Microfilms.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Fine-grain, high-resolution film in roll form containing images of documents, reduced in size from the original.
Found in 2421 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1794-1798.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.491
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1794, of John Rennie: Drawing of Staines bridge, Lancaster canal, Chelmsford navigation, Grand Junction canal, Muirkirk ironworks, Lympley Stoke bridge, various mills on or near the Thames between Staines and Isleworth, Smith's silk mill at Mackney Wick. (MS.19851);Notebook, 1795, of John Rennie: Kennet and Avon canal, canalboats, Taunton and Bridgwater canal, Taunton and Topsham canal and several of the mills on the line of the canal...
Dates:
1794-1798.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1798-1800.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.492
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1798, of John Rennie: Darenth calico ground, Stamswood mill near Andover, Stavertonmill near Bradford on Avon (MS.19862);Notebook, 1799, of John Rennie: Salisbury and Southampton canal, Huddart's rope machine, Kelso bridge, Simmond’s pump at Reading, Billinge's mill at Twyford, millwright’s wages, Goodives colliery near Coleford in Somerset, Chelmer and Blackwater canal, Wraysbury coppermill, Colnbrook paper and leather mill, Avoncliff...
Dates:
1798-1800.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1784-1793.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.336
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1784, containing descriptions with many rough diagrams of mills, bridges etc., visited by John Rennie in the course of a journey through the south of Scotland and England as far south as Birmingham (MS.19831);Notebook, 1791-1792, of John Rennie: Stowmarket canal, Ipswich harbour, Rochdale canal, Shadwell new steam-engine, Lancaster canal, southernmost mill at Dartford (MS.19841);Notebook, 1791, of John Rennie: Burgess’ mill at...
Dates:
1784-1793.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1793-1801.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.337
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1793, of John Rennie: Kennet and Avon canal (calculations and notes connected with water supply), notes concerning the sugar trade in London (MS.19847);Notebook, 1793, of John Rennie: Lock on the Bath navigation, dimensions of Rennie's house in Stamford St Southwark, Lancaster canal, Rochdale canal, Sabatier's cotton press, dimensions of vessels at Greenock, soundings in Ardrishaig Bay, Wiltshire and Berkshire canal, Huddersfield canal,...
Dates:
1793-1801.
Microfilm of notebooks of Sir John Rennie each relating to a number of different works., 1798-1802.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.338
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie: Croydon canal, Grand Surrey canal, weir at Blairdrummond, Menai straits, Conway river crossing, Perth harbour (MS.19872);Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie: Grand Trunk canal, Peak Forest canal, inclined plane at Chapel-en-le-Frith, lime burning at Preston and Chester, cost of stone at Lancaster, navigation of the river Douglas at Tarleton, Standish colliery horse gin, Harecastle new furnace, limekilns at Clough, Leek...
Dates:
1798-1802.
Microfilm of notes, [1839, or after-circa 1855], compiled by William B D D Turnbull; and, papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots, collected by James Anderson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.316
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notes, [1839, or after], of proceedings in the elections, 1790-1837, of representative peers for Scotland, compiled by William B D D Turnbull (Adv.MS.6.1.16);Biographical and genealogical notes, [circa 1855], mostly extracts or cuttings from books and newspapers, compiled by William B D D Turnbull (Adv.MS.6.1.18);Copies, 1727 or before, in various hands, of papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots and her reign, apparently...
Dates:
1558-[circa 1855].
Microfilm of notes by George Chalmers on his ‘Topographical Dictionary’., 1st quarter of 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.98-99
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Microfilm of notes for 'Frederick the Great' by Thomas Carlyle, letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle to Joseph Neuberg, and a letter of Charles Dickens to Thomas Carlyle., 1848-1862.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.385
Microfilm of notes in “Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language", revised edition (Paisley, 1912), notebooks and a journal of William Soutar.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1132-1133
Dates:
1912-[Before 1944].
Microfilm of notes, mostly etymological, by George Chalmers on his ‘Topographical Dictionary’: L-R.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.180
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century.
Microfilm of ‘Notes of genealogies, etc’, in Walter Macfarlane’s handwriting, chiefly regarding his own family, and the Earl of Lennox.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1111
Dates:
18th century.
Microfilm of notes of lectures on civil law and government, given by John Millar, who was Professor at Glasgow from 1761 to 1801.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.544
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notes, ?late 18th century, in an unknown hand, of lectures on civil law given by John Millar (MS.2743 (entire));
Student's notes of lectures, 1780-1781, on government given by Professor John Millar. (MS.3931 (part)).
Dates:
?Late 18th century.
Microfilm of notes of Prof D E R Watt concerning heads of Scottish religious houses.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10927-is now Mf.MSS.531
Dates:
circa 1950-1994.
Microfilm of notes of Prof D E R Watt concerning heads of Scottish religious houses.
Item
Identifier: Mf.MSS.531-[Acc.10927]
Dates:
circa 1950-1994.
Microfilm of notes of William Soutar in "Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language", revised edition (Paisley, 1912)., 1912-[before 1944].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1132
Microfilm of notes on alchemy and philosophy.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.118
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Alchemy: a compilation, 17th century (Adv.MS.5.2.1);
Notes, 1675-1676, on philosophy written by James Bisset from the lectures of Thomas Nicolson, Regent at Glasgow University (later, Vicar Apostolic of Scotland) (Adv.MS.5.2.2).
Dates:
17th century.
Microfilm of notes on Aristotle and Sacrobosco written by Alexander Henryson (M.A. 1614) from the lectures of Regent James Reid at Edinburgh University.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.119
Dates:
1613-1614.
Microfilm of notes on civil law taken by William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2108
Dates:
1580.
Microfilm of notes on logic written by James Kennan from the lectures of Regent Herbert Kennedy at Edinburgh University.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.120
Dates:
1696.
Microfilm of "Notes on Political Œconomy From Prof: Stewart's Lectures at Edinburgh, from Novr. 1803 to April 1804".
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2086
Dates:
1803-1804.
Microfilm of notes, undated, of Lord Hailes on ‘Lives of the poets’ by Samuel Johnson; with an endorsement by James Boswell and notes on the manuscript in an unknown hand.
Item
Identifier: MS.15528 [Mf.MSS.35]
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Microfilm of 'Notes upon coal by the Earl of Roxborough', discussing the nature of coal, searching for and mining it, especially in Scotland, and a list of terms used by miners.
Item
Identifier: MS.15523 [Mf.MSS.33]
Scope and Contents
The manuscript dates from the eighteenth century; the identity of the author is uncertain.
Dates:
18th century.
Microfilm of official and private correspondence of Alexander Walker during his period as political resident at Baroda (2 reels).
File
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1029
Dates:
[1803-1804.]
Microfilm of official and private correspondence of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.780
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Official and private correspondence, 1795-1799 (MS.13601);
Official and private correspondence, 1800-1801 (MS.13602);
Private letters, 1795-1809, from East India Company colleagues (MS.13603).
Dates:
1795-1809.
Microfilm of official correspondence, 1813-1814, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station; and, copies of letters, 1814-1815, of Cochrane to the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.988
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Official correspondence, 1813-1814, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station (MS.2326);
Copies of letters, 1814-1815, of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane to the First Lord of the Admiralty (MS.2345).
Dates:
1813-1815.