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:
Business papers, 1829, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Gl-K., 1829.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6926-6927
Business papers, 1830, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Be-D., 1830.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6932-6934
Business papers and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller., 1848-2004, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/2-131
Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10706/1-697
Scope and Contents
These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates:
1636-1963.
Business papers of John Blythe Kinross., 1927-1984, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8699/1-26
Dates:
1927-1984, undated.
Business papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.216- is now Acc.10706.
Dates:
Circa 1795-1905.
Business papers of Sir John Rennie., 1832-1841.
File
Identifier: MS.19943
Scope and Contents
The papers include memoranda concerning London Bridge, 1832, incoming correspondence, 1835-1841, and other miscellaneous accounts and papers, 1835-1838, mostly relating to the Commercial (London and Blackwall) Railway.
Dates:
1832-1841.
Business records, 1694-1943, of J and G Cox, Ltd., glue manufacturers, Gorgie, Edinburgh; with miscellaneous papers, 16th century-19th century, of the Cox family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4944/1-54
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1550-1603, 1694-1943, undated.
Business records of R and R Clark Ltd, printers, including six boxes of George Bernard Shaw`s letters to the firm, and related printed material by Shaw.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.229
Dates:
1900-1965.
Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1832-1972, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/1-164
Business strategy and management papers of James Thin, bookseller., 1956-2001, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/44-61
Cadell Collection of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell, and others.
Series
Identifier: MSS.742-745
Dates:
1796-1831.
Cadell Collection, volume I: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and his firm., 1796-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.742
Scope and Contents
The correspondents also include: James Ballantyne [?1813-1821]; John Ballantyne, 1813-1820; Robert Cadell, 1813-1821; William Erskine, 1811; Reverend C R Maturin, 1817-1818; and Sir Thomas Slingsby, of Scriven, 1806.
Dates:
1796-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Cadell Collection of correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, with Archibald Constable, Robert Cadell, and others.
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Cadell Collection, volume I: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and his firm; with original binding.
Cadell Collection, volume I: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and his firm; with original binding., 1796-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.742
Cadell Collection, volume II: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell., 1822-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.743
Scope and Contents
The other letters are all addressed to James Ballantyne.
Dates:
1822-1824.
Cadell Collection, volume III: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne., 1825-1828.
File
Identifier: MS.744
Scope and Contents
The other correspondents are Archibald Constable, 1825-1826; Sir Adam Ferguson, 1827; John Gibson Lockhart, 1827; Charles Mills, historian, 1825; and John Murray, [?1816].
There is also an inventory of Walter Scott's letters, found among Archibald Constable's papers and sent to Robert Cadell, signed by David Constable, 1833.
Dates:
1825-1828.
Cadell Collection, volume IV: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne., 1828-1831, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.745
Scope and Contents
There are a number of undated letters of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne at the end of the volume. There are also letters of Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, 1830; Lord Advocate Rae, 1828; and Alexander Young of Harburn, 1829.
Dates:
1828-1831, undated.
Caricature, undated, probably by J G Lockhart
File
Identifier: Acc.10010
Scope and Contents
With two letters, 1955, of Marion Lochhead and other correspondence concerning the caricature.
Dates:
1955 and undated.
Catalogues, inventories, order books, correspondence and other business records of William Brown, booksellers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7926/1-61
Dates:
1581-1961.
CD-ROM, 'Fairley, letter July 2007', containing document of Rob Fairley., 2007.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(4)
CD-ROM, 'Peter letter May 08, letter June 08, again apologies for the delay!' containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2008.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(11)
CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter 07 Sept 07', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(7)
CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter Sept 19 2007', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(8)
CD-ROM, "The Attic Archive, letter to Peter Haining, May 2007. plays in Powerpoint - world as 'slide show' - sorry but video files + sound file do not work!" containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(2)
CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter to Peter, January 2008', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2008.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(10)