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Correspondence

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1392 Collections and/or Records:

Marmion, B.P., 1964-1971

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.244
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Barrie Marmion and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1964-1971.

Dates: 1964-1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Marmur, J., 1963-1967

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.245
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence between Julius Marmur and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1963-1967. It mainly relates to taxonomy of bacteria.

Dates: 1963-1967
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Marwick, A., 1980-1982

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.68
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and A. Marwick 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

Material relating to Africa for the African by Joseph Booth, 1953-1969

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Identifier: Coll-210/2/7
Scope and Contents

Material relating to Africa for the African published by Booth in 1897, includes copies of two editions of the work, Shepperson’s notes, and correspondence about existing copies and reprinting the work.

Dates: 1953-1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Research correspondence and material of George Shepperson

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Material relating to Lillian Booth, 1951-1954

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Material related to the Booth family

Material relating to Mary Booth, 1954-1955

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Material related to the Booth family

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections