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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 John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8509
Scope and Contents

Concerning "Catalyst" and the 1320 Club.

Correspondents include Duncan Glen, Fionn MacColla, C M Grieve and Tom Scott.

Dates: 1969-1983.

Correspondence of John Hill Burton., 1825-1884, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9391-9417
Scope and Contents The correspondence is concerned chiefly with John Hill Burton's work as historian and author, his interest in Whig politics and Benthamite economic theory, his work in the field of education and social reform, particularly as secretary to the Prison Board, and his legal work and interests. The correspondents are numerous and include such well-known figures from the fields of Burton's interests as John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Professor J S Blackie, Edwin Chadwick, Adam Black,...
Dates: 1825-1884, undated.

Correspondence of John Hill Burton concerning the United Industrial Schools, the editing and publication of the second volume of the ‘Register of the Privy Council of Scotland’, and Burton's resignation from the Department of Prisons and Judicial Statistics., 1850-1878.

 File
Identifier: MS.9411
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1850-1854, concerning the United Industrial Schools, of which John Hill Burton was secretary (folio 1);(ii) Letters, 1876-1878, of Thomas Dickson, Sir William Gibson Craig and James Grant relating to the editing and publication of the second volume of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, together with some drafts of replies by Burton (folio 43);(iii) Correspondence and drafts of letters, 1878, concerning...
Dates: 1850-1878.

Correspondence of John Leycester Adolphus and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6445
Scope and Contents

With a manuscript of Adolphus, concerning Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1792-1875.