Funding
Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Malcolm Farquharson, 07 May 1902
Farquharson asks Ewart what should be done with the balance left from paying the MacGillivray Memorial Fund. He proposes expending it on the Class of Botany at the University of Edinburgh in some way.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John McDonald, 30 May 1904
McDonald proposes to give Ewart a grant of £10, on top of any grant that may be obtained from the Congested Districts Board, to pay the carriage of the pony to Keppoch and back, and for a man to attend him. He invites Ewart to his camp near Tain to see 'ponies from all parts'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Arthur Cecil, 16 July 1908
Cecil makes arrangements to stay with Ewart and reports on his meeting with Schofield and his critique of the latter's report. He suggests that the government funds a horse-breeding scheme, purchase the offspring and encourage landowners to breed army horses from selected native mares.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Professor Sir John Halliday Croom, 23 December 1910
Croom writes that he will do his best in support of Ewart, and remarks how wrong it is that men of science should not only have to do the work, but also to find the means. He states that he will write to the Duke of Portland and any others who may be able to help, and asks for a few copies of Ewart's appeal.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from R.B Greig, 11 February 1913
Greig writes that the Development Commissioners are to meet the Board of Agriculture and representatives of the cattle breeding societies to discuss their scheme. They are proposing to set aside £200 a year to pay for Ewart's travelling expenses and for small experiments which he might conduct for the Board with cattle and sheep. He also proposes to name Ewart as an adviser.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Edward Albert Sharpey Schafer, 28 March 1915
Schafer writes that they ought to come to a decision about the directorship as soon as possible, and that Ewart was to have written a proposed scheme. He emphasises that the Committee would push for a full time director and doubts if the University would relieve Ewart of his duties sufficiently to allow him to take over the directorship.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 01 June 1900
Gibson-Carmichael states that he is enclosing a cheque to enable Ewart to pay for an assistant for the year.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 11 August 1904
Ridgeway reports that he has seen Shipley about the ponies and encloses his letter (not present). He arranges to meet Ewart in London and hopes that he will get a grant from the London committee.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 05 September 1904
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir William Ridgeway, 12 September 1904
Ridgeway responds to some of Ewart's comments on his proofs by writing that he will check the details of the zebra hybrid, and enquires about the date Spanish blood was introduced into the Hebrides in the eighteenth century. He reports that he has written to Osborn at the Carnegie Trust in favour of Ewart's grant proposal and that he will source some other potential funders while he is in Ireland.