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 John K S Reid.
File
Identifier: Acc.9586
Scope and Contents
Concerning a visit to Tibet.
Dates:
1936.
Papers of John L Broom and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10802
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.
Dates:
1912-1992.
Papers of John Maclean, Clydeside agitator, 1909-1923; with material concerning him, 1924-1966.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.88- is now Acc.4251.
Dates:
1909-1966.
Papers of John McGrath, mainly relating to his career outside the 7:84 theatre companies.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12912
Dates:
circa 1961-2001.
Papers of John McVie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4813
Scope and Contents
Mainly concerning his work as a Burns scholar.
Dates:
20th century.
Papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, relating to publications mostly by him, containing reviews, manuscripts, typescripts, letters and other material., 1938-1939, 1951-1993, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/261-280
Dates:
1938-1939, 1951-1993, undated.
Papers of John Purves on the relationship between Italian and English literature., 1822-1946, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.15880 (1)-(2)
Dates:
1822-1946, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notes of John Purves.
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Note and other material of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
Papers of John Purves on the relationship between Italian and English literature., 1822-1824, 1946, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15880 (2)
Dates:
1822-1824, 1946, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notes of John Purves.
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Note and other material of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Papers of John Purves on the relationship between Italian and English literature.
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19771-19965
Scope and Contents
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1768-1821, undated.
Papers of John Rennie and his family., [Circa 1770]-1936, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19938-19965
Dates:
[Circa 1770]-1936, undated.
Papers of John Rennie concerning bridges., 1768-1821.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19771-19777
Dates:
1768-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning canals and navigations in Kennet and Avon., 1793-1810, 1817.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19780-19781
Papers of John Rennie concerning Dunleary Harbour., 1801-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19791-19793
Papers of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1768-1821, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19786-19787
Scope and Contents
These papers concern all John Rennie's drainage work in Lincolnshire and Cambridge-shire. The earlier papers relate principally to East, West, and Wildmore Fens, then to Deeping Fen, and finally to the East Brink Cut for the Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage Commission. The papers also include material relating to work to make the rivers Witham and Foss navigable.
Dates:
1768-1821, undated.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in Aberdeen, Ardglass and Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal., 1770-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19788
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, correspondence, papers and plans, 1770, 1792, 1807-1820, including a printed report by John Smeaton, 1770 (folio 1); (ii) Ardglass, plan and correspondence, circa 1811, 1815 (folio 58); (iii) Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, correspondence, reports, and estimates, 1806-1821 (folio 67).
Dates:
1770-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in Aberdeen, Ardglass, and Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal., 1770-1820.
File
Identifier: MS.19788 (part 1)
Dates:
1770-1820.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning with L., 1803-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19795 (part 1)
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning with Sh-Y., 1805-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19804
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Sheerness, correspondence, 1812-1815, 1817, 1819, 1821 (folio 1);
(ii) Sunderland, correspondence and papers concerning the harbour and improvements to the river Wear, 1817-1821 (folio 153);
(iii) Torquay, correspondence, 1811-1812 (folio 205);
(iv) Valleyfield, answers to queries concerning tides and rocks, 1804 (folio 223);
(v) Waterford, note, 1820 (folio 225);
(vi) West port, County Sligo, report and estimate, 1805 (folio 226);
(vii) Whitehaven,...
Dates:
1805-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning lighthouses., 1798-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19806
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Bell Rock, correspondence, 1805-1810, 1812, 1820-1821, and reports, 1800, 1802-1803, 1806. This consists principally of letters written by Robert Stevenson, as site engineer, to John Rennie who was nominally in charge of the work. It also includes a copy, signed by Stevenson, of his address to the Northern Lighthouse Commissioners concerning the feasibility of constructing a light on the Bell Rock, 1800, and a further report by Thomas Telford and Murdo...
Dates:
1798-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning mills., 1784-1861
Series
Identifier: MSS.19807-19816
Scope and Contents
Though John Rennie's reputation is based on his civil engineering works, he continued throughout his life to be interested in and to construct mill machinery, both for mills powered by water, wind, and horses, and for those powered by steam. He had been briefly employed by Boulton and Watt in 1784, and it is thought agreed then not to construct steam engines himself. As a quid pro quo, Boulton and Watt regularly gave Rennie the task of providing the machinery to go with their engines. Thus...
Dates:
1784-1861
Papers of John Rennie concerning overseas operations., 1791-1821, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19817-19823
Dates:
1791-1821, undated.
Papers of John Rennie concerning overseas operations in India., 1795-1821, 1935.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19821
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) MacKonochie's sawmill, correspondence, 1795-1796 (folio 1); (ii) Bombay harbour, report, 1796 (folio 26); (iii) Calcutta Mint, correspondence and estimates, 1821 (folio 30); (iv) Lucknow, correspondence, drawing, and report concerning an engine and a cast iron bridge for, 1812-1815, with a press photograph of the bridge, 1935 (folio 65).
Dates:
1795-1821, 1935.
Papers of John Rennie concerning various bridges in places beginning A-Co., 1785-1821, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19771
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Archway Bridge at Highgate, correspondence, 1811-1812, 1817 (folio 1);
(ii) Boston, draft report, estimate, and letter, 1800, 1811 (folio 31);
(iii) Bridge of Earn, letters, 1820-1821, and plan, undated (folio 38);
(iv) Carlisle, letter, 1812 (folio 43);
(v) Chepstow, letters, 1811-1812 (folio 45);
(vi) Conway and Menai, papers, reports, and correspondence relating to these bridges in particular, and to improvements to the road to Holyhead in general,...
Dates:
1785-1821, undated.