Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1354 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Walter de la Mare to Rosemary Sisson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2903
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eleven letters from Walter de la Mare to Rosemary Sisson, dated 1935-1959, and one letter from Rosemary Sisson to Walter de la Mare, undated.
11 October 1935: autograph letter signed, mentioning a previous letter from Rosemary Sisson, as well as a "Daphne" and a "Cottage". "Next time I come I would like to do two things -...
Dates:
1935-1951
Letters of Anders Naessil, including five from Arthur Koestler
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1141
Identifier: Coll-1936
Content Description
This fonds includes seven letters of Anders Naessil: five from Arthur Koestler to A. Naessil, one from A. Naessil to Newsweek magazine, and one from Marie Whiteside, Editor of Newsweek to A. Naessil.
Letter from Koestler to Naessil replying to a previous letter, mentioning Naessil's book on Hemingway, Sartre, and a Nobel banquet that Koestler attended. Dated 21 June 1980.
Letter from...
Dates:
1980-1983
Letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North"), Andrew Wilson, and Alexander Blair
Fonds — Volume Dk.3.48
Identifier: Coll-2179
Scope and Contents
Three letters of John Wilson ("Christopher North") to Robert Findlay, also a letter of Andrew Wilson, his brother, and six letters of Alexander Blair to Findlay, about J. Wilson's life at Oxford, etc. 1804-1807.
Dates:
1804-1807
Letters of protest signed by Edinburgh Professors and list of those signing, 1976
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/2/J.60
Scope and Contents
The material consists of letters of protest signed by Edinburgh Professors and list of those signing, dated 1976.
Dates:
1976
Letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Part
Identifier: MS 113/ff. 310r-311v
Scope and Contents
This section contains two letters of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and a short text.'Bernardus ad R[omanus] romane ecclesie subdyaconum' ('To Romanus, Sub-deacon of the Roman Church'); letter from Bernard to Master Henry Murdag starting on f. 310r with the words 'Dilecto suo...Quid mirum si inter prospera fluctuas et adversa'.'Epistola beati Bernardi abbati ad Magistrum...
Dates:
c 1444-1445
Letters of Samuel Smiles
Fonds — Box CLX-A-373
Identifier: Coll-1877
Scope and Contents
Collection of 17 autograph letters signed (ALS), from Samuel Smiles (Scottish author and government reformer) to various correspondents, discussing literary and publishing matters, his works and lectures, and various business and financial matters.
29 November 1852: letter to Thomas Nunneley, one page, 4to., relating to 'the amount of compensation which was to be offered to...
Dates:
1852-1896
Letters received in reply to circular letter, May 1970
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.6
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence sent to Martin Rivers Pollock in reply to his circular letter seeking support for a working party, May 1970.
Dates:
May 1970
Letters relating to the life of Clements Kadalie, 1958-1971
File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/CK(C)
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to Kadalie's autobiography and Phiri's Life:1. Anthony Sampson, The Observer, London, to George Shepperson, Edinburgh. Mr Sampson is interested to hear that the recipient is thinking of writing a book on Kadalie. Sends Mrs Kadalie's address. 8 November 1958.2. George Shepperson introduces himself to Mrs Kadalie. He is considering writing a book about...
Dates:
1958-1971
Letters relevant to the Round Table Club and referring to John Gray McKendrick, 1908
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1324
Identifier: Coll-1694
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of two letters.The first is dated Edinburgh, 27 June 1908, and is from "your old friends", the "other surviving members" of the Round Table Club, to "Dear McKendrick". It goes on: "thank you very heartily for your labour of love. You bring back very vividly those happy times, and make us young again. We are especially grateful to you for what you say of those who have got [sic] before us, and we again see and hear their friends faces and their songs and...
Dates:
1908
Letters, speeches, articles and reports relating to the career of Julius Nyerere, the Independence of Tanganyika, and the United Republic of Tanzania, 1959-1988
File — Box CLX-A-16: Series Coll-490/6; Series Coll-490/7; Series Coll-490/8
Identifier: Coll-490/8/4
Scope and Contents
Letters, speeches, articles and reports relating to the career of Julius Nyerere, the Independence of Tanganyika, and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Julius Nyerere: Biography [early years] by George Dunheved. June 1959.
Nyerere's period at the University of Edinburgh. Request for information. 1960.
Gazette: University of Edinburgh, October 1960.
Article by George Shepperson 'University of Edinburgh's First Prime...
Dates:
1959-1988