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Found in 172 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Frederick Lort-Phillips, 08 July 1913

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/19/34
Scope and Contents

Lort-Phillips complains about the situation with the 'Standing Committee' and the Hunters Improvement Society, namely their decision to use half-bred horses for breeding.

Dates: 08 July 1913
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1913

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Jackson, 21 December 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/138
Scope and Contents

Jackson invites Ewart to give a lecture on 'symmetry and assymetry in animal life' or a related subject to the Ambidextral Culture Society, of which he is Honorary Secretary.

Dates: 21 December 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Jackson, 14 January 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/4
Scope and Contents

Jackson asks again if Ewart would be willing to deliver a lecture to the Ambidextral Culture Society on 'Asymmentry in Animals'.

Dates: 14 January 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Jackson, 14 January 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/5
Scope and Contents

Jackson writes on behalf of the Ambidextral Culture Society with a notice about membership subscription rates and list of committee members.

Dates: 14 January 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Jackson, 14 April 1904

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/10/38
Scope and Contents

Jackson requests that Ewart consider subscribing to become a life member of the Ambidextral Culture Society.

Dates: 14 April 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1904

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from John Stewart, 16 September 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/102
Scope and Contents

Stewart writes on behalf of the Edinburgh Sunday Society to invite Ewart to assist Sir John Murray's lecture 'The Ocean'.

Dates: 16 September 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lady Harriet Grace Katherine Campbell, 03 July 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/24
Scope and Contents

Campbell writes that she and her husband are willing to donate the goose-swan hybrid to the Edinburgh Zoological Society and that she will wire the Secretary once it has been captured and brought to the Gardens. She invites Ewart to visit them at Garscube to see the birds on the river.

Dates: 03 July 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Lord Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 16 December 1924

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/11
Scope and Contents Wood writes from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries providing details of the investigations into the improvement of wool at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with the University of Leeds, the Woollen Research Association and the University College of North Wales. One item in the programme concerns the results of introducing Merino blood into certain British hill breeds. He states that in later crossings it may be desirable to use Australian or New Zealand merinos but for...
Dates: 16 December 1924
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1924

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Nellie Hadden, 25 March 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/36
Scope and Contents

Hadden asks Ewart's opinion of who would make the best secretary for the Zoological Society, and recounts her visit to the Zoo at Clifton, while painting miniatures for Ewart.

Dates: 25 March 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Peter Ewing, 07 October 1903

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/9/111
Scope and Contents

Ewing invites Ewart to give a lecture to the Glasgow Natural History Society.

Dates: 07 October 1903
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1903

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