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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:

General correspondence of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill., 1797-1859, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19337-19347
Scope and Contents The correspondence of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill includes letters from some of the most distinguished scientists of the day especially in the fields of medicine, natural history, and mineralogy. Traill's wide ranging interests have also resulted in correspondence concerning political matters, the founding of Mechanics Institutes, and his art collection. His applications for the Chairs of materia medica and medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh result in a concentration of correspondence in...
Dates: 1797-1859, undated.

General correspondence of Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell., 1915-1979, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26073-26075
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from friends, publishers, and students about James Leslie Mitchell's work, proposals for films and broadcasts based on the novels, and the establishment of a Memorial Fund in 1959. There are also letters about the education of Mitchell's children.

Dates: 1915-1979, undated.

General correspondence of Robert Cadell., 1802-1850, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21001-21006
Scope and Contents Included is both family and business correspondence. The family's letters give information on Robert Cadell's early career in the Clyde Iron Company, the court-martial of Charles Cadell in 1831, the financial support given by Robert Cadell to his family and others, and his purchase of Ratho House in 1844. On the business side, there is correspondence with Archibald Constable and the Ballantynes (some of which is related to MSS.789-802), Cadell's financial problems, the illness and death of...
Dates: 1802-1850, undated.