the regulation of our relations to Austria is working well; Croatia is glad to accept...
Dates:
4 December 1868, 15 March 1895, 11 December 1901
Pulszky, Ferenc, 1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/57
Scope and Contents
This file consists of five autograph letters signed from Ferenc Pulszky to Lady Mary Lyell and her husband Sir Charles Lyell, sent from Bayswater and Highgate (London), Turin, Budapest, and dated 1 July 1851, 23 June 1857, 18 March 1861, 19 February 1863 and 23 July 1875. Also includes an oval photographic portrait on a larger carrier.1. Letter from Ferenc Pulszky to Charles Lyell, dated 1 July 1851: "I enclose a letter of Mr Mazzini [i. e. the Italian politician and freedom...
Dates:
1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
Rep[resentative']s Correspondence, 8 Oct 1994 - 29 Aug 1997
File
Identifier: GD61/5/3/13
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between the Scottish Switchboards Association (SSA) and representatives from individual switchboards regarding updates on developments within SSA.
Dates:
8 Oct 1994 - 29 Aug 1997