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Christmas cards.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Greeting cards that are sent or given as expressions of goodwill at Christmastime. The first Christmas cards were made in the 1840s in England. The tradition is followed in all English-speaking countries and the practice is growing in many others.

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13602
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.

It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.

Dates: 1989-2009

Christmas cards of Naomi Mitchison, with woodcuts of Gertrude Hermes and others.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4845
Scope and Contents

With typescript and copy of memorandums on National Parks, Highland education and museums of Mitchison.

Dates: circa 1940-circa 1969.

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith, containing letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards., 1935-1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence includes:

Letters to Maisie (Mrs Charles Smith Drew) from father and Janet Adam Smith, 1935, with references to the wedding of Janet to Michael Roberts;

Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to Janet Adam Smith, 1938-1964;

Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to Janet Adam Smith, 1965-1975;

Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to Janet Adam Smith, 1976-1999.

Dates: 1935-1999.

Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith, containing letters, exchanges, postcards, Christmas cards and press cuttings., 1950-1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/5
Scope and Contents Correspondence includes:Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Elizabeth Guiness, Norah Clarke and Elizabeth Bremner, 1950-1994;Postcards and Christmas cards from Rupert Hart-Davis to Janet Adam Smith and John Carleton, 1965-1992;Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Maisie Drew, and Bessie and Nellie Crawford, 1970-1974;Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to Janet Adam Smith, 1973-1999;Letters to Janet Adam Smith, and press...
Dates: 1950-1999.

Designers` Christmas cards received by Ruari McLean.

 Series
Identifier: Dep.362
Dates: 1881, 1938-1982, 1990-2002, and undated.

Letter and Christmas cards of Edith Simon to Dr Joan Basden, with two photographs.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14192
Scope and Contents Edith Simon [Mrs Edith Reeve] and Dr Joan Basden were housed at Mortonhall House, Edinburgh, with their husbands, Dr Eric Reeve and Eric Basden, who were attached to the National Animal Breeding and Genetics Research Organisation in the Institute of Animal Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. The folder contains five 'paper-cut' Christmas cards, 1967-1969 and n.d., handmade by Edith Simon for Joan Basden and her family; letter, 30 August 1957, on the occasion of Joan and Eric...
Dates: 1948-1969.

Letters and cards of Ian Hamilton Finlay to Christine Shaw.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12854
Scope and Contents

Includes copies of Wild Hawthorn Press books, art-works, private view cards and other papers relating to Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: circa 1992-2000.

Letters and Christmas cards received by Dr Helen Morrison., December 1962.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12917/126
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...
Dates: December 1962.

Letters, invitations, photographs, cuttings and other papers of or relating to the Royal Family., 1902-1949.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9446/147-153
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).

Dates: 1902-1949.

Letters of George Borrow to John Murray III and to Robert Cooke; with letters of Mary Borrow to John Murray III. Included are several miscellaneous items concerning George Borrow., 1840-1865, 1951.

 File
Identifier: MS.42042
Scope and Contents Folios 1-24. Letters, 1842-1865, of George Borrow to John Murray III, with letters of Borrow to Robert Cooke. 25-48. Letters, 1848-1857, of Mary Borrow to John Murray III, with a letter to “Mr. Woodfall”. 49-50. Letter, "Sept. 23d" of William Knapp to John Murray III. 51-52. Letter, 1840, of John ?Stouring to John Murray ?II. 53-54. Manuscript inventory of the “Letters of Geo. Borrow to John Murray, Esq.” 55. Manuscript copy of...
Dates: 1840-1865, 1951.

Letters of, to or concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: correspondents with surnames from Sandler to Wisdom., 1900-1959, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50102
Scope and Contents The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Sandler, Joseph.Letter, 1956, of Joseph Sandler to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 1.Stanley, James.Letters, 1941, of James Stanley to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 2-3.Sutherland, John.Correspondence, 1944-1963, including copies of letters, between John Sutherland and William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 4-110....
Dates: 1900-1959, undated.

Letters to Ian Rankin of correspondents with surnames and corporate names beginning P-R., 1984-2018, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50308
Scope and Contents The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname or corporate name of the correspondents, and chronologically under each name. Pappu, Phyllis.Letter, 2000, of Phyllis Pappu to Ian Rankin regarding Rankin’s novel ‘The Hanging Garden’. Folios 1-2.Pelicula Films. See Yule, John.Penzler, Otto.Letters and fax, 1993, 1996-1997, of Otto Penzler to Ian Rankin regarding publishing of Rankin’s novels (1993) and Rankin's novella...
Dates: 1984-2018, undated.

Lists of Christmas cards received by Muriel Spark, with some of the cards., 1983-1997.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11621/27-28
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1983-1997.

Lists of Christmas cards received by Muriel Spark, with some of the cards., 1983-1995.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/27
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1983-1995.

Lists of Christmas cards received by Muriel Spark, with some of the cards., 1996-1997.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/28
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1996-1997.

Miscellaneous papers concerning George Crabbe., 1905-1984.

 File
Identifier: MS.42125
Scope and Contents Folios 1-9. Copies of letters : ff. 1-2 : typescript transcription, ? 3rd quarter of 20th century, of a letter, ? 1817, of George Crabbe to an unknown correspondent; f. 3 : photocopy, ? 4th quarter of 20th century, of a typescript transcription of a letter, 1819, of George Crabbe to James Asperne; ff. 4-9 : photocopy, ? 4th quarter of 20th century, of a typescript transcription of a letter, 1834, of Thomas Moore to ...
Dates: 1905-1984.