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 concerning customs and excise., 1680-1767, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17552-17555
Papers concerning customs and excise., 1761-1767, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17555
Dates:
1761-1767, undated.
Papers concerning dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., [Before 1928.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.414-437
Papers concerning Edinburgh, especially the Town Council and elections to it, but also including material on the water supply, street cleaning and repair, the boundaries, and the supply of meal., 1714-1764, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17602
Papers concerning Edith Simon's published books, 1946-1971
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13772/104-166
Papers concerning Edith Simon's writing career, 1940-1994
Series
Identifier: Acc.13772/104-238
Scope and Contents
This series contains notebooks, manuscript drafts, typescript drafts, press cuttings, and research notes relating to Edith Simon's various writing projects, encompassing her books, plays, and screenplays, as well as some unrealised works.
The tete-a-beche style is used by Simon in most notebooks, writing from both ends of each volume.
Dates:
1940-1994
Papers concerning fisheries., 1722-1758, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17578
Scope and Contents
Fishing for herring and cod in Scottish waters is the principal topic, but there are also papers concerning whale-fishing off Greenland.
Dates:
1722-1758, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
Papers concerning folklore, traditions etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., 1896-[before 1928], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.457-475B
Dates:
1896-[before 1928], undated.
Papers concerning folklore, traditions, etc. in Sutherland, Caithness, etc., [Before 1928.]
File
Identifier: MS.457
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 folklore, traditions etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
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.
Series
Identifier: MSS.357-483
Scope and Contents
“An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates:
Late 19th century-[before 1928].
Papers concerning Gaelic place names and personal names compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., [Before 1928.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.357-413
Papers concerning Hugh MacLeod's role in the 1745 rebellion., 1745.
File
Identifier: MS.19296
Scope and Contents
Included in the papers are testimonials for him and his father, Donald, 1st of Geanies, copies of letters of Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Lord President of the Court of Session, and an ‘Account of the Skirmish at Inverurie’, all of 1745.
Dates:
1745.
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...
Dates:
1584-1686, and undated.
Papers concerning Letitia Landon., ? 1834-? 1837.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42327-42335
Scope and Contents
Poet and writer, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, later Maclean, (1802-1838) was one of the most celebrated female poets and writers of her age. She published poems and novels, as well as being a regular reviewer for the 'Literary Gazette'.
The papers here consist of some letters of Landon to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III], as well as manuscripts for one of her novels, short stories and poetry.
Dates:
? 1834-? 1837.
Papers concerning literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 1801-1826, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.891
Scope and Contents
The papers include:(i) Notes by David Herd on Scottish poetry, 1801, [?1804], undated (folios 1-18);(ii) Criticisms by David Herd and others of David Irving’s ‘Lives of the Scottish poets’, [?1804] (folios 17-56);(iii) Papers connected with Sir Walter Scott’s inquiries into Alexander Pope, 1821, undated (folios 61-63);(iv) List of works of C R Maturin, perhaps drawn up in connexion with a project that Scott should edit them (folio 64);...
Dates:
1801-1826, undated.
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 literary matters, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers concerning relations with the native American peoples of the southern region of North America, from the time when Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane was Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station., 1814-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.2328
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 concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20404-20424
Scope and Contents
Mrs Taylor was working on her book 'Renaissance France: a description' from about 1938 to 1948. It was never published although the possibility was considered both during and after her lifetime (see correspondence in MS.20433).
Dates:
[?1938-?1948.]
Papers concerning sea laws.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4286
Scope and Contents
With manuscript and printed items.
Dates:
early 18th century.
Papers concerning "Something Leather" (1990) by Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10371
Scope and Contents
Includes nine manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel, drafts of individual chapters, and associated notes, correspondence and art work.
Dates:
circa 1990.
Papers concerning, "The Age of MacDiarmid. Essays on Hugh MacDiarmid and His Influence on Contemporary Scotland. Edited by P H Scott and A C Davis".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7941
Scope and Contents
Comprising proofs, manuscripts and typescripts of essays, and correspondence.
Dates:
1980.
Papers concerning the army and military affairs., 1694-1759.
File
Identifier: MS.17505
Dates:
1694-1759.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the army and military affairs.