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Testimonials

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Hubert W. Hunt, 23 November 1944

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2241
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Letter, 23 November 1944, Bristol, Hubert W. Hunt to Hubert Foss. Memories of Tovey from a young boy, his exceptional talent and a typical Toveyism. Holograph signed.

Dates: 23 November 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Hubert W. Hunt, 23 November 1944

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2242
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 November 1944, Bristol, Hubert W. Hunt to Hubert Foss. Memories of Tovey from a young boy, his exceptional talent and a typical Toveyism. Typescript copy.

Dates: 23 November 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Margaret Whittaker, c 09 February 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2369
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Letter, 9 February [n.y], Buckinghamshire, Margaret Whittaker to Hubert Foss. Describing Northlands and Tovey's performances there. Holograph signed.

Dates: c 09 February 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to [Hubert James Foss] from Sir William Rothenstein, 18 January 1942

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2440
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Letter, 18 January 1942, William Rothenstein to [Hubert Foss]. Reminiscences of Tovey and informing Foss that Rothenstein made two drawings of Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 18 January 1942
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Edwin Ray Lankester, 28 October 1881

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/1/10
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Lankester states that, following the resignation of Charles Wyville Thomson, Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, he is to prepare a book of testimonials and requests that Ewart writes in favour of him.

Dates: 28 October 1881
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1875-1887

Letter to Lady Clara Tovey from W. G. Fleming, 21 October 1940

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2143
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Letter, 21 October 1940, Edinburgh, W. G. Fleming to Clara Tovey. Covering letter for a special minute of a meeting of the University of Edinburgh senate, expressing sympathy at the death of Tovey. Typescript signed, with envelope, with special minutes from the last meeting of the University of Edinburgh senatus, [2]p. 32 x 20cm.

Dates: 21 October 1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Mary Beasley, 15 July 1940

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2032
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Letter, 15 July 1940, Northampton, Mary Beasley to Sophie Weisse. Praising Tovey and discussing the preservation of his memory. Holograph signed.

Dates: 15 July 1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Recollections to from, 13 January 1942

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2340
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Recollections, 13 January 1942, Geoffrey Parratt. Recollections of Tovey and a sketch of Tovey's character. Typescript signed.

Dates: 13 January 1942
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Testimonials at the death of Daniel J. Cunningham, 1909

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Identifier: Coll-11/A2
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Testimonials on the death of Daniel John Cunningham from : The Royal Society of Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Royal Dublin Society University of Edinburgh (Senate, Council, Faculty of Medicine, Students' Representative Council, Postgraduate vacation course in medicine) Royal Zoological Society of Ireland Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Morrison's Academy, Crieff, Perthshire

Dates: 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and correspondence of Daniel John Cunningham / Biographical material

Testimonials in favour of Ewart for various appointments, 1875-1882

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Identifier: Coll-14/3/1
Scope and Contents Contains testimonials for the positions of Curator of the Museum of University College London and the Chairs of Natural History at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, namely: original testimonials from D.R Haldane (1875), James Spence (1875), A.B Stirling (1875), P.D Handyside (1875), William R. Sanders (1875), J. Ely (1877), W. Sharpey (1877 and 1878) and two printed collections of testimonials in favour of Ewart for the Chairs of Natural History at the University of Aberdeen (1878)...
Dates: 1875-1882
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Biographical Papers

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