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Letters

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

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Thomas Dick to a young reader

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1300
Scope and Contents The letter (autograph letter signed) is from Thomas Dick to a young reader of his books. It is dated 1 December 1848 and was written in Broughty Ferry (near Dundee). He writes that he he is ' gratified to find that my writings have afforded you entertainment and instruction'. The letter congratulates him on pursuing his studies and mentions that he has just had two books published by the Religious Tract Society - The solar system and The...
Dates: 1848
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letter to Alexander Carmichael from Reverend MacPhail with poem, 1888

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW4
Scope and Contents

Letter sent to Alexander Carmichael from Reverend MacPhail dated 15 November 1888 from Kilmartin U.F. Manse, Lochgilphead. Enclosed is a poem of 15 stanzas headed 'Duan Callainn' [Hogmanay Rhyme].

Dates: 1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Letter to Hubert Foss from Hans Gal, c 03 January 1941

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2764
Scope and Contents

Letter, 3 January [n.y], Edinburgh, Hans Gal to Hubert Foss. Enclosing letters from Tovey, and putting the letters into context. Typescript signed.

Dates: c 03 January 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to [Hubert James Foss] from Mabel McCormick, 08 December 1941

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2284
Scope and Contents

Letter, 8 December 1941, London, M. McCormick to [Hubert Foss]. Responding to Foss's request, published in the Daily Telegraph for letters to and from Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 08 December 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letterbook including letters from [Francis Aird (c.1602-1659), minister of Dalserf]

 Fonds
Identifier: MS LET
Scope and Contents

Volume containing a collection of letters written in different hands dated from 1652-59. Some of the letters are possibly written by Francis Aird, minister of Dalserf.

Letters written in secretary hand and are bound in leather with a metal clasp. There are additional inscriptions on front and back fly leaves, as well as a stamp from General Assembly Library on the manuscript title page.

Dates: 1652-1659
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Letters by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, late 15th century

 Part
Identifier: MS 191/ff. 1r-97v
Contents The letters by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius II, have been published in several collections. Piccolomini was a relatively well-known writer in the fifteenth century, and among several other works of history, and autobiography, and a piece of erotic literature, he also collected and published a collection of his own letters. The arrangement of the letters contained here in MS 191 does not appear to follow the arrangment of any of the modern published editions, but the...
Dates: late 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Works by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II)

Letters to the General Secretary for reply: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1945

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Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/1
Scope and Contents

Mixed personal letters to Percy Johnson-Marshall, collected for him during an absence from the Service Arts and Technical Organization office. The letters include one from Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson who at this time was Coventry City Architect.

Dates: 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Administration files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

Liverpool School of Architecture Society, 1937-1938

 File
Identifier: PJM/UOL/E
Scope and Contents

File of correspondence, minutes and lists of former students of the Liverpool School of Architecture. These relate to the formation of the Liverpool School of Architecture Society for former students of the School. The file also contains information concerning the organisation of the inaugural dinner on 25 March 1938, including a black and white photographic print (20cm x 30cm) and a seating plan.

Dates: 1937-1938
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / University of Liverpool studentships

London County Council Architect's Department: sociological reports, 1951-1957

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/6
Scope and Contents A set of 35 sociological reports written by Margaret Willis for London County Council's Architect's Department. The reports are based on primary research conducted through questionnaire and survey work and report on a number of factors which would influence housing design and amenity provision. There are different editions or drafts of some of the titles, and some include original photographs or are typescript. Subjects cover a wide range of issues, including: social surveys, high rise...
Dates: 1951-1957
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department

Malaya and Singapore: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1945-1946

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Percy Johnson-Marshall and Colin Graeme Lindsay Shankland concerning the development of Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) courses in Malaya and Singapore. Includes a press clipping dated 6 December 1945 concerning the opening of the Singapore Forces' College.

Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization