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 the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson on Sutherland poetry (Donald Matheson, etc.), with some phonetic notes., [Before 1928.]
File
Identifier: MS.432
Dates:
[Before 1928.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
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.
/
Papers concerning dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Papers of the Sharps of Hoddam, found loose in MSS.3084-3085: ‘Material in the process brought by Matthew Sharp of Hoddam […] with a view to dividing the common lands of Ecclefechan and Hoddam’., 1762, 1768, 1810.
File
Identifier: MS.3112, folios 12-21
Dates:
1762, 1768, 1810.
Papers of the Shortreed family of Jedburgh concerning the family's connection with Sir Walter Scott and business and family affairs of the Shortreeds themselves.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8993-8998
Dates:
1792-1930.
Papers of the Skene family of Hallyards in Midlothian.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.10
Scope and Contents
Most of the documents belonged to John Skene (died 1644), the second son of Lord Curriehill, and to his son John, 2nd of Hallyards (died before 1699).The subjects include estate matters (in particular, the teinds of Hallyards) and political matters such as the sequestration of goods in the second half of the 17th century, and the raising and quartering of troops. The elder Skene was a Clerk of Session, and a number of legal papers are included in the volume, one of which (folio...
Dates:
1563-1710.
Papers of the Society for Endeavouring Reformation of Manners in Edinburgh., 1699-1751, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1954
Scope and Contents
The contents comprise: Journal and Minutes, 1699-1708, 1740-1745 (page 1), with some loose papers, 1719, 1743, undated (page 202), lists of members, etc., 1699, 1743-1744, 1748-1751 (page 368).
Dates:
1699-1751, undated.
Papers of the trustees of Alexander Cunningham of Craigends., 1859-1871.
File
Identifier: MS.5017
Dates:
1859-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell.
/
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell.
/
Papers of the trustees of Alexander Cunningham of Craigends, of whom William Mure (succedded 1831) was one.
Papers of the trustees of Alexander Cunningham of Craigends., 1872-1874, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5018
Dates:
1872-1874, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell.
/
Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell.
/
Papers of the trustees of Alexander Cunningham of Craigends, of whom William Mure (succedded 1831) was one.
Papers of the trustees of Alexander Cunningham of Craigends, of whom William Mure (succedded 1831) was one., 1859-1874, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5017-5018
Papers of Thomas Aitken.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8839
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript drafts of antiquarian, scientific and medical discourses, many of which were read at meetings of Inverness Scientific and Field Club.
Dates:
circa 1867-1880.
Papers of Thomas Johnston.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5862
Scope and Contents
Including notebooks, sketchbooks, correspondence, and manuscripts of lectures and addresses.
Dates:
1904-1957.
Papers of Tom Pow relating to 'The execution of Mary Timney', a radio play which was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland., 1988.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/73-75
Papers of Tom Pow relating to 'Wilderness dreams'., 1991-1997.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/77-80
Dates:
1991-1997.
Papers of Valerie Gillies.
File
Identifier: Acc.8791
Scope and Contents
Comprises manuscripts and typescripts of 12 poems, with typescripts, proofs and a printed copy of "Bed of Stone".
Dates:
1981-1984.
Papers of W S Graham, originally from the collection of Alan Clodd.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12468
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and letters, mostly to Alan Clodd.
Dates:
circa 1937-1981.
Papers of Wendy Wood.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9915
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, memoirs, short stories and articles.
Dates:
circa 1930-1980.
Papers of Wendy Wood, containing fragments of literary manuscripts., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7980/34-36
Papers of William Blackwood and Sons, consisting mainly of book publication files, circa 1920-1970, with earlier items including publishing contracts, literary manuscripts, business correspondence , stock books, 1882-1934, and miscellaneous documents supplementing earlier gifts, purchases and deposits.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.309- is now part of Acc.9462.
Dates:
1816-circa 1970.
Papers of William Douglas Home.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9807
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of "The Unhung Parliament", "The Christmas Truce", and "Retirement Age", and a lecture delivered at Lille University.
Dates:
circa 1984-1988.
Papers of William Johnstone.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8877
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of books, articles, and lectures.
Dates:
1923-1980.
Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray., ? 1828-? 1863.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42572-42573
Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn mostly concerning the psychoanalytical assessment of his private patients., 1926-1958.
File
Identifier: MS.50167
Scope and Contents
1926.Index card, [1926], in the hand of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, headed: ‘Word Association Test’. Folio 1.Blank, printed word association test, [circa 1926]. Folio 2.1938.Typescript questionnaire, [1938], on psychoanalytical methodology. The questionnaire has been completed by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 3-7.Manuscript notes of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn concerning the psychoalytical treatment of his patients....
Dates:
1926-1958.
Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.50100-50251
Scope and Contents
William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, known as Ronald, was born in Edinburgh in 1889. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School and the University of Edinburgh, where he read philosophy. After graduating, Fairbairn pursued further studies at the Universities of London, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg, where he read divinity and Hellenic studies. Fairbairn`s academic studies were interrupted by the First World War, during which he served as a territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with...
Dates:
1891-1974, 1992.
Papers of William Will.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7534
Scope and Contents
Including manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and 68 letters from, among others, John Buchan, Sir Ian Hamilton and Neil Munro, on literary and personal matters.
Dates:
1919-1939.
Papers on agriculture and horticulture, the majority by or for Lord Milton, but with some by Henry Fletcher of Saltoun, his wife Margaret Carnegie, and General John Fletcher of Saltoun., 1717-1805, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17829
Dates:
1717-1805, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
/
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
/
Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science.