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:
‘Scottish Historical documents’, being transcripts and notes, in manuscript and typescript, by and for Sir Archibald C Lawrie in preparation for continuations (never published) to his ‘Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D.1153’: Volume XV: Burghs (folio 1; arranged alphabetically), and Miscellanies (folio 78)., ?1905, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.37.3.15
Dates:
?1905, or after.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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‘Scottish Historical documents’, being transcripts and notes, in manuscript and typescript, by and for Sir Archibald C Lawrie in preparation for continuations (never published) to his ‘Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D.1153’.
'Scottish Mediæval Church History' by Bishop John Dowden., Late 19th century-[before 1911].
Item
Identifier: MS.3557
Dates:
Late 19th century-[before 1911].
'Scotus Pauperum': a manuscript copy of the elucidation by Guillermus Gorris of Aragon on Duns Scotus's commentary on the 'Sentences' of Peter Lombard.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11759
Scope and Contents
A manuscript probably written in eastern France in ca. 1490. It is possibly linked to, or copied from, a contemporary printed edition of Gorris's work. Begins with an address by the author to Alfonso of Aragon, archbishop of Saragossa, folio 1r: "Reuerendissimo in Christo patri et illustrissimo domino domino Alfonso de Aragonia archiepiscopo cesaragustam[?] dignissimo, subditus Gulliermus Gorris post deuotissima [...] humilime se commendat." This address is dated 1486. The text...
Dates:
Circa 1490.
Scrap-book containing correspondence of and related printed items concerning William Sulzer, counselor at law and sometime Governor of New York.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.2
Scope and Contents
The correspondence, which consists mostly of incoming letters dated 1920-1922, together with a few dated 1916-1917, relates to the aftermath of his political career, which was virtually terminated by his impeachment and removal from office as Governor of New York in October 1913, after less than a year in office; to his investments (mostly in mining shares), and to matters of personal interest.The printed items, which consist of contemporary press-cuttings and small pamphlets,...
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Scrap book containing envelopes addressed to the Countess of Lichfield., 1837-1840.
Item
Identifier: MS.6339
Scope and Contents
The scrap book is arranged in two roughly alphabetical series according to the name of the sender (folios 1-26, 30-73). Most of these envelopes are franked, but a few have the penny post stamp. There are numerous gaps where envelopes have been removed, and in some cases the name of the sender has been pencilled in. Some printed and manuscript items connected with the history of franking and of the penny post, found loose in the volume, have been inserted at folio 75.
Dates:
1837-1840.
Scrapbook of John Blackwood Greenshields., 1679-1888, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.19769
Scrapbook of John Blackwood Greenshields., 1789-1895, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.19770
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing ‘372 Solar Thermographs of various sizes’, the results of his experiments with asbestos, from May to December 1882., 1882.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.17
Scope and Contents
There are several letters bound in at the beginning of the volume including one from William Ellis and one from William Spottiswoode, the mathematician and physicist, 1882, and some press cuttings relating to meteorology and astronomy.
Dates:
1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing experiments in solar physics., 1882-1885.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.8
Scope and Contents
In particular Campbell records his study of sun-spots and their effect on weather. The small pamphlet he published on the subject, ‘Sun Spots and World`s Weather’, being two letters he sent to the editor of the ‘Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society’ in 1884, is included in this volume (folio 69).There is also a little related correspondence inserted here and there throughout the volume.Apart from notes and press cuttings on astronomy and meteorology,...
Dates:
1882-1885.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell, containing material relating to his interests and activities., 1877-1878.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.5
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Watercolour and pencil sketches made on a sailing trip round the west coast of Scotland in 1877, accompanied by notes of a mainly geological nature (folios 1-39).(ii) Watercolour sketches, photographs and notes recording his visit to Egypt and Syria from January to April 1878 (folios 47-142).(iii) Press cuttings and notes on the Argyllshire Election of 1878 in which Lord Colin Campbell participated (folios...
Dates:
1877-1878.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing results of experiments in solar physics while he was in Egypt in 1880-1881 and in Cannes in 1882., 1880-1882.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.15
Scope and Contents
The volume contains notes, detailed diagrams, photographs and samples of materials used in the experiments.
Dates:
1880-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing the continuation of experiments to register solar images, mainly while he was in Cannes, and which he describes in Chapter 5 of ‘Thermography’., 1881-1882.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.16
Scope and Contents
Towards the end of the volume are notes on, and diagrams and photographs of sun-spots.
Dates:
1881-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell, mostly containing notes and records of experiments he made in solar physics., 1880-1882.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.7
Scope and Contents
The volume takes the form of a diary. Diagrams accompany the daily record of experiments and their results.
A small amount of correspondence and press cuttings on various other subjects, particularly meteorology, is inserted throughout the volume.
Dates:
1880-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Scrapbook of printed and manuscript material inscribed by Sir Charles Dalrymple 'Record of events during period of office as Grand Master Mason of Scotland, 1893-6.', 1893-1896.
Item
Identifier: MS.25659
Scrapbooks of John Blackwood Greenshields., 1679-1895, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19769-19770
Scope and Contents
The scrapbooks contain letters, circulars, verse, press-cuttings, burgess-tickets, stamps, bank-notes, and miscellaneous papers of and relating to the Greenshields family. In particular, the scrapbooks reflect John Blackwood Greenshield's interest in antiquarian matters and local politics.
Dates:
1679-1895, undated.
Script, manuscript and typescript fragments., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/16
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'Boom' by John McGrath.
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Scripts relating to 'Boom', by John McGrath.
Script of 'Honour your partners', containing manuscript notes., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/38
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'Honour your partners' [by David MacLennan].
Script of "The game's bogey" with additional manuscript material and notes., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/11
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of "The game's a bogey" by John McGrath.
Scripts of 'Blood red rose'., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/67-70
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'Blood red roses' by John McGrath.
Scripts of Don Paterson., Before 1998-2001, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12689/68-74
Dates:
Before 1998-2001, undated.
Scripts of 'Out of our heads', also containing other related material., 1976, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/42-46
Dates:
1976, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'Out of our heads' by John McGrath.
Scripts of 'The catch, or ... red herrings in the Minch', containing manuscript notes and other related material., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/77-80
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'The catch, or ... red herrings in the Minch' by John McGrath.
Scripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence relating to works of David Thomson., Circa 1929-1987, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-143
Dates:
Circa 1929-1987, undated.
Scripts relating to 'Boom', by John McGrath., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/16-18
Dates:
Undated.