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Printed materials. Object genre.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of written works published or otherwise available in printed form, usually on paper.

Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of John Rennie concerning various canals and navigations in places beginning A-H., 1793-1821.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19778
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, letters, 1796, 1801 (folio 1); (ii) Aire and Calder, correspondence and papers, 1820-1821 (folio 4); (iii) Bath and Bristol, estimates and reports, 1796, 1803, undated (folio 71); (iv) Birmingham, report, 1808 (folio 88); (v) Chelmer and Blackwater, reports, 1793-1796 (folio 118); (vi) Colne, report by Thomas Telford, 1811 (folio 133). (vii) Crinan, correspondence, papers and reports, 1803-1804, 1816-1820 (folio 135); (viii) Dart, letters, 1806...
Dates: 1793-1821.

Papers of John Rennie concerning various canals and navigations in places beginning L-W., 1794-1821.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19782
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Lancaster, reports, 1794, and correspondence, 1794, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Lea, reports, 1804, 1807 (folio 34); (iii) Leeds and Liverpool, correspondence, 1798 (folio 42); (iv) London to Portsmouth, including the Croydon Canal, correspondence, 1795, 1802-1804, 1817, 1821, and papers, 1802-1803 (folio 185); (v) Perthshire, instructions for a survey, 1793 (folio 230); (vi) Regent's, correspondence and printed plan, 1811-1812 (folio 232); (vii) Rochdale, dividend...
Dates: 1794-1821.

Papers of John Stuart Blackie on classical mythology and literature., 1844-1857, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2654
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Summary of classical mythology, 1844, by John Stuart Blackie for his Aberdeen students (folio 1);(ii) Verse translation of Horace (Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare), preceded by an introduction on his life and writings; with specimen printed pages, apparently corrected by friends (folio 42);(iii) Latin speech and verse addresses, 1844-1856, to students at Aberdeen and Edinburgh (folio 161);(iv) Other verse,...
Dates: 1844-1857, undated.

Papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale concerning public affairs., 1650-1697, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14493
Scope and Contents The papers consist of the following:(i) Papers, 1650-1691, undated, concerning ecclesiastical affairs (folio 1);(ii) ‘A Memorandum of things or materials left be Generall Monk of the abbay of holyrudhouse for its repairing’, circa 1660 (folio 37);(iii) ‘Lists of fynd persons’, circa 1662 (folio 39);(iv) Papers, 1668-1683, concerning Edinburgh brewers and the excise (folio 51);(v) Papers, 1669-1673, concerning the salt revenue (folio...
Dates: 1650-1697, undated.

Papers of the 4th Earl of Minto concerning the Home Department of the Government of India., 1898-1913, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.12633
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's refusal to sign the Punjab colonisation bill, 1906-1907, with a memorandum for Lord Morley on legislation required for the Punjab Canal Colonies, 1910 (folio 1); (ii) Memoranda concerning legal training for junior members of the Indian Civil Service, 1907, and universal primary education in India, 1910, and a report on the work of the Indian Students' Department in London, 1913 (folio 18); (iii) Papers concerning...
Dates: 1898-1913, undated.

Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale concerning the Court of Session., 1721-1754, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14520
Scope and Contents The papers consist of the following:(i) Papers, 1721-1725, concerning the attempted appointment of Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles as a judge of the Court of Session (folio 1);(ii) Answers, 1725, for the King's Solicitor to the petition of Margaret Jamieson (folio 109);(iii) ‘The alterations proposed to be made in the Criminall Law of Scotland*, undated (folio 111);(iv) Memoranda, 1754, concerning the appointment of Thomas Hay of Huntingdon as a...
Dates: 1721-1754, undated.

Papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1829-1961, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21643-21664
Scope and Contents

The Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society was founded in 1822 as the direct successor to the Catch Club and thereby of the Edinburgh Musical Society which began in 1728. It continued until 1950, when it became part of the Edinburgh Musical Society to which it transferred its papers and above all its valuable library, much of which had belonged to the Catch Club.

Dates: 1829-1961, undated.

Papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance chiefly concerning the sale or lease of land and the thirlage of tenants., 1866-1909.

 File
Identifier: MS.8197
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1866-1868, in a lawsuit concerning the thirlage of tenants on the Kilbride estate to Phillipshill mill (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1872-1884, concerning the sale of lands in Kilbride to the Caledonian Railway (folio 83);(iii) Papers, 1881, 1904, concerning the sale of land for East Kiibride parish school (folio 105);(iv) Printed legal papers, 1887-1889, concerning the payment of casualties on the Kilbride...
Dates: 1866-1909.

Papers of the Free Church of Scotland concerning printing and various funds., 1845-1900.

 File
Identifier: MS.18105
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

Papers concerning printing, 1879-1886, undated (folio 1); the Reserve Fund, 1896-1900 (folio 97), the Smieton Fund, 1885 (folio 198), and the Widows' Fund, 1845-1896 (folio 244).

Dates: 1845-1900.