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Correspondence

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1392 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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

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

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 / 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

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

 File
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

 File
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

 File
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

 File
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