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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 2., 1795-1834.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1434
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Correspondence and papers, 1822, 1831-1834, concerning bridges (MS.19969);

Correspondence and papers, 1806-1834, concerning canals (MS.19970);

Correspondence and papers, 1805-1834, concerning harbours and roads (MS.19971);

Correspondence and papers, 1795-1834, concerning miscellaneous undertakings (MS.19972).

Dates: 1795-1834.

Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 2., [1757]-1835.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1435
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Draughtsmen's and surveyor's bills, various accounts, and rent receipts, 18114-1834, concerning Thomas Telford (MS.19973);

Miscellaneous bills and receipts, 1820-1834, undated, concerning Thomas Telford (MS.19974);

Papers, [1757]-1835, relating to the life and work of Thomas Telford (MS.19975).

Dates: [1757]-1835.

Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 2., 1769-1907.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1437
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1769-1874, relating to engineering, much of it addressed to Robert Stevenson or his family, and apparently at one time part of the Stevenson family papers (MS.19988);

Miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1815-1907, relating to engineering. (MS.19989).

Dates: 1769-1907.

Microfilm of letter books, titled 'Squadron letters sent', numbers 2-3, containing copies of letters sent during Sir Thomas John Cochrane's service at the East India Station; with indexes., 1844-[1847, or after].

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1058
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letter book, titled 'Squadron letters sent', number 2 (MS.2468);  

Index to letter book, titled 'Squadron letters sent', number 2 (MS.2469);

Letter book, titled 'Squadron letters sent', number 3 (MS.2470);

Index to letter book, titled 'Squadron letters sent', number 3 (MS.2471).

Dates: 1844-[1847, or after].

Microfilm of letters, [?1838-?1868], of James Robert Hope-Scott to E L Badeley; and, miscellaneous correspondence and other papers, [?1840-?1872], of and relating to Hope-Scott., [?1838-?1872.]

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.927
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, [?1838-?1868], of James Robert Hope-Scott to E L Badeley (MS.3678), 234 frames;

Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers, [?1840-?1872], of and relating to James Robert Hope-Scott (MS.3679), 161 frames.

Dates: [?1838-?1872.]

Microfilm of letters and documents concerning 'The works of Jonathan Swift’ by Sir Walter Scott.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.868
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters, 1808-1817, of the Reverend Edward Berwick, Matthew Weld Hartstonge, Theophilus Swift, and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.881);

'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material, supplied by Matthew Weld Hartstonge and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’, 1808-1817 (MS.882).

Dates: 1808-1817.

Microfilm of letters and other papers, of, amongst others, David Hume and Scottish clubs, of the 18th century.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.170
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letter, 1757, of David Hume to Charles Binning, Vice-Dean of the faculty of Advocates, resigning the Curatorship of the Advocates’ Library (Adv.MS.20.2.21); Minutes, 1754-1762, of the Select Society of Edinburgh (Adv.MS.23.1.1);A brief account of the formation of the Belles-Lettres Society, Edinburgh, in January 1759 (folio 1) and minutes of its meetings until 29 May 1761 (Adv.MS.23.3.4);Copy of `An Account of the Number of People in...
Dates: 18th century.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.419
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letters, [1823-1875], of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him (MS.1796);Letters, [1833-1868], of Jane Welsh Carlyle to various persons, with some of Geraldine Jewsbury to Lady Amberley and of Margaret Welsh and Dr John Aitken Carlyle to William and Mrs Dods (MS.1797);Articles, notes, and fragments, 1767, [1832-?1871], in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph (MS.1798);‘Thomas Carlyle, Eine biographisch-literarische...
Dates: 1767-[1875].

Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family., [?1821-?1908.]

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.517
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters and papers, [?1821-?1908], of and concerning James Augustus Grant and family (MS.17908);

Letters, [?1864-1892], to James Augustus Grant from explorers and others concerning Africa (MS.17909); Letters, [?1854-?1890], to James Augustus Grant from explorers and others concerning Africa (MS.17910).

Dates: [?1821-?1908.]

Microfilm of letters, chiefly of Sir Douglas Haig, and other papers.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1157
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Copies of letters, 1914-1917, of Sir Douglas Haig to Rothschild (Acc.3155/214(a));  Letters, 1914-1922, of Sir Douglas Haig to his brother John A Haig (Acc.3155/214(b));

Letters, 1898, of and to Sir Evelyn Wood, and other papers (Acc.3155/6(g)); Report, 1908, on a conference of General Staff Officer (Acc.3155/81 (part)).

Dates: 1898-1922.