Meetings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Billets of meetings, 1865-1990
Series — Box MS 2930-MS 2931: Series Coll-43/6
Identifier: Coll-43/6
Scope and Contents
Billets of meetings consist of:
- billets of meetings
- programmes of excursions
Dates:
1865-1990
General Assembly, 1942-1947
Series
Identifier: BAI 2/3
Scope and Contents
General Assembly consists of:
- correspondence and notes
- diary
- General Assembly papers, flyers and tickets
- newspapers and cuttings
Dates:
1942-1947
Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Peter Henry Buck, 23 December 1924
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/14
Scope and Contents
Buck sends Christmas greetings to the Ewarts and reminisces about their meeting at the Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia. He writes that the Board of Maori Ethnological Research has been busy and that they have established a Maori Improvement Fund to promote practical and higher education among the Maori people. He also reports that the Government has granted him leave to accompany an American scientific expedition into Polynesia.
Dates:
23 December 1924
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 08 May 1930
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/36/6
Scope and Contents
Le Souef wonders if Ewart has published anything concerning the small South American dogs that he considered as progenitors to the terriers. He has been trying to get the small racoon-like dog from Japan but they are very scarce, and he hopes someone can prove that they are the ancestors of the Pekinese type before they become extinct. He asks whether there was ever a Professor Ridgeway at the University of Edinburgh. He writes that the new large aquarium in Taronga Park is proving successful,...
Dates:
08 May 1930
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from A.W Russell, 27 May 1901
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/15
Scope and Contents
Russell invites Ewart to stay with him and his wife during the coming meetings of the British Association in Glasgow in September.
Dates:
27 May 1901
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 13 August 1920
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/26/2
Scope and Contents
Elwes writes that he has been invited to the Blackface Sheep Breeders' Association meeting in Perth. He does not think wild sheep could be used in the improvement of British wool. He is also doubtful whether a cross between a Blackface and Soay sheep would be able to withstand the climate of the West Highlands, or whether the lower quality of their meat and wool would render the experiment worthwhile. He believes the Blackface-Cheviot or Blackface-Shetland cross would be preferable and would...
Dates:
13 August 1920
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Henry John Elwes, 06 September [1911]
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/53
Scope and Contents
Elwes reports that Bateson did not have any particular ideas about the Iceland wool, but that he invited Elwes to read a short paper on the subject at the meeting of the British Association at Portsmouth, which prompted a discussion. He has heard that the Development Commissioners are prepared to establish breeding and experimental stations, and thinks Ewart may do valuable work. He remarks that Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch has offered him an island which he is going to visit the following...
Dates:
06 September [1911]
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James N. Forsyth, 05 February 1904
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/11
Scope and Contents
Forsyth provides some family details and information about the meeting of the Congested Districts Board at which Forsyth argued the case for Ewart's 'Pony Report'. He also reports meeting with the new Secetary of State for Scotland, 'Tullibardine' of Blair Atholl and a pony salesman.
Dates:
05 February 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from James N. Forsyth, 03 October 1904
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/109
Scope and Contents
Forsyth lists the ponies which he proposes that the Congested Districts Board should take over from Ewart. He asks Ewart to check the list in advance of the Board's meeting and states that Lord Arthur Cecil may be asked to fix the prices for them.
Dates:
03 October 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 24 June 1913
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/28
Scope and Contents
Lort-Phillips notes that, in the agenda for the next 'Advisory Council' meeting, the Board of Agriculture scheme for the purchase of brood mares will be coming up for discussion, and hopes for Ewart's support of his opinions.
Dates:
24 June 1913