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Correspondence

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1394 Collections and/or Records:

Göbl, Robert, 1956-1962

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/47
Scope and Contents Robert Göbl (1895-1987), historian, 2 Autograph Letters Signed (Kabul 1962).4 letters.- Letter 1: 20 January 1956. Copy of a letter from Franz Altheim to Fritz Schachermeyr, in which Göbl is mentioned as Altheim's "son" (protégé).- Letter 2: 4 July 1962. Copy of a letter from Manfred Mayrhofer to Fritz Schachermeyr in which Göbl is mentioned. Mayrhofer is telling Schachermeyr how essential it is to find a good post for a promising academic like Göbl. A copy of...
Dates: 1956-1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Goltz, Colmar Baron von der (Pasha), 7 Avril 1916

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/48
Scope and Contents Colmar Baron von der Goltz (Pasha) (1843-1916), Prussian and Ottoman general, Autograph Letter Signed Baghdad, 1916, addendum.2 copies of a photograph, 1 letter and 1 envelope, 1 entry from an auction catalogue concerning a postcard from an officer serving under Goltz.- Photographs: A black and white picture of a wall with tall trees. There are large, rectangular memorials on the wall. Stumpff writes that this is the cemetery of honour of the German embassy in Therapia,...
Dates: 7 Avril 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Governance, 2001 - 2014

 Series
Identifier: GD62/2
Scope and Contents

Includes the charity's constitution, official recognition of charitable status documentation, register of members, presentation on the organisation's history and correspondence of the organisation.

Dates: 2001 - 2014
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / ImpAcTAIDS

Gr-Gu, 1956-1966

 File
Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.130
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and correspondents whose surnames start Go-Gu, dated 1956-1966.

Dates: 1956-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Greenough, Richard Saltonstal, 31 October 1865

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Identifier: Coll-1989/28
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Richard Saltonstall Greenough to "Mrs. Lyell", possibly Katharine Murray Lyell, Boston, 31 October 1865: “I was exceedingly gratified at receiving your kind note, and very glad to get the photograph of your little girl, which is exquisitely lovely. I do not think it is characteristic, or does her justice. There is a wild sweetness in her delicately chiselled lips that require more animation in the expression then one gets in the cold process of photography....
Dates: 31 October 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Gregory, Richard Langton, 1980-1982

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.55
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Martin Rivers Pollock and R.L. Gregory in response to requests for prospective speakers, participants and funders, 1980-1982.

Dates: 1980-1982
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION G: VISITS AND CONFERENCES / Conference on Common Denominators in Art and Science, University of Edinburgh, 11-12 November 1981 / Correspondence with prospective speakers, participants and funders

Gregory, R.L., 1969-1972

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.127
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Richard Langton and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1969-1972. It includes correspondence relating to visits and possible collaboration on 'Dictionary of Scientific Concepts'. Gregory worked in the Department of Machine Intelligence and Perception, University of Edinburgh, then moved to the Brain and Perception Laboratory of the Department of Anatomy, Unviersity of Bristol.

Dates: 1969-1972
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Grossowicz, N., 1955-1970

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Identifier: Coll-1586/L/L.128
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence between Nathan Grossowicz and Martin Rivers Pollock, dated 1955-1970. It includes correspondence regarding a visit to Israel by Pollock in 1957.

Dates: 1955-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Martin Rivers Pollock / SECTION L: CORRESPONDENCE

Grotefend, Georg Friedrich, 1 December 1822

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/49
Scope and Contents Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775-1853), epigraphist and philologist, deciphered cuneiform script, Autograph Letter Signed, 1822.1 letter: 1 December 1822. Grotefend warns his correspondent against a fraud who travels Europe pretending to be a scholar. He has stolen some artifacts Grotefend had borrowed. He also writes about the difficulty of getting particular books and artifacts. He discusses the numbering of Roman legions under Varus and the identification of plaster casts of...
Dates: 1 December 1822
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Grove, George, 2 January 1885, 21 April 1889, [no date]

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/29
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from George Grove to a "Mrs. Lyell" (possibly Katharine Murray Lyell) dated 2 January 1885, concerning the engagement of a musician: “Thank you for your letter. I remember seeing and hearing Miss Eissler some two years ago. I am very sorry to say that I have no opening for her here, and I do not know in what way I can benefit her in general musical matters. – She knows Mr. Manns, for I heard her there, and she probably knows Mr. Chappell. – Should any way of...
Dates: 2 January 1885, 21 April 1889, [no date]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families