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:
`Proceedings in the Exchequer`, a collection of forms and procedures obtained by Baron Maule `by the favour of Sir Thomas Parkes, Lord Chief Baron`, March 1750., 1750.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.4.3
Scope and Contents
A list (described as `index`) to the ‘general heads’ can be found on pages 255-258.
Dates:
1750.
Production files of 'Blood red roses' by John McGrath., 1980, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/67-74
Production files of 'Boom' by John McGrath., 1974-1975, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/15-25
Production files of 'Honour your partners' [by David MacLennan]., 1976, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/38-41
Production files of 'Little red hen' by John McGrath., 1975, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/33-37
Production files of 'Out of our heads' by John McGrath., 1976, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/42-48
Production files of "The game's a bogey" by John McGrath., 1974, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/10-14
Prompt script and typescript of 'It had to be you', by George Rosie., [1994].
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11443/15-16
Proof copy of Morley Jamieson, "Ten Poems".
File
Identifier: Acc.7300
Scope and Contents
With manuscript notes of Jamieson concerning the poems.
Dates:
1978.
Proofs, manuscripts, typescripts, cuttings, and list of poems of John Morrison Caie., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9889
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Proofs of the first nine poems contained in John Caie's book of verse ‘The kindly north’ and of the poems in ‘Twixt hills and sea’ (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems published in Scottish magazines and newspapers, 1936-1948, and also the manuscript of 'The Piper' which was included in ‘Twixt hills and sea’ (folio 26);
(iii) Typescripts, undated, of apparently unpublished poems (folio 38);
(iv) Cuttings of poems, 1932-1949, undated, and two...
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Proofs of 'Memoirs of Sir Robert Strange’ by James Dennistoun, volume i, with corrections made by the author on his death-bed., 1855.
File
Identifier: MS.2899
Scope and Contents
Large portions of the text, missing in the proofs, are supplied in manuscript in various hands (not James Dennistoun's).
Dates:
1855.
Proofs of the 4th Earl of Minto's speeches, with the manuscript of a toast to Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, his successor., February-November 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12687
Dates:
February-November 1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
`Proofs of the Subjection of Scotland to the Crowne of England`: a list of events down to 1422.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.18
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is probably an early 16th-century copy of an older English document.
Dates:
Early 16th century.
Proofs of ‘What will he do with it?’ by Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton., [1857, or before-1859, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.4837
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Some galley proofs corrected by Edward Lytton (folio 1);
(ii) Two incomplete sets of page proofs, also corrected by the author, the second set representing a later stage in the revision process (folios 23, 168);
(iii) Some miscellaneous manuscript pages (folio 232).
Dates:
[1857, or before-1859, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscript and proofs of ‘What will he do with it?’ by Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron Lytton.
"Prophylactique ... to give some fewe direct[ions] for the preservation of man's health", written between 1625 and 1633 by William Sheapheard and dedicated to the 1st Earl of Ancram., 1625-1633.
Item
Identifier: MS.5775
Scope and Contents
After a brief description of human physiology, the author gives directions for preserving health, concentrating on diet.
Dates:
1625-1633.
Proposal by Robert Hay to ?John Murray, publishers, that a publication be undertaken to complemement Edward Creasy`s, "The fifteen decisive battles of the world, from Marathon to Waterloo", and that the new publication should be on decisive naval engagements., 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.42276
Dates:
1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Two copies of a proposal by Robert Hay to ?John Murray, publishers, that a book be undertaken on decisive naval engagements.
Proposal by Robert Hay to ?John Murray, publishers, that a publication be undertaken to complemement Edward Creasy`s, "The fifteen decisive battles of the world, from Marathon to Waterloo", and that the new publication should be on decisive naval engagements., 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.42277
Scope and Contents
The main text of the proposal would appear to be in the hand of a copyist, only the corrections to the text being in Hay`s hand.
Dates:
1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Two copies of a proposal by Robert Hay to ?John Murray, publishers, that a book be undertaken on decisive naval engagements.
Prose Edda, written by Páll and Thorsteinn Sveinsson.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.2.4
Dates:
1788-1789.
Prose fiction written by Robert McLellan., 1947-1978.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26412-26418
Scope and Contents
Robert McLellan wrote a number of short stories, chiefly based on his own childhood at Linmill fruit farm in Lanarkshire, many of which were both broadcast and published.
Dates:
1947-1978.
Prose of Edwin Muir., [1931, or before]-[1965, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19654-19662
Dates:
[1931, or before]-[1965, or before.]
Prose pieces and speeches of Charles Murray., [Circa 1906]-1925, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27261
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts of an unfinished play, 'Education', originally titled 'The Dominie has visitors', undated (folio 1); (ii) Manuscript and typescripts, undated, of three short stories, 'A modern Joseph' (folio 17), 'The Dambrod' under the pseudonym 'Robbie Elrick' (folio 21), and an untitled story, part of which is missing (folio 31); (iii) Manuscripts of and notes for speeches, circa 1906, 1925, undated (folio 48).
Dates:
[Circa 1906]-1925, undated.
Prose pieces by various authors, collected by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1965-1972, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26628
Scope and Contents
The papers include a carbon typescript of an early version of part 3, chapter 2 of G E Davie's ‘The democratic intellect’ (Edinburgh, 1961) (folio 42).
Dates:
1965-1972, undated.
Prose works of Alastair Reid., 1974-1981, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27458-27463
Dates:
1974-1981, undated.
Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1923-1978, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.27034-27084
Scope and Contents
As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...
Dates:
1923-1978, undated.
Prose works of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1938-1981, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26608-26614
Dates:
1938-1981, undated.