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 in the competition to be served nearest heir male general to Alexander, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, between Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet, of Newe, and Sir John Stewart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Baronet, of Pitsligo., 1818, ?1828-1833, and undated.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.13
Dates:
1818, ?1828-1833, and undated.
Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3582-3584
Dates:
1645-1796, undated.
Papers, including correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of sermons, lectures, reviews, and reports, of the Reverend Prof John Foster.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6087 Box 1(1)-Box 5(4)
Dates:
Circa 1920-circa 1973.
Papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, speeches, literary and political manuscripts and scrapbooks, of Walter Elliot.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6721 Box 1(1)-48
Dates:
1920-1957, undated.
Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents
Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.
Dates:
1933-1961, undated.
Papers, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles and reviews, of Robert Nye; with manuscript and typescript drafts of the anthologies, 'The English sermon, 1750-1850' (1976), and 'The faber book of sonnets' (1976), edited by Nye, with associated correspondence.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6885 Box 1(1)-Box 3(5)
Dates:
Circa 1963-1976, undated.
Papers labelled 'Research from Cambridge period', containing manuscript papers, printed material, periodicals and newspaper cuttings., [1979].
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/423
Papers (many undated) relating to the occupation of France by the allies, including a list of General Sir George Murray`s papers compiled in 1851 (folio 1), a list of his books and maps, written on paper watermarked 1813 (folio 121), lists of cantonments of British troops (folio 159) and a quantity of unused printed forms for correspondence and statistical returns (folio 197)., 1813-1818, 1851, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.7.14
Dates:
1813-1818, 1851, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s tenure of office of chief of staff of the allied armies of occupation in France following the Congress of Vienna.
Papers mostly concerning the prosecution and imprisonment of John Cameron of Fassifern.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12341
Dates:
1753-1759, 1809 and undated.
Papers, mostly manuscripts and typescripts, relating to works published by Dionysia Press., 1993-2008.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13010/38-82
Papers of A Ward Gardner.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9664
Scope and Contents
Includes:
1. anthology of verse "for lovers" chosen by Gardner
2. his child`s story "Kony`s Happy Day"
3. manuscript and typescript of poetry by Gardner.
Dates:
circa 1950-1988.
Papers of Alan Bold.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".
Dates:
1979-1990 and undated.
Papers of Alan Bold, David Morrison, and Tom Scott.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6329/1-9
Scope and Contents
Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles and essays.
With letters of Alan Bold and Tom Scott to David Morrison, on literary matters.
Dates:
1972-1974 and undated.
Papers of Alan Reid, musician, author, and editor.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3660-3665
Dates:
1870-1917, undated.
Papers of Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10749
Scope and Contents
Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of "Poor Things", "Ten Tales Tall and True", and "Why Scots Should Rule Scotland", together with correspondence concerning publication of "Poor Things".
Dates:
1991-1993
Papers of Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11338/1-40
Scope and Contents
Includes a thesis entitled "The World of 4 to 7 Years", 1960, together with printed items illustrating Gray`s work as a graphic artist and book designer.
Dates:
circa 1960-1991.
Papers of Alasdair Gray, relating to '1982 Janine' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1984)., 1983-1984, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/20-36
Dates:
1983-1984, undated.
Papers of Alasdair Gray, relating to 1985 edition of 'Lean tales' and 1987 expanded paperback edition., 1959-1987, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/46-68
Dates:
1959-1987, undated.
Papers of Alasdair Gray, relating to his published works.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8799/1-81
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and poems.
Dates:
circa 1952-1984.
Papers of Alasdair Gray, relating to 'The fall of Kelvin Walker' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1985)., Circa 1966-1968, 1984-1986.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/37-45
Dates:
Majority of material found within Circa 1966-1968, 1984-1986.
Papers of Alasdair Gray, relating to 'Unlikely stories, mostly' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1983)., 1969-1985, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8799/1-19
Dates:
1969-1985, undated.
Papers of Alexander Carlyle on a variety of literary and other topics., 1760-1803, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23920
Scope and Contents
Some of the papers appear to be written in other hands and may not be by Alexander Carlyle.
Dates:
1760-1803, undated.
Papers of Alexander Huchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10158
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and translations, correspondence and artwork.
Dates:
1972-1990.
Papers of Alexander Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12236
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.
Dates:
1931-1981.
Papers of and collected by James Dennistoun (including some printed items), together with some correspondence mostly relating to the Scots monasteries at Würzburg and Ratisbon, being materials towards a projected book by Dennistoun on the Scots monasteries in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent (cf. folio 408)., ?1650-1839.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.25
Scope and Contents
The more substantial items include:(i) a copy in the hand of Friar Alan Chisholm of a version brought up to date in 1687 of `Indiculus Monasteriorum Scotorum S. Benedicti Extra Scotiam` by James Brown (see `"Germania Sancta": a seventeenth-century trilogy`, pages 118-140) (folio 1).(ii) two engravings depicting the Scottish Benedictine monastery of St James, Ratisbon, followed by notes by Dennistoun on the library, the funerary monuments, extracts from the necrology,...
Dates:
?1650-1839.