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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 14709 Collections and/or Records:

Annotated and corrected copy of "A bibliography of articles in Blackwood`s Magazine", by A L Strout.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13273
Scope and Contents

Also included are off-prints of articles by, letters to and papers concerning Professor Strout.

Dates: 1959.

Annotated copy of J L Campbell and Francis Collinson, "Hebridean Folksongs" (1969).

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9003
Scope and Contents

With five letters, 1979, of Campbell to Collinson.

Dates: 1969-1979.

Annotated copy of May Sinclair, "A Defence of Idealism" (1917).

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11190
Scope and Contents

Includes three letters, 1923-1924, of the author to W J Jupp and Jupp`s annotations and presentation note, 1925, to J Ramsay MacDonald.

Dates: 1917-1923.

Annual Reports, letters, brochures, and miscellaneous papers relating to Hibernian Football Club, containing the ‘Hands off Hibs’ campaign., 1989-1992.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10691/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondence, drafts, notes, and working papers of Philip D Thomson of and concerning '100 Years of Hibs' (Edinburgh, 1975), being the centenary history of Hibernian Football Club co-written with Gerald Docherty. With circa 1000 Hibernian Football Club match programmes, photographs, 27 scrapbooks, fanzines and epherma, 1933-93, of and relating to Hibernian FC and Scottish football in general.

Dates: 1989-1992.

Anonymous letter signed 'A citizen', to Lord Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk, concerning the execution of Mary McKinnon, inserted in a collection of papers on this case., 1823.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6550 [L.C.1103]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These are the more substantial of the letters, papers and notes found in the Lauriston Castle Collection of printed books, whether pasted or inserted loosely into volumes or as inscriptions written in books.

Dates: 1823.

Anonymous letters, poetic effusions and letters requesting assistance mostly sent to Lord Byron., 1811-1823, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.43523
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, with anonymous letters being placed at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, the letters at ff.111-112 and ff.142-143 were located in Ms.43437 and Ms.43484 respectively. These were moved to their current location during cataloguing.Letters of Thomas Ashe to John Murray [II], 1814: folios 1-8;Letters of Bernard Barton to Lord Byron, 1812 and 1814:...
Dates: 1811-1823, undated.

Anonymous manuscript riddles, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7462
Scope and Contents

With associated letter, 1975, of Margaret Jeffrey.

Dates: 1975 and undated.

Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication., 1789-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.4889
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of a pamphlet entitled ‘Ten minutes of reflection on the late events in France. Recommended by a plain man to his fellow citizens’ (Woodbridge, 1793). (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript, 1803, of two apparently unpublished poetical letters, 'The new Oxford guide', which follow very closely the form and style of Christopher Anstey's ‘The new Bath guide’ (London, 1766), and therefore may possibly be by Christopher Anstey himself. (Folio...
Dates: 1789-1821.

Antiquarian collections of W T Johnston.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11781
Scope and Contents

Includes transcripts of letters and papers of eminent Scotsmen and other material relating to them. Files organised by subject.

Dates: Late 20th century.

Antiquarian correspondence, being groups of letters from Patrick Chalmers's (died 1854) principal correspondents on antiquarian matters., 1843-1861.

 File
Identifier: MS.15476
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are: John Stuart (folio 1); William Fraser (folio 75); Cosmo Innes (folio 121); Andrew Jervise (folio 149); R W Billings (folio 179); and Henry Laing (folio 214).

Some papers on early Scottish seals, associated with the interests shared by Laing and Patrick Chalmers, are included at the end of the volume (folio 246).

Dates: 1843-1861.

Aphorisms of Don Paterson., 1996, 2005.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12689/66-67
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Don Paterson's literary papers consist mainly of notebooks and poetry files in which his meticulous planning, working and reworking of the poems is evident. The notebooks are rarely only poetry and frequently contain doodles, bars of music and set lists relating to Lammas, 'mind-maps', packing lists and other such memory-aids, and lengthy notes often relating to his teaching activities.

Dates: 1996, 2005.

Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents

William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.

Dates: 1778-1961, undated.

"Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385., 1786-1793.

 File
Identifier: MS.3386
Scope and Contents

The documents consist chiefly of copies of letters and reports addressed to Cornwallis by his subordinates, and include, for instance, a letter of Captain Francis Light regarding Penang, 1788, and a long series of reports by magistrates on the administration of justice in criminal cases in their several districts, 1789-1790. All letters bear a reference to the covering letter in MS.3385.

Dates: 1786-1793.

Appointments, awards and honours., 1857-1902.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/49-50
Scope and Contents

Item 50 not received by National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 1857-1902.

Archive Correspondence, "Researchers General", A-C., 2000-2009

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1646
Scope and Contents Originally housed in a ringbinder this file is a counterpart of Acc.13328/1647. The original ringbinder was annotated as follows: "A-K, Researchers Correspondence, January 2003", however there are letters outlying this date, beginning in 2000, and finishing in 2009. Letters have been arranged alphabetically by researcher surname, subject surname, and/or organisation name. Original and copy letters are present. A manuscript index for the original contents of the ringbinder is present in file...
Dates: 2000-2009