Correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1343 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Edwin and Willa Muir to Morley and Flora Jamieson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2061
Content Description
This fonds consists of friendly letters and cards from Edwin and Willa Muir to their wartime lodgers Morley and Flora Jamieson: an autograph letter signed from Edwin and Willa to Flora, two autograph letters signed from Willa to Morley and Flora, a carbon-copy typed letter from Edwin to Morley and Flora, a Christmas autograph correspondence card signed from Willa to the Jamiesons' dog Jinty, and a Christmas autograph picture postcard signed from Willa. The letters were sent from Edinburgh,...
Dates:
1944-1963
Letters from Esther and Edward Gilbert to Emily Booth Langworthy, 1904-1915
File
Identifier: Coll-210/1/12
Scope and Contents
Letters from Esther and Edward Gilbert ("Mater and Pater") at Lavender Hill London, to Emily Booth Langworthy giving family news. Emily Booth had stayed with the Gilberts for some time in the early 1900s.
Dates:
1904-1915
Letters from George Mackay Brown to Lawrence Millman
Fonds — Box CLX-A-373, Folder: Coll-1878: Letters from George Mackay Brown to Lawrence Millman.
Identifier: Coll-1878
Content Description
This fonds comprises 81 manuscript letters sent by George Mackay Brown to American writer and ethnographer Lawrence Millman, who was George M. Brown's only regular North American correspondent. Brown and Millman met in Stromness in 1977, and were friends for fifteen years. In his letters, Brown talks about his personal life and his writing, and refers to Millman's irish book Our Like Will Not Be There Again, as well as his prose poems. They corresponded...
Dates:
22 July 1977-12 February 1987
Letters from Hastings K. Banda to the Rev H. M. Phiri, 1932-c 1957
File — Box CLX-A-19: Series Coll-490/12; Series Coll-490/13
Identifier: Coll-490/12/8B
Scope and Contents
Letters from Hastings K. Banda to the Rev H. M. Phiri, his uncle, in Nyasaland., 1932-c 1957.1. Banda expresses surprise that money he sent has not been acknowledged. He sends his uncle the news that Bishop Vernon and his wife, the organisers of the Nyasaland Foundation, have been accused of the misuse of church funds, and consequently the Bishop is suspended. Banda has found that the bishops in the General Office use all the mission money while the Ministers in the Field go...
Dates:
1932-c 1957
Letters from James Hogg to Robert Cadell
Fonds — Box CLX-A-480
Identifier: Coll-2104
Content Description
Three letters from James Hogg (1770-1835) to publisher Robert Cadell (1788-1849), dated 6th March, [before 10th] July, and 17th October 1822.The letters relate to the multi-volume anthology of James Hogg's works, that he had seeked to publish in 1822 to boost both his income and his literary reputation. He had first suggested it to the Edinburgh publisher Archibald Constable, who gave the task to his business partner and son-in-law Robert Cadell. The publication appeared on the...
Dates:
6 March, [before 10] July, 17 October 1822
Letters from John Gwynn to John Pinkerton
Fonds — Box Dk.3.37
Identifier: Coll-2174
Scope and Contents
Two letters from John Gwynne to Rev. John Pinkerton, and notes on Syriac, 1915.
Dates:
1915
Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Neil Mackie
Fonds — Box CLX-A-760: Series Coll-67/71
Identifier: Coll-2078
Content Description
This fonds contains three letters (two originals, one copy) sent from Kenneth Leighton to Scottish tenor Neil Mackie in 1986 and 1987, relating to Leighton's composition "Earth, Sweet Earth" performed the first time by Neil Mackie in 1987.
Letter dated 25 June 1986, in which Leighton informs Mackie that ""Earth Sweet Earth" is now finished" and that "[he is] sending [him] a copy of the text". He goes on...
Dates:
1986-1987
Letters from Professor George Saintsbury to Rev. William Hunt
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1692
Identifier: Coll-2020
Content Description
This collection consists of typescript letters sent by Professor George Saintsbury to Rev. William Hunt D Litt., arranged in chronological order, dating from 1895 to 1932. The subjects of these letters are diverse, from family and personal matters, to literature and political discussions.
First lot: "Letters Christmas Eve 1895 to Dec. 1917. Autograph letters and typescript copies of these letters have...
Dates:
1895-1932
Letters from Rolf Gardiner, to Henry Williamson, c 1960s
File — Box CLX-A-24: Series Coll-490/22; Series Coll-490/23
Identifier: Coll-490/23/RG(E)
Scope and Contents
Rolf Gardiner expresses his appreciation of Williamson's books and describes the emotions they arouse. Comments upon the poets of the war generation and those that followed.
Including:
5-6. Appeal for the release of Rudolf Hess. He asks Henry Williamson to lend his weight to a petition. 4 and 5 February 1967.
Dates:
c 1960s
Letters from Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie to Richard Wharton
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2259
Scope and Contents
Letters (2) from Sylvester Douglas, Lord Glenbervie to Richard Wharton, about oak plantations in the New Forest, etc., for naval timber. Office of Woods, etc. Dated 15, 26 October 1813. 2 volumes.
Dates:
15, 26 October 1813