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 the sections ’Whigmaleeries’ and ‘Lyrics in English’ of ‘Collected Poems’ by William Soutar., [Before 1944.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8593-8594
Dates:
[Before 1944.]
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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Manuscripts and signed typescripts of published poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and incomplete typescripts of sections of ‘Collected poems’ by William Soutar.
Manuscripts of the song, "An Immorality" and preliminary draft score of "Obliques", both of Thea Musgrave.
File
Identifier: Acc.4735
Dates:
1951-1958.
Manuscripts of the title-page, dedication, introduction and description of the plates for the "Second series of the monuments of Nineveh", by Austen Henry Layard., Circa 1853.
File
Identifier: MS.42360
Dates:
Circa 1853.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Austen Henry Layard.
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Manuscripts and proofs of various works by Austen Henry Layard.
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Manuscripts and proofs of the works of Austen Henry Layard concerning his journeys through, and his archaeological excavations and diplomatic missions in, the Ottoman Empire.
Manuscripts of the title page, 'dramatis personae', and scenes xi, xii, and xiii of ‘Firmilian’ by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; and fragments of corrected proofs, 1854, or before.
File
Identifier: MS.4920
Dates:
1854, or before.
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.
Manuscripts of "Thomas Carlyle. A Biographical and Literary Character-sketch" and "Memories of Thomas Carlyle", being translations by Otto Schlapp of articles of Friedrich Althaus in "Unsere Zeit".
File
Identifier: Acc.7982
Dates:
1866, 1881.
Manuscripts of three articles by Edward Bruce Hamley., [1855, or before; 1877, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.4800
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of an article by Edward Bruce Hamley, 'Poetry of the war', published in "Blackwood's magazine", May 1855 (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript of an article by Hamley, 'North and the Noctes', published in "Blackwood's magazine", October 1855 (folio 14);(ii) Manuscript of an article, 'A word with Grub Street', being Hamley's reply to critics of his 'Voltaire', and intended for insertion in a later issue of that work, but...
Dates:
[1855, or before; 1877, or after.]
Manuscripts of three poems by Robert Macnish., Circa 1822-1830.
File
Identifier: MS.4847
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscript of 'Poetical portraits' (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscripts of two apparently unpublished poems, 'Jerusalem', circa 1822, and 'To the Rhine', circa 1825 (folio 5).
Dates:
Circa 1822-1830.
Manuscripts of two apparently unpublished articles by Henry Mackenzie, reviewing 'Tales of my landlord' by Walter Scott, and 'Valerius' by John Gibson Lockhart., [1817, or after; 1821, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.4846
Dates:
[1817, or after; 1821, or after.]
Manuscripts of two apparently unpublished genealogical works by John Philp Wood.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5271-5272
Dates:
1830.
Manuscripts of two articles by Louisa K Haldane.
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Identifier: Acc.9945
Scope and Contents
On the university education of women.
Dates:
first half of 20th century.
Manuscripts of two poems, undated, of James Ballantine.
File
Identifier: Acc.5999
Scope and Contents
With letter, 1850, of Ballantyne to Lord Cockburn.
Dates:
1850 and undated.
Manuscripts of two song cycles, 'A seaside fantasy' and 'A commonplace fantasy' by William Ernest Henley, containing eleven and twenty-one poems respectively., 1875.
Item
Identifier: MS.4804
Manuscripts of 'Under the Eildon tree', with the title 'Deirdre, a Lament in XX Cantos’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1947.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26164-26165
Scope and Contents
Both the text and the order of the poems differ from the published version, and they include additional unpublished material.
Dates:
1947.
Manuscripts of various articles and poems by George Carless Swayne., 1884, 1887, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.4879
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscripts, undated, of six apparently unpublished articles, 'War and civilization' (folio 1), 'King Kohl' (folio 28), 'Free trade' (folio 33), "Notes on the Paris 'Salon'" (folio 44), 'Picturesque Switzerland' (folio 53), and 'Gardening as a profession for ladies' (folio 83);(ii) Manuscripts of six apparently unpublished poems: two versions of 'In Leopoldi memoriam', 1884 (folio 90), 'A Tuscan afterglow', 1884 (folio 92), 'A fable for...
Dates:
1884, 1887, undated.
Manuscripts of various chapters of '1982, Janine', of Alasdair Gray., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/23-31
Manuscripts of various poems by James Hogg., Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.4805
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscripts of ten poems, two incomplete, first published in "Blackwood's Magazine", 1827-1831. The titles are:
'Ode for music on the death of Lord Byron',
'Ane rychte gude and preytious ballarde',
'Will and Sandy',
'A Greek pastoral',
'A real vision',
'A Sunday pastoral',
'The raid of the Kers',
'Johnne Graimis eckspeditioun till hevin',
'The miser's grave', and
'The magic mirror'. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript of ‘Songs by the Ettrick...
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Manuscripts of various poems by James Logie Robertson., 1875.
File
Identifier: MS.4865
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscript, 1875, of "Lord William's wooing. A Scottish ballad" by James Logie Robertson (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscripts, ?1875, of two apparently unpublished poems, 'Our country quarters' and 'Gloria Mundi', by Robertson (folio 4).
Dates:
1875.
Manuscripts of various poems by Robert Hogarth Patterson., [?1875-?1876, circa 1882.]
File
Identifier: MS.4861
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscripts of two apparently unpublished poems, 'Bismark, 1875' (folio 1) and 'Disraeli, 1876' (folio 3) by Robert Hogarth Patterson;
(ii) Manuscript, circa 1882, of an apparently unpublished a cycle of poems, 'Within the valley and shadow' by Patterson (folio 7), with a report on it by Alexander Allardyce, Blackwood's reader (folio 19).
Dates:
[?1875-?1876, circa 1882.]
Manuscripts of various works of David MacBeth Moir ('Delta')., Circa 1818-[1851, or before].
File
Identifier: MS.4851
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of part of an article, 'Extracts from a lost (and found) memorandum book', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, March 1821 (folio 1);(ii) Manuscripts of five poems, 'Four lyrics' (folio 9) and 'Lament of Selim' (folio 15), published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, May 1834 and July 1851.(iii) Manuscripts of ten apparently unpublished poems: 'British Eclogues, no. 2', circa 1818, 'Rural invitation', circa 1820,...
Dates:
Circa 1818-[1851, or before].
Manuscripts of various works of Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant., [1855, or before-1898 or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.4860
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of an article, 'Bulwer', by Margaret Oliphant, published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, February 1855 (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript of an article, 'Theology: the broad church', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, July 1855, as part of the series 'Modern light literature' (folio 24);(iii) Manuscript of the second part of an article, 'Macaulay', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, September 1856; the opening paragraph...
Dates:
[1855, or before-1898 or before.]
Manuscripts of various works of Samuel Warren., 1828-[1854, or before].
File
Identifier: MS.4883
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Material relating to ‘Passages from the diary of a late physician’: manuscript of 'Notice to the reader' and 'Introduction' to the first edition, 1832 (folio 1); manuscript of the preface to the third volume, 1838 (folio 5); and pages of “Blackwood's Magazine”, August and September 1830, containing chapters i and ii, with considerable manuscript corrections apparently for the first edition (folio 11);(ii) Manuscript of an article,...
Dates:
1828-[1854, or before].
Manuscripts of William Drummond of Hawthornden., 1605-1710.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2053-2062
Dates:
1605-1710.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
Manuscripts of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI., Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2063-2067
Dates:
Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
Manuscripts of works and translations by Lord Byron; with some copy in the hands of Lady Byron, Charles Hanson, John Cam Hobhouse, Augusta Leigh, John Murray [II], and Mary Shelley., 1807-1823, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.43348
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts here have been broadly arranged in chronological order. First lines are given in brackets after the title of the poem. ‘Lord Byron: Complete poetical works’, edited by Jermone McGann, has been used in some of the following descriptions.Corrected manuscript draft of an untitled poem (“As relics left of saints above …”) in the hand of Byron, undated [?1806]: folio 1;Corrected manuscript of ‘Parody on Sir W. Jones’s Translation from Hafiz – “Sweet...
Dates:
1807-1823, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscripts, fair copies, fragments and material relating to the non-narrative poems of Lord Byron.
Manuscripts on palm leaves apparently in languages of Southern India., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.8-Adv.MS.81.1.9
Dates:
Undated.