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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 James Reid, 16 June 1900

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/6/18
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Reid states how pleased the Queen is with Ewart's suggestion to travel to Windsor to act as advisor in the quartering of the recently deceased zebra.

Dates: 16 June 1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1900

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, 15 May 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/52
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Mitchell informs Ewart that the Council of the Zoological Society of London have granted Sir Clement Hill's request of a loan of a a zebra mare for a hybridisation experiment in the Orange River Colony. He informs Ewart that the mare is now at his disposal.

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 William Ridgeway, 28 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/9
Scope and Contents Ridgeway states that he would very much appreciate a cliche of 'Matopo' (a zebra stallion). He adds that he has some blocks of the Kilimanjaro and Somali zebra that would be of interest to Ewart in his research on the zebra. He thinks that his knowledge of the Achaen horse would be of interest to Ewart, as he believes them to be the same as both the small horses of Northern Britain in the time of Caesar, and those of the Danube area. He discusses the spread of the horse into Africa. He...
Dates: 28 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 14 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/32
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Ridgeway refers to the existence of the small zebras in upper Africa and mentions that Africa has been much neglected in scientific and anthropological studies. He also states that he has evidence that the Equus hemionus was in Paphlagonia in Homeric days. He invites Ewart to visit him in Cambridge.

Dates: 14 March 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 24 April 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/46
Scope and Contents Ridgeway thanks Ewart for sending him photographs of the Ward's zebra, which he asks permission to mention in his forthcoming survey of zebras. He goes on to discuss the ponies at Garran Point, Ireland that Ewart has mentioned, and cites some classical and historical references to the Irish 'Hobbie' and its debated connection to Spanish breeds imported in the sixteenth century, although Ridgeway feels that this must have occcured earlier. He concludes that he is in agreement with Ewart that...
Dates: 24 April 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 12 September 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/101
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Ridgeway responds to some of Ewart's comments on his proofs by writing that he will check the details of the zebra hybrid, and enquires about the date Spanish blood was introduced into the Hebrides in the eighteenth century. He reports that he has written to Osborn at the Carnegie Trust in favour of Ewart's grant proposal and that he will source some other potential funders while he is in Ireland.

Dates: 12 September 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 21 June 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/68
Scope and Contents Ridgeway discusses some of Ewart's critiques of the manuscript of his book. He reports that he is troubled about whether he is justified in stating that that the hock callosities are frequently absent in North African horses and ponies and asks Ewart to check a French reference from the work of Sanson. He asks Ewart for the loan of some illustrative blocks. He posits that changes in colour of horses and cattle could be due to domestication, and thanks Ewart for correcting some of his zebra...
Dates: 21 June 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Thomas H. Dale, 06 March 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/28
Scope and Contents Dale, writing from South Africa, enquires about Ewart's zebra hybrids and questions whether they 'are not the transport animal of the future', particularly with regard to South Africa. He states his intention to induce the Department of Agriculture of the colony in the Transvaal to experiment with different zebra hybrids and would be glad of any advice Ewart can give. He asks if Ewart can send him a replacement copy of the illustrated catalogue for the York Agricultural Show (1900). He asks...
Dates: 06 March 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Thomas M. Martin, 16 January 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/4
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Martin advises Ewart that his notion of keeping a farm at Crosswoodburn is impractical for financial reasons. He says he is glad that 'the two hybrids' have gone to Mountain Batteries as he hopes it may lead to them being bred in India. He also mentions that Ewart 'should get a big price for 'Romulus' (Ewart's first zebra hybrid) now as he is a hybrid with a past'. He encourages Ewart to publicise his findings from his hare-rabbit cross-breeding.

Dates: 16 January 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Thomas Noack, 02 December 1898

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/4/26
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Noack informs Ewart of his concern that his collection of original drawings and photographs of zebras have not been returned to him as promised. Noack writes that he loaned this collection to a Dr J.P Prajak of the University of Edinburgh for Prajak's projected book 'Striped Horses of Africa'. Noack urges Ewart to ensure that the collection is returned to him.

Dates: 02 December 1898
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1898

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