Museums
Found in 64 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from the Director of the Royal Scottish Museum, 16 July 1930
The letter thanks Ewart for the donation to the Royal Scottish Museum of a Mallard duckling wing showing the succession of two down plumages and feather plumage.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Theodor Mortensen, 28 June 1906
Mortensen writes concerning his query about P. phiale, a type of Pourtalesia, which he is trying to identify correctly from Wyville Thomson's description in his 'Memoir on the Echinoidea of the Porcupine Expedition' (1874) and from A. Agasse's report on the Challenger expedition. He asks if Ewart whether the 'Edinburgh Museum' might have a specimen for him to compare with his own.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, 11 March 1902
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Bernhard Tegetmeier, 25 August 1896
Tegetmeier writes concerning mule mares. He also reports some 'gossip' about Dr Butler of the British Museum and his assertion in The Feathered World that he had seen two mules in foal in a drove of 50 in Spain, and the driver had told him mule mares were often infertile. Tegetmeier remarks 'That a man in his position should publish such nonsense is very unsatisfactory'.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Eagle Clarke, 28 July 1904
Clarke suggests the Museum of Science and Art as a suitable place for the 'forfeited Shetland eggs' and describes his attempts to get the eggs protected. He concludes by saying that he wishes there were more severe penalties for individuals who raid birds' nests.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Ridgeway, 02 August 1904
Ridgeway writes that he is relieved that Ewart approves of his treatment of the Arab and the horses of western Asia, North Africa and the Mediterranean. He comments on the temperaments of various horses and the use of bits in different countries. He describes two photographs of Lofoden ponies, one of which was the last of its race and is now in the Bergen Museum.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from William Thomas Calman, 23 April 1930
Calman writes that Kinnear has handed over the 14 bottles of penguin embryos which Ewart has returned to the Museum. Calman asks Ewart to return the remaining seven bottles still in his possession so that the loan register can be updated, and suggests that, if he wishes, Ewart could remove a few sample feathers from the specimens before returning them to the Museum.
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wladimir Salensky, 26 February 1909
Salensky says that he has forwarded Ewart's letter asking for the photographs he requested to the new Director of the Zoological Museum. He also asks Ewart to return him the cliches to his work on the Przewalski's horse, if Ewart's translation has not yet appeared.
Mummies at the Pantheon, Guanajuato [Mexico], 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a corridor full of mummies propped up against the walls at the Pantheon in Guanajuato [Mexico] in the early 20th century.