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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:

Papers of and concerning Patrick MacLeod, the 3rd son of Donald, 3rd of Geanies., 1793-1807.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19302-19304
Scope and Contents

Patrick MacLeod joined the army in 1790 as an Ensign in the 42nd Regiment. After attending the Brunswick Military Academy he became a captain in the newly formed 78th Highlanders in which he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before his death at El Hamet near Alexandria in 1807.

Dates: 1793-1807.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the family of MacLeod of Geanies.

Papers of and concerning Phoebe Anna Traquair, artist.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8122-8129
Scope and Contents

As well as Phoebe Anna Traquair's correspondence, the collection comprises mainly photographs and prints depicting her murals, enamel work, illuminations and bindings.

Dates: 1883-1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Robert James Batchen Sellar, containing tpescripts of plays and short stories, associated correspondence, and other related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8802/1-124
Dates: 1912-1978.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Seton Gordon.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9377
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, articles and photographs concerning natural history, piping and personal matters.

Dates: 1945-1978 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the British Linen Company., 1744-1765, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17594-17600
Scope and Contents

Lord Milton was the effective founder of the British Linen Company and its Deputy-Governor.

Dates: 1744-1765, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.

Papers of and concerning the Cairns family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6619
Scope and Contents

Including:

1. documents, 1855-1862, concerning the Reverend David Cairns

2. lectures, 1911-1941, of the Reverend Dr William T Cairns, on church history

3. 28 letters, 1944-1948, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Alison Cairns, on her own writings and Saltire Society activities.

Dates: 1855-1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son., 1770-1886, undated.

 Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9678
Scope and Contents

The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).

Dates: 1770-1886, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn; and concerning the parish of St Ninians, Stirlingshire.

Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19245-19250
Scope and Contents

A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.

Dates: 1891-1925.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26889-26890
Scope and Contents

These papers are composite manuscripts formed from various accessions. The source of acquisition of each of the accessions is recorded under the relevant description

Dates: 1940-1973.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle and their home at 24 Cheyne Row, Chelsea.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10915
Dates: 1824-1969 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning William Henry Murray.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4093
Scope and Contents

On genealogical matters. Including correspondence and notes.

Dates: 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of, and letters of, and to, Sir Charles Elliot., 1844-1873, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21229
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Extracts from the logbook, 1844, of H.M.S. Spartan (folio 1); (ii) Letter, 1845, of Admiral Sir Francis W Austen ordering Sir Charles Elliot to return to England (folio 7); (iii) Letters, 1864-1866, to Elliot concerning his command on the South American station and the war between Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (folio 9); (iv) Copy letters, 1864-1866, undated, of Elliot, extracted from a letter book, concerning his command on the South American station (folio...
Dates: 1844-1873, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot Murray Kynynmounds, Earls of Minto, of related families, and of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, whose career was associated with that of the 1st Earl of Minto. / Papers and correspondence of the Honourable Sir Charles G J B Elliot, Admiral of the Fleet.

Papers of and relating to Ben Humble

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13846
Dates: 1921-1995, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of, and relating to, Bob Smillie during the Spanish Civil War.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13749
Scope and Contents Papers of and relating to Bob Smillie, a volunteer with the Independent Labour Party Contingent in the Spanish Civil War, 1937-1938.Consists of two letters and a photographic print. The first letter is of Bob Smillie to his mother, written whilst serving with the Partido Obrero de Unificacion Marxista in Spain alongside Eric Blair (George Orwell). In it he describes the night raid on the Aragon front, in which he recounts Orwell`s role in the action. The second letter, dated 29...
Dates: 1937.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14111/1-19
Content Description

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, notes, photographs, press cuttings and papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon. With notes of and papers collected by Ernest Eugene Laws for his proposed biography of Dillon.

Dates: 1854-1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Michael Moncrieff Stuart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12824
Scope and Contents

Mainly concerning his life in India and his research into Scotish-Indian history.

Dates: circa 1912-1988.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Mrs Elizabeth A Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12968
Dates: circa 1940-2006.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Ronald Turnbull concerning Special Operations Executive activity in Scandanavia from 1940 to 1945.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12316
Dates: 1940-1945.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Rose Ethel Bassin, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12740
Dates: circa 1920-1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Sir David Young Cameron, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of Arts, including sketches, manuscripts of lectures and addresses, correspondence and printed items.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.215- is now Acc.8950.
Dates: 1884-1945.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to the artists Beatrice Huntington and William MacDonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14369/1-39
Scope and Contents Beatrice Huntington was born in 1889 in St. Andrews to Dr William Huntington, surgeon, and Charlotte Huntington, née Bowles, daughter of Joseph Bowles of Quebec City. She was educated in St Andrews before attending art schools in Paris and Munich between 1906-1911. She began exhibiting in 1916 and became an active member of the Dundee Art Society and the Society of Scottish Artists. Influenced by Modernist art styles, she experimented with Cubism in her portraits, including 'A Muleteer from...
Dates: 1864-2015.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14057/1-19
Dates: 1847-1955, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Andrew B Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5204
Scope and Contents

Including typescript of his autobiography, lectures, radio scripts, and correspondence.

Dates: 1927-1964 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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