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Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, 06 May 1927

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/33/7
Scope and Contents Le Souef writes that he has recommended Ewart to colleagues in the Institute of Science and Industry, Australia, who will arrange to meet with Ewart when they are in England. Le Souef believes it is important that the research into wool in Australia be started along the right lines with the advice of experienced people to avoid duplicating work. He reports that they have had promising results in wool quality and quantity by feeding sheep with a mixture of mineral salts. Finally, he provides...
Dates: 06 May 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1927

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Arthur James Balfour, 12 June 1912

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/42
Scope and Contents

Balfour states that he has written to Lord Dundas to tell him of his interest in the class of research which the University Court of Edinburgh now have a chance of promoting. He also thanks Ewart for sending him his American Lectures.

Dates: 12 June 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Charles Mackinnon Douglas, 21 March 1916

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/19
Scope and Contents

Douglas agrees with Ewart that funding would not be forthcoming from the Development Commissioners at present. Although he is in favour of the Highland and Agricultural Society supporting Ewart's work, he fears that the Directors will not agree, as at present they are disinclined to spend the Society's money on purely scientific research. However, if Ewart puts in an application, he will do his best for it in the Committee.

Dates: 21 March 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 11 March 1912

 Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/13
Scope and Contents

Lort-Phillips writes that he agrees Phillpotts-Williams is in too much of a hurry due to fear that others 'will forestall him in taking the lead'. He feels that the Board of Agriculture's policy is the wrong one and emphasises the importance of scientific research in agriculture.

Dates: 11 March 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

Mutation studies with MH2 reticuloendothelioma and Rous sarcoma viruses, 1964

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/3/339
Scope and Contents

Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1964.

Dates: 1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Poultry Research Centre

Notebook of Arthur Dukinfield Darbishire, c.1902-1910

 Item — Box EUA-A-64
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/A1/5/1
Scope and Contents

Notebook titled 'Inheritance - abstracts etc' and inscribed 'A.D Darbishire'. Contains handwritten notes, apparently from Darbishire's reading. From the inscriptions in the notebook, it can be dated from Darbishire's time as a Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy at the University Museum, Oxford from late 1901-1902.

Accompanied by a note in an unknown hand reading 'Notes made by Arthur Darbishire on his readings in genetics at some time between 1902 and 1910'.

Dates: c.1902-1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Institute of Animal Genetics / Records relating to the history of the Institute

Papers of Professor Sir David Wallace

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1540
Scope and Contents Papers of Professor Sir David Wallace containing undergraduate lecture notes, research material, contracts, presentations and notebooks from the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre work; lectures and course material; off-prints; personal papers; and miscellaneous material.The material is arranged as follows:Undergraduate lecture notes and tutorials, Edinburgh University, 1963-1968: this section contains material related to Wallace's undergraduate...
Dates: 1963-1990
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers relating to Francis Fraser Darling

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1141
Content Description

Papers relating to Sir Frank Fraser Darling (1903-1979), ecologist and lecturer in ecology and conservation at the University of Edinburgh. This collection includes black-and-white research photographs of landscapes and animals, correspondence, African ecological reports and minutes of meetings, publications, handwritten notes, and tapes.

Dates: 1930s-1970s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Planning Executive Committee, 1990-1993

 Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/C1/2
Scope and Contents

The Planning Executive Committee series consists of:


  1. minutes and agendas
  2. reports
Dates: 1990-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology

Progress report on the SAC/IAPGR hill sheep project, February 1993

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/4/47
Scope and Contents

Located in Roslin Institute Staff Papers 1993. Part 1.

Dates: February 1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Roslin Institute

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