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Memorandums.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.

Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and memoranda of Hector MacIver, schoolmaster., 1948-1962, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.26295(part 1)-(part 2)
Scope and Contents

Much of the correspondence concerns Hector Maclver’s running of the English Department and disagreements with the Rector, and copies of many of his own letters are included. Other topics are editorial policy in the school magazines, and the unveiling of a memorial plaque to the poet Robert Fergusson in 1958.

Dates: 1948-1962, undated.

Correspondence and papers, 1931-1938, of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, relating to the Building Sub-Committee of the National Library trustees, and letters, 1939, relating to the presentation of the Haldane Papers to the Library., 1931-1939.

 File
Identifier: MS.24723
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers relating to the Building Sub-Committee of the National Library trustees, begin on folio 1: correspondents include Sir Alexander Grant; Sir Patrick Duff of the Office of Works; and Dr Henry Meikle, Librarian of the National Library. The letters relating to the presentation of the Haldane Papers to the Library begin on folio 184.

Dates: 1931-1939.

Correspondence and papers chiefly received by the 1st Earl of Minto concerning the affairs of the Government of Madras., 1806-1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.11322
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters and papers, 1809, concerning the debts of the Nawabs of the Carnatic and charges against Rai Reddi Rao, Diwan to the Nawab Azim ad-Daula (folio 1); (ii) Letters of Benjamin Roebuck at Madras, 1809 (folio 56); (iii) Papers concerning retrenchment in the Madras Army, 1807 (folio 64); (iv) Papers concerning the mutiny in the garrison at Vellore, 1806-1807 (folio 79); (v) Letters of and papers concerning Lieutenant-Colonel James Leith, Judge...
Dates: 1806-1812.

Correspondence and papers concerning canals., 1806-1834.

 File
Identifier: MS.19970
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Aire and Calder, letter, 1833. (Folio 1.) (ii) Birmingham and Liverpool Junction, letter and accounts, 1833-1834. (Folio 2.) (iii) Gloucester and Berkeley, report and accounts, 1823-1826. These very detailed accounts are those of Hugh McIntosh the contractor, which were queried by the Canal Company. (Folio 5.) (iv) Macclesfield, share receipts, and printed circulars and reports, 1826-1834. (Folio 41.) (v) Middlewich, draft letter of Thomas Telford to Thomas...
Dates: 1806-1834.

Correspondence and papers concerning harbours and roads. , 1805-1834.

 File
Identifier: MS.19971
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i)-(vi) Harbours (i) Aberdeen, letters and accounts 1830, 1833, and a draft of the section of the ‘Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself’ relating to the harbour. (Folio 1.) (ii) Courtown, letters and reports, 1830-1833. See also MS.19978. (Folio 15.) (iii) Dundee, letters, 1860-1861, 1833. (Folio 50.) (iv) London, St Katharine's Dock, correspondence, report, and share certificates, 1825-1830. (Folio 58.) (v) Trinity, letter, 1834. (Folio...
Dates: 1805-1834.

Correspondence and papers concerning Minto gardens., 1731-1906, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.13227
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Minto gardens correspondence, 1768-1906 (folio 1); (ii) Gardens wages and accounts, 1792, 1821-1831 (folio 153); (iii) Memoranda, seed lists, and seedmen's accounts for the garden, 1731, 1757, 1769-1890, undated.

Dates: 1731-1906, undated.

Correspondence and papers concerning schools in Minto and Ashkirk., 1792-1897.

 File
Identifier: MS.13329
Scope and Contents

The correspondence and papers concern Minto School, 1792-1897 (folio 1), Clarilaw School, Wilton, 1884-1885 (folio 215), and Ashkirk Female School and Ashkirk School Board, 1873-1875 (folio 234).

Dates: 1792-1897.