Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:
Material relating to British magician Oswald Rae
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1556
Identifier: Coll-1749
Content Description
The collection is composed of manuscript and typescript material: letters; descriptions of tricks with diagrams; material for The Budget Journal; talk; pamphlets and writings; certificate; and a photograph. In more detail:1. Printed matter:
1 x copy of Mind Waves, a master mental mystery devised by Leo Tree.
1 x copy Budget No.1. February 1930....
Dates:
1928-1962
Material relating to John Dover Wilson, Regius Professor of English Literature
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1519
Scope and Contents
Collection contains:
1 x recipe book
1 x notebook: 'Ye monthly Brer', from January 1894
1 x bundle assorted postcards (11) send from John Dover Wilson to Dorothy Baldwin before their marriage in 1906, being illustrations of: Bernard Shaw, Henrik Ibsen (2), Walt Whitman, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Darwin, John Ruskin, Professor Huxley, John Burns, G. F. Watts, and cartoon...
Dates:
1905-1964
Material relating to Lillian Booth, 1951-1954
File
Identifier: Coll-210/1/16
Scope and Contents
Material relating to Lillian Booth, the third wife of Joseph Booth, mainly letters from Mrs Casey to Shepperson about the Booth’s last years.
Dates:
1951-1954
Material relating to Mary Booth, 1954-1955
File
Identifier: Coll-210/1/17
Scope and Contents
Material relating to Mary Booth (Mrs Douglas Sales), includes Shepperson’s correspondence with Mary about her father.
Dates:
1954-1955
Material relating to research into plantation industry in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1324, Folder: Coll-1813 / SC-Acc-2017-0062
Identifier: Coll-1813
Content Description
This small collection consists of the material collected by Dr Tom Barron, for his research into the plantation industry in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the British community there. Having not found any surviving records when he visited Ceylon (Sri Lanka), he decided to search for private papers, including by publishing a call in the Quaterly Bulletin no. 151 of the Ceylon Association in London, for personal papers and experiences relating to planting and business ventures in Ceylon in the 19th...
Dates:
1969-1972
Material relating to Sorley MacLean
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1271
Scope and Contents
At E2010.23 there is an autograph letter signed as 'S. MacLean' to Mr Stephen (probably Meic Stephens), placed and dated Plockton, 5 August 1969. The brief letter is about the Taliesin Congress and how Maclean will 'accept your invitation to attend the Taliesin Congress'. Meic Stephens (born 1938) was then Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council.Three later additions:
1) autograph letter signed to David Morrison (poet and editor) referring to a previously unpublished...
Dates:
1969-1987
Mathematical archive of Professor Alexander Craig Aitken
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1529
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of mathematical mansucripts and the corrected manuscript, and correspondence around, the publication Gallipoli to the Somme: Recollections of a New Zealand Infantryman. It also contains off-prints and publications by Aitken, papers and correspondence relating to Aitken's work at Edinburgh University and letters to and from academics, family and friends, as well as letters of condolence addressed to Mrs. Aitken. There is also a quantity of...
Dates:
1910-1995
Mayrhofer, Manfred, 1962-1964
File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/79
Scope and Contents
Manfred Mayrhofer (1926-2011), Sanskritist, 2 Typewritten Letters Signed.2 letters.- Letter 1: 4 July 1962. Mayrhofer writes to Schachermeyr and describes his holiday plans. He mentions the importance of finding a post for Göbl, a promising student. He is currently working on the Surkh-Kotal-Inscription. A copy of this letter is included in Coll-2106/1 and Coll-2106/47.- Letter 2: 16 November 1964. Mayrhofer describes a book he is planning to write, "Die Indo-Arier...
Dates:
1962-1964
McLaren, A., 1961-1975
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.229
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Anne L. McLaren and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1961-1975. It mainly relates to Pollock's article for 'Science Survey' edited by McLaren, to be published by Penguin Books.
Dates:
1961-1975
Me-Mo, 1980-1982
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.69
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, Me-Mo in alphabetical sequence, 1980-1982.
Dates:
1980-1982
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock
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SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES
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Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981
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Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders