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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1862-1880, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3262
Scope and Contents

At the end of the volume are cuttings from the ‘West India Committee Circular’, 1927 and 1933, relating to Major-General John Brown, and portraits and photographs of members of the Brown family. Also included is a lock of horse hair from the tail of 'Alma', the horse ridden by George Brown in to the Battle of Alma, 21 September 1854.

Dates: 1862-1880, undated.

Correspondence of W R Aitken.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9182
Scope and Contents

Concerning bibliographical and literary matters.

Dates: 1950-1977.

Correspondence of Wendy Wood.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8072
Scope and Contents

On political, artistic, and social matters.

Dates: 1951-1979.

Correspondence of William Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, in his capacity of Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, with some related papers.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.22
Scope and Contents The majority of the letters (beginning on folio 1) date from August 1746, and are addressed to Albemarle by his officers. The subjects include the subjugation of the Highlands, the search for Prince Charles Edward and his followers, and the relation of military and civil authorities. All but four of the letters are published in ‘The Albemarle Papers’, volume 1. They have been arranged in the same order as printed, and Charles Sanford Terry`s serial number has been added in pencil; those not...
Dates: Circa 1746.

Correspondence of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers., 1805-1900, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.4001-4734
Scope and Contents The correspondence consists mainly of the incoming letters addressed to the firm of Blackwood. It contains also letters passing within the firm between members of the family, between the family and their employees, and between the employees themselves.The correspondents include authors of the standing of James Hogg, John Galt, John Gibson Lockhart, George Eliot, Lord Lytton, Anthony Trollope, and Joseph Conrad; but the majority were not writers of comparable distinction, nor were...
Dates: 1805-1900, undated.

Correspondence of William Graham of Airth (succeeded 1836), and correspondence and military papers of his son, Thomas Philip Graham., 1829-1888, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10961
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of:

(i) Family correspondence, 1829-1849, of William Graham of Airth (folio 1);

(ii) Letters, 1859-1860, of Thomas Philip Graham to his mother Elisabeth Graham (folio 112);

(iii) General correspondence, 1835-1850, undated, of William Graham (folio 123);

(iv) General correspondence, 1859-1888, undated, of Thomas Philip Graham (folio 200);

(v) Military papers, 1860-1886, undated, of Thomas Philip Graham (folio 236).

Dates: 1829-1888, undated.

Correspondence of William Loch, Bengal Civil Service, his wife, and their family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19411-19418
Scope and Contents

The letters give a picture of social and family life in both India and Britain.

Dates: 1803-1854, undated.

Correspondence of William Mure.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.57
Scope and Contents

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: [1773-1781.]

Correspondence of William Skeoch Cumming.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11544
Scope and Contents

Includes letters concerning portrait commissions and other paintings.

Dates: circa 1894-1900.

Correspondence of William Skeoch Cumming., 1887-1928, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9771-9772
Scope and Contents The correspondence chiefly concerns William Skeoch Cumming's work as an illustrator, painter, and designer of tapestries, but it also reflects his interest in Highland history and dress. There are a few of Cumming's own letters, written while on active service during the Boer War, and some from Pittendrigh Macgillivray, the sculptor. There is also a series of letters from the Marquess of Bute concerning the establishment of the Dovecot Tapestry Studio at Corstorphine and the effect on it of...
Dates: 1887-1928, undated.

Correspondence of William Soutar., 1928, 1942-1943, 1960.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4592/6
Scope and Contents

Includes the following:

Letters (3) addressed to Chicken [Mrs Kate Pryde, nee Kennedy], 1928, 1942, 1943.

Letter, 1960, to John from Kate Kennedy.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1928, 1942-1943, 1960.

Correspondence of William Walls.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10448
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Andrew Carnegie concerning Walls` paintings.

Dates: 1877-1940.