Plans (drawings).
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Plans are a set of drawings or two-dimensional diagrams used to describe a place or object, or to communicate building or fabrication instructions. Usually plans are drawn or printed on paper, but they can take the form of a digital file.
Found in 183 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers including a typescript copy of Farquhar Macrae's transcript of the 'Genealogical Account of the MacRas'., [Before 1705], 1786-1906, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15929
Scope and Contents
The manuscript from which the typescript was made is probably the copy described by Alexander Macrae in ‘History of the Clan Macrae’, page 13, as belonging to Horatio Ross Macrae of Clunes.
Dates:
[Before 1705], 1786-1906, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-mid 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17880
Dates:
17th century-mid 20th century.
Miscellaneous plans and drawings relating to work by John Rennie., 1807, [circa 1808-1815], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19662(i)
Dates:
1807, [circa 1808-1815], undated.
Miscellaneous plans and drawings relating to work by John Rennie., 1803, [circa 1808]-1815, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19962
Scope and Contents
Contains the following plans and drawings too large to be included in the other volumes of John Rennie papers.
(i) Aberdeen, harbour mouth, undated;
(ii) Ardglass, sections of harbour, undated;
(iii) Plant for Billinge's silk mill, undated;
(iv) Bridlington harbour, undated;
(v) Shore near Charlestown, by Robert Beaumont, 1807;
(vi) Proposed railway from Dunleary to Dalkey, 1815; (2 sheets)
(vii) Ordnance ground at Harwich with situation of two proposed lights, circa 1808;
(viii) Holyhead...
Dates:
1803, [circa 1808]-1815, undated.
Notebook of Alexander Drysdale, containing material on trigonometry with calculations of heights and distances illustrated with drawings in watercolours.
Item
Identifier: MS.14286
Scope and Contents
One example is taken from Leith (folio 26). Also included are some sketch plans of property near Fergus, Ontario, farm accounts and miscellaneous notes, 1835-1838.
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Notebook of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography., 1833-1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.19396
Dates:
1833-1838.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.
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Papers relating to Orkney.
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Notebooks of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography.
Notebook of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography., 1833-1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.19397
Dates:
1833-1838.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.
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Papers relating to Orkney.
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Notebooks of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography.
Notebook of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography., 1833-1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.19398
Dates:
1833-1838.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.
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Papers relating to Orkney.
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Notebooks of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography.
Notebooks and journals of the family of Borthwick of Crookston., 17th century-1900, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10377-10392
Dates:
17th century-1900, undated.
Notes and captions for the illustrations, photographs, and plans in ‘Ancient monuments of Arran: official guide’ by Robert McLellan., [1977, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.26427
Scope and Contents
Many of the photographs were not included in the final publication.
Dates:
[1977, or before.]
Papers concerning town planning and geographical matters., 1924-1953, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19280-19283
Papers, including financial and planning documents, relating to Chogoria, Kenya., 1924-1972.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12801/67-70
Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son., 1770-1886, undated.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9678
Scope and Contents
The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).
Series
Identifier: MSS.19245-19250
Scope and Contents
A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.
Dates:
1891-1925.
Papers of Andrew Hunter, son of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside., 1846-1869.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19722-19732
Scope and Contents
Andrew Hunter was co-owner with Alexander Hood of the Nanoo Oya and Talawa Kelle coffee estates in Ceylon. As a planter, Hunter was concerned with the road building programme, he was also secretary of the St Andrews Club in Nuwara Eliya, and latterly was involved in the administration of the island as a Justice of the Peace. These interests are reflected in his papers which relate to the period 1847-1866 with a concentration on the early 1860's. Andrew Hunter died in 1866 shortly after...
Dates:
1846-1869.
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer, and his son, Sir John Rennie (1794-1874).
Series
Identifier: MSS.19966-19968
Dates:
1788-1829.
Papers of John Rennie concerning bridges., 1768-1821.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19771-19777
Dates:
1768-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning canals and navigations., [Circa 1791]-1821.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19778-19785
Dates:
[Circa 1791]-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning Dunleary Harbour., 1801-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19791-19793
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours., 1770-1821.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19788-19805
Dates:
1770-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in Aberdeen, Ardglass and Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal., 1770-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19788
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Aberdeen, correspondence, papers and plans, 1770, 1792, 1807-1820, including a printed report by John Smeaton, 1770 (folio 1); (ii) Ardglass, plan and correspondence, circa 1811, 1815 (folio 58); (iii) Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, correspondence, reports, and estimates, 1806-1821 (folio 67).
Dates:
1770-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in Aberdeen, Ardglass, and Ardrossan, including the Paisley and Ardrossan Canal., 1770-1820.
File
Identifier: MS.19788 (part 1)
Dates:
1770-1820.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning Br-Du., 1771-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19790
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Bridlington, correspondence, 1810-1816, and reports, plans and other papers, 1806, 1811-1813, 1815 (folio 1);
(ii) Bridport, correspondence, 1809 (folio 142);
(iii) Bristol, printed memoranda, 1800, 1802, and a transcript of the evidence given by William Jessop concerning the harbour works, with John Rennie's comments, 1803 (folio 160);
(iv) Buckie, reports and letter, 1780, 1808, 1810 (folio 210);
(v) Burntisland, letter, 1821 (folio 218);
(vl) Chatham,...
Dates:
1771-1821.
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning with L., 1803-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19795 (part 1)
Papers of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning with L-Pe., 1794-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19795
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Leith, correspondence, 1803-1804, 1809, 1811, 1817, most of it concerning ferries across the Forth, and objections by the Port of Leith to the construction of the Union Canal. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Liverpool, correspondence and plans, 1812, 1817, 1820-1821, including letters relating to the opposition to the erection of Telford's bridge at Runcorn, 1817. For papers relating to the Perch Rock Light see MS.19806, folios 239-252. (Folio 69.)
(iii) London, reports and...
Dates:
1794-1821.