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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 14710 Collections and/or Records:

16 letters of John S Blackie, probably to Chapman and Hall.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7859
Scope and Contents

Concerning his publications.

Dates: circa 1875-circa 1877.

17 letters, circa 1752-circa 1781, of and to Hugh Hume Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7770
Scope and Contents

Concerning estate and family matters.

With six letters and other papers, 1674-1766, concerning Bruce Campbell and his family.

Dates: 1674-circa 1781.

17 letters of 1st Earl Haig to the Very Reverend G S Duncan.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7706
Scope and Contents

Concerning Haig`s religious convictions, his British Legion work, and other topics.

Dates: 1918-1924, 1926.

17 letters of Andrew K H Boyd.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5373
Dates: 1865-1897 and undated.

17 letters of James Logan to Sir John Philippart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7182
Scope and Contents

Concerning Logan`s edition of "The Clans of the Scottish Highlands..." (London, 1845-1847), and to his other contributions to the "Naval and Military Gazette".

Dates: 1842-1847.

17 letters of Neil Gunn to Naomi Mitchison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5813
Scope and Contents

Copy of letter, 1944, of Naomi Mitchison to Neil Gunn, and one other letter, undated, of Mitchison to an unknown recipient.

Dates: 1942-1971.

17 letters to Gavin Ewart from various publishers.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11226
Scope and Contents

Letters concern Ewart`s novel, "The Adventures of Arthur".

Dates: 1972-1974.

17 letters to James Wilson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7774
Scope and Contents

Concerning economic and political matters.

Dates: 1842-1853.

18 letters and one telegram, 1945-1954, of Walter de la Mare to Alice V Stuart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4875
Scope and Contents

With letter, 1961, of Theresa Whistler to Alice V Stuart, concerning Walter de la Mare.

Dates: 1945-1961.

18 letters of and to Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8967
Scope and Contents

Concerning his business affairs in Spain and Portugal.

Dates: 1808-1833.

18 letters to the family of Bishop Brinkley of Cloyne, many of Maria Edgworth and her family.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6931
Scope and Contents

Most containing references to Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1814-1839.

19 letters of Robert Garioch and five letters of Hugh MacDiarmid to Gael Turnbull.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9957
Scope and Contents

Mostly concerning Turnbull`s poems.

Dates: 1955-1981.

19 letters of Sir Andrew Ramsay, Lord Abbotshall: 17 of them to John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1663-1667, and undated; 1 to the Duke of Rothes, 1666; and 1 to the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 1670., 1663-1670.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.14
Scope and Contents

Of the letters to Lauderdale, 9 are published in ‘Letters from Archibald, Earl of Argyll, to John, Duke of Lauderdale’ by George Sinclair and C K Sharpe (Bannatyne Club, 1829), pages 103-124, to which page-references have been added in the manuscript.

Dates: 1663-1670.

19 letters to Alfred G Pape.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8393
Scope and Contents

Concerning the educational policy of the National Party of Scotland.

Dates: 1928-1929.

20 letters and a postcard of Arthur Conan Doyle to E Bruce Low.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6001
Scope and Contents

Concerning Doyle`s political ambitions and to the General Election of 1900, when he contested Central Edinburgh as a Liberal Unionist.

Dates: 1900-1905.