Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1340 Collections and/or Records:
Phillips, Thomas, 13 March 1824
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/52
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Thomas Phillips, sent from [London] on 13 March 1824 to Charles Lyell, concerning a portrait of his fellow botanist William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865): “I have omitted to answer your kind letter in which you mentioned your desire to have Dr Hooker’s cast off picture. It is yours! And as you desire it in order to manifest your respect for him so let me indulge a feeling of the like nature toward one from whom I have received so much politeness and many favours and...
Dates:
13 March 1824
Photo and Letter related to the Children's House Nursery, 18 August 1971
File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/10
Scope and Contents
This file contains a photograph and a letter sent to Marjorie Rackstraw 18 August 1971 announcing the Headmistress May Brown's retirement, and thanking her for her "kindness and encouragement during my term of office". The photo is from the Reunion Summer of 1970, and is of a large room full of people seated. Marjorie Rackstraw is in the front row, on the right, third from the aisle.
Dates:
18 August 1971
Photographs, 1908-1981
Series
Identifier: Coll-705/6
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs of, and related to Marjorie Rackstraw, as well as some associated correspondence.
Photos related to Birmingham University, 1908-1915
Photographs related to Bryn Mawr, 1912-1913
Photos related to relief work, 1920-1945
Personal Snapshots, 1920-1970
Masson Hall Group Photos, 1924-1937
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Dates:
1908-1981
Photographs, late 19th century-1982
Series — Box CLX-A-34: Series Coll-490/Phot.
Identifier: Coll-490/Phot.
Scope and Contents
This series contains photographs, mostly black and white. Most depict missions in Nyasaland/Malawi, and their people (both African and European).
Photographs of missions, of African people, and of European people. No captions.
Photographs sent and captioned by Josephine Cunningham Edwards, featuring missions in Malawi, with Malawian and European people. See "Coll-490/22/COR3".
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Dates:
late 19th century-1982
Photographs and Correspondence from Hedwig Rauh and family, 9 December 1951, 17 December 1950, 10 December 1949
File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/7
Scope and Contents
Photographs and Correspondence from Hedwig Rauh and family, 9 December 1951, 17 December 1950, 10 December 1949.
Dates:
9 December 1951; 17 December 1950; 10 December 1949
Pirie, N.W., 1957-1973
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.309
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Norman Pirie and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1957-1973.
Dates:
1957-1973
Playfair, Lyon, 1st Baron Playfair, 17 February 1889
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/53
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, sent from South Kensington on 17 February 1889 to Katharine Murray Lyell concerning one of her sons: “Edith has handed me Your letter. I am afraid that I cannot encourage you in regard to the Imperial Institute. There are already some hundreds of Candidates for the few places, which will not be filled for the next five years. If your son wishes to be added to the Candidates he should send in an application to Sir Frederick Abel...
Dates:
17 February 1889
Plütschau, Heinrich, 1713
File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/95
Scope and Contents
Heinrich Plütschau (1676-1747), theologian, missionary, Autograph Quotation Signed in Hindi, 1713.1 entry from a "Stammbuch" (friendship book). 1 translation of the Tamil from the Stammbuch entry. Stammbuch entry: Tamil inscription about prayer. Translation: original, modern spelling, transliteration, and analysis. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, physical description of the Stammbuch entry, purchase information, notes on...
Dates:
1713
Poerio, Carlo, 13 April [no year]
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/54
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Carlo Poerio, from Florence on 13 April [no year], to Susan Horner in response to an invitation: “Fino a ieri sera io avevo sperato di poter proffitare del [!] di Lei gentile invito, e tornai appositamente della campagna, dove io era andati a passare qualche giorno per la mia malferma saluta. Ma la febbre mi tornò, e fui costretto a rinunziare al piacere di riverirla. – Spero domani o dopo domani di essere in grado di uscire, [...]. – E pregandola di far gradire...
Dates:
13 April [no year]
"Poetry 2", 1990s-2000s
File — Box Coll-2126: Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2126/15
Scope and Contents
Folder of handwritten and typewritten poetry and short stories by Roddy Lumsden, including poems entitled "Poem from the Gap", "The Capistrano Swallow Who Never Came Home", "Me and Florence Nightingale", "Revenge on a Neighbour", "Candle", "Kippis", "20 Haiku for my Dentist", etc. Also includes a letter from Diana Shine, Secretary for Awards of the Society of Authors, dated 25 August 1993, concerning the inclusion of five...
Dates:
1990s-2000s