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EAP971/5/2/22
- Record Id:
- 040-004067167
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004067140
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139555831.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP971/5/2/22
- Title:
- Alexander Johnston Papers
- Scope & Content:
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(1) loose handwritten notes; (2) fragment of a letter sent to Dr. James T. Rutnam by a Campbell-Johnson regarding a painting of Sir Alexander Johnson as a boy; (3) letter to Rutnam from A.J. Broome, Director of Requests and Textbooks Department at the British Museum detailing a bibliographical reference on A.J.; (4) handwritten notes titled "Tree Male Line" dilineating A.J.'s maternal ancestors and descendants--probably written by Rutnam; (5) 1817 letter from W.M. Harvard, an early Methodist missionary to Ceylon, to A.J.; (6) newspaper clipping about a Mrs. T. Hurley, last descendant of Alexander Johnston in Vancouver, who claimed the Marquess of Montrose's embalmed heart from the Royal Stuart Society; (7) letter from Captain H.S. Wheatly-Crowe, founder and Governor-General of the Royal Suart Society, to Rutnam, explaning how he first came into possession of the heart of Montrose; (8) letter to Wheatly-Crowe from Maisie Hurley, A.J.'s descendant to whom the heart of Montrose was being sent, attempting to rectify problems at Customs regarding the sale of a human heart; (9) copy of Sunday Times, February 22, 1931 issue with a full story of the heart's travels from Scotland to India to France to Vancouver; (10) copies of newspaper stories written in the 1930s about the customs issue, with an alternative versions of the heart's travels; (11) 1955 letter to Rutnam with information about news articles on the heart.
Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 60 pages.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004067140
036-004067145
040-004067167 - Is part of:
- EAP971/5 : Evelyn Rutnam Institute
EAP971/5/2 : Alexander Johnston Papers
EAP971/5/2/22 : Alexander Johnston Papers - Hierarchy:
- 032-004067140[0002]/036-004067145[0022]/040-004067167
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP971/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 64 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP971-5-2-22
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1956
- Date Range:
- 1800-1956
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Former External References:
- Folder 42
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)