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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 James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9887
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.

Dates: 1928-1951.

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24501-24629
Scope and Contents

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.

Dates: 1526-1936, undated.

Papers of James Graham and Thomas Graham Stirling concerning their travels and business in India., 1789-1804, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10920
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) General correspondence of James Graham, 1800-1804, undated (folio 1), and miscellaneous personal papers relating to Graham's Indian affairs, including two diaries of journeys in Bengal, 1795 (folio 150).(ii) Indian papers of Thomas Graham Stirling of Airth, both as captain of an East Indiaman and as a speculator in Indian trade: photocopies of accounts and correspondence relating to the ships ‘Busbridge’, 1789-1796, and ‘General...
Dates: 1789-1804, undated.

Papers of James Graham as collector and judge in India., 1782-1804.

 File
Identifier: MS.10919
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of: (i) Official correspondence, 1787, 1790, 1792, 1797-1803 (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers, 1782, 1784, 1788, 1791, 1794-1802 (folio 67); (iii) Correspondence, 1797, 1799-1804, with Alexander, David and James Colvin, India merchants (folio 141); (iv) General correspondence, 1793-1799 (folio 214).

Dates: 1782-1804.

Papers of James H Stewart Lockhart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4138

Papers of James Halliday, former chairman of the SNP, and two minute books of the National Party of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13417
Scope and Contents James Halliday (1927-2013) played a pivotal role in stabilising the SNP in the 1950s. He replaced Dr Robert D. McIntyre as chairman of the party in 1956, thus becoming the youngest chairman at the age of 28. However, this promotion was not devoid of problems as internal divisions had to be overcome. By the 1959 election the prospects of the party had started to improve. There were five candidates contesting seats, including Halliday himself who stood once more for Stirling burghs. That same...
Dates: 1928-2005, undated.

Papers of James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10803
Scope and Contents

Includes poetry notebooks, typescripts of poems and correspondence.

Dates: 1925-1992.

Papers of James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4698
Scope and Contents

Comprising corrected typescripts and galley proofs of, and correspondence concerning, "Two Voices" (1968), with two manuscript workbooks of poems of Annand.

Dates: 1948-1968.

Papers of James M Craigen.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10316
Scope and Contents

Includes copy of Craigen`s thesis, "The Scottish Trades Union Congress", Heriot Watt University, 1974.

Dates: 1971-1990.

Papers of James McEwan King.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11707

Papers of James P M Millar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5695
Scope and Contents

Concerning his work for the Labour College movement, and the General Strike in Edinburgh, 1926.

Dates: 1913-1946 and undated.

Papers of James Porteous.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7505
Scope and Contents

Including minutes, reports and memorandums concerning the Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention, and the Scottish National Development Council Economic Committee.

With editorial correspondence concerning the periodical, "Today and Tomorrow".

Dates: 1935-1970.

Papers of James Ramsay Macdonald and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13461
Scope and Contents The papers provide an insight into the personal and political relationship between James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow (fl.1860-1942) over a period of nearly three decades. They also illustrate the development of the early Socialist movement in Scotland, trade unionism and Glasgow local politics. As well as letters of James Ramsay Macdonald, the archive includes correspondence of prominent Socialists such as John and Katherine Bruce Glasier and leading...
Dates: 1895-1970s.

Papers of James Robertson, civil engineer, including other papers, chiefly correspondence, of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10012/1-12
Scope and Contents Correpondence, journals, and photographs of James Robertson, civil engineer, with other papers of members of his family. James Robertson worked on the construction of the Port Patrick Railway, Ayrshire, 1859-60, and then in India, particularly on the G I P Railway at Nagpore, Centra Provinces. He returned to Scotland in 1870 and became a partner in the Milnwood Iron Works, Motherwell.The correspondence, which forms the bulk of this collection, consists largely of letters written...
Dates: 1859-1890, undated.

Papers of James Spence Ritchie (1916-1994.)

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13819/1-68
Dates: Majority of material found in 1837-1838, 4th quarter 19th century, [1914 and after] ?1920s, 1930-1994.