Skip to main content

Oxford Oxfordshire England

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 14 April 1919

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L651
Scope and Contents

Letter, 14 April 1919, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. News of Tovey's Aunt Anna and of Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 April 1919
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Franics Tovey, 02 March 1895

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L390
Scope and Contents

Letter, 2 March 1895, Oxford, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. Anxiety over forthcoming examinations and discussion of John Stainer. Holograph signed, with envelope.

Dates: 02 March 1895
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Notanda D.J. phys. et math. Lond: Martio 1693 cum Fatio, 31 March 1693

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [37]
Scope and Contents Notes to an extended conversation with Fatio de Duillier, fellow enthusiast of Newtonian science at Oxford, and especially important to Gregory between December 1691 and May 1694, when he was cut off from direct contact with Sir Isaac Newton, whom he had offended in a published commentary on his 'abrumpent' mathematical series. Topics include magnetic attraction, refraction and colour, and movement of solids through fluid, with anecdotal remarks by de Duiller about ships, tides, and the...
Dates: 31 March 1693
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Notes for Thomson's lecture, The Nature and Measurement of Intelligence, 30 Jul 1928

 File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/7
Scope and Contents

Rough notes which take the form of lists of topics and corresponding examples Thomson wishes to discuss, and includes notes regarding different mental tests; genetic aspects of intelligence; social classes; and vocational selection.

Dates: 30 Jul 1928
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Unpublished materials authored by Thomson / Lectures / Compiled lectures

Observatio Eclipsis lunaris Oxonii, May 1696

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [1]
Scope and Contents

Tabulated observational data of the 1696 lunar eclipse which Gregory watched from Oxford.

Dates: May 1696
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates, 1962-1985

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/PJMA
Scope and Contents The subcollection consists of papers and plans for the following projects undertaken by Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates: Porto Regional Plan Sao Paulo Urban Renewal Project Colraine Area Plan Salford City Centre Islamabad City Centre Oxford, St Clements Area Redevelopment Plan Bathgate Town Centre...
Dates: 1962-1985
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection

Poem beginning 'Am fac thu each seachad an seo?', 9 April 1901

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW110/1
Scope and Contents

Poem beginning 'Am fac thu each seachad an seo?' for the safeguarding of animals, collected from W. M. Thorburn [William MacLeod Thorburn] of Skye, Wellgate, Dundee. Carmichael notes it as being 'Obtained my me from [William] Craigie, Oxford of the Oxford Dictionary'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 9 April 1901
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Point-To-Point Races at Oxford, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1998
Scope and Contents

Photograph from the 4 March, 1922 edition of the Daily Mirror showing the racehorses taking 'the first fence in the New College Grind and Old Members' Race' at Oxford.

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

Postcard to Hubert James Foss from Elisabeth Joachim, 24 January 1946

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2250
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 24 January 1946, Oxford, Elisabeth Joachim to Hubert Foss. Suggesting that no correspondence exists between Tovey and Joachim. Holograph signed, postcard stamped.

Dates: 24 January 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Postcard to Hubert James Foss from Margaret Denecke, 01 June 1946

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2118
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 1 June 1946, Oxford, Margaret Denecke to Hubert Foss. Concerning Foss's request that Margaret Denecke should write something about her friendship with Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 01 June 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Privacy & Cookies | Takedown Policy | Licensing & Copyright | Accessibility | Centre for Research Collections | LHSA | Contact us at is-crc@ed.ac.uk

ArchivesSpace release-v3.4.x

Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all material is copyright © 2018 University of Edinburgh.