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 14696 Collections and/or Records:
Various single and small quantities of musical compositions and letters of James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MS.22078
Dates:
1870-1924, undated.
Various small collections of letters and papers, and some single items, of and concerning men who had served in the army in the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars.
Series
Identifier: MS.15385
Dates:
1815-1938, undated.
Various works edited by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1940, or before]-1953.
File
Identifier: MS.27077
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Fragmentary manuscripts and typescripts of ‘The golden treasury of Scottish poetry’, selected and edited by Hugh MacDiarmid (London, 1940). (Folio 1.) It includes a letter of MacDiarmid to the publisher commenting on the introduction. (Folio 58.)
(ii) Draft introduction, notes and partial typescript of an anthology of work by Scottish poets, circa 1950. (Folio 64.)
(iii) Introduction and part of the text and page-proofs of ‘Selected poems of William Dunbar’,...
Dates:
[1940, or before]-1953.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
/
Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
/
Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
/
Broadcasts and speeches of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
/
Editorial work of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
'Verge of the Scottish Highlands’ by William Palmer (London, 1947), containing corrections and other revisions in the author's hand; with the original book jacket and various letters and notes discussing the corrections.
Series
Identifier: MS.9158
Dates:
1947.
Verse epistle, 1719, of Allan Ramsay, addressed to the Musical Club of Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.9546
Scope and Contents
With a letter, 1792, of Henry Mackenzie to Thomas Cadell.
Dates:
1719, 1792.
Verse letter, ? 1787, of Robert Burns to John Renton of Lamerton.
File
Identifier: Acc.8574
Scope and Contents
With a letter, ? 1851, of Robert Chambers to J C Renton concerning the manuscript.
Dates:
? 1787, ? 1851
Verse letter containing a tale of Dumbuck Hill, Old Kilpatrick.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9518
Dates:
1841.
Video tape of a recording of a poetry reading by Joy Hendry, Norman MacCaig, William Neill and Iain Crichton Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12310
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of Valda Grieve, Brian Merriken Hill, Henry Mair, William Neill and Jim C Wilson.
Dates:
circa 1982-2003.
‘Vindication of His Majesty and the Estates [i.e., the States-General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands] in their partition of the Spanish Dominions [proposed by the Grand Alliance of 7 September, 1701. With sundry remarks on the Revolution [i.e., the accession of Philip of Anjou as Philip V of Spain]. In a letter to a person of quality'., [Circa 1701.]
Item
Identifier: MS.2759
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
[Circa 1701.]
Vocal scores and parts of various pieces of incidental music of G W Crawford., [?1892-?1941.]
File
Identifier: MS.21967
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Portions (possibly specimen) of vocal score for 'Afifah' by Herbert Woodgate (folio 1), preceded (folio i) by a letter, 1931, to G W Crawford declining the music, and some leaves of the libretto;(ii) Vocal score of a song 'O gin my love were yon red rose' from the Head Manuscript, used in 'Cardinal Beaton', the full score of which is MS.21963 (folio 21);(iii) Vocal score of 'Fenella', the full score of which is MS.21964...
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
/
Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
/
Incidental music of G W Crawford.
Volume compiled by Robert Pitcairn consisting of printed and some manuscript items of and concerning Archibald Pitcairne.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.7.17
Scope and Contents
The items of manuscript interest consist of presentation and other notes (numbers 26, 112), a poem (91) and a letter, 1711 (108), of Archibald Pitcairne; poems by Thomas Kincaid and Allan Ramsay (89, 92) and a poem (90) and notes in other contemporary hands (4, 5, 32, 45, 95, 102, 109); and notes and extracts (2, 3, 6, 39, 46a, 70, 88, 92a, 95a, 102a, 104) in Robert Pitcairn`s hand, and a copy by him, dated 1825, of a decreet of the Privy Council in favour of Archibald Pitcairne, 1700 (111)....
Dates:
1700, 1711.
Volume consisting chiefly of caricatures, 1875-1879, by Lord Archibald Campbell, son of the 8th Duke of Argyll.
File
Identifier: MS.7195
Scope and Contents
John Francis Campbell of Islay, Gaelic scholar and government official, George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, and Lord Colin Campbell, Member of Parliament for Argyll, are frequently featured. The volume includes an answer to a petition, ?1681, by the Earls of Erroll and Strathmore, and a list of debts, 1681, due by Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll. There are also two letters of Lord Archibald Campbell, one of J F Campbell of Islay, and a Gaelic poem, 1685, on Archibald, 9th...
Dates:
1681-1879.
Volume containing a few memoranda and copies of letters entered infrequently; it appears to have been discontinued and the contents recopied in other volumes., 1809-1810.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1809-1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
/
Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Volume containing a letter of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 1824; four letters concerning Byron, 1824 and 1828; and a manuscript of his last poem.
File
Identifier: Dep.238- is now Acc.8766.
Dates:
1824, 1828.
Volume containing an account of Leven`s Regiment (which later became the 25th Foot) from 1688, when it was raised by David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven, to 1826.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.21
Scope and Contents
The volume would appear to have been the first of two, for the leaves are watermarked 1860 and folio 175 is inscribed in pencil `See Book No II`. The work is anonymous: it appears to have been made the basis of the text of ‘Records of the King`s Own Borderers’ by R T Higgins, but neither the text nor the many pencil additions and alterations appear to be in his hand. The account begins at folio 13, being preceded by a summary account to 1793 (folio 1) and `A List of His Majesty`s...
Dates:
1860, or after-1908.
Volume containing copies of legal opinions (mostly of Robert Blair of Avontoun as Solicitor General), and of other legal letters and papers (some printed) on various topics.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.8
Scope and Contents
A letter is tipped in at folio 20, copies of legal papers are tipped in at folios 76 and 114, and printed legal papers are tipped in and pasted in at folios 29 and 32 verso respectively; folios 85-113, 116-120 are blank.
Dates:
1746, 1798-1824.
Volume containing extracts (folio 1) made about 1794 (the date of the watermark of the leaves) from the topographical collections of Walter Macfarlane of that ilk, 1748-1749 (Adv.MS.35.3.12), followed by fragments (folio 63), being folios 109-112 and 127-144, of ‘The Geography of Moray`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.1.13
Scope and Contents
The items appear to have been collected for George Chalmers (a letter to whom, 1798, is at folio 17) as materials for his ‘Caledonia’, the first volume of which was published in 1807. The descriptions of parishes at folios 1-10, 11-16, 19-50 verso, are taken from Adv.MS.35.3.12(i), pages 81-90, 291-299 and 310-340 respectively, and at folios 50 verso-61 from Adv.MS.35.3.12(iii), pages 259-270. `The Geography of Moray` is unidentified; it appears to have been written in the latter half of the...
Dates:
1748-2nd half of 18th century.
Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43341
Scope and Contents
There are here two volumes. The first contains a number of manuscripts of the poetry of Byron, with some correspondence of and to Byron.The content has been listed in the order in which it appears in the volume. For poetical works, first lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. The manuscripts are in the hand of Byron unless otherwise stated; pencil notes are in an unidentified hand.‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by...
Dates:
?1811-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Archive of John Murray, publishers.
/
Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
/
Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
/
Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Volume containing papers concerning peerages attainted after the 1715 and 1745 Rebellions., 1818-1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.8
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Opinions, 1826, concerning the forfeiture of the Earldom of Cromartie (folios 1-52);(ii) Letters, 1818-1819, and papers including transcripts of documents and opinions, 1829, and undated, concerning the claim of Sir Thomas Livingstone, 7th Baronet, of Westquarter, to the title and dignities of Earl of Linlithgow and Callendar (folios 53-119);(iii) Draft remarks, 1828, on the claim of William Maxwell of Caruchan...
Dates:
1818-1829.
Volume containing printed papers in peerage cases, in several of which Riddell was involved., 1782-1843.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.23
Scope and Contents
A few letters and other manuscript papers are bound in following the printed papers to which they relate.
Dates:
1782-1843.