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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = England

Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Wilma Halle, 25 December 1909

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2205
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Letter, 25 December 1909, London, Wilma Halle to Sophie Weisse. Thanking Miss. Weisse for her kindness expressing a desire to play with Tovey for pleasure. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 December 1909
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Thomson from Barbara Wootton regarding his article, Intelligence and families published in the Times, 1 March 1949

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/17
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Wootton asks for further information regarding the increase in intelligence rating shown by the second Scottish Mental Survey in 1947.

Dates: 1 March 1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence

Letter to Thomson from Garth Higgin regarding Higgin's research into fertility and intelligence, with Higgin's bibliography and Thomson's handwritten notes regarding his work, 6 September 1949

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/16
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Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: 6 September 1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence

Letter to Unknown from Joseph Joachim, c1907

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2259
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Letter, c1907 , London, Joseph Joachim to Unknown. praising Toveys performance and expressing pleasure at being able to play with him. Dictated signed.

Dates: c1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Who it may concern from Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 08 October 1905

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1075
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Letter, 8 October 1905, London, R. D. Denham to Who it may concern. Proposal to form a committee to organise the Chelsea concerts. Typescript copy.

Dates: 08 October 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letters and telegrams between Thomson, the War Office, and the Scottish Education Department, 1 Oct 1944-4 Oct 1944

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/9
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The correspondence regards a confidential post in Germany in the English Department of Education, which Thomson declined.

Drafts of Thomson's responses and his notes are written on the reverse side of draft programmes for Orpheus performed at the Moray House Training College.

Dates: 1 Oct 1944-4 Oct 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography

Letters from Carlos Paton Blacker to Thomson regarding the Galton lecture, 25 May - 14 September 1945

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/9
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The letters confirm the time limit of the Galton lecture and discuss the attached comments on Thomson's memorandum titled Intelligence and Fertility, by J A Fraser Roberts.


Also includes attached typescript with comments by Prof J B S Haldane, memorandum by R A Fisher, and memorandum by Dr E O Lewis.

Dates: 25 May - 14 September 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence

Letters from Professor Karl Pearson to Thomson, Jul 1919-Sep 1919

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/2
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The letters regard a post at the Francis Galton Laboratory in University College London, which Pearson offered to Thomson on the strength of his publications, not having met him by this point.

The letter also discusses an article by Thomson regarding Spearman's work, and its suitability for Biometrika.

Dates: Jul 1919-Sep 1919
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Letters to Thomson compiled by Hector and titled Important letters in my Father's life relevant to his biography

Letters of condolence to Hector following Thomson's death, January - February 1955

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/27/1
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Contains letter to Hector from Sir James Duff following Hector informing him of Thomson's illness; Janet Todd, a former colleague of Hector Thomson's; Marjorie Rackstraw; and W Wittie, Hector Thomson's colleague, who recalls Thomson's kindness early on in his career.

Dates: January - February 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Biographical and personal papers / Correspondence / Hector Thomson's correspondence titled Father

Lewisham Clock Tower: papers, 7 September 1953

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/7.1
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Typescript note concerning a change of use, from office buildings to residential, for buildings planned as part of the London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 7: Lewisham Clock Tower.

Dates: 7 September 1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: Lewisham Clock Tower