Certificates.
Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and papers, chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
Letters and papers of various correspondents., 1579-1844.
Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Letters and papers on various subjects., 1575-1824, undated.
Letters, press cuttings, and manuscript music concerning Bessie Kerr.
Bessie Kerr, a native of Banff, made her London début as a contralto in 1918, and from then until about 1934 sang regularly for the BBC, for Chappell 'Pop' concerts, and for Promenade concerts. Her correspondence includes letters of Sir Edward German and Frederic King her teacher at the Royal Academy of Music.
Letters to, and documents concerning Bessie Kerr., 1911-1934, undated.
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1918-1934, undated, to Bessie Kerr (folio 1); (ii) Press cuttings, circa 1922-1934, undated, concerning Bessie Kerr (folio 45); (iii) Manuscripts of songs, 1924, undated, composed for Bessie Kerr, with some settings of her own (folio 85); (iv) College and school certificates, 1911-1918, of Bessie Kerr (folio 119).
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Membership records of the Scottish Typographical Insurance Society., 1912-1947.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Miscellaneous certificates and portraits of Robert McLellan., 1922-?1962, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers chiefly of or concerning Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to engineering, much of it addressed to Robert Stevenson or his family, and apparently at one time part of the Stevenson family papers.
Miscellaneous documents of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-early 20th century.
The documents include William Adam's estimate for the building of George Watson's Hospital, 1738 (folio 17), a manuscript of Mrs Catherine Gore (folio 65), and a few photographs (folio 100).
Miscellaneous items., 1933-1950.
Miscellaneous items of and relating to Robert Boothby., 1941-1988, undated.
This series is comprised of items in the Robert Boothby papers which he deemed important enough to keep and which do not fit within other series in the collection. Many of these items are of a personal nature for Boothby like the items about his father’s death. Others were collected by Lady Wanda Boothby about Robert Boothby, even after his death.
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1582, 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 17th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers and drawings of William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1827-1871.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745., 1745-1747.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1745-1746, concerning shipping during the Rising (folio 1);
(ii) Permits to ships and bonds by their masters or owners, 1745-1746 (folio 48);
(iii) Passes and certificates, 1745-1747 (folio 53);
(iv) Reports of prisoners held by the City Guard in Edinburgh, February-September 1746 (folio 139);
(v) Papers concerning the Edinburgh Volunteer Regiment, 1746 (folio 172).
Miscellaneous papers, including correspondence, of and concerning Edith Macarthur., 1942-1976.
Miscellaneous papers, including research material, notebooks, artwork, and ephemera., 1824-circa 1980.
Miscellaneous papers of and relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1855-1916, undated.
The papers include Sir Charles Dalrymple's account of Lady Alice Mary Dalrymple's death in 1884 and drafts for his Memorial Service at Newcraighall Church in 1916. There is also miscellaneous verse, drawings, and printed notices.