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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 relating to the Near East received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1790-1810, 1827, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1071
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Papers concerning routes to India by the Red Sea and overland, the possibilities of a French or Russian attack on India from the north-west, the missions of John Malcolm and Sir Harford Jones to Persia, and affairs in Greece, Turkey, Afghanistan, etc., 1790-1810, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Correspondence between Commodore Gawen W Hamilton, Prince Alexandras Maurokordatos, and others on Greek affairs, 1827 (copies).

Dates: 1790-1810, 1827, undated.

Papers relating to the period spent by James Johnston as representative Colonel Commandant for the corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical engineers., 1993-2002.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/286-318
Scope and Contents

These papers relate to the period spent by Johnston as Colonel Commdandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical engineers. This has been placed within his military career despite most of the material dating beyond his active military service. This is due to it still being a military appointment albeit an honorary position and does not fit within his civilian career.

Dates: 1993-2002.

Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine; and, personal recollections of Fairbairn in the context of self-analysis., 1919-circa 1955.

 File
Identifier: MS.50169
Scope and Contents The papers in this file have been arranged by theme. Psychic experiences of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript note, 1919, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recorded on a postcard. The note outlines an incident experienced by Fairbairn, and others, on 11 December 1919 which he questions whether it was not a psychic experience. Folio 1.Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine. Extracts and...
Dates: 1919-circa 1955.

Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).

Dates: 1959-1990.

Papers relating to the refurbishment of the Scottish Story telling centre, containing correspondence and publications., 2004-2005.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13505/65
Scope and Contents

Included are papers which giveIncluding the option to name a seat in dedication to a Scottish pioneer.

Dates: 2004-2005.

Papers relating to the Scottish self-government college, containing correspondence and notes on the content offered by the college., 2009.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13505/71
Scope and Contents

The aim of the Scottish self-government college was to enhance strategy development and negotiation skills in light of the opening of the new Scottish Parliament.

Dates: 2009.

Papers relating to woods and plantations., 1713-1899, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.13231
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of valuations and counts, 1713, 1766, 1791, 1804, 1865, 1875, 1888, 1893-1900 (folio 1), memoranda, 1783, 1810, 1823-1824, 1833, 1845, 1850-1899, undated (folio 41), and correspondence, 1824, 1854, 1869-1870, 1899 (folio 202).

Dates: 1713-1899, undated.