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Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Eric Parker, 04 November 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/87
Scope and Contents

Parker enquires whether Ewart received his previous correspondence concerning his invitation to write some articles on Connemara ponies. He also asks if Ewart has any photographs of the ponies.

Dates: 04 November 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Ernest MacBride, 01 January 1916

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/1
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MacBride thanks Ewart for his paper on the development of the horse, and hopes to read the other parts when they come out. He has been asked by Nature to write the obituary for Arthur Darbishire, and asks Ewart for details concerning his regiment and the circumstances of his death.

Letter is unsigned.

Dates: 01 January 1916
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Ernest William MacBride, [c. 02 January 1916]

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/22/2
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MacBride thanks Ewart for his telegram with the details he needed about Darbishire for his obituary, which he has sent to Nature. He is delighted with Ewart's work on the embryology of the horse, and believes that 'it is only by slow painstaking work of this kind that a real science of Comparative Embryology will ever be built up.' He is glad that Ewart gives no countenance to the 'crook theories' about the layers of the embryo.

The letter is undated.

Dates: [c. 02 January 1916]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1916

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E.W Allen, 21 May 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/39
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Allen invites Ewart to prepare an article on the subject of animal breeding and hybridisation for inclusion in the Experiment Station Record.. He goes on to outline the possibilities of setting up a cooperative plan of animal experimentation between experiment stations across the country.

Dates: 21 May 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E.W Morse, 09 April 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/17
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Morse supposes that the separates of Ewart's article will have reached him by now. The original drawings will be sent later after copies have been made. He provides details of some publications on the origin of the common fowl. Anything that Ewart publishes on the ancestry of domesticated animals would be greatly appreciated.

Dates: 09 April 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from E.W Morse, 19 December 1911

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/17/81
Scope and Contents Morse writes that the report containing Ewart's lectures will be ready shortly, and he wishes to know how many separates of Ewart's article he would like to have for distribution. He will be unable to do anything concerning the distribution of breeds in India so he hopes Ewart will, and also that Ewart will make a large collection of skulls from India in adult and embryonic forms. Ewart would also need someone in India to measure all the breeds, and to have a uniform system of measuring. He...
Dates: 19 December 1911
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1911

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Frank Challice Constable, 06 July 1902

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/8/54
Scope and Contents

Constable writes regarding his views on an article from Nature magazine, 'Variation - Germinal and Environmental', about insemination and ovulation in rabbits.

Dates: 06 July 1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1902

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from George Bolam, 16 December 1921

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/27/10
Scope and Contents

Bolam thanks Ewart for his paper 'The Nestling Feathers of the Mallard' and makes some remarks on the applicability of Mendelism to sheep breeding.

Dates: 16 December 1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1921

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Harry Sanderson, 10 July 1914

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/20/18
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Sanderson provides the approximate retail value of the various wools Ewart has sent him. He compliments Ewart on his article on the Argali type of sheep.

Dates: 10 July 1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1914

Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Heatley Noble, 20 October 1912

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/18/71
Scope and Contents

Noble asks Ewart again to return his paper on the piebald sheep.

Dates: 20 October 1912
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1912

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