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Obituaries

 Subject

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

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from Leonard Horner and family, 1860-1865

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/4
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Leonard Horner and family sub-series consists of:


  1. 22 letters, chronologically arranged (1860-1866)
Dates: 1860-1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Correspondence of Armand Leslie

 Fonds — Box Dk.2.15
Identifier: Coll-2148
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers relating to Armand Leslie, M.R.C.S., surgeon and Chief Medical Officer who died in Sudan under the command of Charles George Baker. This collection includes many letters to him, some from his sister Jane Young Elvira Leslie and his brother John Leslie, as well as further correspondence after his death between Elvira, John Leslie, and others.Some material (newspaper cuttings, parts of a rough diary, and correspondence, including two letters from...
Dates: 1824-1900
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/15
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie A-M series consists of:


  1. letters alphabetically arranged by sender, including those from Charles Robert Darwin, the Geological Society, Joseph Lister, Sir Charles Lyell and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison
  2. postcards
  3. obituaries
Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/1
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:


  1. 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates: 1878-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie N-Z, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/16
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie N-Z series consists of:


  1. letters alphabetically arranged by sender, including those from Sir Joseph Prestwich, Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and the Royal Society
  2. lectures by James Geikie
  3. postcards
  4. obituaries
Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

Correspondence of William Veitch, LL.D.

 Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2234
Scope and Contents Correspondence of William Veitch LL.D., 1873-1885. Letter to William Veitch, LL.D., from W. Dawson Brown. Montreal, 7 November 1873. 4pp. 12^o. Printed circular letter requesting subscriptions for a portrait of W. Veitch, Edinburgh, 21 June 1880. Ticket for the presentation dinner to William Veitch on the occasion of the presentation of his portrait, 7 January...
Dates: 1873-1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence regarding Geoffrey Beale's collation of research materials concerning Charlotte Auerbach, 1992-1995

 File — Box CLX-A-1536
Identifier: Coll-1266/4/10
Scope and Contents Contains correspondence between Geoffrey Beale and various institutions and individuals regarding the collation of research materials for Beale's preparation of the Royal Society biographical memoir on Auerbach. Correspondents include the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Technische Universitat Berlin and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The material includes photocopies of correspondence between F.A.E Crew and various during the 1930s, concerning obtaining grants for the continuation of...
Dates: 1992-1995
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Material relating to Charlotte Auerbach / Papers of Geoffrey Beale relating to Charlotte Auerbach

Correspondence regarding Marta Vojtiskova, 1979-1980

 File
Identifier: Coll-1364/6/8
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is chiefly concerned with the potential visit of Marta Vojtiskova to Edinburgh following the death of Alena Lengerova. The papers also include Frank Lilly's obituary for Lengerova. Correspondents with Beatty include Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch and Anne McLaren.

Dates: 1979-1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Richard Alan Beatty / Correspondence

Correspondence: Sir John Stuart Keltie to Herbert Kynaston, 1867-1916

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/9
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Sir John Stuart Keltie to Herbert Kynaston sub-series consists of:


  1. 24 letters, alphabetically arranged (1867-1916)
Dates: 1867-1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Cuttings of obituaries, 1960

 File
Identifier: BAI 11/3
Scope and Contents

2 notebooks containing cuttings of obituaries on John Baillie from various newspapers.

Dates: 1960
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / John Baillie: posthumous