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, legal papers and accounts of John Robertson, planter in Jamaica, and James Robertson, planter in Jamaica, and later of Kelso.
File
Identifier: MS.20991
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1765-1821, of and concerning the Robertson family with many concerning the estate of James Aitchison, planter in Jamaica, (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous legal papers, 1765-1826, chiefly concerning the division of the estate of James Robertson, 1821-1826 (folio 46); (iii) Miscellaneous accounts, 1802-1826, of the Robertson family (folio 192).
Dates:
1765-1826, undated.
Correspondence, legal papers and accounts of the executors of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Minto., 1811-1818, 1831.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11922-11924
Dates:
1811-1818, 1831.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Executries and related papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence, legal papers, commissions, and genealogical tables of and relating to the Wedderburn and Halkett of Pitfirrane families.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13224
Dates:
1583-1929.
Correspondence, letter-books, diaries and other papers of missionaries and missionary societies.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.99- is now Acc.4393.
Dates:
19th century.
Correspondence, log books, literary papers and copies of published articles and press cuttings of Hamish Brown.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13060/1-88
Scope and Contents
The principal interest of the collection lies in the extensive series of 'Log books', 1961-2008, recording Hamish Brown's endeavours in many fields including his climbing activities and travel, notably to Morocco.Hamish Brown is best known for his climbing and walking expeditions in the Highlands. He has completed multiple rounds of the Munros including tackling all the peaks in one trip using only ferries and a bicycle as transport. Between 1960 and 1972 he was in charge of...
Dates:
1960-2008, undated.
Correspondence, mainly of Campbell and MacPherson families of Ardersier and Edinburgh, of social and family interest.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7601
Dates:
circa 1800-1810.
Correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12108
Dates:
circa 1996-2001.
Correspondence, membership lists and other papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1884-1961.
File
Identifier: MS.21663
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1886, 1896, 1906, 1927, 1943-1944, 1947-1950, 1961. Much of this relates to the demise of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society in 1950, and to its absorption by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians. The correspondence of 1961 with Miss M P Linton of the National Library of Scotland includes a catalogue of the 18th century collections held by the Harmonists. (Folio 1.)(ii) Membership lists, 1884, 1932, and historical...
Dates:
1884-1961.
Correspondence, memoranda and other papers concerning the industrial experiments carried out at Culross by Archibald, Earl of Dundonald., 1782-1788.
File
Identifier: MS.5379
Scope and Contents
The papers concern the extraction of tar from coal (folio 1), and improved methods of refining salt (folio 81), and include fragments of corrected page proofs of Archibald, Earl of Dundonald's pamphlet ‘The present state of the manufacture of salt’ (folio 122).
Dates:
1782-1788.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the affairs of the Earls of Dundonald.
Correspondence, memoranda and printed material of the Earl of Rosebery on the London University Bill including a copy of a pamphlet entitled "Objections to the Gresham Commissioners' Scheme" (London, 1894)., 1894-1895.
File
Identifier: MS.10149
Dates:
1894-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery on home affairs.
Correspondence, memoranda and related printed material, November 1893-May 1895, of the Earl of Rosebery concerning applications for posts as commissioners of Income Tax and Woods and Forests, and secretary to the Office of Works., 1893-1895.
File
Identifier: MS.10152
Dates:
1893-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery concerning public appointments.
Correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers of the Earl of Rosebery on home affairs., 1892-April 1894.
File
Identifier: MS.10145
Scope and Contents
The papers are principally on naval establishments in the country, importation of foreign meat and the Mines Eight Hours Bill.
Dates:
1892-April 1894.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery on home affairs.
Correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers of the Earl of Rosebery on such matters as unemployment, education in Ireland, the Land Tenure Bill, and the Cromwell Statue dispute which led up to Rosebery's resignation as prime minister., January-June 1895.
File
Identifier: MS.10147
Dates:
January-June 1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery on home affairs.
Correspondence, minutes and accounts relating to publications by the Ernest Press for the Scottish Mountaineering Trust., 2000-2008.
File
Identifier: Acc.13445/104
Correspondence, minutes and other papers of the Scottish Plebiscite Appeal Fund.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11373
Dates:
1961-1964.
Correspondence, minutes, financial agreements, financial analysis and accounts, meetings of James Thin, bookseller, with The Royal Bank of Scotland, 1973-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/28-29
Dates:
1973-2002.
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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Accounts and financial papers of James Thin, bookseller.
Correspondence, minutes, journals and other papers concerning "Democracy for Scotland", a campaign for the reintroduction of a Scottish Parliament.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11497
Scope and Contents
The Democracy for Scotland campaign began after the Scottish referendum held in 1979 failed to achieve the number of votes required to give Scotland devolved powers. The campaign began in 1992 and went on until a further referendum was held in Scotland in 1997. The campaign was based around a vigil which was erected in Edinburgh’s Calton Hill across the road from the Scottish office. The vigil was manned by strong supporters of Scottish independence. The Democracy for Scotland campaign was a...
Dates:
1992-1997.
Correspondence, minutes, valuations and agreements relating to merger between James Thin Ltd and Melven’s Bookshop Ltd., December 1988-January 1989.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/107
Dates:
December 1988-January 1989.
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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Associated business of James Thin, bookseller, with publishers, bookshops and others.
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Associated business of James Thin, bookseller, with Melven's Bookshop and Melven Press.
Correspondence, mostly administrative, of Professor W Croft Dickinson with Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1962-1963.
File
Identifier: Acc.9759/2
Dates:
1962-1963.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of Professor A A M Duncan as joint editor of the 'Scottish Historical Review'; with a register, 'Books reviewed', for the same publication.
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Correspondence concerning the editorship of the 'Scottish Historical Review'.
Correspondence, mostly letters of publishers, literary agents and authors to Stuart MacGregor., 1963-1975.
File
Identifier: Acc.9392/1
Scope and Contents
The correspondence includes: 2 letters, 1966, 1968, of Hugh MacDiarmid; 1 letter, 1970, of Duncan Glen; 1 letter, 1973, of Tom Scott; 1 postcard, 1969, of Laurence Durrell.
Dates:
1963-1975.
Correspondence, mostly of the Cambergs, with Muriel Spark., 1974, 1982-1989.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11621/22-24
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1974, 1982-1989.
Correspondence, mostly of the lairds of Gask and their immediate families, including incoming letters and copies of outgoing letters., 1635-1839.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.1.13
Scope and Contents
The subjects are generally matters of family interest. The family were Jacobites, out in both 1715 and 1745 risings, and in exile in France from 1746 to 1763, but there is comparatively little correspondence on political matters. Correspondence of Laurence Oliphant of Condie, mainly concerning the recovery of Gask after its forfeiture, and other letters which appear to have come into his hands, have been kept separate (Adv.MS.82.1.13).
Dates:
1635-1839.
Correspondence, mostly of the lairds of Gask and their immediate families, including incoming letters and copies of outgoing letters., 1635-1725.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.1.1