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Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of addressed and written communication sent and received, including letters, postcards, memorandums, notes, telegrams, or cables.

Found in 7214 Collections and/or Records:

Business papers, 1829, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Gl-K., 1829.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6926-6927
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1829.

Business papers, 1830, of Messrs William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers: correspondents from towns beginning with Be-D., 1830.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6932-6934
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This is the business archive of the firm, comprising incoming letters, orders, and receipts, from all parts of Britain and elsewhere, and drafts of a few of the firm's replies.

Dates: 1830.

Business papers, notebooks, diaries, maps and plans of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10706/1-697
Scope and Contents These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates: 1636-1963.

Business papers of John Blythe Kinross., 1927-1984, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8699/1-26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes...
Dates: 1927-1984, undated.

Business papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.216- is now Acc.10706.

Business papers of Sir John Rennie., 1832-1841.

 File
Identifier: MS.19943
Scope and Contents

The papers include memoranda concerning London Bridge, 1832, incoming correspondence, 1835-1841, and other miscellaneous accounts and papers, 1835-1838, mostly relating to the Commercial (London and Blackwall) Railway.

Dates: 1832-1841.

Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1832-1972, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/1-164
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1832-1972, undated.

Cadell Collection, volume I: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Archibald Constable and his firm., 1796-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.742
Scope and Contents

The correspondents also include: James Ballantyne [?1813-1821]; John Ballantyne, 1813-1820; Robert Cadell, 1813-1821; William Erskine, 1811; Reverend C R Maturin, 1817-1818; and Sir Thomas Slingsby, of Scriven, 1806.

Dates: 1796-1821.

Cadell Collection, volume III: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne., 1825-1828.

 File
Identifier: MS.744
Scope and Contents

The other correspondents are Archibald Constable, 1825-1826; Sir Adam Ferguson, 1827; John Gibson Lockhart, 1827; Charles Mills, historian, 1825; and John Murray, [?1816].

There is also an inventory of Walter Scott's letters, found among Archibald Constable's papers and sent to Robert Cadell, signed by David Constable, 1833.

Dates: 1825-1828.

Cadell Collection, volume IV: correspondence of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly with Robert Cadell and James Ballantyne., 1828-1831, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.745
Scope and Contents

There are a number of undated letters of Sir Walter Scott to James Ballantyne at the end of the volume. There are also letters of Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, 1830; Lord Advocate Rae, 1828; and Alexander Young of Harburn, 1829.

Dates: 1828-1831, undated.

Caricature, undated, probably by J G Lockhart

 File
Identifier: Acc.10010
Scope and Contents

With two letters, 1955, of Marion Lochhead and other correspondence concerning the caricature.

Dates: 1955 and undated.

CD-ROM, 'Fairley, letter July 2007', containing document of Rob Fairley., 2007.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(4)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2007.

CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter 07 Sept 07', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(7)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2007.

CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter Sept 19 2007', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2007.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(8)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2007.

CD-ROM, 'The Attic Archive, letter to Peter, January 2008', containing documents of Rob Fairley., 2008.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 37(10)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The box is covered and lined with synthetic fleece. It contains correspondence on CD-ROM discs.

Dates: 2008.