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Correspondence

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Found in 1340 Collections and/or Records:

Widmann, Joseph Viktor, 1905

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/123
Scope and Contents

Joseph Viktor Widmann (1842-1911), writer and critic, 2 Autograph Letter Signed, 1905.

2 letters.
- Letter 1: 27 August 1905. Unreadable, possibly a letter of thanks for reviewing his book.
- Letter 2: 7 [unreadable] 1905. unreadable.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Purchase information.

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates: 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Wilken, Friedrich, 1813, 1833

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/124
Scope and Contents Friedrich Wilken (1777-1840), historian and orientalist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1813, to Hammer-Purgstall.2 letters, 1 encyclopedia entry on Wilken.- Letter 1: 12 March 1813. Wilken is sad to hear that archaeological digging has ceased due to the war. He accepts an invitation to publish in the Wiener Litteratur-Zeitung (Vienna Literary Paper).- Letter 2: 23 August 1833. Wilken, on behalf of another party, sends an offer of 16.000 Reichstaler for the library of the late...
Dates: 1813, 1833
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Williams, Hugh William, [May 1829]

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Identifier: Coll-1989/72
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Hugh Williams to a Miss Horner, possibly Mary Horner Lyell, concerning the proof impression of an engraving, no place, [May 1829]: "Mr. Williams presents his kindest complements to Miss Horner – She was so good as to say that she would do him the favour to accept of a proof impression of the Restoration of Athens from Mr. Cockerell – The print is just come to hand and Mr. Williams has the pleasure of sending it framed according to her kind wish – 11 Colme...
Dates: [May 1829]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Wilson, C.B., 1979-1981

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.80
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and C.B. Wilson in response requests for prospective speakers, participants and funders, 1979-1981.

Dates: 1979-1981
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

Windisch, Ernst, 1886-1899

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/125
Scope and Contents Ernst Windisch (1844-1918), Indologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1886.1 letter and 1 menu card.- Letter 1: 21 March 1886. Windisch sends a report by Whitley Stokes about mysterious words in the Terenzcodex to the chief librarian of the British Museum.- Menu card: 10 October 1899. "Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin: Mittagessen zu Ehren der Akademischen Delegirten". Menu card from a lunch given by the royal Prussian academy of science, signed by...
Dates: 1886-1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Winsor & Newton Ltd, 1948

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.435
Scope and Content

The material consists of correspondence between Winsor & Newton (paint manufacturers) and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1948. It relates to the supply of carbon black for research on whooping cough.

Dates: 1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Winthrop, Robert Charles, 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873

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Identifier: Coll-1989/73
Scope and Contents Two autograph letters signed from Robert Charles Winthrop to Charles Lyell and Mary Horner Lyell. Boston, 3 November 1849 and 1 May 1873. With portrait photograph by Warren's in Boston, mounted on cardboard carrier, signed.1. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1849 and sent to Charles Lyell, Winthrop expresses delight at reading Lyell's "Second visit" and eagerly anticipates a potential "third visit." The letter acknowledges Lyell's positive allusions and...
Dates: 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Wolcott, Roger, 20 August 1869, 5 May 1880

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Identifier: Coll-1989/74
Scope and Contents Two autograph letters signed from Roger Wolcott to “dear Mrs. Lyell”, Katharine Murray Lyell.1. Letter sent from Milton, 20 August 1869: “Mother’s eyes have given her so very much trouble during the past six months that she has been wholly unable to use them in any way, and so the duty, as well as pleasure, of answering many of her letters devolves upon me. She says ‘Send Mrs. Lyell my dear love [...]’” (a long letter written perpendicularly to the main orientation of the text...
Dates: 20 August 1869, 5 May 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Wollman, E.L., 1951-1971, n.d.

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.437
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Élie Léo Wallman and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1951-1971 and no date.

Dates: 1951-1971, n.d.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Woods, D.D., 1948-1964

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.438
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between D.D. Woods and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1948-1964. It includes correspondence relating to the supply of penicillinase to Woods.

Dates: 1948-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE