Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1408 Collections and/or Records:
Postgate, J.R., 1949-1967
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.316
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between John Postgate and Martin Rivers pollock, dated 1949-1967.
Dates:
1949-1967
Pott, Friedrich August, 11 July 1861
File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/96
Scope and Contents
Friedrich August Pott (1802-1887), Indologist, Autograph Letter Signed 1861.1 envelope, 1 letter. Letter 1: 11 July 1861. Pott discusses the funding for the expedition undertaken by Hn. V. Beurmann to inner Africa. He has not been as successful in raising funds as he wished, due to negative gossip about him among his colleagues. He sends 75 Reichstaler. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Short biographical information, physical description of the letter and...
Dates:
11 July 1861
Primrose, Archibald, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 8 and 18 May 1899
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/55
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery to Leonard Lyell, 1st Baron Lyell, and his wife Mary, from 38 Berkeley Square, [London], 8 & 18 May 1899: “Dear Lyell. I really cannot thank you enough. You could not have pleased me more than by giving me this book (of the very existence of which I was ignorant) about one whose memory I so truly revere [...]” (18 May 1899, to L. Lyell, who had sent him the Memoir of Leonard Horner). – In a secretarial hand: “I am much...
Dates:
8 and 18 May 1899
Professional correspondence, 1946-2000
Series
Identifier: Coll-1255/4
Scope and Contents
Chiefly contains correspondence with professional colleagues and students, the Royal Society (generally concerning proposals for Fellowships) and the Genetics Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Subjects include Beale's early career, applications for positions, army service and plans for the Protozoan Genetics building on Edinburgh's King's Buildings site.
Except where noted, copies of Beale's replies are usually present.
Dates:
1946-2000
Prym, Eugen, 1867-1926
File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/97
Scope and Contents
Eugen Prym (1843-1913), orientalist, Arabist, 4 Autograph Letters Signed 1867-1868, addenda.8 letters, 8 envelopes.- Letter 1: 18 June 1926. From Anna Prym to her grandmother. She tells her grandmother about her time at St. Mary's Abbey school in London, England. She tells her grandmother about school, birthdays, and going to the theatre.- Letter 2: 3 February 1892. James Thomson sends a book "Land o' Burns" and writes some notes on Scottish spellings and...
Dates:
1867-1926
Publicity Material, 16 Oct 1994 - 21 Nov 1995
File
Identifier: GD61/5/3/15
Scope and Contents
Contains a press release and correspondence regarding the formation of the Scottish Switchboards Association (SSA).
Dates:
16 Oct 1994 - 21 Nov 1995
Pulszky, August von, 4 December 1868, 15 March 1895, 19 July 1897
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/56
Scope and Contents
Three autograph letters signed from August von Pulszky to Katharine Murray Horner, mostly on current affairs in Hungarian politics but also about the family’s well being and business. Sent from Szécsény & Budapest, 1868-1897.1. Dated 4 December 1868: “As to general politics, we have reason to be satisfied. The peace seems assured for next spring; internally, the constitution of last year for the regulation of our relations to Austria is working well; Croatia is glad to accept...
Dates:
4 December 1868, 15 March 1895, 19 July 1897
Pulszky, Ferenc, 1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/57
Scope and Contents
This file consists of five autograph letters signed from Ferenc Pulszky to Lady Mary Lyell and her husband Sir Charles Lyell, sent from Bayswater and Highgate (London), Turin, Budapest, and dated 1 July 1851, 23 June 1857, 18 March 1861, 19 February 1863 and 23 July 1875. Also includes an oval photographic portrait on a larger carrier.1. Letter from Ferenc Pulszky to Charles Lyell, dated 1 July 1851: "I enclose a letter of Mr Mazzini [i. e. the Italian politician and freedom...
Dates:
1 July 1851 - 23 July 1875
Ra-Re, 1980-1982
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.74
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, Ra-Re in alphabetical sequence, 1980-1982.
Dates:
1980-1982
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock
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SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES
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Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981
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Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders