Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts of 'Born to be King' by Edward Albert, an historical novel, apparently unpublished., 1st half of 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9103-9104
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of 'Born to be King' by Edward Albert, an historical novel, apparently unpublished.
Manuscripts of Cecilia Campbell, née Cleghorn, written before her marriage to Arthur Campbell of Catrine, Writer to the Signet, in 1851.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14300-14302
Dates:
Circa 1850-1877, undated.
Manuscripts of chapters 1-2 of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth., ?1965.
File
Identifier: MS.26844
Dates:
?1965.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).
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Prose writings of Ruthven Todd.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth.
Manuscripts of chapters 1-10 of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth., ?1965
File
Identifier: MS.26843
Dates:
?1965
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).
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Prose writings of Ruthven Todd.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth.
Manuscripts of chapters 18, 19 and 20-21 respectively of 'Belonging' by Willa Muir., [1968, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19695-19697
Manuscripts of compositions of Cecil F Coles.
File
Identifier: Acc.11345
Dates:
1904-1917 and undated
Manuscripts of Donald MacPherson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14890-14895
Scope and Contents
Donald MacPherson is described in ‘Cairm’, volume 25, page 207. He was born in Laggan, Badenoch, about 1788 (MS.14891, page 124). He served in the 75th Regiment for fourteen years, and reached the rank of sergeant. On leaving the army he married Mary Stacey, a native of Richmond-on-Thames, and entered business as a bookseller at 54 Upper Ebury Street, Pimlico. In 1824 he published some of his English poems as ‘Melodies from the Gaelic’. This achieving some success, he proposed another work,...
Dates:
1st half of 19th century.
Manuscripts of early laws, statutes, and practicks, written from the 15th to the early 17th centuries, and combined probably in the early 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.11
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Notes of Acts of Parliament of circa 1606-1609 and from the reign of James I to that of James VI and I, early 17th century (folio 1 verso).(ii) A collection of laws in six books, taking its material from the ‘Regiam Maiestatem, the ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, the early statutes, the burgh and forest laws, etc., 15th-16th century (folio 10). An index is bound in at folio 102.(iii) `Assise et statuta Regis David...
Dates:
15th century-early 17th century.
Manuscripts of early poetry, 1895-1905, and 'Orpheus' (revised, 1928) by George Donald Valentine., 1895-1905, 1928.
File
Identifier: MS.5179
Dates:
1895-1905, 1928.
Manuscripts of early short pieces of poetry by George Donald Valentine., Circa 1895-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.5178
Dates:
Circa 1895-1915.
Manuscripts of Eric Linklater of plays., 1937, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10155/38-39a
Dates:
1937, undated.
Manuscripts of final copies of poems of William Soutar with titles from A-F., [1917-1942.]
File
Identifier: MS.8613
Dates:
[1917-1942.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.
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Manuscripts, chiefly undated, of final copies of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of final copies of poems of William Soutar with titles from G-S., [1917-1942.]
File
Identifier: MS.8614
Dates:
[1917-1942.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.
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Manuscripts, chiefly undated, of final copies of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of final copies of poems of William Soutar with titles from T-Y., [1917-1942.]
File
Identifier: MS.8615
Dates:
[1917-1942.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.
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Manuscripts, chiefly undated, of final copies of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of four poems in the hand of Allan Ramsay.
File
Identifier: MS.5200
Scope and Contents
The poems are apparently extracted from a volume, the pages being numbered 89 to 104.
The titles are: 'The general mistake', published in ‘Poems’, 1728; and 'The Gods of Egypt', 'Ane epistle to A R on the poverty of the poets', and 'Answer', all three published in ‘Poems’, 1729.
The manuscript texts vary very little, except in spelling and punctuation, from the printed texts; that of 'The general mistake', however, lacks the first part of the final printed version.
Dates:
[1728, or before-1729, or before.]
Manuscripts of four poems: 'The lost Pleiad; a Story of the stars', "Griselda's song" (from Act IV, scene iii, of ‘Griselda’), 'The almond blossom', and 'The dirge of Adonis', by Edwin Arnold., 1855-1856.
File
Identifier: MS.4761
Manuscripts of George Eisenhauer, Fort George, East Florida, dedicated to Sir Walter Scott., 1827.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1579-1580
Manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, and of his relations.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2534-2542
Dates:
1712-1841.
Manuscripts of illustrated books and travel journals of Doris Ann Goodchild.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11801
Dates:
1955-1996.
Manuscripts of 'Jephthah' translated into Scots by Robert Garioch Sutherland from the Latin version by George Buchanan, and published in ‘Jephthah and the Baptist’., 1955.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26596-26598
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts contains numerous corrections and revisions.
Dates:
1955.
Manuscripts of literary works of Naomi Mitchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10739/1-5
Dates:
c1940s-1961
Manuscripts of looseleaf miscellaneous notes of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'Moroccan traffic'., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/413-414
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to works by her.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the Dolly novel series, also known as the Johnson Johnson Mysteries.
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Research material of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to the Dolly novel series, also known as the Johnson Johnson Mysteries.
Manuscripts of lyrics written by Ian Rankin., 1977-2006.
File
Identifier: MS.50518
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts of lyrics by Ian Rankin, written for various bands. Folios 1-6.Lyrics are arranged alphabetically by the name of the band for which they were written.Manuscript lyrics, circa 1977, by Ian Rankin for Rankin’s band The Dancing Pigs.
Lyrics for songs 'Johnnies' and 'All F**ked Up', and track listing for L.P. 'Auschwitz '77'. Folio 1.Manuscript lyrics, 2006, 'The Sixth Stone', written by Ian Rankin for the band Saint Jude's Infirmary.
Includes...
Dates:
1977-2006.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and related working papers of other creative works of Ian Rankin.
Manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant., [1891, or before], [1899, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23217-23219
Dates:
[1891, or before], [1899, or before.]
Manuscripts of miscellaneous poems and verses by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., 1825-1863.
File
Identifier: MS.4919
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Originals and copies of verses, 1825-1829, written by William Edmondstoune Aytoun while a schoolboy at Edinburgh Academy, all apparently unpublished. (Folio 1.)(ii) Verse translations from the German of Goethe, presumably compiled by Aytoun for his ‘Poems and ballads of Goethe’ (Edinburgh, 1859) but all, with one exception, apparently unpublished. The titles are: “The shepherd's lament” (or 'Schafers Klagelied', there are two versions...
Dates:
1825-1863.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.