Autobiographies.
Found in 294 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous notes and articles of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., Early 20th century.
Miscellaneous notes and writings of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 18th century-early 19th century.
The volume contains miscellaneous historical notes, 18th and early 19th centuries, many by Martha Fletcher and her father Henry (on military matters and against the union of 1707); also an essay on Machiavelli, notes by Lord Milton (presumably lecture notes from Leyden) on the Roman constitution, continuation of the autobiography of the 4th Earl of Panmure (see MS.17804), and an obituary of General John Fletcher.
Miscellaneous notes, articles, financial records and other papers., 1801-1986, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Ruthven Todd., [Circa 1920]-1981, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Hays of Yester., 1509-mid 20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Oliphants of Gask., 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous prose of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., ?1936-1950, undated.
Miscellaneous single letters, poetry, etc., of celebrities, collected by Allan Park Paton., 1762-1900, undated.
"Mr. James Murray's Diary, or, a succinct record of quhat was remarkable with relation to him for ye glory of God & of his own shame & downcasting"; James Murray was Minister of Penpont, Dumfriesshire, 1693-1735.
The work, which is more of an autobiography than a diary, James Murray's life until about 1717. It includes 'A short account of quhat was memorable in ye life, especially at ye death, of Agnes Gilchrist, spouse to Jo. Duncan in Penpont' (folios 60-64).
"My Patient's recollections", an account in an unidentified twentieth-century hand of the early life, until about 1849, of Mary E Haldane., [1917, or before.]
Notebook containing an account by Mary E Haldane of her ancestors and her early years as far as about 1846., [After ?1868.]
Notebook containing an account by Mary E Haldane of her life and experiences resuming, at about 1856, the narrative started in MS.20018: Notebook containing an account by Mary E Haldane of her ancestors and her early years as far as about 1846., [After ?1868.]
The narrative breaks off in mid-sentence (folio 45) part-way through a summary of the visit to Italy in 1868 (cf. MS.20014). At the back (folio 1 inverted) is an account possibly derived from a printed source, of Port Royal and Angelique Arnauld.
A bifolium originally found loosely enclosed is now MS.20016, folio 399.
Notebook containing recollections by the Honourable Gilbert Elliot of his childhood, adolescence and military career., [Circa 1855.]
The notebook contains some financial accounts at the end of the volume.
Notebook containing the original manuscript of 'An autobiography' by Edwin Muir., [1954, or before.]
Notebook containing the original manuscript of 'An autobiography' by Edwin Muir., [1954, or before.]
This notebook contains pages 205-250 of the published text, beginning on folio 10 and written on the rectos and then inverted on the versos; folio 1 and the rectos of folios 2-9 contain poems and notes, including material for the autobiography which was used by P H Butter in ‘Edwin Muir: man and poet’, 1966, pages 246-249.
Notebook containing the original manuscript of 'An autobiography' by Edwin Muir., [1954, or before.]
Notebooks and journals of George Combe., 1807-1858.
Notebooks, apparently the first and last of a series of three, containing parts of an account by Mary Haldane of her life and experiences., [After ?1868.]
Notebooks containing the original manuscript of chapters 7-13 of 'An autobiography' by Edwin Muir., [1954, or before.]
Notes and copies or extracts from documents and printed books on historical and other subjects, titled ‘Miscellaneous Papers and Notes’; several of the notes are in Sir Walter Scott’s autograph., 1821-1850, undated.
Notes for and manuscript drafts of 'The wilderness', an autobiographical work designed as a case history, by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1938-1939.
A letter of Sydney Goodsir Smith, describing the work and his state of mind, is included (folio l).