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Correspondence

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Personal correspondence received by Marjorie Rackstraw, 1908-1978

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Identifier: Coll-705/5/3
Scope and Contents

This file contains personal correspondence from contacts of Marjorie Rackstraw. Letters relate to Masson Hall, Moray House, Birmingham University, Edinburgh University, her relief work time in France, Russia, and her involvement with the Hampstead Housing Old People's Trust. There are updates from students, and friends, many in response to Christmas cards that she sent, and including photos of their family.

Dates: 1908-1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Correspondence

Perutz, M.F., 1960-1975

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.302
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Max Perutz ans Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1960-1975.

Dates: 1960-1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Petermann, Julius Heinrich, 1824, 1846

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/94
Scope and Contents

Julius Heinrich Petermann (1801-1876), orientalist and traveller, Autograph Letter Signed, 1824 + ADS 1846.

1 poem, 1 academic reference, 1 copy of Petermann's Curriculum Vitae copied from his dissertation. Poem: dedicated to Petermann's parents. Reference: 1846, for Sal. Rosenheim.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Many short biographies of Petermann from encyclopaedias. Purchase information.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates: 1824, 1846
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Phillips, D.C., 1966-1967

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.304
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence between David Phillips and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1966-1967. It relates tp a three-dimensional lysozyme model.

Dates: 1966-1967
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Phillips, Thomas, 13 March 1824

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

Photo and Letter related to the Children's House Nursery, 18 August 1971

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Photographs

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". ...
Dates: late 19th century-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson

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 ...
Dates: 1908-1981
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw

Photographs and Correspondence from Hedwig Rauh and family, 9 December 1951, 17 December 1950, 10 December 1949

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Photographs

Pirie, N.W., 1957-1973

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