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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 Eric Lyall, with newspaper cuttings collected by him.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24637-24738
Scope and Contents

Eric Lyall was the secretary of the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse, and these papers reflect that interest.

Dates: 1913-1940, undated.

Correspondence of Euan Clarkson with British and European colleagues on geology and palaeontology.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12663
Scope and Contents

Includes papers relating to Dr Archie Lamont, geologist and Scottish Nationalist.

Dates: circa 1965-2002.

Correspondence of Florence Marian McNeill., 1905-1973, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26194-26197
Scope and Contents

Marian McNeill had a wide circle of friends which included literary figures such as Neil Gunn, Catherine Carswell and Edwin and Willa Muir. Much of the correspondence is on literary topics and concerns her own work, especially her novel ‘The road home’, (London, 1932), and that of her correspondents. Most of the later letters concern her M.B.E., awarded in 1962, and the death of her sister in 1969.

Dates: 1905-1973, undated.

Correspondence of Frank Leslie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5722
Scope and Contents

Concerning research on the Battle of Culloden.

Dates: 1922-1932.

Correspondence of Gavin Ewart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9643

Correspondence of George B Simpson, Dundee, manufacturer and art-collector.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6347-6351
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters written by artists and collectors to George B Simpson, with a few copies of letters by him. The correspondents include James Cassie, George Paul Chalmers, Sir William Fettes Douglas, Alexander Fraser, David L Gibson, and William McTaggart.

The envelopes which accompanied the letters and from which many of them have been dated have not been retained.

Dates: 1861-1886.

Correspondence of George Combe., 1804-1858, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.7201-7398
Scope and Contents MSS.7201-7375 is a large group of original letters sent to George Combe. They show the trends which Combe's career took. The first few years are occupied with chiefly family and legal matters, including frequent correspondence from his brother, Dr Andrew Combe, who was also a fervent worker in the cause of phrenology. From 1820, the letters are from figures prominent in the struggle either to reject or to accept its truth. After 1845, writers include men outstanding in the field of...
Dates: 1804-1858, undated.

Correspondence of George Dott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5542
Scope and Contents

With associated nationalist booklets and pamphlets.

Dates: 1947-1954.

Correspondence of George Friel, including letters from agents, publishers and editors of journals., 1932-1967.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9248/1
Scope and Contents Correspondents include editorial staff of the following periodicals and publishing houses: the Adelphi, Basil Blackwell, Jonathan Cape, Chapman and Hall, Chatto and Windus, Curtis Brown, Eyre and Spottiswoode, Faber and Faber, the Freethinker, Victor Gollancz, Grant and Murray, the Hogarth Press, Houghton Mifflin, Hutchinson, John Lehmann, Life and Letters To-day, the Listener, Macdonald, the Modern Scot, New Stories, Outlook, Penguin Books, the Pioneer Press, the Porpoise Press, Unicorn...
Dates: 1932-1967.

Correspondence of George Grant and various members of the family., 1849-1855, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17902
Scope and Contents

Letters of George Grant to his father, the Reverend James Grant, and mother, Christina, 1849-1855, undated (folio 1); of Alexander Grant to George, 1852-1855 (folio 117); of George to James Augustus Grant, 1847-1854 (folio 121); of James Augustus to George, 1852-1853 (folio 117); and of George to Margaret and her husband, the Reverend Peter Mackenzie, 1850-1855 (folio 183).

Dates: 1849-1855, undated.

Correspondence of George Paton, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.29.5.5-29.5.8
Scope and Contents

Paton was originally a bookseller and later, in his leisure from his occupation in the Customs House at Edinburgh, he continued to cultivate his bibliographic and antiquarian interests. He corresponded with many of the leading antiquaries of his time, most prolifically with Thomas Pennant and Richard Gough. The topics range through all aspects of antiquities, topography, local history, and especially books.

Dates: 1762-1804, and undated.