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Found in 1408 Collections and/or Records:

Chézy, Antoine-Léonard de, 1818

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/25
Scope and Contents

Antoine-Léonard de Chézy (1773-1832), scholar of Persian and Sanskrit, Autograph Letter Signed. 6 June 1818, Paris. Handwritten letter addressed to 'Mr Haughton'. Chézy gives him personal news and thanks him for sending a selection of books, which he hopes will help him to improve his Sanskrit studies.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Cataloguing notes and a typed transcription

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

Dates: 1818
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Chilembwe letters, c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)

 File — Box CLX-A-20: Series Coll-490/14; Series Coll-490/15
Identifier: Coll-490/14/4
Scope and Contents This file contains Chilembwe letters dating from 1900 to 1915 (copies). Letters in the Zomba Archives (9) (with covering letter, 17 March 1965). Writers: Chilembwe, Peters, Bismarck. Includes Minutes of the National Industrial Union Meetings, 15 June 1909 and 14 August 1909. Letters from British East Africa. Sent as 'News from the Field' to the National Baptist Foreign Mission Board of...
Dates: c 1965 (copies of material dated 1900-1915)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 14: Material relating to John Chilembwe and the Chilembwe Rising

Chinese material, 1859

 Series — CLX-A-351: Series Coll-1835/21
Identifier: Coll-1835/21
Scope and Contents

Correspondence in Chinese and in English, and coloured sketch of the Porcelain Tower in Nanking. There is little information on the origin and context of the documents. One of the letters has the following annotation: 'Letter to Rt from Dong - a chinese baptised ... from Ninqho who visited Edinburgh along with Dr McGowan in Oct Nov and Dec 1859 signed (Dong Patzai) translated by Dr McGowan'.

Dates: 1859
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families

Christian VIII of Denmark, 31 May [1834]; 1835; 15 October 1836

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Identifier: Coll-1989/15
Scope and Contents This is an autograph letter signed, in French, sent from Christian VIII of Denmark to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 15 October 1836, Copenhagen. It concerns Lyell's research in Denmark and the Prince's collection of fossile molluscs. There is also a 1 page letter on behalf of Prince Christian Frederick dated 31 May [1834] and a lithograph portrait of Christian VIII / Christian Frederick from 1835."J’ai reçue quoique tard, au mois de Juillet, la lettre que Vous m’avez adressée en date...
Dates: 31 May [1834]; 1835; 15 October 1836
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Cl, 1962-1970

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.63
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Cl, dated 1962-1970.

Dates: 1962-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Clarendon Press Ltd, 1970-1974

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Identifier: Coll-1586/E/2/E.73
Scope and Content

The material consists of editorial correspondence relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's work on book projects for Clarendon Press Ltd., 1970-1974.

Dates: 1970-1974
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION E: DRAFTS AND PUBLICATIONS / EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Clements Kadalie and the ICU (International and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa), 1927-1966

 File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/CK(A)
Scope and Contents Clements Kadalie and the ICU [Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa]. The Aims and Methods of the ICU, the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa. Notes refer to various accounts, copies of The Workers' Herald, and letters from correspondents. Typescript. "The Relation between White and Black Workers in South Africa". A brief account of the Labour Movement by...
Dates: 1927-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 23 / Clements Kadalie and the ICU [Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of Africa]

Co, 1949-1982

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.71
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Co, dated 1949-1982.

Dates: 1949-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Cockburn, Henry, 5 May 1845; 19 November 1850; 30 June 1851

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Identifier: Coll-1989/16
Scope and Contents Autograph letters signed from Henry Cockburn to Katharine Murray Lyell, with whom Cockburn seems to have been on very friendly terms.1. Letter dated 5 October 1845: "Thanks for your two letters. I can scarcely tell you how I am relieved by what you say of Mrs Bellen [?]. Long may she be preserved to her friends & family. – You seem to be leading a very pleasant life at least no life is ever unpleasant to me, in which I am let alone. Nevertheless, I wish Leonard was in any...
Dates: 5 May 1845; 19 November 1850; 30 June 1851
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Cohen, G.N., 1956-1972

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.64
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between G.N. Cohen and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1956-1972. It includes material regarding a visit to England, 1956 and visiting French researchers. Cohen worked at the Institut Pasteur, Paris.

Dates: 1956-1972
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE