University of Dundee Archives

Charles L. Abernethy of the North British Rubber Co. Ltd, Edinburgh, to Sir Robert Robertson. Concerning a vacancy with the Defence Munitions Department Experimental Station, Salisbury. With a following letter concerning Abernethy's prospects in his present job.

Sir Robert Robertson

Mathew Atkinson Adam to Sir Robert [Robertson]. Encloses a copy of an application for membership of the Institute of Chemistry for which Sir Robert agreed to act as referee.

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24 February 1919

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Sir Robert Robertson

Testimonials for Charles A. Adams by [Sir Robert Robertson].

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13 June 1924 and 3 February 1929

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[Draft and Copy].

Sir Robert Robertson

T. Carlton Sutton, Research Arsenal, Woolwich to Sir Robert [Robertson]. States his recommendation of [H.R.] Ambler for some unspecified post. With testimonial by [Sir Robert Robertson].

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15 October 1929

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[Copy].

Sir Robert Robertson

[Archibald Wallace Williamson] Bain, London, to Sir Robert Robertson. Requests a personal testimonial for his application for a post as part-time lecturer in physics at the University of Edinburgh; with two replies and a testimonial (copies) and a seco...

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4 November 1926

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[Archibald Wallace Williamson] Bain, London, to Sir Robert Robertson. Requests a personal testimonial for his application for a post as part-time lecturer in physics at the University of Edinburgh; with two replies and a testimonial (copies) and a second letter from Bain with a list of distinctions gained at Edinburgh University, certified by Professor [Edmund Taylor] Whittaker.

Sir Robert Robertson

[Professor George William Osborn] Howe, Glasgow, to Sir [Robert] Robertson. Encloses a magazine, The Alchemist, [MS 50/11(491)], which relates to the retiral of [Thomas Stewart] Patterson [Gardiner Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Glasgow].

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15 July 1942

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Sir Robert Robertson

Robert [Fergus] Hunter, Wirral, Cheshire, to Sir Robert Robertson. Encloses a paper on palm oil carotenoids.

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1 May 1943

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[MS 50/12(531)].

Sir Robert Robertson

Sir [Chandrasekhara Venkata] Raman to Sir Robert Robertson. Gives notification of Suri Bhagavantam being proposed for membership of the Royal Society and asks Sir Robert to act as signatory; with copy of the certificate and a list of publications by Bh...

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5 July 1944

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Sir [Chandrasekhara Venkata] Raman to Sir Robert Robertson. Gives notification of Suri Bhagavantam being proposed for membership of the Royal Society and asks Sir Robert to act as signatory; with copy of the certificate and a list of publications by Bhagavantam.

Sir Robert Robertson

8 December 1934. [Sir Robert Robertson] to [Arthur] Francis Hemming. Consists of a copy of a short report, originally sent to Ramsay MacDonald, of his visit to the opening of the Maison de la Chemie in Paris with suggestions for providing increased acc...

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December 1934

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

8 December 1934. [Sir Robert Robertson] to [Arthur] Francis Hemming. Consists of a copy of a short report, originally sent to Ramsay MacDonald, of his visit to the opening of the Maison de la Chemie in Paris with suggestions for providing increased accommodation for scientific societies in London; with acknowledgement from Hemming, 10 December 1934.

[MS 50/6(180)].

Sir Robert Robertson

Circular correspondence of the American Chemical Society. Relates to the Society's decision not to contribute to the establishment of an international office of chemistry in Paris, with a copy letter from [Sir Robert Robertson] to Dr Stephen Miall whic...

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14 and 23 September 1927

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Circular correspondence of the American Chemical Society. Relates to the Society's decision not to contribute to the establishment of an international office of chemistry in Paris, with a copy letter from [Sir Robert Robertson] to Dr Stephen Miall which discusses the same problem and suggests that future relations with France might be difficult.

Sir Robert Robertson

La Maison de Chemie', by Granvalle. Typescript notes from La Revue International de Chemie Industrielle, no. 36.

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July 1927

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Sir Robert Robertson

[Sir Robert Robertson] to Lord Rayleigh. Encloses specifications of two cements for driving glass into steel or metal.

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14 January 1936

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[Copy].

Sir Robert Robertson

G.W. Hogg, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, to Sir Robert Robertson. Encloses copy of report of the chemistry committee of the Royal Society on the subject of the participation by the British Government in the French Scheme.

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30 September 1927

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Sir Robert Robertson

Memoranda with copy correspondence from files of History of International Conference at Geneva on Fats and Oils; memoranda with copy correspondence from files of Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1926-1935. Relates to the international convention ...

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1926-1935

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Memoranda with copy correspondence from files of History of International Conference at Geneva on Fats and Oils; memoranda with copy correspondence from files of Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1926-1935. Relates to the international convention for unification of results of analysis of foodstuffs.

Sir Robert Robertson

M. Gérard to [Col.] Sir Frederic [Lewis] Nathan. Concerns the establishment of the international office of chemistry in Paris and includes extracts from Chemiker Zeitung, by Hermann Stadtringer.

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6 December 1926

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

Sir Robert Robertson

[Ernst] Berl, Carnegie Institute of Technology, to Sir Robert Robertson. Says he has had further word from the Ministry of Supply about propositions concerning gas masks and air raid shelters; with copy letter to Dr Otto Oberlander enclosed.

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26 March 1940

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[MS 50/9(318)].

Sir Robert Robertson

[Ernst] Berl, Carnegie Institute of Technology, to Sir Robert [Robertson]. Thanks him for his intervention, states that the Ministry of Supply had shown interest in his propositions [unspecified] and expresses his eagerness to help, saying that he had ...

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15 March 1940

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[Ernst] Berl, Carnegie Institute of Technology, to Sir Robert [Robertson]. Thanks him for his intervention, states that the Ministry of Supply had shown interest in his propositions [unspecified] and expresses his eagerness to help, saying that he had been in touch with Professor Mark in Canada.

[MS 50/9(316)].

Sir Robert Robertson

[H.B.], Thruxton, Andover, to Sir [Robert] Robertson. Concerns the death of Sir Frederic [Lewis] Nathan, his own ill health and personal and family affairs.

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26 January 1934

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

[MS 50/11(485)].

Sir Robert Robertson

H. Stafford Hatfield, London, to Sir Robert Robertson. Asks for his assistance in finding employment in government research. With a reply from Sir Robert and a letter from Hatfield to the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Researc...

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1 May 1935

Part of Sir Robert Robertson

H. Stafford Hatfield, London, to Sir Robert Robertson. Asks for his assistance in finding employment in government research. With a reply from Sir Robert and a letter from Hatfield to the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London offering himself for employment.

[Copies].

Sir Robert Robertson

Correspondence with H. Stafford Hatfield.