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:
Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto., 1836-1881, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19442-19470
Scope and Contents
Nina, Countess of Minto was the daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop and granddaughter of Hugh Elliot. Lady Minto's papers reflect her wide ranging interests. She was the author of ‘A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot’, of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751-1806’, and of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807-14’. Her papers contain much material relating to these publications and also to her unpublished works....
Dates:
1836-1881, undated.
Papers and correspondence of Professor Derick S Thomson chiefly concerning his collection of poetry, ‘Eadar Samhradh is Foghar’., 1958, 1966, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14969
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Autograph and typescript of “A’ ghrian a’ drùdhadh air na ballachan”, 12 lines. “Mu Chrìochan Hòil” (folio 1);
(ii) Comments on “Mu Chrìochan Hòil” by Murdo Murray, author of ‘Luach na Saorsa’ (folio 9);
(iii) Letter of Murdo Murray to Professor Derick S Thomson, dated 14 January 1958 (folio 11);
(iv) Typescript of ‘Eadar Samhradh is Foghar’ (folio 12).
Dates:
1958, 1966, undated.
Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.
Dates:
1948-1987.
Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot., 1826-1878, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19420-19433
Scope and Contents
Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, the son of Hugh Elliot, Diplomatist, spent his entire career either in or attached to the Colonial Office. In the 1830's he was in Canada for some years and his memoranda and correspondence for the period are of great interest. He was also involved in the organisation of the penal colonies, in emigration, and in the running of the Colonial Office itself.
Dates:
1826-1878, undated.
Papers and correspondence relating to the New Orleans expedition, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station., 1814-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2330
Scope and Contents
With material relating to Fort Bowyer (folio 120) and a proposed scale of allowances (folio 171a) for payments to the Native American peoples to aid in operations against the United States.
Dates:
1814-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Papers and diaries of Henry Robert Oswald (1790-1862), surgeon and physician in Edinburgh and Douglas, Isle of Man; and of his son Henry Robert Oswald, junior (1827-1892), an assistant surgeon in the service of the East India Company, who rose to the position of Surgeon-General of Burma, 1876-1879, and briefly of India, 1879, and who retired to Edinburgh with his family in 1881.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9001-9042
Dates:
19th century.
Papers and letters of and to Sir Alexander Gray, concerning his poems., [?1921]-1955, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26008
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragmentary manuscript drafts of poems, undated, with a letter of Sir Alexander Gray, describing his method of working, 1955 (folio l); (ii) Lists of poems, ?1921-?1934, with notes of where they were published (folio 8); (iii) Letter of Charles Graves, discussing the publication of ‘Gossip’ by the Porpoise Press, 1928 (folio 33).
Dates:
[?1921]-1955, undated.
Papers and letters of Ruthven Todd., [1940]-1972.
File
Identifier: MS.26890
Papers and notebooks of Tom Pow relating to 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1992)., 1990-1992.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/45-51
Dates:
1990-1992.
Papers and typescripts concerning mainly the Liston family, relations of Sir Robert Liston.
File
Identifier: Acc.7899
Dates:
19th century.
Papers associated with James Rattray, the Younger, of Rannagulzon, and his share in the Forty-five.
File
Identifier: MS.940
Scope and Contents
The papers include commissions signed by the Jacobite Duke of Atholl (Marquess of Tullibardine) and Prince Charles Edward, with an account of the Rattrays of Kinvaid and Rannagulzon.
Dates:
1745.
Papers by Archibald Smith, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland., 1867-1868.
File
Identifier: MS.2128
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Papers concerning the limits of Glenurchay (folio 4);'Argyleshire Invaded but not Subdued', 1868, published in ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume vii, page 412 (folio 8);'Notices regarding Dr John Smith's Collection of Ancient Gaelic Poetry', 1867, partly published in ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume vii, page 238 (folio 30);'Genealogy of the Noble House of...
Dates:
1867-1868.
Papers chiefly concerning the Scottish Universities and the Haddington Woollen Company., 1704-1811, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17603
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers concerning the Scottish universities, 1704-1764, undated, the principal subjects being disputes at Glasgow in the early eighteenth century and academic appointments (folio 1);(ii) Papers concerning feu duties in Stirling, Clackmannan and Monteith assigned for the repair of Stirling Castle, 1706-1741, undated (folio 71);(iii) Papers concerning the scarcity and prices of grain, 1757 (folio 87);(iv) Papers,...
Dates:
1704-1811, undated.
Papers, chiefly relating to lands and families of Morayshire, Banffshire, and Aberdeenshire, collected by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.49.7.1-49.7.20
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.
Dates:
16th century-early 19th century.
Papers, chiefly typescripts of Canon Andrew John Young., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19767
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescripts and partial manuscript of Andrew Young's verse drama 'Jephthah', undated. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Typescripts of the verse dramas 'Saul and the asses' and 'The sirens', undated. (Folio 69.)
(iii) Typescripts and one manuscript of poems. (Folio 112.) 'At Arley', 'Young love' and 'The swans' were published in Andrew Young's ‘Complete poems’, 1974, pages 172, 268, 71.
(iv) Typescript of a sermon by Andrew Young broadcast on Christmas Day, 1946. (Folio...
Dates:
Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
Papers chiefly typescripts of the publications of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1922-[1935, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26036-26062
Scope and Contents
James Leslie Mitchell usually wrote at a typewriter, and few manuscripts survive. For the sake of economy, he frequently used the blank versos of his typescripts for another work at a later date.
Dates:
1922-[1935, or before.]
Papers collected by Morley Jamieson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.7602
Scope and Contents
Includes:
manuscript, 1915, of R W Campbell, "Private Spud Tamson"
diaries, 1901-1909, concerning tours from Edinburgh to Europe
and a letterbook, 1888-1898.
Dates:
1827-1918 and undated.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott concerning witches and ghosts., [1830, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.905
Scope and Contents
Excerpts from records of trials for witchcraft, etc., and from printed books on witches, with a list of works, endorsed ‘Ghost books’ by Sir Walter Scott, in part used for the ‘Letters on demonology’. An account of a witch with a horse-shoe mark on her forehead is endorsed by Scott ‘Red Gauntlet. Major Weir’.
Dates:
[1830, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers collected by Sir Walter Scott dealing with Scottish history and antiquities, chiefly copied from official records and other sources, with some facsimiles., 17th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.901
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the Scottish Regalia (folio 1), the Archers of the Guard (folio 21), the use of Lord Drummond’s executioner by the Town Council of Perth in 1706 (folio 140), the Porteous Riots (folio 143), the Lee Penny (see the ‘Talisman’) (folio 159), Highland traditions, supplied by Dr Mackintosh Mackay (folio 167), and Galloway traditions, chiefly Covenanting, with two ballads (folio 179). The excerpts from records regarding festivities, wapenschawing, etc., (folios 19, 35, 45, 50)...
Dates:
17th century-early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers collected by the Rymour Club, chiefly containing material not printed in the ‘Miscellanea’., ?19th century-?early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3768
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Two sets of corrections to T G Stevenson's 'Sempill ballates’, with notes (folio 1);(ii) Popular rhymes (folio 17), with a girls' singing-game (folio 28) and a skipping-rope rhyme (folio 29);(iii) Children's rhymes and a game (folio 30);(iv) Proverbs and sayings (folio 47);(v) Stories (folio 57);(vi) Miscellaneous verse and prose (folio 64), including copies of five poems of Henry Scott...
Dates:
?19th century-?early 20th century.
Papers compiled and collected by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1842.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.24
Scope and Contents
The material was compiled over a number of years, probably between about 1825 and 1840, and consists of accounts of parishes and families, notes and extracts from printed sources and collections of formal documents, and some original documents and printed items. The complete title of the work was apparently intended to be `Dumbartonshire Illustrated with regard chiefly to its Territorial History and Family Antiquities`, but the work appears never to have been finished (for example, there are...
Dates:
1825-?1842.
Papers concerning an article, “Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations”, by Karl M Abenheimer, and the reply, “Observations in Defence of the Object Relations Theory of the Personality”, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1953-1955.
File
Identifier: MS.50227
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically. 1953.Letter, 1953, of Karl M Abenheimer to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Abenheimer forwards a copy of his own paper, ‘Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations’ (folios 2-37, below), for Fairbairn’s comments and reply. Folio 1.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1953, of ‘Critical Observations on Fairbairn’s Theory of Object Relations’, by Karl M Abenheimer. The typescript has been amended...
Dates:
1953-1955.
Papers concerning 'Broadsheet', poetry magazine, containing manuscripts and typescripts of poems, with related correspondence, art work and press cuttings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8845/1-97
Dates:
1967-1978, undated.
Papers concerning Canada and Newfoundland., 1793, 1804, 1813.
File
Identifier: MS.3848
Scope and Contents
The papers relate to Canadian convoys (folios 1-4, 11-19), Canadian timber and hemp (folios 9-10), and fishing rights of Newfoundlanders (folios 5-8).
Dates:
1793, 1804, 1813.
Papers concerning claims on the estate of Gask, mainly concerning members of the Oliphant family., 1738-1764.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.3