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 rough, early versions of poems of William Soutar., 1936-1942.
File
Identifier: MS.8611
Dates:
1936-1942.
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Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished.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 of rough, early versions of poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscripts of rough, early versions of poems of William Soutar.
Manuscripts of 'Satires', 1925-1926, 'Odes', 1927-1931, and 'The barmecide' (beginning), undated, by George Donald Valentine., 1925-1931, [1933, or before].
File
Identifier: MS.5183
Dates:
1925-1931, [1933, or before].
Manuscripts of scientific works of James Douglas Hamilton Dickson., 1895-1900.
File
Identifier: Acc.9770/13
Scope and Contents
Contains manuscripts of 'Kinetic theory of gases' (1895), 'Optics' (1900) and 'Thermodynamics of gases and liquids' (undated).
Dates:
1895-1900.
Manuscripts of sermons composed and delivered by George Crabbe., 1784-1831.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42080-42123
Scope and Contents
George Crabbe had a long career in the Church and he preached in many parishes. During his lifetime, he held livings in the counties of Dorset, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Wiltshire. There are here over 40 manuscripts of sermons that Crabbe composed and delivered. These are working manuscripts, with annotations, deletions and markings possibly made for the purposes of publication. Some have also been annotated with the date and location in which the sermon was delivered,...
Dates:
1784-1831.
Manuscripts of several poems by and an article concerning John Eagles., 1835-1855, 1858.
File
Identifier: MS.4792
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscripts of fourteen apparently unpublished poems by John Eagles, 1835-1855, copied and mostly dated by Miss Zoe King. The titles are: 'Garland to Blackwood on publishing no. cccc', 'Ten unpublished sonnets', "Inscription for Chatterton's Monument", 'Reconciliation', and 'Woods'. (Folios 1-19 recto, 21-32.)(ii) Manuscripts of three poems by Eagles entitled 'The earth bears fruit in life and fruit in death', 'Hail! Sacredness of hoar...
Dates:
1835-1855, 1858.
Manuscripts of short pieces of poetry, 1905-1915, and 'Heart of Bruce', 1911, by George Donald Valentine., 1905-1915.
File
Identifier: MS.5180
Manuscripts of short pieces of poetry, 1915, 'Fountain of youth', 1915, and odes and short pieces of poetry, 1916-1919, by George Donald Valentine., 1915-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.5181
Manuscripts of short pieces of poetry by George Donald Valentine., 1919-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.5182
Manuscripts of short poems, circa 1919-circa 1931, and 'Adonijah', undated, and typescript, undated, of 'The fountain of youth' by George Donald Valentine., Circa 1919-circa 1931, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5197
Dates:
Circa 1919-circa 1931, undated.
Manuscripts of short stories of Alasdair Gray for 'Unlikely stories'., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/2-4
Manuscripts of short stories of Alasdair Gray for 'Unlikely stories'., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/9-11
Manuscripts of Sir Frank Fraser Darling.
File
Identifier: MS.19707
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of ‘The seasons and the farmer: a book for children’, 1939. The preface is dated 1934. (Folio 1.) (ii) Manuscript of ‘Wilderness and plenty’, the Reith Lectures for 1969, written in 1968 and first published in 1970. (Folio 84.)
Dates:
1934, 1968.
Manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott from the Pforzheimer Library, collectively known as the ‘Pforzheimer Scott manuscripts’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23042-23052
Dates:
[1808, or before]-1830.
Manuscripts of speeches of Agnes Mure Mackenzie delivered chiefly to the Saltire Society., 1941-1951.
File
Identifier: MS.9197
Scope and Contents
A list of titles precedes the texts.
Dates:
1941-1951.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
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Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, speeches, articles and broadcasts of Agnes Mure Mackenzie.
Manuscripts of stories in William Sharp’s hand., [1893-1905.]
File
Identifier: MS.8771
Dates:
[1893-1905.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.
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Manuscripts, in the author's hand, and typescripts of stories by 'Fiona MacLeod', and one by William Sharp.
Manuscripts of stories in William Sharp’s hand., [1893-1905.]
File
Identifier: MS.8774
Dates:
[1893-1905.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.
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Manuscripts, in the author's hand, and typescripts of stories by 'Fiona MacLeod', and one by William Sharp.
Manuscripts of stories in William Sharp’s hand, with one typescript., [1893-1905.]
File
Identifier: MS.8772
Dates:
[1893-1905.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.
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Manuscripts, in the author's hand, and typescripts of stories by 'Fiona MacLeod', and one by William Sharp.
Manuscripts of stories in William Sharp’s hand, with some typescripts., [1893-1905.]
File
Identifier: MS.8773
Dates:
[1893-1905.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.
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Manuscripts, in the author's hand, and typescripts of stories by 'Fiona MacLeod', and one by William Sharp.
Manuscripts of ten articles by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’, written under the pseudonym 'Mountboy' for the Scottish Secretariat., 1927-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.27055
Scope and Contents
These weekly 'causeries' were syndicated to local newspapers throughout Scotland.
Dates:
1927-1928.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Articles and short pieces of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Manuscripts of ten poems by Felicia Dorothea Hemans., [1827, or before-1834, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.4803
Scope and Contents
The titles of the poems are as follows: 'The water lily', 'The Lady of Provence', 'Woman on the field of battle', 'To the memory of Lord Charles Murray', 'The burial in the desert', 'Song of emigration', 'The freed bird', 'Marguerite of France', "Scenes and hymns of life, No. 8, prisoner's evening service", and 'Keene, or Funeral lament of an Irish mother over her son'.
Dates:
[1827, or before-1834, or before.]
Manuscripts of 'The barmecide' (conclusion), 1933, short pieces of poetry, 1934-1942, and 'Moses', undated, by George Donald Valentine., 1933-1942, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5184
Dates:
1933-1942, undated.
Manuscripts of 'The history of the Church of Scotland' by Archbishop John Spottiswoode., Early 17th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2938-2939
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Manuscripts of 'The Laird o Dreepdaily: a musical ploy in one act' by Robert Garioch., 1957.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26603-26604
Scope and Contents
MSS.26603-26604 contain notes and the manuscript versions written in 1957 when the musical accompaniment was to be composed by Gordon Steele.
Dates:
1957.
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; commentary on the ‘Digest’ of Justinian., 1792-1799.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.8.18-81.8.21
Scope and Contents
The introductory lecture implies a complete commentary, of which only about half has survived.
Dates:
1792-1799.