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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 1778 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers concerning Richard M D Grange, "A Short History of the Scottish Dress" (1967).

 File
Identifier: Acc.9822
Scope and Contents

With typescript and illustrations, 1970, for Grange`s unpublished, "What to see on Mull".

Dates: 1967-1970.

Correspondence and papers concerning the administration of Kintail Estate.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8838
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from crofters and cottars on the estate.

Dates: 1887-1927.

Correspondence and papers concerning the Chelsea Reel Club, kept by Hugh Rose Foss.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14532
Content Description

Correspondence, membership and guest lists, ball programmes, dance cards and notebooks, 1934-ca. 1992, concerning the running of the Chelsea Reel Club and its regular dances and balls.

The archive was maintained by Hugh Rose Foss, better known for his war-time career as a code breaker. The Club was founded by friends of Foss's wife in 1935. Foss initially acted as Vice-Chairman, and became Chairman in 1938.

Dates: 1934-1992

Correspondence and papers concerning the Livingstonia Mission.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9269
Scope and Contents

Includes:

Instructions, 1877, by the Reverend Dr James Stewart

Letters, 1913-1924, from missionaries

paper, 1919, by the Reverend Dr George Brewster on German East Africa.

Dates: 1877-1924 and undated.

Correspondence and papers concerning the National Demonstration in Scotland, in honour of Arthur James Balfour.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6033/1-3
Scope and Contents

Including accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 1889.

Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12092/1-108
Scope and Contents This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates: Circa 1420-1989, undated.

Correspondence and papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, articles and reviews, of Nigel Tranter.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9402/1-58
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, topographical works, and articles, together with correspondence comprising around 2000 letters.

Dates: [?1955]-1986.

Correspondence and papers, including sermons, lectures, diaries and photographs, of Sir George Adam Smith, Lilian Adam Smith and their family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9446/1-422
Scope and Contents

The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).

Dates: 1847-1982.

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of Alastair Fowler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9030
Scope and Contents

Concerning his literary work, including his edition of "Paradise Lost".

Dates: 1961-1979.