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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 members of the Vernon family of Hanbury Hall., 1840-1854.

 File
Identifier: MS.15500
Scope and Contents

Patrick Chalmers (died1854) married Jessie Anna Letitia Vernon, neé Foley, widow of Captain T T Vernon, by whom she had two sons, Bowater Vernon and Howard Galton of Hazor. (Patrick Chalmers was on a continental tour with his stepsons when he died). Most of the letters are from G C Vernon, brother- in-law of Mrs Chalmers (folio 38). The volume also includes general correspondence concerning Hanbury Hall (folio 158).

Dates: 1840-1854.

Correspondence of Michael Lister.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11584
Scope and Contents

Concerns Ronald Stevenson, Norman MacCaig and Michael Bonaventure.

Dates: 1997.

Correspondence of Mrs Mary S V Borthwick., 1886-1967, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10404
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) Letters of Mary Borthwick to her husband, 1912-1935, undated. (Folio 1.)

(ii) Letters to Mary Borthwick from various correspondents, 1886-1967, undated, in particular letters of condolence on A E Borthwick's death in 1955. Letters to Marjorie Borthwick, 1918-1967, undated, are also included. These are principally letters of sympathy on her mother's death, 1967. (Folio 17.)

Dates: 1886-1967, undated.

Correspondence of Naomi Mitchison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7644
Scope and Contents

Eight letters, 1931-1947, of Wyndham Lewis

nine letters, 1931-1944, of Olaf Stapledon

letter, undated, of Joan Eardley

12 letters, 1924-1929 and undated, of Stella Benson

With six letters, 1924-1929 and undated, of Naomi Mitchison to Stella Benson.

Dates: 1924-1947 and undated.

Correspondence of Nigel Keppel Charteris, Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, the Royal Scots, on active service in South Africa during the Boer War.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.7176-7177
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters and telegrams sent by Nigel Keppel Charteris to his mother, Lady Louisa Charteris, of Hingham, Norfolk. The main events in which Lieutenant Charteris was involved were the defence of Wepener, and the surrender of General Prinsloo with four thousand Boers, in 1900. The letters are interspersed with contemporary press-cuttings relevant to the campaign, mainly from 'The Times'.

Dates: 1899-1902.