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Draft and completed musical scores, including the symphony "The Creation", by William Wallace.
File
Identifier: Acc.12120
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and papers on musical controversies.
Dates:
circa 1896-1929.
Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.9468
Scope and Contents
On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.
Includes:
letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book
photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.
Dates:
1857-1874.
Draft letter of John Ruskin to Thomas Carlyle.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7553
Scope and Contents
On their disagreement.
Dates:
? 1866.
Draft of a letter of Janet Milne Rae to George Douglas Brown and the original of his reply, 1902.
File
Identifier: Acc.3618
Scope and Contents
With letter, 1949, of James Veitch to Miss Lettice Milne Rae, and three newspaper cuttings concerning to George Douglas Brown.
Dates:
1902, 1949.
Draft of an article, undated, of Elizabeth S Haldane, "The Circulating Book Van"
File
Identifier: Acc.9016
Scope and Contents
With two letters, 1948, of William Power to R D Macleod, concerning his own literary work.
Dates:
1948 and undated.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5761
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Dates:
1963.
Drafts and corrected typescripts of "The Seven Deadly Sins: a Mask", libretto by Robert Nye, music by James Douglas.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6241/1-5
Scope and Contents
With manuscript score of the music, and correspondence concerning the work and its performance at the Stirling Festval, 1973, and Edinburgh International Festival, 1974.
Dates:
1973-1974.
Drafts and manuscripts of Rawdon Goodier`s contributions to "The Mountain Spirit" (New York, 1979, London, 1980) and "The Cairngorms" (1990).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10380
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on the publications.
Dates:
1973-1990.
Drafts and notes of and for the two volumes of ‘The life and letters of James Hogg’ by Alan Lang Strout, Professor of English in the Texas Technological College.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10492-10497
Dates:
1800-1832, 1933-1937, 1946, undated.
Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents
The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates:
1988-2003.
Drafts of lectures, notes, and other papers on ecclesiastical subjects by John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3555-3563
Dates:
Late 19th century-[before 1911].
Drafts, proofs, notes, and research materials of Tom Pow, including related correspondence and other literary papers.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12950/1-59
Dates:
[1915]-2007, undated.
Dyson Perrins Collection: material relating to affairs, chiefly Scottish and military, of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3738-3742
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Editorial correspondence and papers of Ian Cunningham concerning "The Nation Survey`d: the Maps of Timothy Pont" (East Linton, 2001).
File
Identifier: Acc.12027
Dates:
1998-2001.
Editorial papers of "Gairm" magazine and Gairm Publications, Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11028
Dates:
1991-1993.
‘Epistolæ Regum Scotorum’, a register of correspondence of State, including contemporary copies of royal letters.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.5.9
Scope and Contents
The description is taken from the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. I. State Papers, part I (F.R.184)
Dates:
1505-1545, 1576-1626.
Estate, legal and family papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies, including some of the families of Edmonstoune and Buchanan.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9941-9981
Dates:
1545-1927.
Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16001-16406
Dates:
1650-[circa 1945], undated.
Examples of lettering and correspondence of the calligrapher Edward Johnstone (1872-1944).
Series
Identifier: MSS.21398-21399
Dates:
1899-1929, undated.
Extracts from published sources and some notes and other writings compiled by John Young, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1786).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.5.6-31.5.9
Scope and Contents
The extracts are taken from periodical publications, especially the ‘Caledonian Mercury’ and the ‘Edinburgh Courant’, largely recording English legal cases, and from books on a wide variety of topics, especially history, medicine, law, literature, husbandry, travel, science, theology and biography.The notes and other writings relate to various topics and include a few examples of letters of and to Young.The earliest extract is dated 13 December 1794 (Adv.MS.31.5.6,...
Dates:
1794-circa 1855.
Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16
Dates:
1509-19th century.
Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3942-3988
Scope and Contents
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1608-1913, undated.
Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5320-5404
Scope and Contents
Both families were descended from Archibald Stuart of Castlemilk and Fynart (died 1660).
Dates:
Late 15th century-Early 20th century.
Family papers of the Frasers of Belladrum, 1563-1786; including a copy of one earlier document 1203x1222 concerning Brice De Douglas, Bishop of Moray and John Bisset of Lovat.
File
Identifier: Acc.11244
Dates:
1563-1786.
Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8190-8462
Dates:
1540-1945.