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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 14746 Collections and/or Records:

62 letters of Neil Gunn to Margaret MacEwen.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10326
Scope and Contents

Mostly concering personal matters.

Dates: 1938-1966.

63 letters and cards of Frances Shand Kydd to William McIlwraith, Ayr.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12619
Scope and Contents

Includes book and press cutting.

Dates: circa 1997-2004.

64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7175
Scope and Contents

With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.

Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.

Dates: 1388, 1798-1952.

73 letters to George Bruce from various correspondents, and copies of 18 letters of Bruce.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10998
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1950, 1965-1988.

87 letters of Joseph Macleod to William Montgomerie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9155
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal and literary matters.

With three letters, 1950-1953, of Macleod to Norah Montgomerie.

Dates: 1944-1982.

89 funeral letters to the family of Scott of Raeburn.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7516
Scope and Contents

Including three letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1771-1840.

95 letters of André Raffalovich to Charles Ballantyne.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4630
Scope and Contents

With ten copies of letters, 24 postcards, and two telegrams. Also two letters and a card concerning Raffalovich.

Dates: 1925-1934.

115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

118 letters to James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9624
Scope and Contents

Concerning literary and personal matters, with associated manuscripts of poems.

Correspondents include: Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid and Albert D Mackie.

Dates: 1926-1985.

130 Letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay to James F Hendry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10806
Scope and Contents

Includes related copy letters of Hendry.

Dates: 1945-1985

137 letters to Edward McGrory, mostly of Adelaide Ross, née Phillpotts.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10946
Scope and Contents

On personal and literary matters.

Dates: 1977-1987.

139 letters to George Mackay Brown.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10894/1-3
Scope and Contents Three files of correspondence for the period 1987-1989, mostly concerning works of George Mackay Brown, but with some personal correspondence also included.There are letters from Hugo Brunner, Brown's editor at John Murray, throughout the files, as well as correspondence from Cyril Cusack concerning a proposed stage adaptation of 'Andrina', and several letters from smaller publishers including Celtic Cross Press, The Old Stile Press and Balnain Books. Letters from broadcasters...
Dates: 1987-1989.

141 letters of Neil Gunn to John B Pick and eight letters of Gunn to Gene Pick.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10548
Scope and Contents

With typescript of Francis Russell Hart and John B Pick, "The Essential Neil Gunn: a Conversation".

Dates: 1946-1972.

145 letters to Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10964
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1974-1992 and undated.

155 letters of Sir Alexander Gray to Elias Bredsdorff.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11562
Scope and Contents

Letters concern Danish ballads and translations into Scots.

Dates: 1952-1967.

162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12679
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson's daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem 'To George' by Jenny Robertson.

Dates: 1977-1996.