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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:

Letters, papers, photographs and other papers of the Johnston family, and financial and business records of the firm W and A K Johnston, printers and publishers, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5811/1-54
Scope and Contents

Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.

Dates: Circa 1796-1931.

Letters to Agnes Mure Mackenzie from various correspondents, chiefly concerning her work., 1910-1951.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9221-9222
Scope and Contents

The correspondents include Professor H J C Grierson, Sir George Adam Smith, Professor George Saintsbury, D K Broster, John Buchan, Professor A A Jack, Naomi Mitchison, R B Cunninghame Graham, Lord Boyd Orr, Edwin Muir, Neil M Gunn, Gordon Bottomley, and Margaret Irwin. Also included are letters from various publishers.

Dates: 1910-1951.

Letters to and papers collected by James Greig (1861-1941), art critic of the ‘Morning Post’.

 File
Identifier: MS.9809
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns the artists Walter Richard Sickert and James McBey. The contents are as follows:(i) Correspondence, 1910-1932, undated, chiefly concerning McBey's paintings and etchings, but including a few letters of Sickert (folio 1);(ii) Printed and manuscript articles by Sickert, 1912-1932, undated, most of which have been reprinted in ‘A free house! ... the writings of Walter Richard Sickert’, edited by Osbert Sitwell (London, 1947)...
Dates: 1910-1935, undated.

Letters to Ian Rankin of correspondents with surnames and corporate names beginning S-Y, and of unidentified correspondents., 1978-2018, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50309
Scope and Contents The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname or corporate name of the correspondents, and chronologically under each name. Scheguila, Eva.Fax, 1995, of Eva Scheguila to Ian Rankin regarding oil rig research. Folio 1.Schlootz, Ellen.Letter, 1998, of Ellen Schlootz, translator, to Ian Rankin regarding Goldmann publishing the Rebus novels. Folio 2.Scobie, Devin, MP.Letter, 1994, of Devin Scobie, MP, to Ian...
Dates: 1978-2018, undated.

Letters to Ian Rankin of various correspondents., 1978-2018, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.50301-50309
Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence with Ian Rankin, consisting mostly of letters to him, but with some copies of his own letters included. Concerning both professional and personal interests, the correspondents include fans, professional contacts, musicians, charities, and others.

Dates: 1978-2018, undated.

Letters to John Gibson Lockhart., 1812-1854.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.923-935
Scope and Contents

Most of the letters are addressed to John Gibson Lockhart as editor of the 'Quarterly Review', and the writers include a great number of literary and political celebrities. Letters of John Wilson Croker fill two volumes (MSS.927-928).

Other letters contain information about Sir Walter Scott for the 'Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott’ (Edinburgh, 1837), and there are copies of letters of Scott of 1803-1831.

Dates: 1812-1854.

Letters to John Murray, publishers of correspondents of, or associated with, William Blackwood, publishers., 1806-1912.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.40109-40120
Scope and Contents

Also included are letters of John Murray, publishers to William Blackwood, publishers, together with letters of other members of the book trade. The letters relate to the business relationship between the two firms, particularly Blackwood as the agent of John Murray.

Dates: 1806-1912.

Letters to John Stewart Lyon, Kirkmichael.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13386

Letters to Joseph Macleod from various correspondents.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12964/1-19
Scope and Contents This collection of letters was found by his family long after the National Library of Scotland had acquired the bulk of Joseph Macleod's archive in 1992. It is not quite clear why this correspondence was filed separately by Joseph Macleod, but much of it is personal, from family and friends. Some correspondents have proved unidentifiable during the somewhat hasty compilation of this inventory; any further information or corrections will be gratefully received by the Manuscripts Division,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1917-1955, undated.

Letters to Sorley Maclean on various subjects., 1978-1991.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14529/7
Scope and Contents

Folder includes a script for a 1978 BBC Radio programme featuring Maclean’s poem “Shores”.

Dates: 1978-1991.

Letters to the 4th Earl of Minto concerning Canadian affairs., 1898-1905.

 File
Identifier: MS.12566
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Letters of Sir Richard William Scott, Secretary of State for Canada, to the 4th Earl of Minto, 1898-1905 (folio 1); (ii) Letters of Sir Frederick William Borden, Minister of Defence for Canada, to the 4th Earl, 1898-April 1901 (folio 66).

Dates: 1898-1905.