Proofs. Printed matter.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to trial sheets of printed matter that are checked against original manuscripts and on which errors can be corrected and alterations made.
Found in 405 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of correspondence chiefly of Thomas Carlyle and Joseph Neuberg; and, proof sheets of 'Frederick the Great' by Thomas Carlyle., 1839-1867.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.384
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1839-May 1855, of Thomas Carlyle and Joseph Neuberg, and various other correspondents (MS.551);Correspondence, June 1855-March 1859, of Thomas Carlyle and Joseph Neuberg, including letters of various other correspondents, and proof sheets of 'Frederick the Great' by Carlyle (MS.552);Correspondence, April 1859-1867, of Thomas Carlyle and Joseph Neuberg, including letters of various other correspondents, and proof sheets of...
Dates:
1839-1867.
Microfilm of correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle; and, proof sheets and notes for 'Frederick the Great' by Thomas Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.384-388
Dates:
1812-1879.
Microfilm of 'Four dissertations' (London, 1757) by David Hume, with proofs of the two suppressed dissertations, 'Of suicide' and 'Of the immortality of the soul', with Hume's autograph corrections.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.918
Dates:
1757.
Microfilm of ‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. V’, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1583
Dates:
1860-1861.
Microfilm of part of a proof-sheet of ‘Frederick the Great’ by Thomas Carlyle, with his corrections.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.320
Dates:
?1864.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Dates:
[1548-1550, 1827, or before].
Microfilm of proofs of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1823, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.347
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand (MS.3404);
Proofs, [1823, or before], of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3405).
Dates:
[1823, or before.]
Microfilm of second corrected proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1001
Dates:
[1863, or before.]
Microfilm of two entire rough proofs of ‘Geneva’ by Bernard Shaw.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.821
Dates:
[1938, or before.]
Microfilm of Nineteenth Century Literary Manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart from the National Library of Scotland. Reels 1-18 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1294-1311
Dates:
[?1812-?1854.]
Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart. Reel 18., [1817, or before]-1859.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1311
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1849-1859, of John Gibson Lockhart, William Ewart Gladstone, Lord Brougham, and others, addressed chiefly to the Reverend Whitwell Elwin, on matters relating to the 'Quarterly Review' (MS.2262);
Poems, [1824, or after], of John Gibson Lockhart, in his hand: 'Farewell to the Year', from a German ‘Taschenbuch’ of 1828, and 'To the Virgin' and 'Prayer', from the Spanish (MS.3995);
Manuscript and corrected proof, [1819, or before], of the 'Postscript...
Dates:
[1817, or before]-1859.
Minute book of the Abbotsford Club, with some printed copies of the minutes., 1833-1834, 1837-1839, 1841-1842, 1844.
Item
Identifier: MS.2050
Scope and Contents
The minutes are preceded by a printed proof of the Rules of the Bannatyne Club, corrected in the hand of Sir Walter Scott (page 3).
Dates:
1833-1834, 1837-1839, 1841-1842, 1844.
Miscellaneous articles and notes, containing press-cuttings and correspondence., 1914-2005.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/58
Scope and Contents
Containing:Press cuttings and printed reviews on articles and books on Scottish history, 1914-1969.Letters to Janet Adam Smith about miscellaneous articles written by her on Scottish history and literature, 1939-1982.Newspaper articles on Henry James, 1947-1955.Janet Adam Smith notes on Henry James and William James (nephew), including an article The Guerdon by Max Beerbohm, 1956-1972.Article, Mary Geraldine Dickins, by Janet Adam...
Dates:
1914-2005.
Miscellaneous manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of ‘Lucky poet’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1941-1942, 1971.
File
Identifier: MS.27038
Scope and Contents
The papers include the preliminary pages (folio 1), several drafts of the author's note, 1941-1942 (folio 19), sections of text (folio 112), index (folio 135), and a variant version of the author's note to the reprint of 1971 (folio 190).
Dates:
1941-1942, 1971.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of ‘Lucky poet' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s., 1879-1922.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19537-19564
Dates:
1879-1922.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
Miscellaneous papers of John Hill Burton., 1674-1880, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9445-9446
Miscellaneous papers of John Pinkerton., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1711
Scope and Contents
The contents comprise materials relating to John Pinkerton's collections of poetry (folio 1), edition of Barbour (folio 29), geographical works (folio 35), mineralogy (folio 104), ‘Recollections of Paris’ (folio 129), etc.; plans for works which were not subsequently carried out (folio 153); original poems (folio 164); and miscellaneous matter (folio 173).
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Dunlop family., 1797-mid 20th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9301-9307
Dates:
1797-mid 20th century.
Music by Hungarian composers gathered, circa 1902-1921, by Emma Gruber, first wife of Zoltán Kodály.
File
Identifier: MS.21579
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Music by Emma Gruber herself, including 'Albumblatt', for piano, 1902; 'Märchen' for voice and piano, 1908, sketch only; the song 'Kicsi Viragom', undated, for voice and piano; drafts of several movements for string quartet, chiefly in score, though including a version of one movement for piano duet; and other unidentified scraps (folio 1);(ii) Pieces by Zoltán Kodály: Valsette for piano Op. 3, 1910; and a short piece for the collection...
Dates:
1902-1921.
Negative microfilm of page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott; and two other papers in Scott’s hand., [1805, or after-1823, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.585
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand (MS.3404);Proofs, [1832, or before], of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3405);Lady Louisa Stuart's ballad, [1805, or after], "Ugly Meg, or, The Robber's Wedding" ('Muckle-mouthed Meg'), in Sir Walter Scott's hand (MS.3531);'Literary Information. Discovery of the...
Dates:
[1805, or after-1823, or before.]
Negative microfilm of proof-sheets of 'Castle dangerous' by Sir Walter Scott., [1832, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.588
Dates:
[1832, or before.]
Negative microfilm of proof-sheets of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1832, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.586
Dates:
[1832, or before.]
Negative microfilm of proof-sheets of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1831, [1832, or before].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.587
Dates:
1831, [1832, or before].
Negative microfilm of proofs of parts of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ and ’Castle dangerous’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1831, [1832, or before].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.589
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets, 1831, [1832, or before], of 'Castle dangerous' by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3779);
First proofs, [1832, or before], of parts of ‘Count Robert of Paris’ and ’Castle dangerous’ by Sir Walter Scott, with a very few minor corrections (MS.3780).
Dates:
1831, [1832, or before].
Notebooks, manuscript volumes, typescripts and proofs, relating to 'Curriculum Vitae', by Muriel Spark., 1991-1992, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10989/254-280
Dates:
1991-1992, 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).