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Correspondence

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1394 Collections and/or Records:

Volume of Correspondence of the Hannay Family

 Fonds — Volume Dk.5.22
Identifier: Coll-2198
Scope and Contents

Hannay (W.). Volume containing transcript of correspondence between William Hannay, ship captain, his wife Mary, and Anne Hannay (called Lady) of Kingsmuir, Fife, widow of Captain Erskine of Dun. 1731-1735.


Transcribed from the original letters in his possession by Major S. J. B. Francis, the Royal Berkshire Regiment, 9 December 1956.

Dates: 1731-1735 (date of originals); Other: 1956 (date of transcription)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Voluntary Services - General Correspondence - Volunteers , 22 Jan 1985 - 5 Dec 1988

 File
Identifier: LHB7/8/27
Scope and Contents

Includes publications from various voluntary organisations.

Dates: 22 Jan 1985 - 5 Dec 1988
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Royal Edinburgh Hospital / Administration Files

Wa-We, 1963, 1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.434
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Wa-We, dated 1963 and 1976.

Dates: 1963, 1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Wa-We, 1978-1981

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.79
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock with prospective speakers, participants and funders, Wa-We in alphabetical sequence, 1978-1981.

Dates: 1978-1981
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

Wadia, Sophia, 1937

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/120
Scope and Contents

Sophia Wadia (1901-1986), Indian theosophist and writer, Typewritten Letter Signed 1937.

Acquired with Coll-2106/86, along with a photograph.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff:

Transcription included in the file? No.

Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Wagner, Friedrich, c 1844

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/121
Scope and Contents Friedrich Wagner (1803-1876), engraver, Autograph Manuscript Signed (poem “Sakantula”).1 letter, 1 manuscript poem, 1 lithograph poem, 1 invoice for a set of 3 manuscript poems, including this one.- Poem and lithograph: "Sakontala" [ca. 1844] both in manuscript, and a lithograph copy.- Letter 1: 21 October 2004. Stumpff donates a set of poems handwritten by Wagner to the Stadtarchiv Nürnberg (city archive). The set is the one referred to in the invoice, with the...
Dates: c 1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Walter Cockerill, George Shepperson and others, 1951-1983

 File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/22/COR
Scope and Contents Walter Cockerill, George Shepperson and others (including Dr Thomas Price): 1951 (numbered A1–7) 1952 (numbered B1–17) 1953 (numbered C1–12) 1954 (numbered D1–31. D3 is a Warrant for the arrest of W. B. Cockerill, Esq Signed by the District Resident, Blantyre. 16 April 1915) 1955 (numbered E1–4) 1956 (numbered F1–11. F10 is an envelope containing 6 cards (USA) and F11 is a group photograph)Many letters concern the Chilembwe Rising of 1915, and Joseph...
Dates: 1951-1983
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 22: Correspondence mostly relating to the 1915 Chilembwe Uprising, and Joseph Booth

Wang, Y.-l., 1957-1976

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.433
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Y.-I. Wang and Martin Rivers Pollock, Dated 1957-1976.

Dates: 1957-1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Ward, John, 8 August 1809, 30 March 1816

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/69
Scope and Contents Two autograph letters signed from John W. Ward to Francis Horner, Falmouth and Paris, 8 August 1809 and 30 March 1816.1. Letter dated 8 August 1809, with commentaries on the Peninsular War and the War of the Fifth Coalition: “From a note (enclosing a little pamphlet about the Junta) which I received from you at Gibraltar, I conclude you was so good as to write to me at least twice if not oftener during my absence. owing however to the stupidity of that excellent patriot Don Diego...
Dates: 8 August 1809, 30 March 1816
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Weber, Albrecht, 1865

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2106/122
Scope and Contents Albrecht Weber (1825-1901), Indologist, Autograph Letter Signed, 1865.1 letter, 1 encyclopedia entry.- Letter 1: 18 June 1865. Weber asks his cousin, a high-level government employee, to contact Philalethes (a pseudonym of Johann, King of Saxony, used when he translated Dante's Divine Comedy. He wishes him to take part in a call for papers as an academic, not as a king, and asks his cousin to help in approaching him thus. Weber also relates family gossip.- Encyclopedia...
Dates: 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists