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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:

Notebook containing manuscripts of literary work by George Moncrieff-Scott., [1960, or before]-[1961, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26965
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains the following: (i) Manuscript of chapters 12 to the end (folio 1) and chapter 8 (folio 51) of ‘The mirror and the cross’ (London, 1960), George Scott-Moncrieff's history of the Catholic church in Scotland. For the rest of the manuscript, see MS.19631. (ii) Manuscript of the text, omitting the introduction, of ‘Portrait of Edinburgh’ (London, 1961) (folio 66).

Dates: [1960, or before]-[1961, or before.]

Notebook containing part of the manuscript of ‘Two men and a blanket’ by Robert Garioch Sutherland., [1975, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26610
Scope and Contents

The manuscript corresponds to pages 11-53 of the published edition, though there are some variations in the text.

Dates: [1975, or before.]

Notebook containing the manuscript of a farce, 'Redwood', in two acts, with short stage instructions and occasional verses in the text.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9378
Scope and Contents

Watermark evidence suggests a date for the volume circa 1795.

Dates: [Circa 1795.]

Notebook containing transcripts of specifications and articles by various authors relating to a wide variety of small engineering undertakings, owned and chiefly compiled by R Blackadder.

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Identifier: MS.19981
Scope and Contents R Blackadder worked in Dundee, and appears to have been a member of the family of mapmakers and civil engineers from Berwickshire. He was part estate management consultant and part engineer. His interests ranged from manure and drainage, to the construction of damheads, ice houses, bridges, and railway curves. He also made notes on landlord tenant relations, on crop rotation, and on the organisation of various large estates. His work was primarily in Angus, but he spent some time in...
Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

`Notebook David Morris` of George Crabbe., 1820.

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Identifier: MS.42075
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 297 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1820.

"Notebook Flowers" of George Crabbe., 1819-1822.

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Identifier: MS.42074
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 296 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1819-1822.

"Notebook Lady`s Album" of George Crabbe., 1826.

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Identifier: MS.42078
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 297 (London : Mansell, 1986), which includes a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1826.

`Notebook N` of George Crabbe., 1814-1816.

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Identifier: MS.42072
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the `Index of English Literary Manuscripts`, volume 3, part 1, page 294 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1814-1816.

"Notebook O No. 4" of George Crabbe., 1822.

 Item
Identifier: MS.42076
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 296 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1822.

Notebook of Andrew Rule, a schoolmaster in Aberdeenshire.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.7.12
Scope and Contents

As well as teaching in a number or local schools, mostly in the parish of Glenmuick, Rule taught book-keeping, navigation and arithmetic to private pupils. His notebook includes accounts, lists of books, minutes of visits to the schools by the committee of the presbytery, and reflections on the events of the year. These last are mostly of a religious nature, but he mentions his own and his children`s affairs and (folio 48) the political events of 1745.

Dates: 1713-1755.

Notebook of David Morrison containing drafts of poems and notes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12226
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for "Caithness Coronach" (2003).

Dates: circa 1988-2002.