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:
Original manuscript of a paper `On the Glaciation of Ireland` by John Francis Campbell., 1873, or before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.5
Scope and Contents
On the whole the manuscript and printed versions correspond, with the exception of an additional conclusion which appears in the published work.
Dates:
1873, or before.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Original manuscript of ‘A Short American Tramp’ by John Francis Campbell, which records in journal form his travels in North America made from July to November 1864., 1864-1865.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.10
Scope and Contents
The manuscript, which corresponds for the most part with the printed text, has been heavily corrected by Campbell and has several corrected proofs inserted here and there throughout the volume.
Dates:
1864-1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'., 1801-1805.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23911-23916
Scope and Contents
Alexander Carlyle was engaged on his autobiography at
various times during the last five, years of his life but at his death the narrative had reached only 1770. When it was published, in 1860, a supplemental chapter was added by the editor, John Hill Burton, to cover the remainder of Carlyle's life. It is written on the rectos only, with additions, some, quite, lengthy, on the facing versos. A number of passages were deleted by Carlyle: these, were, not printed but the remainder...
Dates:
1801-1805.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography' covering the years, 1722-1743., 1801-1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.23911
Dates:
1801-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
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Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle.
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Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography' covering the years, 1743-1745., 1801-1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.23912
Dates:
1801-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
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Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle.
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Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography' covering the years, 1745-1748., 1801-1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.23913
Dates:
1801-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
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Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle.
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Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography' covering the years, 1748-1758., 1801-1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.23914
Scope and Contents
Three leaves cut out after folio 5.
Dates:
1801-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
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Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle.
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Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography' covering the years, 1758-1762., 1801-1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.23915
Scope and Contents
The end of folio 1 and the beginning of folio 2 have been cut out.
Dates:
1801-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
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Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle.
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Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'.
Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography' covering the years, 1762-1770., 1801-1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.23916
Scope and Contents
The volume originally ended in 1769 (folio 46), the remainder beginning a new volume, but the covers and leaves were subsequently stitched inside the back cover. At folio 57 verso is a note on and a list of members of the Young Poker Club.
Dates:
1801-1805.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.
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Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle.
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Original manuscript of Alexander Carlyle's 'Autobiography'.
Original manuscript of 'Caledonia, or the future of the Scots’ by George Malcolm Thomson, with revisions., [1927, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19635
Original manuscript of ‘Fauna Orcadensis’ by George Low, Minister of Birsay.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.1
Dates:
1776.
Original manuscript of 'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., ?1959.
File
Identifier: MS.26352
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is followed by a few pages of typescript (folio l0l) and a note on the use of symbolism in the play (folio l05).
Dates:
?1959.
Original manuscript of ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.16
Dates:
[1808, or before.]
Original manuscript of ‘My Circular Notes’ by John Francis Campbell, describing a world tour he made from July 1874 to July 1875., 1875-1876.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.5.11-50.5.12
Scope and Contents
In Adv.MS.50.5.11, the account of Campbell’s visit to America is excluded. It begins at what corresponds to page 159 of the printed version, in the middle of a letter `To a Scientific travelling Chum, From the Antipodes`, but apart from a few other minor discrepancies the manuscript and printed versions correspond.The text of ‘My Circular Notes’ consists of a combination of the author`s journal and letters to his family, particularly his step-mother, 1874-1875. The letters in the...
Dates:
1875-1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Original manuscript of ‘My Circular Notes’ by John Francis Campbell, describing a world tour he made from July 1874 to July 1875; volume I: 1874., 1875-1876.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.11
Dates:
1875-1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
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Original manuscript of ‘My Circular Notes’ by John Francis Campbell, describing a world tour he made from July 1874 to July 1875.
Original manuscript of ‘My Circular Notes’ by John Francis Campbell, describing a world tour he made from July 1874 to July 1875; volume II: 1875., 1875-1876.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.12
Dates:
1875-1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
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Original manuscript of ‘My Circular Notes’ by John Francis Campbell, describing a world tour he made from July 1874 to July 1875.
Original manuscript of ‘My Life in Normandy’ by Walter Frederick Campbell of Islay, edited and illustrated by his son, John Francis Campbell., 1848.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.9
Scope and Contents
The manuscript volume includes two prefaces in John Francis Campbell`s hand and several letters to him from David Douglas concerning the publication of his father`s manuscript, 1862-1863. There is also a letter of John Francis Campbell to his step-mother, 1862 (folio 9). At the end of the volume are several folios of additional material ‘found after the book was published’.The manuscript appears to have been written in three different hands and corresponds more or less with the...
Dates:
1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Cable from Kabul'., 1968.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/13
Dates:
1968.
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Cache down'., 1987.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/40
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Children of the mist'., 1992.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/56
Dates:
1992.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Nigel Tranter.
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Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes.
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Manuscript, typescripts and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Children of the mist', containing jacket cover.
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Druid sacrifice'., 1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/61
Dates:
1993.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Nigel Tranter.
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Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes.
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Manuscript and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of 'Druid sacrifice', containing research notes and corrected proof.
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Fire and high water'., 1967.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/10
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Mail royal'., 1989.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/44
Dates:
1989.
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'Tapestry of the boar'., 1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/66
Dates:
1993.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Nigel Tranter.
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Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes.
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Manuscript, typescripts and research notes of Nigel Tranter of 'Tapestry of the boar', containing corrected proof and jack cover.
Original manuscript of Nigel Tranter of 'The captive crown'., 1977.
File
Identifier: Acc.11170/24
Dates:
1977.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Nigel Tranter.
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Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of Nigel Tranter of his novels, containing proofs and research notes.
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Manuscript, typescript and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'The captive crown', containing jacket cover.