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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 5113 Collections and/or Records:
Assorted letters of, to and concerning Elizabeth Eastlake., 1862-1887.
File
Identifier: MS.42179
Scope and Contents
(1) letters, 1879-1887, of Elizabeth Eastlake to William Smith, editor of the "Quarterly Review", concerning articles written by Eastlake for the journal;(2) letter, 1880, of Elizabeth Eastlake to "Menie";(3) letter, 1862, of ? Thornbury to ?Elizabeth Eastlake;(4) letter, 1876, of Henry Reeve to John Murray III concerning Elizabeth Eastlake and her husband, Charles;(5) manuscript list which would seem to record the number of works...
Dates:
1862-1887.
Assorted papers of and concerning the family of Erskine of Alva., 1634-[1904, or before].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5158-5164
Assorted papers of Janet Paisley, including examples of her poetry, plays and television drama scripts; with papers relating to her interest in the Scots language, and the history of Scotland., 1987-2011.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 3(1)-(11)
Dates:
1987-2011.
Assorted works by Elizabeth Davie., 1961, 1978, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10631/7
Scope and Contents
Various drafts and notes; a printed copy of 'An obsession' (1961); a printed copy of 'A weight problem' (1978); a corrected typescript of 'The mime'; a manuscript draft of 'Mimic'; and a manuscript draft of part of 'The cool customer'.
Dates:
1961, 1978, undated.
Astronomical calendar, preceded by `Tabula ad sciendum gradum lune omni die etatis sue` and `Tabula ad sciendum quis planeta regnat`., 14th century-15th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.7.11D, folios 24-35
Scope and Contents
Each month has a double opening; the first half of January, the second of July, and the first of August are lost.
On folio 35 verso are added notes on horoscopes and solar eclipses, 15th century.
Blue paraphs. Some empty squares coloured yellow. Considerable rubrication.
Dates:
14th century-15th century.
Astronomical observations and calculations of distance, 1 January-26 August 1859, by David Livingstone; with two pages of poetry in the Tette dialect., 1859.
File
Identifier: MS.20316
Dates:
1859.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Author's interleaved proof copy of ‘Occasional verses, translations and imitations’ by Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie containing much additional matter in his hand throughout., [?1820.]
Item
Identifier: MS.16493
Scope and Contents
In addition to the memoranda inside the front cover, a contents list is written on the flyleaves, many corrections and additions (including a few complete poems) have been made in the margins of the printed pages, and notes, amended or deleted drafts and a few additional poems have been written on many of the interleaves.
Dates:
[?1820.]
Author’s own copy of ‘The Gareloch as military port no. 1’ by Arnold Fleming (Helensburgh, [1949]); with corrections and additions throughout in manuscript, and numerous inserts.
File
Identifier: MS.16483
Scope and Contents
Pasted in at beginning and end are newspaper cuttings, typescripts, and manuscripts, consisting of reviews of the book and of articles and notes on its subject, on Clyde steamers, and on Madeleine Smith.
Dates:
[1949], [1949, or after.]
Autobiographical and historical material compiled by John Kennedy Cameron.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6557
Dates:
1922, 1940.
Autobiographical articles of Muriel Spark, published in 'The New Yorker'., 1988-1992, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10989/217-253
Dates:
1988-1992, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
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Papers of Muriel Spark, relating to her autobiography.
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Papers of Muriel Spark, relating to autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae' (London: Constable, 1992).
Autobiographical notes and summary diary by Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1792)., 1724-1780.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.5
Autobiographical notes by Sir Hugh McPherson, describing his home, family and early life up to 1891., [1925, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.19612
Autobiographical notes by Sir Hugh McPherson, written for his children after his retirement in 1925., [1925, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19612-19613
Scope and Contents
These autobiographical notes are incomplete and the volumes which immediately preceded and followed them are missing.
Dates:
[1925, or after.]
Autobiographical notes of Elspeth Davie, including notebook, loose papers and manuscript draft., Circa 1991, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10631/24-25
Autobiographical notes of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver, with miscellaneous verse., 1907-1944.
File
Identifier: MS.24669
Dates:
1907-1944.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver.
Autobiographical notes, transcribed diary and anecdote of James Wardrop.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5653
Scope and Contents
With diary, 1841-1861, of his daughter, Shirley.
Dates:
circa 1855-1969.
Autobiographical papers of Donald Macleod., [1911]-1925, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9831
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Manuscript of the incomplete autobiography of Donald Macleod, from his birth in 1831 to his removal to The Park parish in 1869. (Folio 1.)
(ii) An appreciation of his cousin the Very Reverend Norman Macleod, Doctor of Divinity, of Inverness, by Donald Macleod, [1911]. (Folio 25.)
(iii) Letter, 1916, of William Canton, formerly sub-editor of ‘Good words’, to Agnes M Macleod, concerning her father's autobiography, and suggesting publication of a biography....
Dates:
[1911]-1925, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, autobiographical papers, and sermons of the Very Reverend Donald Macleod, Doctor of Divinity (1831-1916), minister of The Park parish, Glasgow from 1869 to 1909, and editor of the periodical ‘Good words’ from 1872 to 1905.
Autobiographical papers of Mary E Haldane., 1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20017
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of an account, 1896, (possibly a fair copy written up from notes or a diary) of a trip to Italy, travelling as far as Rome (folio 1), and reminiscences, ?1916, 1922-1925, undated, of Mary E Haldane’s early life and experiences (folio 15).
Dates:
1896, [1916-1917], 1922-1925, undated
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
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Correspondence and papers of Mary E Haldane, consisting chiefly of letters written to her by members of her family, chiefly her sisters and brother, and of her husband's family, and by friends.
Autobiography and notes of Thomas Dunachie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5618
Dates:
circa 1889-circa 1902.
Autograph corrections by Sir Walter Scott to his 'Life of Napoleon Buonaparte', 2nd edition, volume iii., 1827.
Item
Identifier: MS.1630
Dates:
1827.
Autograph manuscripts of ten poems by Edwin Morgan on "Scotland`s favourite paintings" as selected by readers of `The Herald`.
File
Identifier: Acc.12948
Scope and Contents
With related papers and notes by Lesley Duncan, and a copy of the resulting book "Beyond the Sun" (Edinburgh, 2007).
Dates:
2005-2007.
Autograph notes of the speech made by Lord President Blair when taking his seat on the Bench., 1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.15(vi), folios 22-25
Dates:
1808.
Autograph poem of James Hogg.
File
Identifier: Acc.10001
Scope and Contents
With a note of Mrs Thomas Hughes concerning the poem`s provenance.
Dates:
circa 1828.
‘Autographs, 8, Napoleon & his officers’., 1779-1870.
File
Identifier: MS.9310
‘Autographs, 9, Napoleon & his officers’., 1795-1884.
File
Identifier: MS.9311