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:
Correspondence and papers of and relating to John Leyden, collected by his cousin and biographer, the Reverend James Morton, with correspondence of Morton.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3380-3384
Dates:
1794-1875, undated
Correspondence and papers of and relating to Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2883-2888
Scope and Contents
MSS.2884-2888 and several letters in MS.2883 (indicated under that number) formed part of a collection of material relating to Thomas Carlyle, formed, at least in part, by Frederick Martin, a copyist employed by Carlyle, who commenced a biography of Carlyle in the ‘Biographical Magazine’, 1877.
Dates:
1816-1877, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, governor of Dominica and MP for Grampound, chiefly concerning his financial and legal affairs.
File
Identifier: MS.9049
Scope and Contents
Andrew Cochrane Johnstone was involved in various speculative and fraudulent activities, and, on his expulsion from Parliament in 1814, he returned to the West Indies. Many of the papers concern lawsuits arising from the sale of his sugar and coffee estates in Dominica, and his attempts to transport chattel slaves from Dominica to Demerara. There are also letters concerning the shipping of wool and sheep from Spain to North America, 1810-1812, and his claims for money against the British and...
Dates:
1804-1832.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew, Lord Rutherfurd, and other members of his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10452
Dates:
1692-1918.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Senator of the College of Justice, and other members of the Rutherfurd family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9686-9728
Scope and Contents
Andrew Rutherfurd was Solicitor-General for Scotland, 1837-1839, and Lord Advocate, 1839-1841 and 1846-1851. The correspondence largely reflects his political and legal concerns, but also shows his interest in literature and the arts.
Dates:
1746-1872, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Senator of the College of Justice, with some correspondence and papers of other members of the Rutherfurd family.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.139- is now Acc.4812.
Dates:
1746-1872, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the family of Henderson of Fordel., 1760-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.8278
Scope and Contents
Andrew Stuart's sister, Isabel, married Sir Robert Henderson.
The main section of the papers, 1800-1801, refers to the proposed marriage of Ann, daughter of Sir John Henderson, to Sir John Buchanan Riddell.
Dates:
1760-1801.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the family of Stirling of Ardoch., 1760-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.8279
Scope and Contents
Andrew Stuart's wife, Margaret, was the daughter of Sir William Stirling.
Dates:
1760-1801.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
Correspondence and papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the family of the Earls of Dundonald., 1757-1799.
File
Identifier: MS.8277
Scope and Contents
Andrew Stuart's sister, Jean, married Thomas, 8th Earl of Dundonald.
Dates:
1757-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
Correspondence and papers of Anne (‘Nancy’) Ord (died 1801), daughter of Robert Ord, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and of her husband, Angus Macdonald (1752-1825), physician at Taunton.
Series
Identifier: MS.14841
Dates:
1744-1825, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Aonghas MacNeacail, including a large collection of interviews on audio tapes.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11334/1-120
Dates:
1972-1996, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Arthur F Borthwick and Albert W Borthwick, with some unrelated letters., 1891-1937, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10405
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1894-1906, of Arthur F Borthwick chiefly to his brother Alfred, with several to his father. Arthur was a farm supply manager in Rhodesia and his letters discuss his life and work there. There are also some rough notes on farming in his hand. (Folio 3.)(ii) Letters, 1921-1937, undated, of and to Albert W Borthwick, Professor of Forestry at Aberdeen University, together with notes, undated, on the 'Establishment of an...
Dates:
1891-1937, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951., 1909-1962, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8805-8824
Correspondence and papers of Arthur Woodburn, including articles, press cuttings, lectures, photographs, glass slides and drafts of an autobiography.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7656 Box 1(1)-Box 44
Scope and Contents
Arthur Woodburn's strong interest in economics, education, European unity, international relations, modern languages and Scottish history and literature are reflected in the papers.
Dates:
1907-1977.
Correspondence and papers of Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9259
Dates:
circa 1930-1980
Correspondence and papers of campaign group Scottish Labour Against War in the Gulf.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10585
Dates:
1991.
Correspondence and papers of Canon John Gray, parish priest of Saint Peter`s, Morningside, Edinburgh; and of Mark André Raffalovich.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.372
Dates:
1898-1932, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of Catherine Park Snodgrass.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7861
Scope and Contents
Concerning geographical work and the Scottish national movement.
Dates:
1931-1974.
Correspondence and papers of Cecil Hopkinson, containing bibliographies relating to Louis-Hector Berlioz and Giuseppe Verdi, and other related material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9732/1-54
Scope and Contents
Concerning Hopkinson`s bibliographies of Berlioz and Verdi.
Dates:
1947-1975 and undated.
Correspondence and papers of Cecilia Mackenzie, née Renton, wife of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, 1746-1797, undated, and of children of John Mackenzie, Advocate: Christian, 1728-1741, Janet, 1739-1773, Jean, 1741-1776, and Katherine, 1739., 1728-1797, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1208
Dates:
1728-1797, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents
Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).
Dates:
1915-1987.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Forrester.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10164/1-68
Scope and Contents
Charles Forrester (1895-1980), a graduate of Heriot Watt College, Edinburgh, was Professor of Chemistry 1926, Vice-Principal 1932 and Principal 1936-1948 of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. After his retirement he worked in the Chief Scientist's Division, Minister of Power, 1949-1960, and the British Coal Utilisation Research Association 1960-1963. The papers largely concern Forrester's position as Director of the Indian School of Mines.
Dates:
1910-1980, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Herries., 1798-1820, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15353
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters relate to his bankruptcy in 1798. The papers consist chiefly of receipts, and of legal papers relating to his will.
Dates:
1798-1820, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family.
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Correspondence, papers and personal account books of Charles Herries.
Correspondence and papers of Charles S S Johnston., 1889-1921.
File
Identifier: MS.20762
Correspondence and papers of Charles S S Johnston, architect, chiefly concerning the “merchant's mark” resembling a figure 4.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20762-20763
Dates:
1889-1921.