Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1404 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Dr Banda mostly relating to his gifts to the University of Edinburgh and the Infirmary, and his meeting with Professor and Mrs Shepperson, 1975-1977
File — Box CLX-A-19: Series Coll-490/12; Series Coll-490/13
Identifier: Coll-490/12/8F
Scope and Contents
Correspondence – most of it relating to Dr Banda's generous gifts to the University of Edinburgh and the Infirmary, and his meeting with Professor and Mrs Shepperson at Gleneagles Hotel. [24 items + enclosures]1. Letter from Dr H Kamazu Banda, President of Malawi, to the Rev Hamish Smith, University Chaplaincy Centre, Edinburgh. The number of needy students in Malawi makes it difficult to respond to calls from outside the country.
He, however, enclosed a cheque for £100 and asks...
Dates:
1975-1977
Correspondence of James Sime, Lord Francis Jeffrey and William Sharp
Fonds — Box Dk.6.23
Identifier: Coll-2211
Scope and Contents
Letters (24) of Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey to Dr George Wilson, afterwards Professor of Technology at Edinburgh University about articles in The Edinburgh University Review on Watt and Cavendish, January 1848, and the electric telegraph, Oct. 1849. 1847-49, n.d.
A letter of James Patrick Muirhead to Wilson with an extract from a letter of...
Dates:
1847-1890
Correspondence of John Barker of Langshaw
Fonds — Box Dk.2.40-42
Identifier: Coll-2160
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the correspondence of John Barker of Langshaw, including five letters from his widow, 1881-1837. Includes a one-page typescript description of the letter by the original seller. Barker was a "gentleman farmer", and the correspondence is addressed to Mr Wyatt of Foolow near Bakewell, who was in the lead-mining business. Barker comments on his farming, crops, cattle and sheep, and discusses his investments and economic matters of the first part of the 19th century....
Dates:
1821-1837
Correspondence of Rev. John Snaith
Fonds — Box Dk.2.6
Identifier: Coll-2141
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of John Snaith, 1891-1915. Correspondents include James Hutchison Stirling, Amelia Hutchison Stirling, Rev. R. M. Spence, William Hal White ('Mark Rutherford'), and Sir William Robertson Nicoll. 153 letters.
Dates:
1891-1915
Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire
Fonds — Box Dk.7.53
Identifier: Coll-2231
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of the Campbell family of Melfort, Argyllshire. 242 letters. 1773-1859, two legal documents dated 1680 and 1685.
58 letters (1773-1790) to Lt.Col. John Campbell, Governor of Fort George (d. 1790).
72 letters (1793-1823) to Capt. Archibald Campbell. Son of the above (d. 1823).
4 letters (1816-1843) of, and 94 letters (1825-1859) to Lt. Col. John...
Dates:
1680-1685, 1773-1859
Correspondence of the Oswald family of Auchincruive
Fonds — Box Dk.1.30
Identifier: Coll-521
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of correspondence to Richard Oswald (1705-1784) and the correspondence of Richard Alexander Oswald, M.P. (1771-1841), his cousin James Oswald, M.P., and the latter's nephew Alexander Oswald, M.P., all of whom had succeeded in turn to the Auchincruive estates. More specifically there is: a batch of letters to Richard Oswald of Auchincruive from various correspondents in Scotland relating to the management of his Scottish estates and to business transactions,...
Dates:
1764-1846
Correspondence of William Veitch, LL.D.
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2234
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of William Veitch LL.D., 1873-1885.
Letter to William Veitch, LL.D., from W. Dawson Brown. Montreal, 7 November 1873. 4pp. 12^o.
Printed circular letter requesting subscriptions for a portrait of W. Veitch, Edinburgh, 21 June 1880.
Ticket for the presentation dinner to William Veitch on the occasion of the presentation of his portrait, 7 January...
Dates:
1873-1885
Correspondence on reprints, and other publications, 1960-1976
Series — Box CLX-A-26: Series Coll-490/26
Identifier: Coll-490/26/COR
Scope and Contents
A. Correspondence on proposed reprints (27 October 1965 - 16 May 1967):1-22. Correspondence: Professor George Shepperson, Oxford University Press, Africa; Charles H. Lewis, Manager; Stirling Tract Enterprise, Reverend Andrew McCosh, General Manager; The Synod Bookshop, Blantyre; Clement Harry Matacheta; Mr and Mrs H. W. Langworthy.Relating to publication of reprints of: This Africa was mine by Emily Booth Langworthy, and ...
Dates:
1960-1976
Correspondence, papers and photographs, 1955
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.409
Scope and Contents
The material consists of correspondence, papers and photographs between Annamaria Torriani and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1955. They relate to research and joint publications on penicillinase in B. cereus.
Dates:
1955
Correspondence, papers, photographs of William Charles Chapman-Mortimer, which include letters to his wife, illustrated stories and poems
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1789
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of letters between Mortimer and his first wife Frances, dating from 1940 to 1945. These are often illustrated with pen and ink illustrations. Among the letters from Mortimer are a few manuscript poems and stories including a hand-sewn typescript booklet, The Poet and the Hippopotamus. And Other Works. There are also letters to R. M. Rice, 1960s.There are 4 x bound manuscripts, news-clippings extracted from an...
Dates:
1940-1945