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Notebooks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .

Found in 3337 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs., [Circa 1780]-1907, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.13961-14193
Dates: [Circa 1780]-1907, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.

Papers of Allan Campbell McLean.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12134
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, typescripts of novels, correspondence and financial papers.

Dates: 1960-1989.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning George Crabbe., 1779-1831.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42066-42125
Scope and Contents Poet and clergyman George Crabbe (1754-1832) had already had success with his poetry when John Murray became his publisher in in 1818. Murray paid Crabbe the sum of £3000 for all of his copyrights and the rights to his new work, 'Tales of the Hall', which was published in 1819.The papers in this series include correspondence, largely of Crabbe to John Murray. Crabbe writes of his own works, the publishing process and other contemporary poets. There are also a number of personal...
Dates: 1779-1831.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10173- is now MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1927-1978.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning James Ferguson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10254
Dates: circa 1740-1818.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., 1742-1775.

 File
Identifier: MS.11036
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Memorial for the ministers of the Church of Scotland on the window tax, 1757 (folio 1). See also MS.11017, folios 64-65. (ii) Notes and printed bill concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus, [1758] (folio 3); (iii) Drafts of speeches to be delivered in the House of Commons on the conduct of the war, with notes on bribery at elections and the swearing of oaths, [1759] (folio 11); (iv) Memorial for John Forbes of Culloden, 1762 (folio 22); (v) Notes relating...
Dates: 1742-1775.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Early papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Administrative and political papers of the Elliot family of Minto.

Papers of and concerning Sir Walter Scott., 1806-? late 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42535-42549
Dates: 1806-? late 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Archive of John Murray, publishers. / Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.

Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son, tartan manufacturers in Bannockburn; and concerning the parish of St Ninians, Stirlingshire.

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9684
Dates: 1709-1886, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the poet George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26721-26792
Scope and Contents Born in Elderslie and educated in Tarbert Loch Fyne, Edinburgh and Oxford, George Campbell Hay spent most of his life in Edinburgh, but preserved a lifelong attachment to Kintyre, and in particular to Tarbert. Much of his poetry is a celebration of Kintyre, the land and its people, particularly the fishermen. Most of these poems had been written between 1938 and 1945 and already published in periodicals; they include translations from eleven languages. Hay's most important work,...
Dates: [Circa 1925]-1987, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the Reverend George Murray Reith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3564
Scope and Contents

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: [?1885]-?1st half of 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14111/1-19
Content Description

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, notes, photographs, press cuttings and papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon. With notes of and papers collected by Ernest Eugene Laws for his proposed biography of Dillon.

Dates: 1854-1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and relating to the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14057/1-19
Dates: 1847-1955, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Andrew Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8258
Scope and Contents

Comprising eight notebooks and one photocopied notebook.

Including diary, 1899, of the Boer War, journal, 1905, of voyage from Johannesburg to Europe, via Egypt, Palestine and Greece, and poetry and reflections.

Dates: 1899-1905.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance., 1746-1804, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8250-8325
Dates: 1746-1804, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.

Papers of Arnold Kemp, Robert Kemp, and relating to the Kemp family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13323
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1960-2002, of Arnold Kemp, with papers and correspondence, circa 1851-1995, relating to Robert Kemp and the Kemp family.

Dates: circa 1851-2002.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Bernard Fergusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10985
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs, press cuttings and notebooks.

Dates: circa 1928-1980.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Bet Low, artist.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12177
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Low`s role in the establishment of the Charing Cross Gallery, Glasgow.

Dates: 1948-1984.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of David Angus.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6905
Scope and Contents

Concerning his life and work in South America and Damaraland.

Dates: 1882-1926.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of David Angus, civil engineer, relating to his life and work in South America and Damaraland, 1882-1926, with some later material; and miscellaneous papers and diaries of Nancy Angus, his daughter, 1907-1960.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.257- is now Acc.6905 and Acc.12365.
Dates: 1882-1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27438-27445
Scope and Contents

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1896-1980, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Dr Farquhar Macintosh.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14003
Content Description Correspondence and other papers of and about Dr Farquhar Macintosh, teacher and educationalist and supporter of Gaelic. He was born in Elgol, Isle of Skye, on 27 October 1923, a native speaker of Gaelic, and died in Edinburgh, 18 November 2007. He went to Edinburgh University and Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow, and became headmaster of Portree High School (1962-1966) and Oban High School (1967-1972), and finally Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh (1972 to 1989). He served...
Dates: 1940s-2007
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9051-9152
Scope and Contents

The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1939, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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