Private Letterbooks of Arthur Pillans Laurie

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These letter books represent both research and other personal interests of Arthur Pillans Laurie, outside his work as Principle of Heriot-Watt College. These include his interest in art and paint pigments as well as his obligations to the development of the college.

The Private Letterbooks of Arthur Pillans Laurie series consists of:

• copy letters relating to college matters including the disciplining of students and the organisation of courses
• letters relating to meetings and reports
• letters relating to the building of Edinburgh College of Art, including a debate about whether artisans should be trained there or at Heriot-Watt College
• letters about pigments and varnishes on paintings and manuscripts
• letters about organising and printing articles

• Art
• Artisans
• College Discipline
• Education
• Paintings
• Pigments
• Manuscripts
• Study, Courses of
• Varnish and Varnishing

• Laurie | Arthur Pillans | 1861-1949 | principal of Heriot-Watt College

• Heriot-Watt College | 1885-1966 | college | Edinburgh (Scotland)