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Correspondence

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Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:

Medical Research Council Colloquium on Bacterial Genetics, 14-16 December 1954, 1954

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/1/G.3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The material in this subseries covers some of Martin Rivers Pollock's visits and attendance at conferences from 1947. The bulk of the material, however, relates to a 1981 Conference on the Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh that Pollock helped organise. This includes an extensive sequence of correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funding bodies. At Coll-1586/G/1/G.82 are a number of invitations to visit declined by Pollock or for which there...
Dates: 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES / Visits and conferences 1947-1983

Medvedev, Z.A., 1957-1973

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.250
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Zhores Medvedev and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1957-1973.

Dates: 1957-1973
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

[Menus signed by scholars] 15th International Congress of Orientalists, Copenhagen, 1908

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/80
Scope and Contents [Menus signed by scholars]. 15th International Congress of Orientalists, Copenhagen 1908: 52 signatures, many Arabists; Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Lunch in Honour of Academic Delegates 1899: 23 signatures.1 menu card from the XV. Internationaler Orientalisten-Kongreß, Kopenhagen, 1908. Card belonged to Margarethe Hultzsch. Signed by 53 attendees of the congress.Notes by Alfred Stumpff: List of all people signed on the menu card, with short...
Dates: 1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Merck & Co. Inc., 1950-1958

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.258
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence between Merck & Co. Inc. and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1950-1958. It relates to the supply of penicillin-related compounds to Pollock.

Dates: 1950-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Merivale, Herman, 19th century

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Identifier: Coll-1989/46
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Herman Merivale to the conchologist and botanist Mary Horner Lyell, London (“Colonial Office At 14”), no date: “It will give me very much pleasure to dine with you tomorrow (Tuesday) and the more in family the better as far as I am concerned. Your note did not reach me till today, as I went down on Saturday to pass two nights at my brothers’ in Essex. I will be with you at half past six, unless you should send me a note here to put me off [...]”.

Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Mermoz, G., 1980-1982

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.70
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and G. Mermoz in response requests for prospective speakers, participants and funders, 1980-1982.

Dates: 1980-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES / Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981 / Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders

Meyer, Gustav, 1883-1891

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/81
Scope and Contents Gustav Meyer (1850-1900), Sanskritist, 4 Autograph Letters Signed, 1883-1891.4 letters, 1 cover from a previous collector.- Letter 1: 24 January 1891. Meyer cancels his attendance at a party because he's ill.- Letter 2: 12 March 1891. Meyer corrects an invoice he has been sent.- Letter 3: 7 February 1883. Meyer thanks his correspondent for helping with some of his publications.- Letter 4: 6 December 1887. Meyer is sending some articles on Indian literary history...
Dates: 1883-1891
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Michaelis, A.R., 1980-1982

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.71
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and A.R. Michaelis in response requests for prospective speakers, participants and funders, 1980-1982. Michaelis was editor of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews which published Pollock’s and T. Barrett’s essay ‘Common denominators in Art and Science’ in volume 6 (1981). See Coll-1586/E/1/E.48-E.51.

Dates: 1980-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES / Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981 / Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders

Michaelis, Johann David, 1775

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/82
Scope and Contents Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791), orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed 1775, about Abulfeda manuscripts.1 Letter - 16 April 1775, Gottingen. Written in Latin, this letter is addressed to Monsieur Capperonier at the Bibliothèque du Roy in Paris. It concerns the loans of several Arabic manuscripts. One of which is the Abul Feda Manuscript. Michaelis asks if he can extend the loan. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: A typed transcription accompanied by one page...
Dates: 1775
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, 1951-1963

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Identifier: Coll-1586/H/11/H.21
Scope and Contents

This material mainly consists of correspondence regarding work and committee oversight of the Experimental Station of the Microbiological Research Department (later Establishment) at Porton, Wiltshire.

Dates: 1951-1963
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION H: SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS