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 7219 Collections and/or Records:
Trust correspondence and papers concerning Admiral Sir George Elliot., 1861-1887.
File
Identifier: MS.12332
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1861-1887.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Trust correspondence and papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto.
Trust correspondence and papers concerning the 1st Baron Dunfermline., 1845-1876.
File
Identifier: MS.12333
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1845-1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Trust correspondence and papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto.
Trust correspondence and papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto., 1844-1890.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12332-12334
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1844-1890.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Trust correspondence and papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto., 1844-1890.
File
Identifier: MS.12334
Scope and Contents
The papers concern the family of Adam of Blair Adam, 1877 (folio 1), Hugh Lindsay Antrobus, 1886 (folio 5), Sir John Peter and Lady (Catherine Sarah) Boileau, 1860 (folio 11), Hugh Culling Eardley Childers and Katharine Anne Childers, 1881 (folio 15), Agnes Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Elliot, Rector of Wheldrake, 1874 (folio 21), Edmund James Elliot, 1872-1879 (folio 25), Admiral Russell Eliott, 1862-1882 (folio 40), Alexander Gilbert Barry, 1864 (folio 47), the family of Mackenzie of...
Dates:
1844-1890.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Trust correspondence and papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto.
Trust deeds and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller, relating to staff pension scheme., 1955-1978.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/74
Dates:
1955-1978.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Business papers and correspondence of James Thin, bookseller.
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Papers of James Thin, bookseller, relating to staff.
Two autograph letters of David Wilkie.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13499
Scope and Contents
Two autograph letters, 1829 and undated, of David Wilkie concerning the completion of `The Entrance of King George IV to Holyrood`.
Dates:
1829 and undated
Two letters from members of the public to Margo MacDonald concerning assisted suicide., 10 October 2009, 26 October 2010.
File
Identifier: Acc.13638/11
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
Dates:
10 October 2009, 26 October 2010.
Two letters of Derick S. Thomson to Roger Leitch.
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Identifier: Acc.13794
Scope and Contents
Concerns his fieldwork and recording of Gaelic tales in South Uist, and organisations concerned with collecting folk tradition in Scotland, 1949-1953. With photocopied pages from Roger Leitch`s book `By Bicycle in Scotland` (London 1993) to which the letters refer.
Dates:
1996
Two letters of Robert Herries to William Forbes.
File
Identifier: Acc.13728
Scope and Contents
Concerning banking matters.
Dates:
1768.
Two letters of Ruari McLean to George Bernard Shaw, with Shaw`s replies.
File
Identifier: Acc.9600
Scope and Contents
Concerning typography.
Dates:
1949.
Two notebooks of John McGrath, containing schedules, a draft letter to the SAC, and draft of a screenplay for "Game's a bogey"., ?Circa 1976.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/420
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Aside from, though related to, his work with 7:84, John McGrath was involved in the study of political theatre, and was himself the subject of many articles, papers and dissertations. Much of the material listed in this section falls into this category, though there is also some that might equally well have been incorporated into the main 7:84 sequence, and vice-versa. There is some overlap with, and duplication of, items in the main sequence.
Dates:
?Circa 1976.
Two rough manuscript drafts and two printed copies of a report ‘to the General Board of Health’ by the Commissioners appointed to inquire into warming and ventilation of Dwellings’, with a small amount of related correspondence., 1857.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.2.1
Scope and Contents
At the beginning of the volume Campbell has recorded several experiments he made concerning movements of air.
The letters, mainly to and from Sir Henry S Roscoe and Sir George W Dasent, give reactions to the report.
Dates:
1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Correspondence, notes and printed material relating to the Heating and Ventilation Commission, of which Campbell was secretary.
Two scripts and correspondence of 'Aitealan dlù is cian' (1969), by Rev Kenneth Ross., 1969.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/51
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1969.
Two volumes, labelled 'Individuals', containing correspondence concerning officers and seamen of the Royal Navy, officials of the Admiralty, storekeepers etc., and all persons having claims connected with the Navy., 1782-1842, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1046-1047
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.
Dates:
1782-1842, undated.
Two volumes, labelled 'Individuals', containing correspondence concerning persons in or connected with the Army, including (in addition to regulars) Volunteers, Militia, and Fencibles, offers of service and claims on the Army., 1784-1828, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1049-1050
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.
Dates:
1784-1828, undated.
Two volumes, labelled 'Individuals', containing correspondence concerning Scottish persons and posts., 1770-1830, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1055-1056
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.
Dates:
1770-1830, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and documents received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount.
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Papers relating to Scotland received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Typed copies of correspondence of and regarding Sir Walter Scott, ?1806-1810, from ‘The Taylors of Ongar’ by Doris M Armitage., ?1806-1810.
File
Identifier: MS.2975, folios 97-99
Dates:
?1806-1810.
Typed copies of newspaper articles and correspondence relating to John Knox, from the scrap-book of David Hay Fleming.
File
Identifier: MS.2932
Scope and Contents
The correspondents include David Hay Fleming himself, Hume Brown, Andrew Lang, and James King Hewison.
Dates:
1890-1905.
Typed transcripts of correspondence concerning the mission to Brazil of Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay.
File
Identifier: Acc.6667
Dates:
1825-1828.
Typescript and draft of 'The tragedy of man', by Imre Madach, translated and adapted by Iain Macleod., 1991, 1993, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11443/119-120
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes prompt scripts, scripts of unperformed plays, production photography and press cuttings.
Dates:
1991, 1993, undated.
Typescript biography concerning Helen Baker, missionary in Rajputana, by Margaret Foster.
File
Identifier: Acc.10446
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and photographs.
Dates:
20th century.
Typescript copies of correspondence between Thomas Goldie Scot, Surgeon-Major, Cameron Highlanders, in India, and his family in Edinburgh and Moniaive.
File
Identifier: Acc.9266
Scope and Contents
Transcribed from the originals, with two photographs of portraits of Thomas Scot, father of Thomas Goldie Scot.
Dates:
1842-1859.
Typescript copies of correspondence, March 1894-June 1895, on foreign affairs between Lord Kimberley, the Foreign Secretary, and Sir William Vernon Harcourt., 1894-1895.
File
Identifier: MS.10143
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1894-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery on foreign affairs.
Typescript copies of correspondence mostly with Indian Ruling Chiefs and other notabilities concerning the erection of a memorial statue to the 4th Earl of Minto in Calcutta., 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12789
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to his time in India.
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Miscellaneous Indian correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto.
Typescript copy of the journal, 1786, of Clarinda Bruce on a journey to India.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7897
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence and a typescript account, 20th century, of the family of Alexander P Trotter.
Dates:
1786-20th century.