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Correspondence

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Found in 1354 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre relating to Charles Lyell, 31 December 1850

 Item — Box CLX-A-387
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0048
Scope and Contents

Letter in French from Alexis de Tocqueville to Louis Antoine Pagnerre (Paris publisher of Tocqueville's Democracy in America), relating to the publication of Charles Lyell's book about the USA in French. Tocqueville is asking Pagnerre to publish Lyell's book, saying that Lyell doesn't want any money for it and will provide the engravings plates. Sorrento, Italy, 31 December 1850.

Dates: 31 December 1850
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter from "Andy", Monday 30 May [no year]

 Item — Box Coll-2126: Box 6
Identifier: Coll-2126/50
Scope and Contents

Letter from "Andy" to Roddy Lumsden, dated Monday 30th May, no year, in which Andy thanks Lumsden for a loan, and talks about poetry he's been reading (Soft Keys by Michael Symmons Roberts).

Dates: Monday 30 May [no year]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Roddy Lumsden

Letter from Claude Debussy to André Caplet, 16 November 1909

 Item — Box CLX-A-353
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0188/1
Scope and Contents Letter sent by Claude Debussy to André Caplet on the 16th of November 1909. Debussy and Caplet were friends and collaborators; the latter orchastrated some of the former's works. In this letters, it appears that Caplet had been sick and Debussy was asking for news.Text of the letter:"16 Novembre 1909Cher André Caplet,En me téléphonant des choses artistiques dénuées de tout intérêt, Jacques Durant m’apprend que vous avez été gravement...
Dates: 16 November 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Letter from David Daiches to Jonathan Penner, 3 March 1978

 Item — Box CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0015
Scope and Contents

In this letter, Daiches thanks Jonathan Penner for the gift of his novel Going Blind. Daiches goes on to discuss his family and, in particular, his feelings following the death of his first wife Isobel Mackay in 1977.

Dates: 3 March 1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

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

 Item
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

 File
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
Scope and Contents

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 Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley to Bishop George Augustus Selwyn, 21 August 1877

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0037/2
Scope and Contents This is an autograph letter in the third person sent by Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, Reid Porfessor of Music atthe University of Edinburgh, to Geogre Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zeland and from 1867 Bishop of Lichfield. 35 Montpellier Villas, Cheltenham, 21 October 1877.In the letter, "in reply to his Lordship's letter just received", Oakeley "begs to say it is not in his power to give the permission for reprintting No. 37 from hymns A[ncient] & M[odern]", a tune...
Dates: 21 August 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection