Congresses and Conventions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Roman Prawochenski, 14 April 1927
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/33/6
Scope and Contents
Prawochenski thanks Ewart for the information concerning the types of sheep skulls. He confirms that Ewart's paper on Polish wool, which he delivered at the 1925 International Congress of Agriculture, is nearly printed. His colleague Kaczkowski is finding Ewart's study of the embryological development of sheep valuable for his own work.
Dates:
14 April 1927
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Roman Prawochenski, 23 July 1927
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/33/12
Scope and Contents
Prawochenski asks whether Ewart received his letter outlining Kaczkowski's researches on wool.He hopes to attend the 'Vererbungsvissenschaft Congress' in Berlin but he is encountering some opposition towards Polish attendees. He provides details about 'most terrible scenes of atrocity' on the streets of Vienna and is concerned for the consequences of Communist propaganda not being controlled.
Dates:
23 July 1927
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 23 May 1901
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Identifier: Coll-14/9/7/14
Scope and Contents
Gibson-Carmichael encloses a cheque (not present) and thanks Ewart for Bibby's Quarterly and pamphlet.
Dates:
23 May 1901
Page mounted with four photographs from the 6th International Congress of Nutrition, August 1963
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/80
Scope and Contents
Recto: photograph of Alan Greenwood with the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Duncan Weatherstone, and his wife and daughter; photograph of Alan Greenwood with Professor Sewall Wright and Mrs Toby Carter, both pictures taken at a barbeque at Easter Bush for the Congress on 10 August 1963. Verso: Alan Greenwood with Jim Wilson, Professor Alex Robertson and his daughter at a barbeque at Bush for the Congress on 10 August 1963; photograph of Alan Greenwood seated at a dinner table talking...
Dates:
August 1963
Page mounted with items relating to the 10th World's Poultry Congress, 1954
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/63
Scope and Contents
Recto: Alan Greenwood's invitation to the opening of the 10th World's Poultry Congress (14 August 1954); photograph of attendees at the ceremony, including Alan Greenwood, at the McEwan Hall; an article in French about the Congress (Cocoréchos); an article about the Tenth World's Poultry Congress (British Agricultural Bulletin, No. 31, Vol. 7, May 1954). Verso: blank invitation card for a conversazione from the Director and...
Dates:
1954
Page mounted with items relating to the 10th World's Poultry Congress, 1954
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/64
Scope and Contents
Verso: print of a photograph showing the 10th World's Poultry Congress organising committee and others grouped around a table. The photograph is captioned: 'Mr Adair, Mr Chalmers-Watson, Mr Whittle, Alan Greenwood, J.E Wilson, Major MacDougall; Mr McCallum, Lady Elphinstone, Mr Glen, Mrs Campbell, Miss McLeod.' A second photograph appears to have been removed. Recto: invitation card to Alan Greenwood from the Government for dinner on 16 August 1954; invitation card to Alan...
Dates:
1954
Page mounted with items relating to the 10th World's Poultry Congress, 1954
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/65
Scope and Contents
Recto: cutting of an article about the 10th World's Poultry Congress and the awarding of prizes to Alan Greenwood and Dr Bolton (Modern Poultry Keeping, 01 September 1954). Verso: invitation card to Alan Greenwood from the directors of the British Oil and Cake Mills Ltd to a reception at the Poultry Research Centre on 15 August 1954; invitation card to Alan Greenwood from the directors of the British Oil and Cake Mills Ltd to a cocktail party on 17 August...
Dates:
1954
Page mounted with press notice from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries concerning the 9th World's Poultry Congress (August 1951), with photograph of four attendees at the conference, 1950-1951
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/37
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The photographs consist mainly of photographs of Alan Greenwood, staff from the Institute of Animal Genetics and Poultry Research Centre, their relations and visitors, and various events and conferences. There are also a number of photographs showing the construction and opening of the Poultry Research Centre building at Kings Buildings and the sub-station at Easter Bush. There appears to be a combination of official photographs taken, for instance, for a publication, and more informal...
Dates:
1950-1951
Page mounted with two photographs, 1954
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/57
Scope and Contents
Recto: Group photograph of the organising committee of the 10th World's Poultry Congress, Edinburgh. The front row is annotated: 'Alan Greenwood, Lady Elphinstone, Sir Patrick Laird, Mr Glen, Mrs Campbell and Major Macdougall.'
Verso: photograph of Alan Greenwood at his desk.
Dates:
1954
Page mounted with two photographs and two items, 1954
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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/62
Scope and Contents
Recto: photograph of Dr Bolton at work in the Nutrition Laboratory of the Poultry Research Centre (the caption notes that he is the 1954 Tom Newman Memorial Prize Winner) and photograph of an unidentified female in the interior of one of the laying houses. The caption on the back reads 'Trap nesting the laying bird for accurate records of egg production.' Verso: a card with information about Parliament Hall and the Upper Hall of the Signet Library; Alan Greenwood's ticket for the...
Dates:
1954