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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 and memoranda concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Lord William Seymour, General Officer Commanding British forces in Canada., 1898-1900.

 File
Identifier: MS.12578
Scope and Contents

The papers and correspondence chiefly concern relations between Lord William Seymour and General Sir Edward Hutton, General Officer Commanding Dominion Militia, and to a lesser extent the raising of Canadian troops for South Africa. Appended (folio 291) is a memorandum prepared by Seymour in ?1903 giving a statement of his position in Canada, and of his disagreements with Hutton and the 4th Earl of Minto.

Dates: 1898-1900.

Correspondence and memoranda of Hector MacIver, schoolmaster., 1948-1962, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.26295(part 1)-(part 2)
Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence concerns Hector Maclver’s running of the English Department and disagreements with the Rector, and copies of many of his own letters are included. Other topics are editorial policy in the school magazines, and the unveiling of a memorial plaque to the poet Robert Fergusson in 1958.

Dates: 1948-1962, undated.

Correspondence and miscellaneous documents concerning the Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise of Patrick Geddes., 1895-1906.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10610-10611
Scope and Contents

The Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise was one of Patrick Geddes' schemes for the purchase and rebuilding of property in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1895-1906.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of George Campbell Hay relating to his prose writing., [Circa 1938]-1983.

 File
Identifier: MS.26748
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, 1941-1983 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers, circa 1938-1983 (folio 19). They include transcriptions from Irish and Gaelic literature, and reviews of George Campbell Hay's work.

Dates: [Circa 1938]-1983.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Joe Corrie., 1923-1968, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26551
Scope and Contents

The papers include Joe Corrie's pedlar's certificate, appreciations and obituaries, and photographs.

Dates: 1923-1968, undated.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver., 1921-1944, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24656
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) Correspondence, 1921-1944, undated (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers chiefly on climbing, with notes for Peter Roderick Oliver's articles on mountaineering, 1936-1942, undated (folio 16); (iii) Plans, mainly of Himalayan mountains, and drawings of mountaineering scenes, 1930-1936, undated (folio 79); (iv) Miscellaneous military papers and plans, 1936-1945, undated (folio 103).

Dates: 1921-1944, undated.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Neil Munro., 1863-1966, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26927
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, 1898-1927, undated (folio l). This includes letters from the novelist, Joseph Conrad, and copies of agreements with publishers. (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1863-1966, undated, including lists of works by Neil Munro and tributes to him (folio 35).

Dates: 1863-1966, undated.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir Hugh McPherson and his son Duncan., 1888-1921, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19611
Scope and Contents

The papers include notes on Himalayan expeditions and autobiographical notes (folio 62).

Dates: 1888-1921, undated.

Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the family of MacLeod of Geanies.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19295-19308
Scope and Contents The correspondence and papers chiefly relate to Donald, 3rd of Geanies and his issue, including a series of letters from members of the family in America in the 1770s and on military and naval service during the Napoleonic wars. The MacLeods of Geanies are descended from the MacLeods of Assynt, a cadet branch of the MacLeods of Lewis. Assynt was lost to the family in the time of Neil, the 9th Baron, and the title but not the estate passed to his brother, John, the family fortunes being...
Dates: 1654-1874.

Correspondence and musical compositions of James Scott Skinner; with other material, including some of John Davidson., [Circa 1883-circa 1917], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.22075
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Some writings on music by John Davidson and some musical compositions in his hand. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence of James Scott Skinner. (Folio 12.)(iii) Musical compositions of James Scott Skinner, [circa 1883-circa 1917], undated, arranged chronologically (folio 51), and, where undated, alphabetically (folio 99). A few are copied in Davidson’s hand but most are in Skinner's autograph. Many are written on scraps of paper...
Dates: [Circa 1883-circa 1917], undated.

Correspondence and newspaper cuttings concerning events in Lanarkshire., 1924, 1930.

 File
Identifier: MS.6358
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Correspondence, etc., concerning the survey of Glassford Bridge, Lanarkshire, made by James H Anderson, civil engineer, in May, 1924 (folio 1);(ii) Newspaper-cuttings (reports, photographs and letters) concerning the collapse of Glassford Bridge, in September, 1924 (folio 45);(iii) Correspondence and papers concerning the case raised by George Neilson, farmer in Bridgeholm and Laigh Netherfield, against the Lanarkshire...
Dates: 1924, 1930.