Correspondence
Found in 592 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from David Daiches to Jonathan Penner, 3 March 1978
In this letter, Daiches thanks Jonathan Penner for the gift of his novel Going Blind. Daiches goes on to discuss his family and, in particular, his feelings following the death of his first wife Isobel Mackay in 1977.
Letter from 'Edie' to 'Eunice', 15 December 1881
A letter from Edie to Eunice, headed Jenkyn Place 15 December 1881, on two folded sheets discussing servant problems, the arrangement of a party and the Farnham Christmas show.
Letter from John Macmurray to Miss How, and photograph of Macmurray walking with an unidentified individual, 17 July 1933
This file contains a letter dated 17 July 1933 written by John Macmurray from University College, London to a Miss How (Joyce Roberts, nee How) saying he was unable to address the S.C.M at Bedford College, and signed by him. S.C.M possibly stands for 'Student Christian movement'. There is also a photo of Macmurray walking with an unknown individual.
Letter from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], 18 August 1861
This is an autograph letter signed from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], dated 18 August 1861, Bury St Edmonds. The letter relates to the hypothesis that burnt bricks were known in Egypt before the time of the Romans, which Birch, Lyell and Horner defended against Archdeacon John Pratt.
Letter from Patrick Reyntiens to Professor Breward relating to his Doctorate (Honoris Causa) from ECA, with an enclosed speech, 19-27 June 2024
Letter from Walter de la Mare to John Atkins, 2 April 1948
Letter from Walter de la Mare to Nancy Bowden, 5 May 1947
Letter of Sir James Matthew Barrie to Sir Edwin Lutyens, 6 August 1919, 10 March 1970
Signed autograph letter from Sir James Matthew Barrie to his friend and creative collaborator the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, praising Lutyens' design for the Cenotaph, London.
There is an accompanying letter from Nicholas Taylor of the Lutyens Trust, dated 10 March 1970, thanking the then owner Ben Sonnenberg Jr for letting him see a copy of the letter.
Letter of Sir William Muir to Mrs Lessel, 14 March 1870
This is a manuscript letter on Government House, Allahabad letter-headed paper written and signed by Sir William Muir and dated 14 March 1870. Muir writes in his capacity as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces of British India. The addressee is probably Isabella Ramsay, second wife of missionary Thomas L. Lessel. The letter concerns arrangements for the Lessels' return to Great Britain in 1870.
Letter to [Hubert James Foss] from Arthur Melville Clark, 12 July 1942
Letter, 12 July 1942, Edinburgh, Arthur Melville Clark to [Hubert Foss]. Enclosing correspondence between Tovey and Arthur Melville Clark in connection with the publication ' Seventeenth Century studies: Presented to Sir Herbert Grierson, 1938'. Holograph signed.