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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 of George Chalmers: `Anecdotes of Sir James Steuart [Denham], Baronet, B. 1712, D. 1780`., 1805, and before.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.10
Scope and Contents

There are a draft (folio 1), a fair copy (folio 21), some notes (folio 58), and letters to Chalmers of Archibald Hamilton and Sir James Steuart Denham the younger, 1804, and undated (folio 84).

Dates: 1805, and before.

Papers of George Chalmers: miscellaneous letters and notes., ?1790-?1829.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.11
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:Letters to Chalmers on various topics, 1790-1823, and undated (folio 1); notes on manuscripts of Scottish interest in the British Museum (written on paper watermarked 1801) (folio 32), on the office of Chancellor of Scotland (written on paper watermarked 1801-1807) (folio 47), on ecclesiastical matters, 1797, and undated (written on paper watermarked 1794-1796) (folio 67), and on stage-coaches (written on paper watermarked 1796-1829)...
Dates: ?1790-?1829.

Papers of George Chalmers on the history of printing: `An Historical Account of Printing in Scotland from 1507 to 1707’., ?1st quarter of 19th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.6
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

Aberdeen: General notes (folio 4); Edward Raban (folio 24); James Brown (folio 83); David Straughan (folio 100); John Forbes (folio 104); James Nicol (folio 154); James Chalmers (folio 166); Francis Douglas and William Murray (folio 178).

Dates: ?1st quarter of 19th century.

Papers of George Chalmers on the history of printing: `An Historical Account of Printing in Scotland from 1507 to 1707’., ?1st quarter of 19th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.9.7
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Glasgow: letters concerning Glasgow printers, 1791-1792 (folio 2); general notes (folio 12); George Anderson (folio 40); Andrew Anderson (folio 47); Robert Sanders, father and son (folio 53); Andrew Hepburn (folio 116); Archibald McLean (folio 119); Hugh Brown (folio 122); Donald Govan (folio 129); James and William Duncan (folio 131); Alexander Carmichael and Company (folio 142); Robert Urie (folio 145); Robert and Andrew Foulis...
Dates: ?1st quarter of 19th century.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of Graham Brown, relating to 'The first ascent of Mont Blanc', containing various related material., 1839, 1957, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/163(1-15)
Scope and Contents Containing:(1) Possible rejected manuscript version of Chapter 13(2) Possible rejected manuscript version of unidentified part(3) Photograph of drawing by Baron Gersdorf of view of Mont Blanc from Chamonix(4) Photocopy of letter of G Balmat, 1839(5) Photographs of pages from a notebook written in German(6) Correspondence and amendments relating to the book 1957(7) Various notes relating to the book...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1839, 1957, undated.

Papers of Hamish Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11088
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and manuscripts of short stories and works on travel and mountaineering, together with documents on adventure courses and Braehead School.

Dates: 1963-1993 and undated.

Papers of Hamish Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9762
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of "Hamish Brown`s Scotland" (1988), "Climbing the Corbetss" (1988) and "Speak to the Hills" (1985).

Dates: circa 1980-1988.

Papers of Hamish Henderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10327
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts of and introduction to Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Calcere", and an annotated copy of the original Italian edition of the work.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers of Hamish Macmillan Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13940

Papers of Ian Rankin relating to his work in journalism, 1985-2018, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50543-50558
Scope and Contents

This series contains papers relating to the journalistic activities of Ian Rankin. Included, in manuscript, typescript or published format, are articles, reviews, interviews, and obituaries written by Rankin. Some working notes of Rankin are included, and also some papers concerning the administrative aspects of his journalistic engagement.

Dates: 1985-2018, undated.

Papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10193
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, articles, reviews and talks, and letters.

With photocopies of three letters to Janet H Caird of Sorley MacLean and Robert Garioch.

Dates: 1935-1987 and undated.

Papers of James B Caird, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, essays, articles and talks; and letters to Caird on literary matters.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.262- is now part of Acc.10193.
Scope and Contents

Among the letters to Caird are two of Sorley Maclean, one of George Scott-Moncrieff, two of Edwin Morgan, three of Edwin Muir, three of Sydney Goodsir Smith, one of Douglas Young, and four, 1967-1978, of C M Grieve.

Dates: 1946-1975.

Papers of James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9887
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.

Dates: 1928-1951.

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24501-24629
Scope and Contents

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1767. A large part of the papers consist of his essays, drafts and notes, many of which were used in his books.

Dates: 1526-1936, undated.

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, chiefly on the human mind., 1775-1778, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24513
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) 'Of the principles of all science and demonstrative reasoning, and of the nature of the divine mind', 1777. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 51. (ii) 'Speculations upon the original residence of Man', written while suffering from a fever, 1778. (Folio 23.) Monboddo number 169. (iii) Metaphysical papers on the Human mind and the difference between physical sensation and intellect, 1775, I778, undated. (Folio 24.) Monboddo numbers 10, 22, 17, 16.

Dates: 1775-1778, undated.

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on America, Australasia, with miscellaneous material., 1766-1796, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24536
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) 'Of North America and South America', 1790. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 261. (ii) ‘Of the Indians in North America', 1769, based on an account by the Jesuit missionary, P J A Roubaud. (Folio 36.) Monboddo number 88. (iii) Copy of a letter of Thomas Campbell, 1767, concerning an embassy to the Creek Indians in Alabama (Folio 56.) Monboddo number 116. (iv) Papers concerning Patagonia, Peru and the Antilles, 1766, undated. (Folio 60.) Monboddo numbers 82, 84, 87,...
Dates: 1766-1796, undated.

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Egyptian, Greek and Roman history., 1766-1782, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24531
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) 'Of the history of antient Greece compared with the antient history of Egypt', I766. (Folio 1.) Monboddo number 85. (ii) 'Of antient Egypt', 1769. (Folio 12.) Monboddo number 86. (iii) 'Of the heroick history of Greece', 1769. (Folio 33.) The wrapper is also dated 1778. Monboddo number 1. (iv) 'Of the Persian invasion of Greece under Xerxes', 1770. (Folio 58.) Monboddo number 107. (v) Papers on Herodotus and other Greek historians, 1772, 1782, undated. (Folio...
Dates: 1766-1782, undated.