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World War, 1939-1945

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

Found in 127 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Sophie Weisse, 28 August 1939

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2612
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 August 1939, Surrey, Sophie Weisse to Mary Grierson. Expressing anxiety over the threat of a European war and over Tovey's health. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 August 1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Mabel A. Lumsden, 08 October 1939

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2277
Scope and Contents

Letter, 8 October 1939, Edinburgh, Mabel A. Lumsden to Robert Trevelyan. Concerning the props of ' The Bride of Dionysus', and a note on the war. Holograph signed.

Dates: 08 October 1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Karl Bluth, 12 February 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2043
Scope and Contents

Letter, 12 February 1941, London, Karl Bluth to Sophie Weisse. Discussing bombings and invasions, discussing the final months of Tovey's life and his death. Typescript signed.

Dates: 12 February 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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

Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1946

 Series
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C
Scope and Contents Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization consists of: material concerning the Organisation of Service Architects, Ceylon, 1943-1945 support from the School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (SPRRD), 1944-1946 proposals for technical education as submitted to GHQ, 1944 liaison with the Association of Building...
Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO)

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

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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

Mandalay and North Burma Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944-1945

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Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/21
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Papers relating to the Mandalay and North Burma Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, based at Meiktila, Shwebo and Maymyo. These includes a copy of the "505 District Orders" for 21 April 1945.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

Miscellaneous articles: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1942-1945

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Identifier: PJM/SATO/A/12
Scope and Contents

Articles concerning the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), post-war housing and a draft for a planning pamphlet.

Dates: 1942-1945
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

Moot papers, 1941-1947

 Series
Identifier: BAI 1/7
Scope and Contents

minutes of meetings and papers discussed

Dates: 1941-1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie

My Village (1), 1946-1947

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Identifier: PJM/SATO/D/2
Scope and Contents Student project from the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic entitled "My Village" including completed questionnaires and manuscript maps, with names and origins of students. Exemplary course work from Hav Ahdul Rahman includes manuscript maps of his region, a hand written regional history and his photograph. The course booklet Twelfth Army Pre-Release Booklet No 1: First Village Uplift Course (for Punjab and NWFP...
Dates: 1946-1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic

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