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 Pinkerton, 1782-1814, undated, with a letter of Dawson Turner regarding his papers, 1838., 1782-1814, 1838, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1709
Correspondence of John Purves., 1951-1960, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15564
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 Purves., 1894-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.15560
Correspondence of John Purves., 1920-1929.
File
Identifier: MS.15561
Correspondence of John Purves., 1930-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.15562
Correspondence of John Purves., 1940-1949.
File
Identifier: MS.15563
Correspondence of John Rennie concerning canals and navigations in Kennet and Avon., 1793-1798, 1801-1802.
File
Identifier: MS.19780
Correspondence of John Rennie concerning Dunleary harbour., 1801, 1808, 1811, 1815-1818.
File
Identifier: MS.19791
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence concerning Dublin and Howth harbours.
Dates:
1801, 1808, 1811, 1815-1818.
Correspondence of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1800-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19786
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 Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour., 1805-1808, 1811.
File
Identifier: MS.19798
Dates:
1805-1808, 1811.
Correspondence of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour., 1812-1817, 1820-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19799
Dates:
1812-1817, 1820-1821.
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 John Richardson, of Kirklands, and his family, with some verse., 1807-1840.
File
Identifier: MS.3989
Correspondence of John Riddell concerning the successful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to that title., 1834, 1842-June 1845.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.1
Dates:
1834, 1842-June 1845.
Correspondence of John Riddell concerning the successful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to that title., July 1845-1847, 1849, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.2
Dates:
July 1845-1847, 1849, and undated.
Correspondence of John Riddell concerning the unsuccessful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to the title of Duke of Montrose., 1850-1852.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.4
Dates:
1850-1852.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Additional papers to the collection of John Riddell, the Peerage lawyer.
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Correspondence and papers of John Riddell concerning the unsuccessful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to the title of Duke of Montrose (created 1488).
Correspondence of Joseph Macleod., 1926-1982, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10509/1-6
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 Joyce Gunn Cairns, mostly relating to portraits of literary subjects.
File
Identifier: Acc.12582
Dates:
1994-2005.
Correspondence of Kathleen Fidler., 1914-1980.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12342/1-31
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.