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Memorandums.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.

Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:

Notebook of Rose Ethel Bassin containing memoranda., 1961-1962.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14936
Dates: 1961-1962.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Rose Ethel Bassin, Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, Associate of the Royal College of Music (1889-1974), music-teacher, song-collector, and biographer of Frances Tolmie. / Papers of Rose Ethel Bassin.

Notebook of the 2nd Earl of Minto containing memoranda on the feud between the Prince Regent and Princess Caroline., 1813, 1819.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12142
Dates: 1813, 1819.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto. / Notes and speeches of the 2nd Earl of Minto.

Notebook of William Barclay David Donald Turnbull, with entries at both ends, titled 'Memoranda chiefly for a Monasticon Scoticanum'., 1843.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2105
Dates: 1843.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. / Papers and correspondence of and relating to William Barclay David Donald Turnbull.

Notebook of William Stewart, elder, Deputy Town Clerk, Edinburgh, containing rough notes of a legal nature and memoranda.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19312
Scope and Contents

This may have been the notebook on which William Stewart's fuller protocol book would have been based.

Dates: 1566-1585.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notebook, undated, chiefly containing drafts of letters and memoranda in pencil, not in Patrick Geddes' hand., Late 19th century-Early 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.10637
Dates: Late 19th century-Early 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, lectures, notes and other papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932). / Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes.

Notebook, undated, containing financial notes and memoranda by Lord Milton., [1729-1739.]

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Identifier: MS.17655A
Dates: [1729-1739.]
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. / Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton. / Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton. / Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll. / Papers and accounts relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'. / Notebooks containing financial notes and memoranda by Lord Milton.

Notebook written from the Crimea, India, and New Zealand, containing copies of letters of, and memoranda concerning, Charles Reginald Mure, killed 1864., 1855-1864.

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Identifier: MS.5005
Dates: 1855-1864.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell. / Literary and cultural papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell.

Notebooks, account books and pocket books of Charles Herries containing personal accounts and some memoranda., 1798-1819.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15354-15364
Scope and Contents

In several of the volumes, some or most of the accounts have been cancelled by lines drawn through them.

Dates: 1798-1819.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, papers and personal account-books of Charles Herries, a merchant in London who was Colonel of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, and correspondence and papers of his younger son, Lieutenant-General Sir William Lewis Herries and of, and concerning, other members of the family. / Correspondence, papers and personal account books of Charles Herries.

Notebooks belonging to John, 4th Earl of Loudoun.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5728-5729
Dates: 1750-1765.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notebooks containing financial notes and memoranda by Lord Milton., 1729-1739, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17653-17656
Dates: 1729-1739, 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. / Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton. / Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton. / Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll. / Papers and accounts relating to the Duke of Argyll’s property, 'The Whim'.

Notebooks of Andrew Stuart chiefly containing memoranda concerning his genealogical researches., 1787-1789.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8317-8319
Dates: 1787-1789.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance. / Genealogical papers of Andrew Stuart.

Notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas: `A Diary of Policy and Improvements etc.`, being an account of work on the estate of Dundas, 1707-1757, prefaced by two memoranda on earlier improvements from the succession of George Dundas in 1706., 1706-1757.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.6.13-80.6.14
Dates: 1706-1757.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, advocate.

Notebooks of John Hill Burton containing brief historical and personal memoranda in Burton's hand., 1861-1876, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9438-9444
Dates: 1861-1876, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Hill Burton, advocate and historian, consisting chiefly of letters to Burton, together with a few miscellaneous notes and memoranda written by him. / Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton.

Notes and copies or extracts from documents and printed books on historical and other subjects, titled ‘Miscellaneous Papers and Notes’; several of the notes are in Sir Walter Scott’s autograph., 1821-1850, undated.

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Identifier: MS.911
Scope and Contents The volume also contains material accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.The papers include :Copies of four letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1824, 1829 (folios 15-22);Information regarding Jonathan Swift supplied by Irish correspondents (folios 33, 70);Maria Edgeworth’s note of the tour which she took with Scott in August 1825 (folio 50);Thomas Moore’s journal, in his hand, of his visit to Abbotsford in 1825, used by Lockhart in his ‘Life...
Dates: 1821-1850, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order. / Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott. / Miscellaneous material, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.

Notes and memoranda in the hand of James Chalmers, being materials for the use of his uncle, George Chalmers, towards book IV chapter 1, `of the Saxon Colonization of North-Britain` of volume I of the latter`s ‘Caledonia’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.27
Scope and Contents

The date of the manuscript has been suggested by the date of the watermark of the paper, 1801.

Dates: 1801, or after.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notes and memoranda of John Burdon-Sanderson concerning meetings of the Hebdomadal Council of Oxford University, and drafts of related letters and memoranda to other members of the university., 1891-1893.

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Identifier: MS.20503
Scope and Contents

A number of printed papers formerly pinned to folios 3 verso, 4 verso, 5 verso, 14 and loosely enclosed before folio 29 and the endpaper are now at MS 20502, folios 129, 145, 148-154 respectively.

The greater part of the volume is blank.

Dates: 1891-1893.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife Ghetal, née Herschell. / Correspondence and papers of John Burdon-Sanderson. / Notebooks, notes and other papers of John Burdon-Sanderson.

Notes and memoranda of John Hill Burton., 1827-1863.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9418-9444
Dates: 1827-1863.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of John Hill Burton, advocate and historian, consisting chiefly of letters to Burton, together with a few miscellaneous notes and memoranda written by him.

'Notes and Memorandums calculated to refresh the mind of the Writer and to excite Reflection. Partly transcribed from a previous book of Notandums' by Alexander Kincaid Mackenzie.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10992
Scope and Contents Alexander Mackenzie was a merchant who became Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1817. Much of the material is autobiographical and covers the author's life up to 1829. It includes family matters (especially the military career in India of his eldest son, James), finance, and politics with special reference to their effect on trade and the economy. There are also remarks on events in Edinburgh, particularly during Mackenzie's provostship, such as royal visits, the introduction of gas lighting, and...
Dates: [1829, or after.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, advocate., 18th century.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.6.1-80.6.14
Scope and Contents

The manuscripts are either in the hand of George Dundas, or bear evidence of his ownership.

Dates: 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.

Notes and speeches of the 2nd Earl of Minto., [Circa 1812]-1852, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12141-12147
Dates: [Circa 1812]-1852, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.

Notes, extracts from printed books, memoranda and a few letters concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., Late 17th century-1844, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20003 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents

Also included are several papers not relating directly to the claim, some of which may have been utilized by, or for, George Cockburn Haldane or his descendants.

Dates: Late 17th century-1844, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Documents, chiefly copies, and papers in the claim to the ancient earldom of Levenax, or Lennox, drawn up about 1772-1774 (but not brought to the House of Lords) by George Cockburn Haldane of Gleneagles.

Notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, quotations, etc of George Combe., 1805-1845.

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Identifier: MS.7436
Dates: 1805-1845.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household. / Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe. / Miscellaneous personal papers of George Combe.

Notes, memoranda, minutes, reports, quotations, etc of George Combe., 1846-1858.

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Identifier: MS.7437
Dates: 1846-1858.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household. / Miscellaneous personal papers, lecture notes and phrenological reports of George Combe; and papers of Cecilia Combe. / Miscellaneous personal papers of George Combe.

Office and administrative papers., 1937-1965, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7548/C/1-277 Box 6
Dates: 1937-1965, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.

Official and private papers of Alexander Walker during his period as governor of St Helena, 1823-1828, and until his death in retirement in 1831., 1734-1830, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.13741-13774
Scope and Contents

Whilst at St Helena, Alexander Walker busied himself in promoting the agricultural potential of the island and in tackling the question of slavery.

Dates: 1734-1830, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.

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