Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1373 Collections and/or Records:
Whishaw, John, 21 October 1813
Item
Identifier: Coll-1989/71
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed from John Whishaw to Francis Horner, London, 21 October 1813: “I left Bowood a few days after you went, & was succeeded by the Abercrombies who got there the latter end of the same week. The party has been since joined by Rogers & Jekyll, & this week they will be re-inforced by the Romillys, Mad. de Steal Mackintosh & perhaps the Marcets. Dumont went there a few days ago. – Since my return I have been several times at Holland House, & lately passed...
Dates:
21 October 1813
Wi, 1944-1978
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.436
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Wi, dated 1944-1978.
Dates:
1944-1978
Wi-Wo, 1980-1981
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.81
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, Wi-Wo in alphabetical sequence, 1980-1981.
Dates:
1980-1981
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
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
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
Williams, Hugh William, [May 1829]
File
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]
Wilson, C.B., 1979-1981
File
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
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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
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
Winsor & Newton Ltd, 1948
File
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
Winthrop, Robert Charles, 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873
File
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