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Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:

Fairbairn, William, 2 May 1856

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Identifier: Coll-1989/20
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from William Fairbairn to Miss Susan Horner, Athenaeum Club, 2 May 1856: “Your anxiety for the public safety induces me to reply in writing on the subject of the Bridge you were so kind as to submit to my consideration. It is a very pretty sketch, not unlike the Bridge of Sighs, and the only danger is that it might actually become one of that description if traversed by the delicate, the aged, and the infirm. I strongly suspect that there would be some puffing to get...
Dates: 2 May 1856
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Farnese, Alexander. Letter from the Duke of Parma to King James VI of Scotland, 1589

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Identifier: De.1.12/20
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This is a letter from Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma to James VI of Scotland, thanking him for the protection offered to Spanish survivors of the Armada that landed in Scotland.

Dates: 1589
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts from the William Drummond of Hawthornden Collection / Bound Volume titled "Scottish Manuscripts from The Drummond Collection 1572-1618"

February Letters, 2 February 1922-27 February 1922

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Identifier: Coll-705/5/2/5
Scope and Contents This file contains letters sent from Danelovka, and Alexievka. In these letters Rackstraw writes that she has a new translator, who becomes ill during their travels. They also visit a priest, whose home has been a welcome place to them many a time, and whose wife and children have been a source of happiness, to find that his wife has died of illness 8 days previously, and a child is ill. She also writes about other visits that they make, and the observations she has of children's centers,...
Dates: 2 February 1922-27 February 1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Correspondence / Letters Marjorie Rackstraw wrote to family members, while in Russia

Fergusson, James, 9 March 1871, 5 May 1883.

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Identifier: Coll-1989/21
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from James Fergusson to Mary Horner Lyell, dated 9 March 1871: “Many thanks for the article you were kind enough to send me giving an account of the diggings at Taxila. They are extremely intending & I must try and follow up the thread they afford. It surprises me however to hear your corresponding talking of the discovery of Taxila – The site of this city was emerged in the cold weather 1863/4 by Genl. Cunningham & his account published in extenso by...
Dates: 9 March 1871, 5 May 1883.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Fildes, P., 1945-1963

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.106
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The material consists of correspondence between Sir paul Fildes and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1945-1963. It includes correspondence from 1945 relating to work on 'tetrathionase'; and from 1952 relating to Pollock's motion to the Society for General Micrbiology on Chemical and Biological Warfare and personal disagreements arising.

Sir Paul Fildes worked at the Experimental Station, Porton, Wiltshire, before moving to to the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford.

Dates: 1945-1963
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

File 3: Colonial Office Correspondence. H. M. Commissioner for Central Africa: H. H. Johnston, copies: undated (originals: 1884 -1894)

 Series — Box CLX-A-15: Series Coll-490/3; Series Coll-490/4; Series Coll-490/5
Identifier: Coll-490/3
Scope and Contents This file contains copies from the Public Record Office, of correspondence from H. H. Johnston, HM Commissioner for Central Africa, Colonial Office.Folder 1:- Clement H Hill: Memo. Importance of East Coast of Africa to Britain, 20 October 1884. - Letter H H. Johnston to Cecil Rhodes. Refutes all accusations, 8 October 1893. - Letter H H Johnston to Ear of Roseberry. Encloses his letter to Rhodes (copy), 8 October 1893. Asks for leave of absence after...
Dates: copies: undated (originals: 1884 -1894)
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson

File 18: Research Papers relating to Diaries and Original Material, 1868-1966

 Series — Box CLX-A-22: Series Coll-490/18; Series Coll-490/19
Identifier: Coll-490/18
Scope and Contents Research papers relating to diaries and original material. [not in box as of 10/06/2024] Notebook: Inside are two letters (copies) from Sarah B. Lewis, a friend of Miss Delaney and R. M. Miller, to the Epworth League7th St ME Church, Lorain, Ohio. 1. Dated 1910; 2. No date. Also a letter to Miss Miller from E. B. Delaney, 2 April 1910, and another to Miss Delaney, 3 October 1909. Notebook sent by R. M....
Dates: 1868-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and Correspondence of Professor George Albert Shepperson

File entitled "Nina", no date - late 1980s?

 File — Box Coll-2126: Box 6
Identifier: Coll-2126/51
Scope and Contents

File containing postcards and letters from "Nina". Includes a poem "This is a poem for a girl called Nina".

Dates: no date - late 1980s?
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Roddy Lumsden

File entitled "Sinead", 1995

 File — Box Coll-2126: Box 6
Identifier: Coll-2126/49
Scope and Contents

File entitled "Sinead" containing one postcard from Malawi, one note, and one envelope with writing on it.

Dates: 1995
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Roddy Lumsden

File of assorted correspondence, 1980-2004

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Identifier: Coll-1690/2
Scope and Contents

Contains corresondence between Falconer and colleagues, chiefly on scientific or publication matters. Also contains a list of Falconer's publications from 1935-1996, and a photocopy of Falconer's obituary for the Court Circular.

Dates: 1980-2004
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Douglas Scott Falconer