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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 5441 Collections and/or Records:

Appendix to 'Minute of the Present State and Demands of the British Army Serving on Colonial Stations' (Downing Street, May 1839), with related correspondence., October 1838-May 1839.

 File
Identifier: MS.12164
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: October 1838-May 1839.

Articles by 'The successful investor', John Blythe Kinross, for the "Investor's chronicle", containing some associated press cuttings and correspondence., 1954-1964.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8699/52
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: 1954-1964.

'As ithers see us', a play for radio, by Robert McLellan, first produced in 1954, about the posthumous edition and biography of Robert Burns., 1954, 1962, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26350
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of the play (folio l). The first five pages are missing. (ii) Correspondence with the producer, James Crampsey, with related papers, 1954 (folio 64); (iii) Typescript, with manuscript corrections and additions (folio 80); (iv) Notes (folio l68); (v) Manuscript and typescript of a brief article by Robert McLellan in the ‘Radio Times’, 18 January 1962, written for another broadcast of the play (folio l89).

Dates: 1954, 1962, undated.

Associated correspondence, 1981-1983

 File
Identifier: Acc.14080/2
Scope and Contents

Contains a letter, 1981, from Major-General D.H.G. Rice, General Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, on the correct wearing of decorations. The remaining correspondence, 29 ff. in all, consists of an exchange of letters, partly in copy, between Chadwick and the Very Rev. Dr. Hugh Douglas on the use of titles by knighted clergy in Scotland.

Dates: 1981-1983

Attic Archive correspondence., 1993-1994.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 15(4)-(5)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...
Dates: 1993-1994.

Biographical and genealogical correspondence and papers, 1834-1961, undated, concerning William Marshall and some members of his family; with a few unrelated items, 19th century., 19th century-1961, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.15376
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Correspondence and papers, 1905-1961, undated, concerning William Marshall (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers, 1964-1965, concerning Marshall and his two fiddles (folio 30); (iii) Biographical accounts and notes, 1834, [circa 1841], 1856, 1922, undated, concerning Marshall and some members of his family (folio 130); (iv) A few unrelated items, 19th century (folio 256).

Dates: 19th century-1961, undated.

Biographical and memorial material relating to Alasdair Geddes., 1919-1969, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19267
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Biographical notes of Alasdair Geddes written by his brother Arthur, undated (folio 1);(ii) Typescript of epitaph to Alasdair Geddes carved on his tombstone by his brother, Arthur, in 1919 (folio 6);(iii) Typescript of ‘To One is not and Yet is’, by Rachel Annand Taylor, undated (folio 10);(iv) Correspondence, 1969, of Jeannie Geddes with the Scottish National Institute for the War Blinded concerning the medals...
Dates: 1919-1969, undated.

Bone family correspondence papers., 1900-1904, 1941-1953.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9484/14-15
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.

Dates: 1900-1904, 1941-1953.