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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 poems of George Bruce.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8787-8788
Dates: 1941-[1944, or before].

Correspondence and poems of Robert Burns., 1787-1795, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.15951
Scope and Contents

A list of references is given at the beginning of the manuscript. Also included is the marriage contract, 1713, of Samuel Brown and Agnes Logie (folio 38).

Dates: 1787-1795, undated.

Correspondence and poems of William Jeffrey (1896-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26895-26899
Scope and Contents

Educated in Wishaw and at Glasgow University, William Jeffrey spent the rest of his career as a journalist in Glasgow. His literary work consisted of poetry, essays and criticism.

Dates: 1921-1946, undated.

Correspondence and political papers of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple., 1714-1748, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.25281
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 1721-1748, undated, with two letters to Lady Christian Dalrymple, 1746, undated. Written from London and Hanover, they contain much of political interest. A letter from General James Sinclair describes the Battle of Dettingen in the War of the Austrian Succession, 1743. Also letters on plans for the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and tiends of Prestonkirk, East Lothian, 1729-1742 (folio 1); (ii) Political and...
Dates: 1714-1748, undated.

Correspondence and press cuttings concerning the Reverend Watler Chalmers Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5958
Scope and Contents

Including letters of W E Gladstone and Robert Browning.

Dates: 1880-1893.

Correspondence and press cuttings related to 'The Essence of the Brontës' and 'Curriculum Vitae'., 1992-1993.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11621/184-185
Scope and Contents

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1992-1993.

Correspondence and related papers concerning the education of the 3rd Earl of Minto and of his children., 1831-1890.

 File
Identifier: MS.12260
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Latin prose and verses by the 3rd Earl of Minto while at Eton, 1832 (folio 1); (ii) College accounts and letters from Charles Perry to the 3rd Earl, while at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1835-1837 (folio 43); (iii) Correspondence of the 3rd Earl relating to the education of his sons at Eton, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Saxe-Weimar, 1858-1867 (folio 59).

Dates: 1831-1890.