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Correspondence

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Found in 1373 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers regarding the Association of Scientific Workers, 1965-1966

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/H/1/H.1
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence with Martin Rivers Pollock and papers regarding the Association of Scientific Workers, 1965-1966.

Dates: 1965-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION H: SOCIETIES AND ORGANISATIONS / ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL STAFFS (ASTMS)

Correspondence and papers regarding WFSW Conference on European Scientific Co-operation, Vienna, Austria, 16-19 April 1968, 1968

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Identifier: Coll-1586/J/1/J.52
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence and papers regarding the World Federation of Scientific Workers Conference on European Scientific Co-operation, Vienna, Austria, 16-19 April 1968. Pollock attended the conference and he spoke on the European Molecular Biology Organisation, published in Scientific World.

Dates: 1968
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION J: POLITICS / ORGANISATIONS

Correspondence and photographs, 1992-1995

 File — Box Coll-2126: Box 3
Identifier: Coll-2126/28
Scope and Contents Photo of Roddy Lumsden in a pub with a man and a woman; photo of an elderly couple cutting a cake in a garden, with Roddy Lumsden as one of the guest in the background; printed photo of a man underwater in scuba gear, with a note on the back "I said I was going down under on holiday!". Correspondence sent to Roddy Lumsden from friends. "Shug Crosby", 1992, Madrid. "Sinead", undated. Not signed [possibly from Sinead W.], 19[95?], sent to Lumsden's Aberdeen address (contains human hair). There...
Dates: 1992-1995
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Roddy Lumsden

Correspondence: Andrew Carnegie with W. H. Ellis relating to the Emperor of Ethiopia (copies from the Carnegie Collection), 1903-1906; 1966

 File — Box CLX-A-23: Series Coll-490/20; Series Coll-490/21
Identifier: Coll-490/21/1
Scope and Contents Cover letter from Georpe Shepperson to F. Mann, Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, dated 2 June 1966, concerning Shepperson's access to the correspondence between Andrew Carnegie and W. H. Ellis in the Carnegie Collection.1-23. Copy of File of Correspondence with Emperor Menelik of Ethiopa through various people'. Letters are mostly W. H. Ellis to Andrew Carnegie 1903–1906, and chiefly concern the authenticity of the original letter. 23 letters and 2 telegrams.24. Letter of...
Dates: 1903-1906; 1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson / File 21

Correspondence arising from Pollock's letter, January 1981-February 1981

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Identifier: Coll-1586/E/1/54
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence arising from Pollock's letterto The Guardian regarding commercials during the broadcast of ‘Playing for Time’ on ITV, dated January 1981-February 1981.

Dates: January 1981-February 1981
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION E: DRAFTS AND PUBLICATIONS / DRAFTS / Letter to The Guardian on ITV commercials, 19 January 1981

Correspondence between an astronomer, David Little of Granton, Edinburgh, and the instrument maker William Horn, of Allan Park, Stirling, and correspondence between Horn and instrument makers Thomas Morton of Kilmarnock, and T. Cooke & Sons, York

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1555, Folder: SC-Acc-2016-0164
Identifier: Coll-1784
Scope and Contents

The collection of letters is divided into a group dating from 1850 which includes receipts, costs and correspondence between William Horn and David Little, Granton, Edinburgh.


Another group of in the collection is correspondence between William Horn and Morton and Cooke.


There is also a sketch of a comet drawn in 1838 (Encke's Comet).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence between Dr Alan Orr. Anderson and W.J. Watson, 04 Feb 1922-22 June 1928

 Series
Identifier: Coll-97/CW373
Scope and Contents Series of letters from Dr Alan Orr Anderson to William J. Watson. The letters largely form a discussion on the origins of the Northern race, the origins of Scottish place names, and the origins of Gaelic words. Discussion is also made of vol ii of the publicationEarly sources of Scottish history, A.D. 500 to 1286, collected and translated by Alan Orr Anderson (Edinburgh, 1922). Also included are a series of genealogical charts of early medieval Scottish...
Dates: 04 Feb 1922-22 June 1928
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Correspondence between D.R. Hartree, H.R. Hulme, L.B. Loeb, K. A. Macfadyen with Edward Appleton, 1937

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.292
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Edward Appleton, dated 1937. The material consists of correspondence from D.R. Hartree; H.R. Hulme, consisting of two letters, (originally sent to Hartree and J. A. Ratcliffe and passed on by them, and annotated by Edward Appleton); L.B. Loeb; and K. A. Macfadyen.

Dates: 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Recombination and Attachment / Correspondence

Correspondence between F.J.M. Stratton, L.H. Thomas, J.S. Townsend with Edward Appleton, 1934-1938 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.296
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Edward Appleton. The material consists of correspondence from F.J.M. Stratton, dated 1938; L.H. Thomas, dated 1934; J.S. Townsend, no date; and 1 page from an unidentified correspondent at Trinity College, Cambridge, dated 1936.

Dates: 1934-1938 and no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Recombination and Attachment / Correspondence

Correspondence between George Shepperson and Emily Booth Langworthy, her daughter-in-law Esther and her son Harry, 1913 (copy), 1950-1971

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Identifier: Coll-210/2/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between George Shepperson and Emily Booth Langworthy, her daughter-in-law Esther and her son Harry, concerning Joseph Booth and letters and other items kept by the Langworthys. Most original Booth items were removed by Shepperson and filed separately, but the material includes a copy of a 1913 letter commending Booth and the British Christian Union.

Dates: 1913 (copy), 1950-1971
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers relating to Joseph Booth and family / Research correspondence and material of George Shepperson