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Ill Health

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Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Archaeological notes on Kildonan and accompanying notes on Flora MacDonald and her husband, 24 May 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/82
Scope and Contents Archaeological notes on Kildonan [Cill Donnain, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The various sites relating to St Donain are described as Eilean Donain or Isle Donain, which is where the saint's house was, the house being '50 x 26 feet with several surrounding ruins' and the island itself being 70 yards long by 50 yards wide. Cladh Donain [Cille Dhonnain] is described as a peninsula separated from Eilean Donain by another island, the relative distances being noted, and containing a ruined chapel...
Dates: 24 May 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Grass Sickness, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/373
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Photograph of a draught horse suffering grass sickness in 1938. The ill-looking horse stands in a paddock next to a stone wall.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, 02 February 1931

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2466
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Letter, 2 February 1931, Woking, Ethel Smyth to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Smyth will turn up at a rehearsal if necessary, news that Smyth is suffering from influenza and is losing her voice. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 February 1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from M. Perwick Jones, 09 March 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2267
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Letter, 9 March 1952, Surrey, M. Perwick Jones to Mary Grierson. News of Elisabeth Trevelyan's ill health and a transcript of a letter from Elizabeth Trevelyan to Mary Grierson, concerning Trevelyan's attempt to get a good review for Grierson's biography on Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 09 March 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Granville Bantock, 14 February 1933

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2020
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Letter, 14 February 1933, Birmingham, Granville Bantock to Mary Grierson. Thanking Grierson for arranging practical examinations at Edinburgh, expressing pleasure at Tovey's return to health, discussion of a performance of ' Elektra'. Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 February 1933
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 28 June 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2592
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Letter, 28 June 1935, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Concerning Tovey's ill health and expressing the feeling that she is being kept from Tovey by his wife. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 June 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 02 July 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2594
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Letter, 2 July 1935, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Concerning Tovey's illness and his treatment and care and Miss. Weisse's feelings. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 July 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 08 July 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2596
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Letter, 8 July 1935, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Details of Miss. Weisse's journey to Bad Nauheim and enclosing a letter from Tovey's doctor. Holograph signed.

Dates: 08 July 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 01 October 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2597
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Letter, 1 October 1935, London, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Informing Grierson that Miss. Weisses brother is dying and asking for news of Tovey's whereabouts. Holograph signed.

Dates: 01 October 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 02 January 1936

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2599
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Letter, 2 January 1936, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. News of Tovey's treatment and convalescence at Bath, suggesting that Tovey should smoke so he can have social interaction with other men. Holograph signed.

Dates: 02 January 1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence