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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 Purves., 1894-1960, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15560-15564
Scope and Contents The correspondence consists principally of letters to John Purves, 1894-1960, undated, from a variety of authors and scholars discussing literary and academic matters, reflecting, in particular, Purves’ interest in English and Italian literature. The early correspondence includes letters of Professor Herbert Grierson concerning his edition of ‘The poems of John Donne’, for which Purves read the proofs and checked all the references. There is some material on Purves’ ‘South African book of...
Dates: 1894-1960, undated.

Correspondence of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour., 1805-1821.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19798-19799
Scope and Contents

These letters deal with all aspects of the construction of the breakwater, harbour and dock buildings, including dealings with the admiralty, letters from the site engineer Joseph Whidbey, and negotiations for materials and subcontracts.

Dates: 1805-1821.

Correspondence of John Richardson, of Kirklands, and his family, with poems, prayers and drawings., 1801-1874, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3991
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, undated. (Folio 1.)(ii) Poems, 1801-1874, undated, of the Richardsons, mostly of Lady Blackett ('Helen'). Some of John Richardson's poems are printed in MS.3992. Of those written in hands other than John Richardson's, some may be copies of his. (Folio 67.)(iii) Prayers, undated. (Folio 233.)(iv) Poems from a package inscribed "Lord Cockburn's Poems", undated. (Folio 238.)(v) Drawings,...
Dates: 1801-1874, undated.

Correspondence of Joyce Gunn Cairns.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13395
Scope and Contents

The correspondence is almost exclusively exchanges of e-mail between Joyce Gunn Cairns and individuals from various walks of life whom Cairns came to know through having had them sit for portrait drawings; many of the correspondents are literary figures.

Dates: c. 2005-2012.

Correspondence of Lady Helen Dalrymple Fergusson, wife of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran., 1821-1874, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25522-25524
Scope and Contents

Helen, daughter of David Boyle of Shewalton, Lord President of the Court of Session, married Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran, in 1829.

Dates: 1821-1874, undated.