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Letters. Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Article on a student expedition to Cappadocia, Turkey in 1964; accompanying correspondence with University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association Journal as publisher, 1964, 2013-2014

 File
Identifier: MS.50790
Scope and Contents This file contains letters, emails, and notes regarding the publication of an article in the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association Journal by Lucinda Mackay, recalling a student trip to Turkey in 1964 as part of her degree thesis research. (University of Edinburgh Journal, Volume 46: Number 3, June 2014) Also includes typescript drafts of the article and two photographs of Dr. Anthony Matthews and Ian Dickson who accompanied Mackay on the trip. The journal is also present with the...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1964, 2013-2014

Books and articles published by Lucinda Mackay, 1964-2015

 Series
Identifier: MS.50787-MS.50792
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

Dates: 1964-2015

Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay, 1965-2016

 Series
Identifier: MS.50707-MS.50734
Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence files documenting Lucinda Mackay's communications with friends, close acquaintances, patrons, painting subjects, private and public galleries, and other artists. Subject matter primarily includes discussion of Mackay's creative work, upcoming exhibitions, works-in-progress, social engagements, invitations, shared cultural interests, and family news.

Dates: 1965-2016

Family Papers of Lucinda Mackay, 1941-2022

 Series
Identifier: MSS.50828-50839
Scope and Contents

This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'

Dates: 1941-2022

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to Artist Residencies, 1999-2001, 2011

 File
Identifier: MS.50811
Scope and Contents

Papers regarding Mackay's residencies at Birkhill Primary School; and Newtyle and Auchterhouse Schools between 1999-2001. File also includes an artist's statement by Mackay as part of an application for an artist's residency at CERN, the European Organization For Nuclear Research, in Geneva.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1999-2001, 2011

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her academic education and artistic training, 1961-2016

 Series
Identifier: MS.50820-MS.50827
Scope and Contents

This series documents Lucinda Mackay's early education in Switzerland at the Châtelard School, Les Avants (1954-1958), and her subsequent education and training at Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) (1960-1965) and the Central School of Art and Design, London (1973-1974).

Dates: 1961-2016

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her artistic practice, writing, and teaching, 1965-2022

 Series
Identifier: MS.50735-MS.50819
Scope and Contents

This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

Dates: 1965-2022

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her teaching roles, 1977-2014

 File
Identifier: MS.50819
Scope and Contents

File contains letters from previous pupils and fellow teachers; material pertaining to applications for teaching positions; third party references; curriculum vitaes; and teaching material and syllabi.

Mackay taught art, pottery, design, and ceramics in schools in Edinburgh, the East Ham and Bethnal Green areas of London, and Essex between 1966-1982.

Dates: 1977-2014

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her writing and illustration work, 1964-2022

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.50787-MS.50804
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

Dates: 1964-2022

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to public speaking engagements, 1994-2006

 File
Identifier: MS.50812
Scope and Contents This file contains draft speaking notes, letters, and programmes concerning events at which Lucinda Mackay has spoken. Events include a Burns Supper, at the Royal Overseas League (1994, 1995, programme included); a lecture for The Scottish Society on 'Music and Portraits at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery' (1994); a Burns Supper, at The Scottish Society (1994, programme included); a Burns Supper, at the Scottish Arts Club (1994, programme included); a lecture on portrait...
Dates: 1994-2006

Portfolio of loose artworks for 'The Zoology Anthology: A Jesty Bestiary' publication, March-May 2015

 File
Identifier: MS.50803
Scope and Contents This portfolio contains 143 pages of typescript limericks with accompanying hand-drawn illustrations, as featured in Lucinda Mackay's self-published book, The Zoology Anthology: a jesty bestiary, published in 2015, using her pen name Naomi de Plume. The first 17 pages of a printer's proof of the book are also included, alongside two letters of correspondence from Lucinda Mackay to book designer Mark Blackadder (Edinburgh) in which the artist discusses supplying further illustrations and...
Dates: March-May 2015

Publication: 'Fun de siecle : a collection of nonsense for the turn of the century', 1995-1999

 File
Identifier: MS.50801
Scope and Contents

This file contains letters regarding the publication of this humourous self-penned and illustrated book by Lucinda Mackay under the pen name Naomi de Plume in 1999. Contains letters of congratulations from friends and acquaintances, and sale lists for those who subscribed for its purchase upon release. Also contains a copy of the book.

Dates: 1995-1999

Publication: 'Lucinda Mackay's new twelve days of Christmas : with a foreword by Bevis Hillier, 1999

 File
Identifier: MS.50789
Scope and Contents

This file contains letters, drafts, and copy illustrations regarding the publication of 'The new twelve days of Christmas', which was self-published by Lucinda Mackay in 1999. Includes letters to Bevis Hillier, who authored the foreword. Also contains a proof copy of the book.

Dates: 1999

Publication: 'Poems', 1980-1999, 2010

 File
Identifier: MS.50787
Scope and Contents

This file contains letters, manuscript notes, draft pages, and reproduced news reviews regarding the publication of Lucinda Mackay's debut poetry collection, Poems, by Tuba Press in 1980, including letters of editor Peter Elison. Also contains a copy of the book itself.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980-1999, 2010