Lectures.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of expositions of a given subject delivered before an audience or class, especially for the purposes of instruction. (AAT) Use for all lecture texts and students' notes. Index also under the subject of the lecture, and under the names of the lecturer and student where known (but not under the university or other place where the lecture was delivered). (NLS) .
Found in 502 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing a lecture titled, 'Plan of a New Society of Trade' given by John 'Orator' Henley., [1759, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.25449
Dates:
[1759, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Notebooks, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing lectures on various subjects given by John 'Orator' Henley.
Notebook, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing a lecture titled, 'The Manners of Savages' given by John 'Orator' Henley., [1759, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.25445
Dates:
[1759, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Notebooks, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing lectures on various subjects given by John 'Orator' Henley.
Notebook, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing a lecture titled, 'The Toleration Act' given by John 'Orator' Henley., [1759, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24550
Dates:
[1759, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Notebooks, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing lectures on various subjects given by John 'Orator' Henley.
Notebooks and papers, some in Gaelic, of the Reverend Dr John MacInnes.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10022/1-161
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly containing historical research notes, lectures, articles and or broadcasts, some in Gaelic, of the Reverend Dr John MacInnes, minister of Halkirk (1934-1955) and of Hopeman (1955-1966) and historian of Highland evangelicalism. The collection consists mostly of notebooks, many very miscellaneous in content: only in principal content of each notebook or file is noted.
Dates:
1893-1976.
Notebooks of J B S Haldane originally used for papers in French, probably lectures given to the Société Française de Génétique; and later used for papers on various topics, including some intended as articles on popular science., 1949-1950, 1958-1964.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20610-20611
Dates:
1949-1950, 1958-1964.
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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Notebooks of J B S Haldane containing notes on various topics and first versions of lectures, books and papers on scientific topics, and on some of public concern.
Notebooks of J S Haldane and notebooks in Haldane’s procession, compiled by others., 1886-1919, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20518-20531
Dates:
1886-1919, undated.
Notebooks of J S Haldane containing the text, which has been much revised, of a lecture on the relation of science and belief.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20656-20657
Scope and Contents
The lecture was delivered by J S Haldane, apparently to the Royal Medical School (MS.20657, folio 26 verso).
The lecture is undated but appears to have been delivered not very long after 1882, the death of T H Green (MS.20656, folio 12).
Dates:
[After 1882.]
Notebooks of John Purves containing material on French literature., Early 20th century-[before 1962.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15806-15818
Notebooks of Richard B Haldane containing the original text and a fair copy of a lecture on William Pitt the Younger, given by Haldane to the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, 16 February 1888., 1888.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20216-20217
Dates:
1888.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
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Notebooks of Richard Haldane containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly concerning philosophy.
Notebooks of the Reverend William Graham.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6611/1-4
Dates:
circa 1847-circa 1861.
Notebooks, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, containing lectures on various subjects given by John 'Orator' Henley., [1759, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25439-25450
Dates:
[1759, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Miscellaneous papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Notes, 1857-1866, partly in shorthand, for lectures by James Wright, chiefly for a class on the Westminster Confession and the Testimony of 1827., 1856-1866.
File
Identifier: MS.14229
Scope and Contents
The inverted folios contain lectures delivered in 1856.
Dates:
1856-1866.
Notes and correspondence of James R Anderson, concerning a bibliography of Philip Doddridge's ‘Life of Colonel Gardiner’.
File
Identifier: MS.6156
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of a lecture by James R Anderson, possibly given to Glasgow Bibliographical Society, apparently unprinted (folio 1);(ii) Extracts from an article and subsequent correspondence in the 'Scotsman', September-October 1918, relating to the Battle of Prestonpans and to Colonel Gardiner (folio 22);(iii) Notes, etc., relating to the compilation of the bibliography (folio 28);(iv) Letters, 1918-19, 1925, to...
Dates:
1918-1919, undated.
Notes and drafts of articles, and other papers of Edwin Muir., 1934-1956, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19662
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes for lectures on poetry and the corrected typescript of a lecture, 'Poetry and Criticism', undated. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Notes on ballads, undated. (Folio 39.)
(iii) Book reviews, 1934, 1950. (Folio 43.)
(iv) Corrected typescripts of 'Revisiting Orkney', a broadcast given in 1956. (Folio 45.)
(v) Corrected typescript of chapters 1-3 of ‘The mighland Mystery', an unfinished detective novel. It is written on the back of the typescript of part of Willa and Edwin...
Dates:
1934-1956, undated.
Notes and lectures of Mary Stewart., [1940-1949], undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9565/81-83
Dates:
[1940-1949], undated.
Notes for and drafts of the Lyell Lectures delivered in 1965 by Prof William Beattie.
File
Identifier: Acc.9374
Scope and Contents
With bibliographical notes.
Dates:
circa 1945-1975.
Notes for lectures by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., Circa 1928-circa 1935.
File
Identifier: MS.50174
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.Circa 1928- circa 1935.Lectures.Manuscript lecture notes, [circa 1928-circa 1935], of William Dodds Fairbairn concerning the psychology of adolescence. Folios 1-100.Folios 47-48 loosely enclosed folios 49-58.Folios 59-60 loosely enclosed folios 61-100.Manuscript lecture...
Dates:
Circa 1928-circa 1935.
Notes in Arthur Geddes' hand and typescripts of lectures given by Patrick Geddes at Bombay University., 1921-1925, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19270
Scope and Contents
Included also is a typescript of a lecture given by Gopal Advani, onetime student at the University, and his letter to the ‘Bombay Chronicle’, 1923, in defence of the Department of Sociology and Civics (folio 126). In addition there are notes taken by Arthur Geddes of talks by his father on sociological subjects, 1924-1925 (folio 133).
Dates:
1921-1925, undated.
Notes of Professor George Jardine on his 'Synopsis of Lectures on Logic and Belles Lettres'.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13844
Scope and Contents
Manuscript is interleaved with the printed text of the 1797 edition of Jardine's lectures.
Dates:
1797-1804.
Notes of Robert Garioch Sutherland for lectures on Scottish literature., 1972-1978, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26618
Scope and Contents
Most of these lectures were given at evening classes in East Lothian arranged by the Extra-Mural Department of Edinburgh University. Many of the notes are written on the backs of letters and other papers.
Dates:
1972-1978, undated.
Notes, undated, of Robert Garioch Sutherland for a lecture on Edwin Muir., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.26617
Dates:
Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
"Observations upon Sir George Mackenzie's Institutions of the Law of Scotland delivered by Mr. John Spotiswood of that Ilk Advocate &c., to the Students in their Colledges, collected by some of their Students. Dumfries. Written in Anno 1717".
Item
Identifier: MS.3412
Scope and Contents
Prefaced by an 'account of the most part of the books extant either in print or manuscript upon the Scots Law', and concluded by 'Ane Advice by Mr. Spotiswood to his students of Law as to there reading in the vaccance'.
Dates:
1717.
"Observations upon Sir George Mackenzie's Institutions of the Law of Scotland. The first two books delivered by Mr. John Cunningham, Advocate, and the last two books by Mr. John Spotiswood of that Ilk, Advocate, to the Students in their Colledges. Drumfries. Writen Anno Domini 1717."
File
Identifier: MS.3413
Dates:
1717.
Offprints and extracts of articles and lectures by various authors, held as file copies by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1923, 1954-1956.
File
Identifier: MS.50229
Scope and Contents
The offprints and extracts are arranged chronologically. 1923.Extract, 1923, from ‘The Caledonian Medical Journal’ of an article, ‘Psycho-Analysis: An Occupational Psychosis, or Volvulus of the Psyche’, by Ivy Mackenzie. Folios 1-6.1954.Transcript, 1954, of a talk ‘Science and the Freudian Unconscious’ by Nigel Walker, broadcast on BBC radio’s ‘Third Programme’ service, 13 September 1954. Folios 7-17. 1956.Offprint,...
Dates:
1923, 1954-1956.
Original text of a lecture on William Pitt the Younger by Richard B Haldane, with amendments, in Haldane’s holograph., 1888.
Item
Identifier: MS.20216
Dates:
1888.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
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Notebooks of Richard Haldane containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly concerning philosophy.
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Notebooks of Richard B Haldane containing the original text and a fair copy of a lecture on William Pitt the Younger, given by Haldane to the Philosophical Institution of Edinburgh, 16 February 1888.