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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 Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of Andrew Hunter, son of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside., 1846-1869.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19722-19732
Scope and Contents Andrew Hunter was co-owner with Alexander Hood of the Nanoo Oya and Talawa Kelle coffee estates in Ceylon. As a planter, Hunter was concerned with the road building programme, he was also secretary of the St Andrews Club in Nuwara Eliya, and latterly was involved in the administration of the island as a Justice of the Peace. These interests are reflected in his papers which relate to the period 1847-1866 with a concentration on the early 1860's. Andrew Hunter died in 1866 shortly after...
Dates: 1846-1869.

Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Earls of Dundonald., 1758-1799.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5372-5380
Scope and Contents

Andrew Stuart's sister, Jane Stuart, married Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald, and Stuart took a keen interest in the affairs of his sister and his nephews and nieces.

Dates: 1758-1799.

Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause., 1761-1777.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5346-5369
Scope and Contents

The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.

Dates: 1761-1777.

Papers of Angus Calder.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10468
Scope and Contents

Papers concern the detention of Malawian poet, Jack Mapanje.

Dates: 1987-1991.

Papers of Annie S Swan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6003
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts of novels and plays, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1881-1943.

Papers of Archibald Seton, chiefly correspondence, covering the period of his life spent in India., 1782-1818.

 File
Identifier: MS.19208
Scope and Contents Archibald Seton’s career as a civilian in the East India Company was a successful one and his papers include letters of appointment to posts in India such as Resident at Delhi, Governor of Prince of Wales Island, and Member of the Supreme Council of Bengal. Among the private papers here is his correspondence with Alexander Adamson of 1794-1795 concerning the wanderings and death of his father, Hugh Seton (folios 23-42). There are also a number of letters to the Commissioners of his affairs...
Dates: 1782-1818.

Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12591
Scope and Contents

Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.

Dates: 1529-1925.

Papers of Archie Lamont.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9290
Scope and Contents

Includes:

notes, articles and correspondence on geology and zoology

notes, correspondence and press cuttings on the Scottish Nationalist movement

manuscripts of poems.

Dates: 1925-1984.

Papers of Arnold Kemp, Robert Kemp, and relating to the Kemp family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13323
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1960-2002, of Arnold Kemp, with papers and correspondence, circa 1851-1995, relating to Robert Kemp and the Kemp family.

Dates: circa 1851-2002.

Papers of Arthur Woodburn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6276
Scope and Contents

Concerning his Parliamentary Bill to facilitate the formation of a common European language.

Dates: 1962-1963.

Papers of Barbara Seton, 14th of Touch., 1816-1831.

 File
Identifier: MS.19209
Scope and Contents

The papers of Barbara Seton are comprised chiefly of correspondence and legal papers relating to her jointure on the estate of her husband, Lewis Brotherson, in St Christopher's (folios 1-2), together with the disputed divisions of Touch and Archibald Seton's personal estate, on his death in 1818.

Dates: 1816-1831.

Papers of Bernard Fergusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10985
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs, press cuttings and notebooks.

Dates: circa 1928-1980.

Papers of Bet Low, artist.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12177
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Low`s role in the establishment of the Charing Cross Gallery, Glasgow.

Dates: 1948-1984.

Papers of Canongate Press.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11197