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John Sawers` Armorial, containing the arms of the Scottish nobility, mostly painted on engraved outlines.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.4
Scope and Contents
The later entries are unfinished and some are merely pencil sketches. The manuscript was shown in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 60).The armorial is preceded by a printed form of charge concerning the right to bear arms, 1675 (folio ii verso) and a list of Scottish peers (folio iv). It is followed by an index and, on inverted pages 1-47, by a copy of a list of Scottish families and their arms by Thomas Craufurd,...
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Journal of expeditions to castles and other locations mostly on the coast of Caithness and in Shetland, illustrated with sketches and with calligraphic flourishes, by Mary Russell.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12858
Dates:
1852-1853.
Journal of John Francis Campbell written while he was travelling in the West of Scotland collecting Gaelic folklore., 1870-1871.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.2
Scope and Contents
The volume contains many Highland tales which Campbell has taken down in English in note-form. There are only one or two he has written in Gaelic.Campbell has illustrated the journal with a few watercolour sketches of Scottish Scenes (folios 10-12, 85, 87 verso, 117 verso, 158 verso-159, 166 verso, 169 verso, 283) and some miscellaneous insertions have been made throughout the volume:(i) A printed pamphlet ‘On Prehistoric Remains in the Neighbourhood of the Crinan...
Dates:
1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Journal, probably of George Joseph Bell, the son of the advocate of that name.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.7.3
Scope and Contents
The journal describes a journey from London through Holland to Berlin, Dresden and Vienna, during the first three months of 1844. Bell comments on the architecture and customs of the places he passed through, and on the difficulties of travel. He was keenly interested in paintings and visited several collections, but his primary interest was in medical matters, particularly in Vienna, where he describes the hospitals and criticises their practices. There are a few small sketches and plans,...
Dates:
1844.
Large-scale meteorological and thermographical graphs and charts, a few watercolours and sketches, and rubbings, made by John Francis Campbell., 1858-1884.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.2.5(i-ii)
Dates:
1858-1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860).
Large-scale meteorological and thermographical graphs and charts, a few watercolours and sketches, and rubbings, made by John Francis Campbell., 1858-1884.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.51.2.5(i)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Meteorological and thermographical graphs and charts, 1858-1884, and undated (numbers 1-30).Watercolours of geological features, 1873, and undated (numbers 31-32).Rubbings, on paper, mainly of Celtic tombstones, 1861, 1871, and undated (numbers 33-45). Some of the rubbings have been enhanced with pen and ink wash.Watercolour (or possibly ink wash) sketch, probably of part of a tombstone, undated (number 46)....
Dates:
1858-1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Miscellaneous material of John Francis Campbell, including interleaved copies of his `Popular Tales of the West Highlands`, volumes 1 and 2 (Edinburgh, 1860).
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Large-scale meteorological and thermographical graphs and charts, a few watercolours and sketches, and rubbings, made by John Francis Campbell.
Letter, 1870, of James Nasmyth to James Hodgkinson.
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Identifier: Acc.9627
Scope and Contents
Includes sketch, 1849, of Nasmyth`s improvement for the reflecting telescope.
Dates:
1849-1870.
Letter of Alexander to James Ballantyne describing the last dinner of the writer with Sir Walter Scott.
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Identifier: Acc.11747
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript draft and cutting of letter of John Ballantyne on the same dinner with Scott, and a pencil and chalk study of Scott by John Ballantyne.
Dates:
1831 and undated.
Letter of William Orpen to John Girdwood.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7969
Scope and Contents
With a sketch of Orpen in military uniform.
Dates:
1916.
Letters and artwork proposals, including sketches and drawings, of Ian Hamilton Finlay, with related drawings, designs and papers of Michael Harvey, letter cutter.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13394
Scope and Contents
A substantial archive of letters, papers, drawings, designs and ephemera of Ian Hamilton Finlay, gathered by one of his major collaborators, the lettering artist and typographer Michael Harvey. The collection comprises over 200 letters, notes, proposals and designs of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and a quantity of material including drawings and plans by Michael Harvey created in response to Finlay`s proposals, with some copies of Harvey’s letters. Accompanying papers include a number of letters of...
Dates:
1970-2006
Letters and correspondence of Alexander Stuart Boyd to members of the Barr family, Woldingham, Surrey.
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Identifier: Acc.11881
Scope and Contents
On social, artistic and literary matters, several of the documents illustrated with humorous sketches.
Dates:
1898-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Carl Lumholtz., 1888-1890, 1902.
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Identifier: MS.40721
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of “Among cannibals: an account of four years travels in Australia, and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland”, by Carl Lumholtz.The letters are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters have notes written on them by John Murray IV outlining his reply to Lumholtz.1888-1889: folios 1-69;1890: folios 70-80 [Note];1902: folios 81-84.[Note] Folio 74....
Dates:
1888-1890, 1902.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Charles Fletcher., 1894-1928.
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Identifier: MS.40411
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1894-1928, of Charles Fletcher to John Murray IV and John Murray V. They concern works of Fletcher’s published by Murray, including “Journal of a spy in Paris”, written under the name Raoul Hesdin, and the 5 volume “An introductory history of England”. The letters refer to John Murray V’s progress as a history undergraduate at Oxford. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1894-1895: folios 1-30;1896-1897: folios 31-39;1902-1903: folios...
Dates:
1894-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Arnett to Arnold, G., 1853-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40025
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, when required, by date under each name. Most of the letters of Sir Edwin Arnold are written by amanuenses.Arnett, Edward, 1899: folios 1-2;Arnison, William, 1899: folio 3;Arnold, Arthur, 1875: folios 4-5;Arnold, C, 1867: folios 6-7;Arnold, C. T., 1876-1903: folios 8-11;Arnold, Channing, 1902-1904: folios 12-23;Arnold, Charles,...
Dates:
1853-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Galloway to Galton., 1816-1920.
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Identifier: MS.40435
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1816-1834, of John Galt, novelist, to John Murray II.Also included are letters, 1853-1905, of Francis Galton to John Murray III and John Murray IV. The letters mostly concern his publication “The art of travel” and his work on the Murray travel handbook for Switzerland.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence....
Dates:
1816-1920.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Haydon, B. to Hayes, W., 1824-1909.
File
Identifier: MS.40537
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Haydon, Benjamin Robert.Letters, 1824-1845, of Benjamin Haydon mostly to John Murray II and John Murray III. 1824-1825, 1828, 1836, 1839, 1841 and 1845: folios 1-21.Notes.Letter, 11 June 1836, of Edward Dundas to Benjamin Haydon. Folios 10-11.Letter, 13 June 1836, of Benjamin Haydon to Edward Dundas. Folio 12.Letter, 21 July 1845, of Benjamin...
Dates:
1824-1909.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jackson, H. to Jackson, T., 1812-1916.
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Identifier: MS.40604
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1892-1916, of Sir Thomas Jackson mostly to John Murray IV. Many of the letters concern the publication “Architecture, a profession or an art”, which he co-edited. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Jackson, Henry, 1893-1913: folios 1-11;Jackson, Holbrook, 1915: folio 12;Jackson, James, 1812: folios 13-14;Jackson, John, fl. 1812, Cold Bathfields,...
Dates:
1812-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Leaf to Leary., 1818-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40683
Scope and Contents
This manuscript mainly includes letters, 1818-1859 and uncertain date, of William Leake to John Murray II and John Murray III. The letters mostly concern works of his including “An historical outline of the Greek revolution”, “Travels in the Morea” and “Travels in Northern Greece”. It also includes letters, 1846-1857, of Edward Lear to John Murray III, concerning plates for his “Illustrated excursions in Italy” (published by T. McLean) and other art work; one letter includes a...
Dates:
1818-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Malet to Mallet, B., 1828-1926.
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Identifier: MS.40764
Scope and Contents
This manuscript principally includes letters, 1900-1908, of Edward Malet to John Murray IV. Most of the letters concern his work of reminiscences “Shifting scenes”.Also included are letters, 1894-1926, of Bernard Mallet to John Murray IV. Some concern his role in awarding civil list pensions.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Malet, Alexander,1828-1877: folios 1-4;Malet, Edward, 1900-1908:...
Dates:
1828-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Whymper to Wicksteed., 1807-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.41269
Scope and Contents
Letters of various correspondents to John Murray, publishers. These include letters of Edward Whymper to the Murrays and Robert Cooke. These letters concern his own publications but also mention engravings for the works of others, including Heinrich Schliemann. One letter, 1 August 1862, to his father Josiah, describes a climbing accident on the Matterhorn, including a sketch. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then by date under each name.Whymper,...
Dates:
1807-1915.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Edward Rae., 1874-1923.
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Identifier: MS.40997
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern, among other subjects, the publication of “The Land of the North Wind”, “The Country of the Moors”, and “The White Sea Peninsula”.A number of the letters are written on behalf of, and others concern, George Rae, Edward’s father, and relate to the publication of “The Country Banker”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1874-1875, 1877-1879: folios 1-43 [Note 1];...
Dates:
1874-1923.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Frederick Elworthy., 1894-1907.
File
Identifier: MS.40381
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1894-1907, of Frederick Elworthy to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with two letters to R.W. Maude. The letters concern two works of Elworthy’s published by the Murrays: “The evil eye”, and “Horns of honour and other studies in the byways of archaeology”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1894: folios 1-53; (1)1895: folios 54-67;1896: folios 68-75;1897-1898: folios 76-81;1899: folios 82-96;...
Dates:
1894-1907.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Darwin, with related letters., 1882-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.40313
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Darwin. The letters are to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically.1882: folios 1-3;1890: folios 4-5;1891: folios 6-18;1897: folio 19;1898: folios 20-62;1899: folios 63-67;1900: folio 68;1901: folios 69-73;1902: folios 74-77;1904: folios 78-83;...
Dates:
1882-1905.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Heinrich Schliemann., 1874-1879.
File
Identifier: MS.41066
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1874-1879, of Heinrich Schliemann to John Murray III, with some letters to Robert Cooke and with related letters and papers. The letters concern works of his published by Murray, including the English language edition of “Trojanische Alterthümer”, and “Mycenae”. Some letters reveal the controversy surrounding his work and his efforts to respond to criticisms, and also details of his continuing excavations.1874, April-June: folios 1-21; (1)1874,...
Dates:
1874-1879.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Phillips., 1830-1873.
File
Identifier: MS.40952
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1830-1873, of John Phillips to John Murray II and John Murray III, with related letters and papers. They concern works of Phillips published by the Murrays including “Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire”, “Memoirs of William Smith, LL.D.” and “The rivers, mountains, and sea-coast of Yorkshire”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1830: folios 1-2; (1)1834-1837: folios 3-11;1839: folios 12-15;1840-1849: folios...
Dates:
1830-1873.