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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:

Microfilm of Panmure manuscripts containing viol music by Marin Marais and Jean de Ste Colombe.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.998
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: 'Pieces de viole de Mʳ Marais', compiled before 1685 (MSS.9465-9466);

"Folies d'Espagne" and other pieces for bass viol by Marin Marais, compiled before 1685 (MS.9467);

Transcripts, possibly by Harie Maule, of a total of 111 pieces for bass viol by Jean de Ste Colombe, 4th quarter of 17th century (MSS.9468-9469).

Dates: 4th quarter of 17th century.

Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.464
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);

Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);

Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);

Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).

Dates: [1925, or after-?1959.]

Microfilm of ‘Roman de la Rose’, [circa 1230, circa 1270]; and, ‘The Talbot Hours’, 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.520
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, late 14th or early 15th century, of ‘Roman de la Rose’, written in two stages by Guillaume de Lorris, circa 1230, and Jean de Meun, circa 1270 (Adv.MS.19.1.7);

‘The Talbot Hours’, Psalter and Hours, 15th century (Dep.221/1).

Dates: [Circa 1230]-15th century.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents

The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: ?19th century-[?1921].

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 3. 19th century correspondence and Laurence Oliphant manuscript., 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1212
Scope and Contents

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

The contents are as follows: Small collections and single letters, 1793-1874 (MS.3925);

Manuscript, [1855, or after], of ‘The Trans-Caucasian campaign of the Turkish army under Omar Pasha: a personal narrative’ by Laurence Oliphant. (MS.4855).

Dates: 19th century.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 4. ‘Margaret Maitland’ and ‘Zaidee’., [1849, or before-1855, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1213
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [1849, or before], of chapters i-iii of ‘Passages in the life of Mrs Margaret Maitland’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4856); Manuscript, [1854, or before-1855, or before], of book I and chapters I-XV of book II of ‘Zaidee: a romance’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4857);Manuscript, [1854, or before-1855, or before], of chapters XVI-XXXV of book II and chapters I-XXII of book III of ‘Zaidee: a romance’ by...
Dates: [1849, or before-1855, or before.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 5. ‘The quiet heart’, articles for “Blackwoods magazine”, ‘Annals of a publishing house’., [1854, or before-1898 or before.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1214
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [1854, or before], of chapters ix-xxxvii of 'The quiet heart' by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4859);Manuscripts, [1855, or before-1898 or before], of various works of Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4860);Manuscript, [1897, or before], of part of ‘Annals of a publishing house: William Blackwood and his Sons’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, consisting of the first twelve chapters of text, corresponding...
Dates: [1854, or before-1898 or before.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 13. “A child's history of Scotland”, “Jeanne d'Arc”, Francis Oliphant manuscripts., [?1822-?1896 or before.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1222
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Letters and papers to Margaret Oliphant's husband Francis W Oliphant, with letters and papers of and concerning various members of her family, 1822-1869, 1893, undated (MS.23204);

Autograph manuscripts, [1895 or before], [1896 or before], of “A child's history of Scotland” and “The life and death of Jeanne d'Arc the maid of France” by Margaret Oliphant (MS.23205);

Autograph manuscripts, late 19th century, of Francis R Oliphant (MS.23206).

Dates: [?1822-?1896 or before.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 16. Diaries, reminiscences, and ‘Jerusalem’., Late 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1225
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Diary, 1883, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23213);Diary, 1887, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23214);Diary, 1888, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23215);Diary, 1896, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23216);Manuscript, [1891, or before], 1896, of 'Jerusalem its history and hope' by Margaret Oliphant. (MS.23217);Manuscript, late 19th century, of reminiscences of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23218);Manuscript, late 19th...
Dates: Late 19th century.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 17. Blackwoods correspondence, ‘Annals of a publishing house’., [?1805-?1897.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1226
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Blackwood correspondence (MS.30968);

Revised manuscript of Margaret Oliphant, "Annals of a Publishing House", volume 2 (MS.30973).

Dates: [?1805-?1897.]