Documents.
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:
Miscellaneous papers on public affairs., 1750-1769, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17499
Dates:
1750-1769, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Miscellaneous papers on public affairs.
Miscellaneous papers received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville., 1789-1819, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1075
Scope and Contents
The papers concern the following:
(i) West Indies, 1791-1819, undated - situation, campaigns, estate-owners, slaves; also the discovery of Grande Island off Brazil and the expedition to Buenos Ayres of 1806 (folio 1);
(ii) Russia and the Northern Confederation, 1789, 1800-1801, undated, with information supplied by Joseph Billings about his voyage to North-Eastern Asia and the American coast (folio 148);
(iii)Prisoners of War, 1795, 1810-1811 (folio 218).
Dates:
1789-1819, undated.
Miscellaneous printed papers relating chiefly to the Niger Expedition of 1840, and to the suppression of the slave trade., 1824-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.12216
Dates:
1824-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Miscellaneous rough notes, 1877-1959, undated, and accounts, 1905-1956, undated of John Purves., 1877-1956, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15887
Scope and Contents
The manuscript includes: (i) Typescript, undated, of an address to Professor Herbert Grierson (folio 1); (ii) Address to Professor George Saintsbury with other related material, 1922-1923 (folio 17); (iii) Class lists, 1895-1915, undated, for rhetoric and English literature (folio 50); (iv) Material, 1920-1945, undated, concerning examinations in Italian (folio 102); (v) Miscellaneous bills and accounts, 1905-1956, undated, of John Purves (folio 218).
Dates:
1877-1956, undated.
Miscellaneous small collections of letters and papers.
Series
Identifier: MS.15911
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Miscellanies of papers of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., [?1854-?1908], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20028
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters and papers previously loosely enclosed in or pinned to the leaves of MS.20027 (folio 1); (ii) Poems, notes and other papers found amongst the correspondence in MSS.20025-20026 (folio 44); (iii) Papers concerning Richard Burdon-Sanderson (died 1865) formerly contained in MSS.20029-20030 (folio 89); (iv) Draft memorandum, undated, (with amendments) of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson’s father by Jane C Burden Sanderson (folio 97).
Dates:
[?1854-?1908], undated.
Miscellany, chiefly undated, of snapshots, portrait photographs, picture postcards and photographic copies of graphs and other work., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.20533
Scope and Contents
Some items have dates or may be dated between 1911 and 1929, but most are undated, of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Miscellany of legal, financial and other papers concerning the family of Moubray of Cockairnie., 1596-1861, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.16435
Dates:
1596-1861, undated.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Series
Identifier: MS.20311
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Miscellany of letters and papers consisting chiefly of correspondence between Mrs Charlotte Burghes (later the first wife of J B S Haldane) and a number of American publishers and editors; together with the texts of a number of articles on popular science by Haldane., 1924-1926, 1935-1936, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20655, folios 130-170
Dates:
1924-1926, 1935-1936, undated.
Miscellany of letters and papers of Charles Herries, apparently a small remnant of a larger collection, relating to events during the reign of Queen Anne., 1703-1711, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15367
Dates:
1703-1711, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family.
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Correspondence, papers and personal account books of Charles Herries.
Miscellany of papers, chiefly undated, chiefly of J B S Haldane, including notes, memoranda, reports and mathematical calculations concerning diving, [1942-1944.]
File
Identifier: MS.20569
Scope and Contents
Some papers are in the hands of others, including Helen Spurway, who were involved in the work.
Dates:
[1942-1944.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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Notes and papers concerning experiments on the physiology of diving conducted by the Underwater Physiology Sub-committee on which J B S Haldane and Helen Spurway (later his second wife) served, together with members of the Royal Navy, between 1942 and 1944.
Miscellany of papers consisting largely of formal documents, with a few letters., 1536-1740.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.13
Miscellany of papers of General Sir George Murray, relating to the duties of the quartermaster-general`s department, statistical returns of equipment, regulations and instructions concerning encampments, and papers concerning conditions of health and sickness in the army., 1796-1806, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.5
Dates:
1796-1806, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Papers of General Sir George Murray relating to his service in Ireland, 1804-1807 and 1808, where he was appointed deputy quartermaster-general in 1804.
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Papers of General Sir George Murray relating to the British army in Ireland.
Morton papers, volume 1: 'Original Documents, 1474-1616'., 1474-1616.
File
Identifier: MS.73
Morton papers, volume 4: 'Original Documents, 1466-1570'., 1466-1570.
File
Identifier: MS.76
Morton papers, volume 5: 'Original Documents, 1571-1618'., 1571-1618.
File
Identifier: MS.77
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22075
Dates:
1871-1926, undated.
Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson., 1871-1926, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22022-22074
Scope and Contents
John Davidson, a member of the family of J & A Davidson, coal merchants and shipping agents, Aberdeen, was an amateur musician and composer. His preferred medium appears to have been the string quartet, but he composed and arranged pieces also for other combinations of instruments, chiefly strings. A number of pieces appear in more than one form. The collection contains both full scores and parts.The earliest and latest dates discernible are 1871 and 1926, but almost...
Dates:
1871-1926, undated.
‘Napoleonic autographs’., 1783-1846.
File
Identifier: MS.9315
Negative microfilm of, chiefly manuscripts of literary works of Sir Walter Scott., 1791-1830.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.592
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048);Manuscript, 1813, of a ‘Farewell address for Mrs Siddons’ by Sir Walter Scott. (MS.23049);Manuscript, [Circa 1828], of a lecture titled 'Psalm 1st' by Sir Walter Scott, later published as 'The blessedness of the righteous, discourse II', and proof sheets of the same with corrections in Scott's hand. (MS.23051);...
Dates:
1791-1830.
Negative microfilm of items of or concerning Sir Walter Scott., Late 18th century-[?1850].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.596
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1822 of Sir Walter Scott with James Wylie, Writer to the Signet, on the illumination of their house-fronts for the visit of George IV to Edinburgh, and a note of Scott to Wylie regarding the installation of oil gas in their houses (MS.539);Items of or concerning Sir Walter Scott, collected by...
Dates:
Late 18th century-[?1850].
Negative microfilm of journal of Sir Walter Scott, with letters and other papers, 1825-1832; and, page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord', and ‘The Abbot’ by Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1819, or before; 1820, or before]., [1819, or before]-1832.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.583
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: Journal of Sir Walter Scott, with letters and other papers, 1825-1832 (MS.3389 (part)); Page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose’), and ‘The Abbot’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1819, or before; 1820, or before] (MS.3401).
Dates:
[1819, or before]-1832.