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:
Poetry of George Donald Valentine in manuscript and typescript.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5178-5197
Dates:
Circa 1895-1942, undated.
Poetry of Muriel Spark., 1979-1983, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10989/55-67
Dates:
1979-1983, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing works of prose, poetry and drama.
Poetry of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1949-1979, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26584-26595
Dates:
1949-1979, undated.
Poetry of Robert McLellan., 1955, 1962, 1965-1970.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26431-26433
Dates:
1955, 1962, 1965-1970.
Poetry of Ruthven Todd., 1925-1978, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26827-26833
Scope and Contents
Some of these appeared in his published volumes of verse, or in literary magazines.
Dates:
1925-1978, undated.
Poetry of Sydney Durward Tremayne., [1955, or before]-?1972, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26675-26693
Dates:
[1955, or before]-?1972, undated.
Poetry of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1930-1974, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26116-26127
Scope and Contents
Most of Sydney Goodsir Smith's poems in Scots were published in literary periodicals and in several small volumes of his poetry. His 'Collected poems, 1941-1975' (London, 1975), contains a selection of his work and not the whole corpus.
Dates:
1930-1974, undated.
Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum., 1717-1760, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14503-14523
Political correspondence and papers and some personal accounts of Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19579-19581
Dates:
1805-1816.
Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot., 1871-1922.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19536-19571
Political papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1717-1861.
File
Identifier: MS.5006
Scope and Contents
The papers concern:(i) Plans for the encouragement of industry in Scotland, mainly on the annexed estates, 1761-1857, and undated (folio 1);(ii) Parliament and politics in Scotland, 1743-1845, and undated (folio 68);(iii) Administration of justice in Renfrewshire, 1844-1861 (folio 119);(iv) Poor Relief, 1842 (folio 154); (v) Militia, 1717-1805 (folio 159); (vi) The National Gallery, London, 1853 (folio 167); ...
Dates:
1717-1861.
Pont's map of Elgin and northeast Moray., [?1583-?1596.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 23)
Dates:
[?1583-?1596.]
Pont's map of Tarbet Ness, Easter Ross. , [?1583-?1596.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 20)
Scope and Contents
This map by Timothy Pont, overwritten by Robert Gordon, covers both shores of the Dornoch and Cromarty Firths as well as Tarbat Ness in Easter Ross, with the western limits running from Invergordon north-west to Loch Achnacloich, and then running north-east from there to Edderton.
This map was once believed to be by Robert Gordon (hence its title '[Gordon] 20'), but has now been identified as the work of Timothy Pont (Stone, 1974).
As the compass rose indicates this map is oriented with...
Dates:
[?1583-?1596.]
Portion of manuscript of an apparently unpublished article by Sabine Baring Gould concerning a Swiss genealogical mystery., Late 19th century-Early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.4798
Scope and Contents
The manuscript originally consisted of twenty-two numbered sheets, of which numbers 1-14 are lacking.
Dates:
Late 19th century-Early 20th century.
Portions of drafts, extracted during the process of revision and contraction, and apparently unprinted, of the ‘Case for the respondents’, in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5360
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
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Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5357
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
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Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5358
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
/
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
File
Identifier: MS.5359
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
/
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Portions of drafts of the 'Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1768.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5357-5360
Scope and Contents
MSS.5357-5359 contain a number of portions of drafts, all later than September 1768, written chiefly in the hands of clerks, but considerably revised by Andrew Stuart and others. Details of these drafts, and a statement of the probable relationships between them and the final printed version, will be found in a note at the beginning of MS.5357. The drafts show a continuous process of revision and contraction, leading up to the final printed version. MS.5360 contains portions extracted during...
Dates:
1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Position of Santarem from a military survey by the officers of Royal French Engineers in his Britannic Majesty's Service.1801. Engraved on stone by Fr Hellrigel. London. MS annotations., 1801.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(52)
Scope and Contents
2 insets: Views of Santarem
Dates:
1801.
Positive microfilm of manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott from the Pforzheimer Library, collectively known as the ‘Pforzheimer Scott manuscripts’.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.548
Dates:
[1808, or before]-1830.
Positive Photostat of a manuscript containing Gaelic poetry collected by the Reverend James McLagan (MacLagan MS.73 in Glasgow University).
Item
Identifier: MS.14950
Scope and Contents
The photostat includes a portion which once formed part of National Library of Scotland MS.3784.
The Photostat of the manuscript was catalogued by John Mackechnie as follows.
Mackechnie, page 424 (MacLagan MS.73 a-b) (folios 1-4);
Mackechnie, page 324 (NLS MS.3784 (2), numbers 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 5 in that order) (folios 5-8);
Mackechnie, page 424 (MacLagan MS.73 c-n) (folios 9-12).
Dates:
[Circa 1755.]