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Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 539 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Geoffrey Beale, founder of malaria genetics and Royal Society professor

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
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Projects and Groups / Scottish Switchboard[s] Assoc[iation]. Archives

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

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
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Projects and Groups / Scottish Switchboard[s] Assoc[iation]. Archives

Ricasoli, Bettino, 30 September 1861

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/58
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Bettino Ricasoli (Prime Minister of Italy), dated 30 September 1861, to Leonard Horner in Turin, about his visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the next day: “Saró molto fortunato Se Ella vorrà favorirmi domani al Ministero degli Affari Esteri al mezzogiorno e mezzo [...]”.

Dates: 30 September 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Richmond, George, 28 April 1859 [or 1869], 15 May 1867, 21 May 1881

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/59
Scope and Contents Three autograph letters signed from George Richmond to Mary Horner Lyell:1. Dated 28 April 1859 or 1869: letter of excuse to Katharine Murray Lyell with a reference to her sister, Mary Horner Lyell (“Lady Lyell”), in response to an invitation: “I have just written to Lady Lyell to thank her for kindly offering me 2 convey me 2 your house on Saturday – in the event of my being able to accept the terms of your kind invitation for that day. Still I am sorry 2 say I cannot for...
Dates: 28 April 1859 [or 1869], 15 May 1867, 21 May 1881
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Robert Nye papers

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-54
Scope and Contents The collection includes, largely: working notes; drafts; typescripts; correspondence; source material; and, publishing house material. The collection, received at various points since the 1990s, is formed by the following components: MSS 2881-2916 (35 archive boxes), containing material relating to: Merlin - working notes, drafts, typescript, copies of source...
Dates: 1969-2005
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Robertson, Margaret Buchanan

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-56
Scope and Contents

Extracts of letters of Margaret Buchanan Robertson relating to treatment by Professor James Young Simpson 1857-1859

Dates: 1857-1859
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

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