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, undated, of the poem 'Hesperia' by Algernon Charles Swinburne., [1866, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9924
Original manuscript, with revisions, and a typescript with a few manuscript corrections of George Malcolm Thomson's ‘Caledonia, or the future of the Scots’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19635-19636
Dates:
[1927, or before.]
Original manuscripts of Annie S Swan, "A Lost Ideal" (Edinburgh, 1894), and "The Gold the Parisheth" (London, 1901).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5134
Dates:
circa 1894-circa 1901.
Original manuscripts of five stories of Robert Michael Ballantyne.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1698-1702
Dates:
[1869, or before.]
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., 1848-1885.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.5.7-50.7.8
Dates:
1848-1885.
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.
Original manuscripts of the poems 'In memory of Aurelio Saffi' and 'Hesperia' by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9923-9924
Dates:
[1866, or before], 1890.
Original manuscripts of two stories of Robert Michael Ballantyne.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1760-1761
Dates:
[1869, or before, circa 1870.]
Original papers, including bonds and receipts, chiefly 17th century, probably collected by Robert Paul, the minister., 17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5151
Dates:
17th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Correspondence and papers of the Paul family.
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Papers concerning the education, careers, activities and interests of the Paul family.
Original plans, 1896-1908, of Harry R G Inglis for his "Contour Road Books of Great Britain and Ireland"
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5132
Scope and Contents
With manuscript revisions, circa 1960, of R M G Inglis of the "Contour Road Book of Ireland".
Dates:
1896-1908, circa 1960.
‘Origo et progressus familiae Gordoniorum de Huntly in Scotia’ by Robert Gordon of Straloch.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.23
Scope and Contents
Imperfect, the manuscript lacks the first 7 pages.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.187) includes the reference: (W.6.19).
Dates:
17th century.
Orkney genealogies and anecdotes `collected by Robert Nicolson who served as Sheriff Substitute of Orkney from 1793 to 1814 inclusive`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.18
Scope and Contents
Nicolson precedes the genealogical accounts of various Orkney families with a brief topographical description of the islands. He also includes copies of letters taken from Sir John Sinclair`s ‘Statistical Accounts’ of the Parish of Yell in Shetland, of Sir Hugh Dalrymple to Sir Laurence Dundas, 1775, and Reverend Andrew Dishington to Sir John Sinclair, 1791 (page 111). He concludes the collection with copies of a petition and letter to Lord Melbourne concerning a possible superannuation...
Dates:
1839.
Other Essays, Reviews, and Meditations, relating to Rankin’s PhD thesis on Muriel Spark., 1983-1986.
File
Identifier: MS.50602
Scope and Contents
Items are arranged chronologically, as determined by marked dates and content.
Manuscript of Ian Rankin, 1986, of a review of ‘Muriel Spark’ by Alan Bold (1986), with related research notes. Folios 1-10.
Typescripts, 1984-1985, of an essay by Ian Rankin, ‘Crocodiles, Rocks, Chess, and Disguise: The Fiction of Muriel Spark’, an essay. Folios 11-69.Typescript, undated, of Ian Rankin, ‘Crocodiles, Rocks, Chess, and Disguise: The Fiction of Muriel Spark’,...
Dates:
1983-1986.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the PhD thesis of Ian Rankin on Muriel Spark; with related developmental materials.
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Manuscripts and typescript drafts by Ian Rankin of chapters and essays towards his PhD thesis on Muriel Spark.
Other literary works of George Moncrieff-Scott., [?1953]-[?1963], undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26964-26969
Dates:
[?1953]-[?1963], undated.
Other manuscript and typescript material of Gavin Maxwell., Circa 1960-circa 1969, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10555/58-66
Dates:
Circa 1960-circa 1969, undated.
Other prose works written by Robert McLellan., 1958-1977, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26419-26430
Dates:
1958-1977, undated.
Other writings of Alexander Carlyle., 1750-1803, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.23917-23925
"Outline of a plan for cloathing the seamen employ'd in His Majesty's service in war", by Charles Haggis and James Counsell., 1790, 1792.
File
Identifier: MS.66
Package of manuscripts, "A.H. Layard`s MSS. of large book on Nineveh"., ? 1848-? 1849.
File
Identifier: MS.42359
Scope and Contents
The package contains the following manuscripts by Layard :
(1) introduction to an unidentified work;
(2) introduction to "Nineveh and its remains";
(3) preface to "Nineveh and its remains"; and,
(4) description of the plates in "The monuments of Nineveh" (i.e. the large book referred to on the wrapper).
Dates:
? 1848-? 1849.
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.
Page from the Fourth Series (France) of ‘Tales of a Grandfather’ by Sir Walter Scott, in his autograph, together with relevant correspondence and a note by Sir William Fraser.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.20.5.10
Dates:
Circa 1831.
Page-proofs of ‘Cleg Kelly’ by Samuel Rutherford Crockett, as it appeared in the ‘Cornhill magazine’, July 1895-March 1896, with extensive manuscript corrections by the author.
File
Identifier: MS.9988
Scope and Contents
The proofs represent a subsequent and almost final revision of the manuscript (see MS.6517).
Dates:
[1896, or after.]
Pageant commissioned to Robert McLellan by the burgh of Kirkintilloch to celebrate its 750th anniversary., 1964.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26367-26371
Pages 11-22 of the unauthorised American edition of ‘Two of them’ (New York, 1893), a short story by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with revisions in the author's hand.
File
Identifier: MS.6646
Scope and Contents
In addition to the many revisions in the author's hand, there is an entirely new opening (folio 1) in manuscript, taking the place of the first ten pages of the original printed text. Otherwise the most important alteration is the change from the first to the third person throughout the narration.
Dates:
[1893, or after.]
Pañcadaśī of Vidyāraṇya, an exposition of Vedantic philosophy, with Brahmānanda commentary by Rāmakṛṣṇa on the first three of four books.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.2.14
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in Devanāgarī script.Side margins ruled in red, daṇḍas mainly in red (represented by red in transcription). Basic text in centre, inset from margins, surrounded by 2-5 lines of commentary top and bottom.Colophon (commentary, folio 270 recto): iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrībhāratītīrthavidyāraṇyamunivaryakiṃkareṇa śrīrāmakṛṣṇākhyaviduṣā viracite brahmānande viṣayanaṃdī nāma pañcamo dhyāyaḥ ॥ 15 ॥ ॥ pañcadaśaprakaraṇasamāptaḥ ॥ ॥...
Dates:
Undated.
Paper by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson concerning the vocabulary of the dialect of West Ross-shire., [Before 1928.]
Item
Identifier: MS.415A
Dates:
[Before 1928.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
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Papers of the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson concerning the dialect of West Ross-shire.