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:
"Jottings of Alexander Carlyle's Life and Work. By Himself", being the nephew of Thomas Carlyle.
File
Identifier: MS.739
Dates:
1931.
Journal and scrapbook of John Francis Campbell combined, kept mainly during his visit to Paris at the time of the Siege in 1871, and while travelling round the west coast of Scotland which is described in letters to his family in August and September 1871., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.6
Scope and Contents
Other items of interest in the volume include material regarding the marriage of Lord Lorne and Princess Louise on 21 March 1871, and on traction engines.
There are two printed pamphlets by Campbell, ‘On Current British Mythology and Oral Traditions’ and ‘Notes on Glacial Phenomena of the Hebrides’.
Dates:
1870-1871.
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.
Journal and scrapbook of John Francis Campbell in which he mainly describes his travels in Ireland from July to October 1872., 1872.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.7
Scope and Contents
The journal is illustrated with watercolour and pencil sketches, photographs and rock-rubbings. Throughout, Campbell stresses the geological aspects of the places visited, particularly with regard to glaciation, and at the end of the volume his printed pamphlet ‘On the Glaciation of Ireland’ is inserted. There are also several letters to Campbell from various correspondents, 1872, and at the beginning of the volume several press cuttings relating to Gaelic literature and the Ossianic...
Dates:
1872.
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.
Journal and sketchbook of John Francis Campbell recording his travels and interests., 1879-1880.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.5.6
Scope and Contents
The volume falls roughly into two sections:(i) Experiments in and notes on Thermography, a subject in which Campbell became increasingly interested towards the end of his life.As a result of his experiments with the sun`s rays, he published several pamphlets, two of which are included in this volume:‘Time Scales Horizontal and Vertical’ (folio 169) and “Campbell`s Registering Sun-Dial” (folio 152). There are also notes, diagrams and cuttings relating to...
Dates:
1879-1880.
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.
`Journal kept during travels in Holland 1668 (in Danish)`, containing the travels of a Danish nobleman, who accompanied the Danish Prince George to Holland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.4.13
Dates:
8 June-19 September 1668.
‘Journal of a trip to Carlsbad from July 6 1846 to November’ of John Francis Campbell; however, the diary mainly describes his travels through Austria from Hopfgarten to Vienna., 1846.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.15
Scope and Contents
There are a few pen and ink sketches to illustrate the text and a letter to Campbell from Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite pretender, 1846.
On the back board of the volume he has recorded the results of hunting and fishing expeditions made throughout his tour.
Dates:
1846.
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.
`Journal of architecture` by James Playfair.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.25
Scope and Contents
The manuscript records Playfair`s day-to-day architectural work, with notes of his expenses and a few accounts for clients.
Throughout the period, Playfair was living in London and visiting Scotland once a year. The journal, which is particularly detailed for 1788-1789, gives the names of his clients and information about drawings and other work done for them. The buildings included Cullen House, Bothwell Castle and Dupplin Castle, and were mostly in Scotland.
Dates:
1783-1792.
Journal of John Francis Campbell describing a Mediterranean tour Campbell made while he was still a student at Eton, between 1841 and 1842., 1841-1842.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.14
Scope and Contents
There are detailed accounts of his visits to Spain, Greece, Italy and Switzerland with small watercolour sketches accompanying his description of Spain.
The manuscript is made up of six notebooks of varying sizes bound together.
Dates:
1841-1842.
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.
Journal of John Francis Campbell describing a tour he made across North America from New York to San Francisco in 1874, illustrated with watercolour sketches and photographs., 1874.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume, however, contains correspondence, notes and cuttings concerning the Ossianic controversy and experiments in meteorology with diagrams and notes.
Several printed ‘Proceedings of the Geological Society’ for 1873-1874 are also included (folios 21, 26, 42).
Dates:
1874.
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.
Journal of John Francis Campbell describing a trip to Norway and Finland from July to September 1865, stressing geological features which interested him., 1865.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.3
Scope and Contents
Other items included in this volume are a letter of Sir Archibald Geikie, 1865 (folio 39), an extract of ‘A Night in a Workhouse’, and extracts from ‘Frost and Fire’ pasted at the end (folios 234 verso-252).
Dates:
1865.
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.
Journal of John Francis Campbell illustrated with watercolours and photographs describing his activities for the latter part of 1869, including several letters to his family during a trip to Norway and Sweden between August and September., 1869.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.5
Scope and Contents
There is more material relating to the ‘Sutherland Gold Fields’, principally diagrams and press cuttings (folio 101), and towards the end of the volume is a series of notes and watercolours made while travelling in the north of Scotland.
Dates:
1869.
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.
Journal of John Francis Campbell, in continuation of Adv.MS.50.2.2, containing Highland tales, poems and songs collected from various sources in the west of Scotland, particularly from Skye, most of them in English., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.4
Scope and Contents
Several letters to Campbell have been included all enclosing contributions to the collection of Highland Literature. Also included are notes on ‘The Story of Art MacCuinn, King of Ireland’ (folio 111-137).
Dates:
1870-1871.
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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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Journal of John Francis Campbell in which he continues his account of his visit to America in 1874 and goes on to describe his travels through Japan, China, Java and Ceylon in 1875., 1874-1875.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.10
Dates:
1874-1875.
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.
Journal of John Francis Campbell, kept while travelling in Norway, Russia and Italy, 1873-1874, and illustrated with a number of photographs and watercolours., 1873-1874.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.8
Scope and Contents
Campbell’s description of his visit to Italy dwells particularly on Mount Vesuvius and on the works of art he saw in Rome and Florence.Near the beginning of the volume he discusses Gaelic literature and meteorology with accompanying diagrams and cuttings.A little correspondence for 1874 and several printed items including copies of Campbell’s ‘On the Glaciation of Ireland’ (folio 3) and ‘About Polar Glaciation’ (folio 28) have been inserted at the front of the...
Dates:
1873-1874.
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.
Journal of John Francis Campbell written while he was travelling in the West of Scotland collecting Gaelic folklore., 1870-1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.2.2
Scope and Contents
The volume contains many Highland tales which Campbell has taken down in English in note-form. There are only one or two he has written in Gaelic.Campbell has illustrated the journal with a few watercolour sketches of Scottish Scenes (folios 10-12, 85, 87 verso, 117 verso, 158 verso-159, 166 verso, 169 verso, 283) and some miscellaneous insertions have been made throughout the volume:(i) A printed pamphlet ‘On Prehistoric Remains in the Neighbourhood of the Crinan...
Dates:
1870-1871.
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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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
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Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Journal of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767)., 1746-1748.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.7
Dates:
1746-1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Journal of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767), covering in greater detail the same events as his son’s journal (Adv.MS.82.9.6), and continuing it more summarily.
Journal of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767)., 1748-1762.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.8
Dates:
1748-1762.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Journal of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767), covering in greater detail the same events as his son’s journal (Adv.MS.82.9.6), and continuing it more summarily.
Journal of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1767), covering in greater detail the same events as his son’s journal (Adv.MS.82.9.6), and continuing it more summarily., 1746-1762.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.9.7-82.9.8
Journal of Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1792), describing his travels through Sweden, Germany, and France, and his exile in France., 1746-1752.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.6
Journal of Margaret Ramsay, describing her family life in Edinburgh, and as a school-teacher at Fochabers and Whithorn. The contents are largely personal, but mention is made of some current events.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.22.6.6-22.6.10
Scope and Contents
The journal is partly in shorthand, but there is a summary at the end of each year except 1834 and 1840. The writer also made a yearly list of the births, marriages and deaths of her friends, and of the sermons she had heard.A copy of an article on the journal by Sir James Balfour Paul in ‘Chambers`s Journal’, 7th series, xi (1921), pages 221-224, together with his letter presenting the volumes to the Advocates` Library, is inserted in Adv.MS.22.6.6. (folios i-iii). A...
Dates:
1825-1840.
Journal of Margaret Ramsay; volume 4., 1825-1826.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.6
Journal of Margaret Ramsay; volume 5., 1827-1828.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.7
Journal of Margaret Ramsay; volume 6., 1829-April 1832.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.8
Journal of Margaret Ramsay; volume 7., May 1832-June 1834.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.9
Dates:
May 1832-June 1834.
Journal of Margaret Ramsay; volume 9., July 1836-August 1840.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.10
Dates:
July 1836-August 1840.