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Correspondence

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Found in 1353 Collections and/or Records:

Morley, John, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 26 May 1881

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Identifier: Coll-1989/48
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed to Katharine Murray Lyell, [London], 26 May 1881: “I find that I cannot manage to come to you on the day that you were kind enough to give me. I am really very sorry; my driving powers are awfully limited [...]”.

Dates: 26 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

Mu, 1950-1976

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.278
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Mu, dated 1950-1976.

Dates: 1950-1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Müller, Max, 1871

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/84
Scope and Contents

Max Müller (1823-1900), orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1871, to Reinhold Rost, with his return Autograph Letter Signed.

1 Letter.
- 10 October 1871, Oxford. A short letter to Dr Reinhold Rost. Muller asks if he could have a book returned to him from the India Office Library and requests loans of two more books.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: 1 Short note with catalogue information.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates: 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Murray, Alexander Stuart, 26 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-1989/49
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from To Miss Pertz (probably the noted botanist Dorothea Pertz), London, 26 January 1903: “Prof. Kekulé writes – among other nice things – ‘meine Frau und ich werden uns sehr freuen, Miss Pertz bei uns zu sehen’. I hope you are finding your way about in Berlin and enjoying life among your friends [...]”.

Dates: 26 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Na-Ne, 1953-1965

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.280
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Na-Ne, dated 1953-1965.

Dates: 1953-1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Nachod, Oskar, 30 November 1934

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/85
Scope and Contents

Oskar Nachod (1858-1933), Japanologist, signature only.

1 letter, 1 autograph.
- Autograph: undated. Signature: "Dr O. Nachod".
- Letter 1: 30 November 1934. Letter from Mrs. Nachod, stating that she will fulfil the correspondent's wish for an autograph from her husband despite her husband's death two years before. She encloses the autograph.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: None.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates: 30 November 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Nag, Kalidas, 1936

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/86
Scope and Contents

Kalidas Nag (1892-1966), Indian historian, Autograph Letter Signed, 1936.

Acquired together with Coll-2106/120.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff:

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates: 1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Najjar, V.A., 1963-1964

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.279
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Victor Najjar and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1963-1964. It mainly relates to conformational change in antigens.

Dates: 1963-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Nasmyth, James, 15 September 1856, 11 June 1889

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Identifier: Coll-1989/50
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from James Nasmyth to one Mrs. Wills, Penshurst (Kent), 11 June 1889: “We were delighted to receive your most welcome note of yesterday and to know that you are quite well again as in your cosey house at No 13. -- We shall be very happy to receive your friends any afternoon and hope the sun will shine not so as to unable them to enjoy so long a drive. -- I well remember Leonard Horner and his venerable Father in my early days in Edinburgh in connection with the...
Dates: 15 September 1856, 11 June 1889
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, 1968

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Identifier: Coll-1586/H/12/H.22
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Section H, Societies and organisations, brings together material relating to Pollock's involvement with sixteen British and international organisations. It includes scientific, professional and educational bodies. Again, the record is very partial. The best documented bodies are the Ciba Foundation, the Louis Rapkine Association, which Pollock helped to establish, the Royal Society and the Society for General Microbiology, of which he was a founder member.

Dates: 1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION H: SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS