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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Transcribed collections of numbers, names, or other text indicating tallies of concepts collocated for any particular purpose.

Found in 1660 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of the Society for Endeavouring Reformation of Manners in Edinburgh., 1699-1751, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1954
Scope and Contents

The contents comprise: Journal and Minutes, 1699-1708, 1740-1745 (page 1), with some loose papers, 1719, 1743, undated (page 202), lists of members, etc., 1699, 1743-1744, 1748-1751 (page 368).

Dates: 1699-1751, undated.

Papers on militia and related matters., 1798-1806.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/794
Scope and Contents

File including: raising militia in Laurencekirk and lists of men, 1798; expenses relating to the regiment, 1806; letters concerning volunteers, 1807; list of men aged 1-50 years in Fordoun, undated.

Dates: 1798-1806.

Papers relating chiefly to the election of Scottish Representative Peers.

 File
Identifier: MS.1026
Scope and Contents

Some letters to Henry Dundas (Lord Melville), 1783-1807, unconnected with election, possibly indicate that these are part of the Melville papers. The papers consist of minutes of elections, lists of peers and their votes, protests, excerpts from ancient records, proposals as to methods of electing, and other papers.

Dates: [?1703]-1771, 1783-1807, undated.

Papers relating to Janet Adam Smith and her involvement with the National Library of Scotland, 1953-1994.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/78
Scope and Contents

Containing:

List of manuscripts gifted to National Library of Scotland by Janet Adam Smith, 1953-1994.

Papers relating to 'George Finch: Everest Diary', 1965-1983.

Minutes and papers of annual general meeting of the Board of National Library of Scotland Trustees, 1975-1980.

Janet Adam Smith list of Buchan papers.

Papers relating to the National Library of Scotland De Quincy exhibition, 1985-86.

Dates: 1953-1994.

Papers relating to sedition, formerly part of the papers of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville.

 File
Identifier: MS.3011
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Notes of the speeches and opinions of the Court at the trial of Charles Sinclair for sedition at Edinburgh, 1794; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 778 (folio i);(ii) Memorandum for Dundas on the trial of Thomas Muir for sedition at Edinburgh, 1793; see ‘State trials’, edited by T J Howell, volume xxiii (London, 1817), page 118 (folio 49);(iii) List of papers on treasonable...
Dates: 1793-1799.

Papers relating to the 'Alpine journal'., 1920-1932, 1949-1952, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/194(1)-197(3)
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920-1932, 1949-1952, undated.

Papers relating to the Annual Dinners of the Edinburgh Borderers Rugby Football Club., 1984-2018.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14490/10
Scope and Contents

This folder includes correspondence, guests lists, seating plans and some hand-drawn palce cards all relating to the annual dinner of the Edinburgh Borderers RFC.

Dates: 1984-2018.

Papers relating to the collieries at Urquhart and Lochgelly., 1703-1792.

 File
Identifier: MS.13304
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to conditions of employment of colliers at Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1730-1743, 1783, 1792, including bonds of coalhewers to the mines, papers relating to renegade colliers, and petitions, etc., concerning the position of the coalgrieve (folio 1);(ii) Lists of absences from the Urquhart colliery, 1743-1744 (folio 78);(iii) Miscellaneous bills and receipts relating to the collieries, 1703, 1705, 1729-1746, consisting...
Dates: 1703-1792.

Papers relating to the life and work of Thomas Telford., [1757-1834], 1834-1835.

 File
Identifier: MS.19975
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous papers relating to Thomas Telford's life and work, including a list of his major works in his own hand, undated (folio 1); (ii) Papers of John Rickman: notes on a tide survey, 1834-1835, and material relating to his preparation of ‘Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself’ for the press (folio 34).

Dates: [1757-1834], 1834-1835.

Papers relating to the military service of Lieutenant Walter R Cuthbert, RFA, in Mesopotamia and India.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12808
Scope and Contents

Includes a list of photographs taken in Mesopotamia, papers connected with Cuthbert`s post-war claims for arrears of pay and allowances, a receipt from British Empire Union and copies of sketches by Mrs Cuthbert (Wendy Wood) made during her husband`s RFA training.

Dates: 1918-1919.

Papers relating to the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, many of which appear to have been cut from the prison register., 1662-1794.

 File
Identifier: MS.215
Scope and Contents The papers include a petition of Christian Strachan, accused of parricide, for appointment of counsel, with signature of James Erskine, Lord Grange, 1712 (folio 4); warrants for committing to, continuing in, or liberating from, the Tolbooth, 1662-1673 (folio 5), 1736 (folio 10), 1794 (folio 13); the imprisonment of seven soldiers of the City Guard for firing on the mob at the execution of Andrew Wilson, 1736 (folio 10); names of eleven persons who escaped from the Tolbooth as a result of the...
Dates: 1662-1794.

Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine; and, personal recollections of Fairbairn in the context of self-analysis., 1919-circa 1955.

 File
Identifier: MS.50169
Scope and Contents The papers in this file have been arranged by theme. Psychic experiences of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript note, 1919, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recorded on a postcard. The note outlines an incident experienced by Fairbairn, and others, on 11 December 1919 which he questions whether it was not a psychic experience. Folio 1.Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine. Extracts and...
Dates: 1919-circa 1955.

Papers relating to the silver mines of Alva., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.5160
Scope and Contents

The papers contain a description of the mine in the hand of Sir John Erskine (folio 1), instructions given by him to Dr Justice Brandshagen for prospecting and mining the silver, and several papers on the legal position of the mine. There is a list of shareholders (folio 36) of the company formed to mine the silver, and a copy of an article on the mine by the Reverend Robert Paul (folios 16-18), published in the 'Alloa Advertiser'”, 20 March 1880.

Dates: 18th century.

Papers titled, 'Sir Gilbert Elliot's Memoranda and Notes - Political'., 1751-1770, 1896.

 File
Identifier: MS.11032
Scope and Contents

These comprise of bound papers, 1754-1770, with a list of contents by the Honourable George F S Elliot, 1896. The last item described in this list of contents, 'A Chronicle of political events - 1751-1763 - in Sir Gilbert Elliot's handwriting', is noted as not having been bound but inserted loose in the cover of the volume, and is now missing.

Dates: 1751-1770, 1896.