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Correspondence

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Found in 1394 Collections and/or Records:

Bound volume of manuscript materials by and about Scottish poet Thomas Brown

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1986
Content Description Ths is a bound volume of manuscript material, correspondence and verse, by and about Thomas Brown, Scottish poet and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1810 until the end of his life in 1820. The collection was almost certainly put together by his friend and colleague William Erskine, to whom the vast majority of the manuscripts are addressed.Contents: ...
Dates: 1797-1835
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Bowring, John, 16 June 1868

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Identifier: Coll-1989/5
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from John Bowring to Fanny Horner Byrne (1789-1876), wife of the Irish revolutionary Myles Byrne, dated 16 june 1868, [London]: "Thanks for your letter & the trouble you have taken. If I can carry my Co-Trustees with me, we will make a Grant to the Institution whose cause you so ably plead".

Dates: 16 June 1868
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Boxall, William, 31 January 1867; 13 January 1877

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Identifier: Coll-1989/6
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter of excuse from William Boxall to Katharine Murray Lyell following an invitation (dated 31 January 1867): "I have been in bed two days with one of my bad attacks in the throat. I hoped till this moment that I might have had the pleasure of dining with you on Saturday but I am so unwell that I feel that it will be impossible for me to leave the house. – I am most grateful to you and to Col. Lyell and to Sir Charles and your sister for unremitting kindness and I cannot help...
Dates: 31 January 1867; 13 January 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Br, 1980-1981

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.45
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, Br in alphabetical sequence, 1980-1981.

Dates: 1980-1981
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

Brachet, J., 1960-1970

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.33
Scope and Contents From the Series: Section L, Correspondence, is by far the most substantial and comprehensive section in the collection. Pollock kept his correspondence - incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing letters - in a single alphabetical sequence ordered by correspondent and this arrangement has been retained. It includes correspondence with some of the most distinguished biochemists, microbiologists and molecular biologists of the day, including E.P. Abraham, M. Cohn, F.H.C. Crick, E.F. Gale, W.E. van...
Dates: 1960-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Brenner, S., 1955-1975

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.34
Scope and Contents

The material consits of correspondence between S. Brenner and Martin rivers Pollock, dated 1955-1975. The 1955 material relates to penicillinase, Rnase and DNase. The later correspondence chiefly relates to visits.

Dates: 1955-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Brian, P.W., 1956-1970

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.35
Scope and Contents From the Series: Section L, Correspondence, is by far the most substantial and comprehensive section in the collection. Pollock kept his correspondence - incoming letters and carbon copies of outgoing letters - in a single alphabetical sequence ordered by correspondent and this arrangement has been retained. It includes correspondence with some of the most distinguished biochemists, microbiologists and molecular biologists of the day, including E.P. Abraham, M. Cohn, F.H.C. Crick, E.F. Gale, W.E. van...
Dates: 1956-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 1949-1954

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Identifier: Coll-1586/E/2/E.68
Scope and Content

The material consists of editorial correspondence relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's work at the British Journal of Experimental Pathology, chiefly papers submitted by Pollock, 1949-1954.

Dates: 1949-1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION E: DRAFTS AND PUBLICATIONS / EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

British Medical Bulletin, 1953-1965

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Identifier: Coll-1586/E/2/E.69
Scope and Content

The material consists of editorial correspondence relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's work at the British Medical Bulletin, including book reviews etc., 1953-1965.

Dates: 1953-1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION E: DRAFTS AND PUBLICATIONS / EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Broadfoot, William, 1897-1898

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/16
Scope and Contents William Broadfoot (1841-1927), British Major, Governor of the Punjab, Autograph Letter Signed.1 Letter and 1 Pamphlet Letter: A 1898 letter from Major William Broadfoot to Mr Forbes, on the subject of Major General Kinloch's pamphlet. The pamphlet is Kinloch's rebuttal of accusations by Sir Robert Low that he 'lacked nerve' during the Chitral Relief Mission. In the letter, Broadfoot says he does not see the use of this pamphlet, and describes his own view of Kinloch's failed...
Dates: 1897-1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists