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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 of Arthur Geddes., 1920-1965, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19264-19265
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is on miscellaneous subjects, notably the 1937 Parish Exhibition of Civilisation, the proposed sale of the Cities and Town Planning Exhibition in 1946, financing the Outlook Tower, and the search for an editor for Patrick Geddes' manuscripts, 1947-1948.

Dates: 1920-1965, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, lectures, notes and other material of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes and his son, Dr Arthur Geddes. / General correspondence of the Geddes family.

Correspondence of Arthur Geddes., 1920-1948.

 File
Identifier: MS.19264
Dates: 1920-1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, lectures, notes and other material of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes and his son, Dr Arthur Geddes. / General correspondence of the Geddes family. / Correspondence of Arthur Geddes.

Correspondence of Arthur Geddes., 1948-1965, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19265
Dates: 1948-1965, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, lectures, notes and other material of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes and his son, Dr Arthur Geddes. / General correspondence of the Geddes family. / Correspondence of Arthur Geddes.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1909-1962, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8805-8812
Scope and Contents

MSS.8806-8807 consist chiefly of drafts and copies of telegrams in connexion with Arthur Murray's work as an Assistant Military Attaché in the Diplomatic Mission to the United States of America during the latter part of the Great War.

Dates: 1909-1962, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1909-May 1918.

 File
Identifier: MS.8805
Dates: 1909-May 1918.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., September-December 1918.

 File
Identifier: MS.8807
Dates: September-December 1918.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1919-1936.

 File
Identifier: MS.8808
Dates: 1919-1936.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1937-1944.

 File
Identifier: MS.8809
Dates: 1937-1944.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1945-1948.

 File
Identifier: MS.8810
Dates: 1945-1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1949-1953.

 File
Identifier: MS.8811
Dates: 1949-1953.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., 1954-1962, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8812
Dates: 1954-1962, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur Murray., June-September 1918.

 File
Identifier: MS.8806
Dates: June-September 1918.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank. / Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951. / Correspondence of Arthur Murray.

Correspondence of Arthur W Donaldson, Chairman of the Scottish National Party.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11908
Dates: 1930-1983.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence of Auldbar estate., 1767-1859.

 File
Identifier: MS.15420
Scope and Contents

Subjects discussed include local affairs, taxes, rents, building works and supplies. Much of the correspondence is of a factorial nature. There is a description of Auldbar Castle and estate in 1820 in a letter of the landscape gardener Thomas White (folio 96).

Dates: 1767-1859.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Chalmers of Auldbar (or Aldbar), near Brechin. / Papers, correspondence and accounts of Auldbar estate. / Correspondence of Auldbar estate.

Correspondence of Auldbar estate., 1841-1848.

 File
Identifier: MS.15421
Scope and Contents

Letters relating to building operations at Auldbar Castle and on the estate fill almost the entire volume. Among the architects, builders and engineers represented in this correspondence, the London architect Alexander Roos and the engineer and inventor A M Perkins are especially to be noted. The latter was responsible for the new heating plant installed in the house.

Dates: 1841-1848.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Chalmers of Auldbar (or Aldbar), near Brechin. / Papers, correspondence and accounts of Auldbar estate. / Correspondence of Auldbar estate.

Correspondence of Auldbar estate., 1850-1865, 1913, 1918, 1920.

 File
Identifier: MS.15422
Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence concerns building works. Folio 11 is a letter recommending to Patrick Chalmers, M.P. a young Dundee architect James MacLaren, some of whose letters are included in the volume. The main run of correspondence ceases in 1865. After this date there are but three isolated letters of 1913, 1918 and 1920.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1850-1865, 1913, 1918, 1920.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Chalmers of Auldbar (or Aldbar), near Brechin. / Papers, correspondence and accounts of Auldbar estate. / Correspondence of Auldbar estate.

Correspondence of Aylmer Haldane, consisting of a number of official letters to him with copies of some of his replies whilst General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in Mesopotamia., 1920-1922.

 File
Identifier: MS.20256
Dates: 1920-1922.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane. / Correspondence of Aylmer Haldane, with some other papers.

Correspondence of Aylmer Haldane, with some other papers., 1897-1941.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20255-20257
Dates: 1897-1941.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane.

Correspondence of Baroness Dunfermline with various correspondents., 1822-1874, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.13169
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is with Elizabeth Bell ('Tibbie Flint') and Ann Hunter, 1822-1868 (folio 1), Helen and Maria D'Arcy Stewart, 1833-1834, 1837 (folio 23), Georgina Augusta Maiden, 1840-1868 (folio 47), Lady Louisa Howard, 1840-1868, undated (folio 68), Queen Sophia of the Netherlands, 1860-1874 (folio 134), Maria, Countess Grey, 1863-1870 (folio 175), and Sophia and Thomas Francis Kennedy of Dunure, 1865-1872 (folio 192).

Dates: 1822-1874, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence of the Abercromby family. / Correspondence of the Baroness Dunfermline.

Correspondence of Basil Cochrane chiefly concerning his administrative and business affairs in India., 1778-1785.

 File
Identifier: MS.8456
Dates: 1778-1785.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of and concerning Basil Cochrane, a senior merchant of the East India Company in the Madras Presidency, and a nephew of Andrew and James Stuart. / Correspondence of Basil Cochrane chiefly concerning his administrative and business affairs in India, including his contract with the East India Company for supplying cloth from the looms at Ingeram.

Correspondence of Basil Cochrane chiefly concerning his administrative and business affairs in India., 1786-1789, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8457
Dates: 1786-1789, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of and concerning Basil Cochrane, a senior merchant of the East India Company in the Madras Presidency, and a nephew of Andrew and James Stuart. / Correspondence of Basil Cochrane chiefly concerning his administrative and business affairs in India, including his contract with the East India Company for supplying cloth from the looms at Ingeram.

Correspondence of Basil Cochrane chiefly concerning his administrative and business affairs in India, including his contract with the East India Company for supplying cloth from the looms at Ingeram., 1778-1789, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8456-8457
Dates: 1778-1789, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of and concerning Basil Cochrane, a senior merchant of the East India Company in the Madras Presidency, and a nephew of Andrew and James Stuart.

Correspondence of Bell and Bradfute.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10662
Dates: 1758-circa 1850.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence of Cadell & Davies, Dr James Currie, John McCreery, printer, the Trustees of the estate of Robert Burns, booksellers, etc., chiefly about the printing and publication of James Currie’s ‘Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life’., 1797-1805.

 File
Identifier: MS.1653
Scope and Contents

Other topics of are the publication of the 3rd edition of James Currie's 'Medical Reports', and the supply of books to the Liverpool Athenaeum.

At the end of the volume there are some prints of scenes and places associated with the poet.

Dates: 1797-1805.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, chiefly relating to the publication of James Currie’s 'Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life', 1st-8th editions.

Correspondence of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11898
Dates: circa 1965-1998.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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