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Zebras

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Alfred Edward Pease, 03 February 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/2
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Pease identifies a zebra skin (about which Ewart had evidently enquired) as that of a three year old mare he killed the previous year on his travels. He goes on to report that he had intended to capture a young zebra but 'had to beat a hasty retreat on account of the Abyssinians.' He concludes by stating that he does not believe there is any difference between the Shoan and Somali zebra.

Dates: 03 February 1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1898

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Keith, 18 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/36
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Keith writes from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and provides sketches of three zebra skulls.

Dates: 18 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Keith, 25 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/41
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Keith provides two front-view sketches of [zebra?] skulls, with measurements.

Dates: 25 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, 18 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/37
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Woodward writes that he has examined the zebra skulls at the British Museum and found that the premaxilla clearly reaches and touches the nasal.

Dates: 18 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 23 October 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/69
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Alexander makes arrangements for meeting Ewart and states that his zebra bull will be at Ewart's service if there is a decent summer. He has two white bulls for sale, and complains that Elwes will not return his sheep crates.

Dates: 23 October 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 09 August 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/38
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Alexander suggests that one of them should try to get the fertile mule, and that he is happy to purchase her if need be. He reports that Sir Charles Assheton Smith has purchased a zebra hybrid for £200.

Dates: 09 August 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Claud Alexander, 01 November 1910

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/16/26
Scope and Contents Alexander writes that the skulls of the Somerford white polled cattle are the same as the Newstead skull. He makes observations on the polls of his horned Somerford cows, the Shorthorn and a Hamilton bull and states that he will embark on some experiments with zebras, as he is interested in the possible relation of zebras and Bos primigenius, suggesting that the Romans may have possibly imported them. He will ask a friend to compare the skulls of the Norfolk red...
Dates: 01 November 1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1910

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Clement Lloyd Hill, 15 May 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/51
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Hill writes to confirm that the Foreign Office have got the mare zebra from the zoo. He says he will send a report to Ewart if it is not printed by the Society of Arts and enquires whether Ewart has heard anything more about the dwarf ponies.

Dates: 15 May 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Francis Galton, 06 January 1899

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/5/2
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Galton suggests that Ewart contact Dr Walter Heape for research into insemination and fertilisation. He suggests how beneficial it would be for the Duke of Portland to keep records (including photographs) of his adult pedigree stock. He enquires when Ewart will next be publishing anything concerning hybrid zebras.

Dates: 06 January 1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1899

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir James Reid, 13 June 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/17
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Reid writes regarding the Queen's zebras, and in particular a male zebra which had recently died in the care of Sir Fleetwood Edwards. London Zoo should have been contacted and the Queen as a result is annoyed. He requests that Ewart look at the animal in London with a view to its removal to Windsor Castle where it will be buried, and also to suggest any special treatment that it might require.

Dates: 13 June 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1900

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