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Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

To answer: letters from friends, USA, 1946-1958

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 2/1/8
Scope and Contents

Letters marked by Florence Jewel Baillie as 'to answer' from friends in the United States.

Dates: 1946-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of Florence Jewel Baillie / Correspondence of Florence Jewel Baillie

Travel diary, 1948

 Item
Identifier: BAI 2/4/11
Scope and Contents

Diary kept by Jewel Baillie of the trip she and John Baillie took in 1948, referring to locations in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, United States and Canada.

Dates: 1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of Florence Jewel Baillie / New Zealand trip, 1948

Trip to Australia, New Zealand and the United States, 1947-1948

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/29
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, addresses, invitations, itineraries, leaflets, brochures, travel documentation, press cuttings and other items relating to the trip taken by John Baillie and his wife to Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 1948. Includes material relating to the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand and letters from John McIntyre, St Andrews College, Sydney.

Dates: 1947-1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

Trip under the Association of American Colleges and Danforth Foundation, 1959

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/47
Scope and Contents

Itineraries, programmes and correspondence relating to John Baillie's tour of the United States as Danforth visiting lecturer, as part of the Arts Programme of the Association of American Colleges.

Dates: 1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / General filing correspondence

United States War Department weather map, 1879

 Item — Cabinet Coll-74/6/1-2: Series Coll-74/6
Identifier: Coll-74/6/1
Scope and Contents

United States War Department weather map for 19 October 1879 at 7.35 am.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Boston lectures

United States War Department weather map, 1879

 Item — Cabinet Coll-74/6/1-2: Series Coll-74/6
Identifier: Coll-74/6/2
Scope and Contents

United States War Department weather map for 21 October 1879 at 7.35 am.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Boston lectures

Wedding present lists, 1919-1920

 File
Identifier: BAI 3/7
Scope and Contents

Lists of John and Florence Jewel Baillies wedding presents, some compiled in relation to having them sent to the United States.

Dates: 1919-1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Marriage of John Baillie and Florence Jewel Fowler

Wild Queen 2d and Whiskers, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2444
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the cow, "Wild Queen 2d" that was the winner of the first milking prize at the London Dairy Show in 1898 standing in a paddock next to a wooden barn; and an illustration of the bull, "Whiskers" who was the champion at the American Fat Stock Show in 1894 standing in a field.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Winthrop, Robert Charles, 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873

 File
Identifier: Coll-1989/73
Scope and Contents Two autograph letters signed from Robert Charles Winthrop to Charles Lyell and Mary Horner Lyell. Boston, 3 November 1849 and 1 May 1873. With portrait photograph by Warren's in Boston, mounted on cardboard carrier, signed.1. In the first letter, dated 3 November 1849 and sent to Charles Lyell, Winthrop expresses delight at reading Lyell's "Second visit" and eagerly anticipates a potential "third visit." The letter acknowledges Lyell's positive allusions and...
Dates: 3 November 1849, 1 May 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of letters sent by various individuals to members of the Lyell and Horner families

Zebu Bull Hurriana [Hariana], USA, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/419
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Zebu Bull Hurriana [Hariana], in the USA in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection