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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:

Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto with Charles Joseph, Comte de Bresson, and with Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon., 1832-1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.12046
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Further correspondence with Charles Joseph, Comte de Bresson, 1832-1847, including a letter, 1834, of Bresson to a third party (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence with Johann Peter Friedrich Ancillon, Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1832-1834 (folio 88); (iii) Memoranda and other papers, 1832-1834, chiefly relating to conversations and negotiations with Ancillon (folio 120).

Dates: 1832-1847.

Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning matters of political organisation., 1852-1885.

 File
Identifier: MS.12354
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers concern parliamentary reform, 1852-1884 (folio 1), the Roxburghshire Liberal Registration Society, 1867-1881 (folio 71), and the Burgh Boundaries Bill, 1852-1885 (folio 194).

Dates: 1852-1885.

Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning various political issues., 1858-1889.

 File
Identifier: MS.12357
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers concern the resignation of Sir James Hudson as Minister to Turin and his replacement by Sir Henry George Elliot, 1863-1868 (folio 1), the Tweed Fisheries Act, 1858-1889, with press cuttings concerning poaching, etc., 1882-1885 (folio 56), the Contagious Diseases Act, 1870-1871 (folio 162), Local Government reform, 1888-1889 (folio 192), and cattle plague, 1865-1866 (folio 202).

Dates: 1858-1889.

Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canadian affairs., 1900-1908

 File
Identifier: MS.12574
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, memoranda, and other papers connected with the official aspects of the 4th Earl of Minto's visit to the Yukon in 1900, including material relating to the grievances submitted to him, as well as much incidental information on transport, fuel supply, land leasing, the cost of living, etc. (folio 1); (ii) Letters of the 4th Earl Grey, 1900-1908, concerning the raising of Canadian troops for service in Rhodesia, relations with the United States...
Dates: 1900-1908

Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to private affairs in India., 1910-1912.

 File
Identifier: MS.12793
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers concerning the settlement of accounts between the 4th Earl of Minto and Lord Hardinge, 1910-1911 (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers relating to the 4th Earl's stable accounts, 1911-1912 (folio 63); (iii) List of the contents of packing cases sent home, 1910 (folio 143).

Dates: 1910-1912.

Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates: 1815-1967, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Atlantic Monthly Press and Ruthven Todd., 1956-1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.26889
Scope and Contents

This is the publisher's side of the correspondence with Ruthven Todd, and is related to MS.26819. It includes papers about the publication of Todd's story for children, ‘Tan's fish’, and letters and readers' reports on other proposed publications such as poems, essays on London in the Thirties, and a memoir and biography of Dylan Thomas.

Dates: 1956-1959.

Correspondence and papers of the Campbell family of Inverneill.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14395
Content Description

The archive of the Campbell family of Inverneill formerly kept in Canna House, Isle of Canna. It comprises correspondence and papers mainly of the 18th century, including he the business correspondence of various family members in military or government positions. There is also a component of estate papers concerning estates around Kintyre.

Dates: 18th-19th century, the bulk dating from the 18th century.

Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: 1796-1991, undated.