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 14697 Collections and/or Records:
168 letters to George Mackay Brown.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4847
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Willa Muir, Iain Crichton Smith and Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Dates:
1947-1969.
168 letters to George Mackay Brown from various correspondents including Willa Muir, Iain Crichton Smith and Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.141- is now Acc.4847.
Dates:
1947-1969.
192 letters of James Guthrie to or concerning Reginald Hallward.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8833
Scope and Contents
Concerning artistic and personal matters and also the Pear Tree Press.
Dates:
1899-1950.
216 letters on literary matters to Alastair Mackie.
File
Identifier: Acc.11249
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: J K Annand, Duncan Glen, Robert Garioch and Alexander Scott.
Dates:
1964-1995.
235 letters to Alan Bold.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10374
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Mackay Brown, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean and Muriel Spark.
Dates:
1964-1990.
264 letters to Alastair Mackie mostly on literary matters.
File
Identifier: Acc.11262
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Duncan Glen, Eric Gold and Alexander Scott.
Dates:
1965-1989.
267 letters of André Raffalovich to Francis H Wright and his family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5287
Scope and Contents
With 19 letters of John Gray to Wright, and explanatory notes by Sir Norman Wright.
Dates:
early 20th century.
284 letters of O H Mavor to Rona Mavor.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6707
Scope and Contents
Mainly on personal matters, and mentioning his experiences as an Army medical offices in the Second World War,
With a letter, 1923, of Sir George Adam Smith to R B Mavor, on her forthcoming marriage.
Dates:
1923, 1939-1942, 1950.
296 letters concerning a proposed memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8469
Dates:
1896.
327 letters of William Maxwell to Mary E Wood.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6283
Scope and Contents
Concerning personal, business, and literary matters, including references to the printing of works of George Bernard Shaw.
With associated printed items.
Dates:
1933-1939.
396 letters of Sir Walter Scott, addressed chiefly to his family, with some letters of other writers.
Series
Identifier: MSS.138-144
Dates:
1788-1832, undated.
880 letters to George Mackay Brown from various correspondents.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10372
Scope and Contents
Letters concern literary and personal matters
Dates:
1974-1987.
A "Burns" poem and a "Scott" letter, the work of forger, Alexander Howland Smith.
File
Identifier: Acc.9595
Dates:
circa 1888-1892.
'A few manuscript sermons of the Revd. David Lumgair, Newton St. Boswells (written between the years 1845-1859)'.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.6.15
Dates:
1845-1859.
A portion of the 'Orkney Sea Snake', widely known as the 'Beast of Stronsay', sent to Lord Byron; with correspondence, a transcription and press cutting concerning the same, , 1815-1977.
File
Identifier: MS.43544
Scope and Contents
The box containing the specimens contains a labels reading "A portion of hte bone and bristle of the sea snake found off Orkney 1808. Sent with a descriptiove letter by Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815".The box also has notes and captions relating to the contents attached to the box. There is also related correspondence, press cuttings and notes:Letter of Joanna Baillie to Anne Isabella Byron, Lady Byron, 1815: folios 1-2;...
Dates:
1815-1977.
'A. Prymera Relacion', July 1519; apparently a copy of the letter sent by Hernando Cortés to the Emperor mentioned in Principal William Robertson's 'History of America', volume i, page xi, and volume ii, pages 33, 521., 1519.
Item
Identifier: MS.3960
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1519.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
A scrapbook containing press-cuttings and some letters relating to Thomas Mackay Cooper's public career and publications., 1930-1937.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6188/7
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon, relating to Thomas Mackay Cooper's candidacies in Banffshire and West Edinburgh, 1931 and 1935.
Dates:
1930-1937.
"A Skylight on the Past", copy of a typescript of letters and memoranda of the families of Pemberton in County Durham and Wallace in Nairn, compiled by Nisa Laing.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9986
Scope and Contents
Contains material concerning India and the First World War.
Dates:
1880-circa 1920.
About 3400 letters and copies of letters of Angus Calder.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11312
Scope and Contents
Letters concern literary, academic and personal matters.
Dates:
1961-1989.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11573
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1808.
File
Identifier: MS.11580
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1808.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1809.
File
Identifier: MS.11581
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1810.
File
Identifier: MS.11585
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1812.
File
Identifier: MS.11592
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1812.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
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Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.
Abstracts of letters to the Governor-General., 1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11595
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Letter-books containing English translations of the Persian correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General, chiefly with Indian and other Eastern princes, notables and various petitioners.
/
Letter-books containing English translations of Persian correspondence of the Governor-General, with abstracts of incoming letters.