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Transcripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written, printed, or typed copies of an original text or of words originally spoken, such as of court proceedings, broadcasts, or oral histories. Transcripts are extremely accurate copies with any editorial explanations or notations clearly distinguished from the original, including indications of misspellings or editorial omissions. For less formal copying, or for short documents or single words such as in a vocabulary, use "transcriptions."

Found in 618 Collections and/or Records:

Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14870(i)-(iv)
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates: Early 20th century.

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.

Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates: 2012-2014

Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14870-14872
Scope and Contents

Due to the War and Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin’s early death, neither work was published. The papers were used however by Professor John Fraser in publishing his collection of Quiggin’s Book of the Dean of Lismore transcripts, ‘Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore’.

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century.

Papers of Graham Brown, relating to 'The first ascent of Mont Blanc', containing various related material., 1839, 1957, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/163(1-15)
Scope and Contents Containing:(1) Possible rejected manuscript version of Chapter 13(2) Possible rejected manuscript version of unidentified part(3) Photograph of drawing by Baron Gersdorf of view of Mont Blanc from Chamonix(4) Photocopy of letter of G Balmat, 1839(5) Photographs of pages from a notebook written in German(6) Correspondence and amendments relating to the book 1957(7) Various notes relating to the book...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1839, 1957, undated.

Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Scottish, English and Irish history., 1765-?1794, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24532
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Two papers on the ancient history of Scotland, 1765, undated. (Folio 1.) The second ends with the royal pedigree in Gaelic which occurs in Adv.MS.72.1.1, folio 1 recto. Monboddo numbers 171, 173. (ii) 'Of the succession in the kingdom of Scotland', undated. (Folio 41.) Monboddo number 174. (iii) Transcripts, undated of charters and formal documents. (Folio 47.) (iv) 'Observations upon Lord Lyttelton's History, and the constitution of the antient Parliaments...
Dates: 1765-?1794, undated.

Papers of James Maidment concerning the peerages of Glencairn and Buchan., Early 18th century, 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.5266
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Transcript, undated, with commentary by James Maidment, of ‘A genealogical account of the family of Glencairn’, a manuscript assigned by Maidment to the early 18th century and possibly to Robert Mylne. (folio 1);

(ii) Notes, apparently by Maidment, on baronies within the earldom of Buchan (folio 40); with one leaf (folio 85) describing the peerage, published in ‘Collectanea genealogica’.

Dates: Early 18th century, 19th century.

Papers of John Blythe Kinross, relating to various financial undertakings., 1927-1969.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8699/19
Scope and Contents Containing:British Corosit Button Co: copies of a speech made by Kinross at a creditors’ and shareholders’ meeting, 1931.Old Gate Estates Ltd: transcript of the evidence of Kinross in the case against the valuers Topliss, Harding and Russell, 1939.Crown Flour Mills: Printed report and accounts, 1939, 1942.Public Benefit Boot Co: Printed note concerning the board, ca. 1940.Col W A Bristow, the inventor of coalite: Autographed copy...
Dates: 1927-1969.