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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 Donald McIntyre

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13760

Papers of Douglas Young.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8144
Scope and Contents

Including a thesis and commentary on Theognis, and notes and correspondence on literary and academic matters.

Dates: 1941-1968.

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27438-27445
Scope and Contents

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1896-1980, undated.

Papers of Dr Archibald Smith.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9516
Scope and Contents

Concerning his time as a physician in Lima, Peru.

Dates: 1849-1858.

Papers of Dr Farquhar Macintosh.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14003
Content Description Correspondence and other papers of and about Dr Farquhar Macintosh, teacher and educationalist and supporter of Gaelic. He was born in Elgol, Isle of Skye, on 27 October 1923, a native speaker of Gaelic, and died in Edinburgh, 18 November 2007. He went to Edinburgh University and Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow, and became headmaster of Portree High School (1962-1966) and Oban High School (1967-1972), and finally Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh (1972 to 1989). He served...
Dates: 1940s-2007

Papers of Dr Kenneth Macleod.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9927
Scope and Contents

Includes songs, poems, sermons and correspondence.

Dates: 1906-1955.

Papers of Dr Ruth M A Tait.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9663
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries and correspondence.

Dates: 1916-1950 and undated.

Papers of Dr Thomas J Honeyman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11161
Scope and Contents

Mostly concern the Glasgow School of Painters and include correspondence with R Macaulay Stevenson.

Dates: 1922-1959 and undated.

Papers of Dugald Bremner and of Bruce Allan Bremner as executor to his brother., 1859-1866.

 File
Identifier: MS.19231
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning Dugald Bremner's estate, 1862-1866 (folio 1);

(ii) London tradesmen’s bills for personal expenditure of Dugald Bremner, 1859 to his death in 1863 (folio 18).

Dates: 1859-1866.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4690
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscript drafts and typescripts of five poems, with galley proofs, typescripts and correspondence concerning "Akros".

Dates: 1967-1968.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12199

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11848
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Glen`s poetry, critical works on Hugh MacDiarmid, genealogy of the Glen family and Akros publications, including editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1958-1998.

Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9051-9152
Scope and Contents

The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1939, undated.

Papers of Elizabeth Haldane., 1872-1937, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6014-6045
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Haldane kept her papers carefully and they provide a very full record of her busy life. Her own work and her interest in the work of her brothers, Richard Burdon Haldane, John Scott Haldane, and William Stowell Haldane, brought her into contact with many of the great public figures of the day, and this is reflected in her correspondence. Her activities in connexion with nursing and social service are well documented, and so also are her literary and philosophical interests.

Dates: 1872-1937, undated.

Papers of Elizabeth Mantell, medical missionary and midwife in Malawi, including letters to her parents, her diaries, and draft reports; also included are diaries of Ruth Mantell, Elizabeth's sister, relating to her visits to Malawi.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14298/1-24
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of surviving letters of Elizabeth Mantell to her parents, her diaries covering both periods she spent nursing in Malawi, copies of her mission partner reports collected by her sister, Ruth, and a few ephemeral items.

The letters and diaries are detailed and discuss general life and the family, but also describe Elizabeth’s work in the hospitals. Ruth visited her sister in Malawi on a number of occasions, and her diaries from those visits are included.

Dates: 1962-1996.

Papers of Emile Joseph Dillon, containing correspondence, notebooks and literary papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12382/1-67
Scope and Contents

These papers were given to Father Ernest Eugene Laws by Dillon's widow, as research material for a proposed biography of Dillon. Laws transcribed and translated many of the letters and annotated some of the originals.

Dates: 1871-1939, 1951-1955, undated.

Papers of Emma Tennant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9870
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, drafts and corrected typescripts of novels.

With some correspondence, 1978-1987, including letters of Stephen Spender, Ted Hughes and Liz Lochhead.

Dates: circa 1970-1988.

Papers of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10155/1-98
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, articles, broadcast talks and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1902-1974 and undated.