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Correspondence

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Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from 'Edie' to 'Eunice', 15 December 1881

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Identifier: Coll-1843/5
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 15 December 1881
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Personal papers of Katie Halley, a Scotswoman abroad in London

Letter from John Macmurray to Miss How, and photograph of Macmurray walking with an unidentified individual, 17 July 1933

 File — Box CLX-A-371
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0205
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 17 July 1933
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], 18 August 1861

 Item — Box CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0038
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 18 August 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter from Patrick Reyntiens to Professor Breward relating to his Doctorate (Honoris Causa) from ECA, with an enclosed speech, 19-27 June 2024

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Identifier: Coll-1848/24-0065
Scope and Contents Letter from Patrick Reyntiens to Professor [Chris] Breward thanking him for the award of his honorary degree (Doctorate Honoris Causa) from the Edinburgh College of Art, dated 19 July 2015, Winterbourne Lodge, Ilminster. Reyntiens says that he has "the greatest regard for Edinburgh College of Art where [he] was for some three years just after the war".There is also a typed copy of Reyntiens' speech at the award ceremony at the University of Edinburgh on the 27th of June 2015,...
Dates: 19-27 June 2024
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter from Roddy Lumsden to "Mark", 1992 or 1993

 File — Box Coll-2126: Box 2
Identifier: Coll-2126/19
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Eight-page letter from Roddy Lumsden to "Mark", dated around 1992 or 1993, sent from 91 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh.

Dates: 1992 or 1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Roddy Lumsden

Letter from Walter de la Mare to John Atkins, 2 April 1948

 Item — Box CLX-A-371
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0117/2
Scope and Contents Long autograph letter signed, from Walter de la Mare to John Atkins, dated 2 April 1948, The Old Park. The letter says that "Alas, I didn't deserve one word of your reference to the R.L.F [Royal Literary Fund]. I wish it were otherwise. Illness as you know prevented my attending the Meeting of the Committee. ... I was very glad to hear that a grant has been awarded... . All that you said concerning the writing of books keenly interested me. There are outstanding exceptions, of course, but,...
Dates: 2 April 1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter from Walter de la Mare to Nancy Bowden, 5 May 1947

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Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0189
Scope and Contents This is a typed signed letter (two lines in holograph) from Walter de la Mare to Nancy Bowden, dated The Old Park, Penn, 5 May 1947. De la Mare writes to Bowden of his "particular pleasure" in receiving her previous letter in which she wrote how she "discovered and with so much delight and interest Charlotte Mew's poems". De la Mare offers a few lines about Mew's life and poetry: "As Mr Masefield says, it is possible that her two Collections were not reprinted because she did not wish them...
Dates: 5 May 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter of Fred Urquhart to Dominic Hibberd, 11 January 1993

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0020
Scope and Contents Letter from Fred Urquhart to Dominic Hibberd, biographer of the poet Harold Monro, in which Urquhart reminisces about his relationship with Monro’s son, Nigel, and his subsequent decades-long relationship with Peter Wyndham Allen, before going on to give news of his work. He also encloses an offprint of his short story "The Rabbit, the Pheasant and the Marmalade Cat" published in Aberdeen University Review, no. 188 (autumn 1992). Letter dated 11 January...
Dates: 11 January 1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter of Sir James Matthew Barrie to Sir Edwin Lutyens, 6 August 1919, 10 March 1970

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Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0028
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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.

Dates: 6 August 1919; 10 March 1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter of Sir William Muir to Mrs Lessel, 14 March 1870

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Identifier: Coll-1848/23-0147
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 14 March 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection