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 consisting chiefly of letters to James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with some drafts of his replies., 1780-1781.
File
Identifier: MS.24502
Correspondence consisting chiefly of letters to James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with some drafts of his replies., 1782-1786.
File
Identifier: MS.24503
Correspondence consisting chiefly of letters to James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, with some drafts of his replies., 1787-1799, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.24504
Correspondence, corrections, and emendations for 'Chambers Biographical Dictionary'., 1988-1991.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/22
Correspondence, design sketches and sample work, relating to James Thin logo and corporate image on letterheads, bags, bookmarks, badges and other material., 1960-2004.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/91
Dates:
1960-2004.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Business papers and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller.
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Papers of James Thin, bookseller, relating to marketing and design.
Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19329-19405
Scope and Contents
Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates:
1645-1897, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of and relating to James Robert Hope-Scott (1812-1873), of Abbotsford.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3667-3695
Scope and Contents
The papers cover the main interests of James Robert Hope-Scott's life, including the foundation of Trinity College, Glenalmond, the Protestant Bishopric of Jerusalem, his Fellowship at Merton, his travels in Europe, and various religious, ecclesiastical, and legal matters.Among the correspondents are Gladstone, Manning, and Pusey. The letters of these men and of other correspondents are extensively quoted by R Ornsby in his ‘Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott’, 1884. Ornsby also...
Dates:
1824-1873, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, and photographs, of and relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver (1909-1945).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13124
Dates:
1903-1977.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Dates:
Circa 1903-1982, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20351-20400
Scope and Contents
The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates:
1773-1933, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
1905-1946, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
1894-1977, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, invitations, programmes and other papers of the Reverend Ian Paterson Renton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9212/1-27
Dates:
1940-1990.
Correspondence, drafts, photographs and other personal and literary papers of Michael Roberts.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13860/1-58
Dates:
1891-2015, undated.
Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates:
1981-1996, 2010.
Correspondence, essays, articles, cuttings and other literary papers of Alexander MacDonald, Gaelic scholar, and his daughter Mairi MacDonald, novelist and playwright.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7708/1-130
Scope and Contents
Papers of Alexander MacDonald, circa 1886-1962, including manuscripts of poems and essays, and associated correspondence. Also present are the papers of his daughter Mairi A MacDonald, 1915-1977, including manuscripts of novels, plays, and articles, with associated correspondence, including letters of Gordon Daviot. The collection also includes a book of poems by Isobel MacDonald, either the sister or mother of Alexander MacDonald; as well as some magazines and journals relating to Scottish...
Dates:
1886-1977.
Correspondence, estate, financial, and legal papers of the Hunters of Glencarse and Seaside.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19711-19733
Scope and Contents
The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.
Dates:
1685-1890, undated.
Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19210-19238
Dates:
1747-1890.
‘Correspondence, etca. From October 15th, 1782, to February 1st, 1783’, a compendium of separate printed items prepared by James Stuart., 15 October 1782-1 February 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8441
Dates:
15 October 1782-1 February 1783.
Correspondence, excerpts and other material relating to contributions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) to the Marx the Sparx festival., 1983.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/209
Dates:
1983.
Correspondence, family papers, formal documents and research material concerning the Elphinstone family of Lopness.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9860/1-47
Dates:
1509-1937.
Correspondence, feedback and reports of "Writers’ project: summer school reading panel"., 2002-2004.
File
Identifier: Acc.12911/222
Correspondence files of Curtis Brown publisher., 1965-1976.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/735-737
Dates:
1965-1976.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Further literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts, reviews, press cuttings, correspondence and related papers, mostly concerning historical research.
Correspondence files of David Murray as a freelance industrial journalist with editors and editorial staff, 1934-1943, and files of his copy, 1943-1945., 1934-1945.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.7915 Box 5(1)-(4)
Dates:
1934-1945.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of David Murray, mostly concering industrial and political matters.
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Correspondence boxes of David Murray as a freelance industrial journalist with editors and editorial staff, 1934-1945, and files of his copy, 1937-1945.
Correspondence files of Robert Douglas McIntyre, relating to the Scottish National Party., 1970-1979.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10090/136-139