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Microfilm of historical and genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.25
Dates:
1563-1st half of 18th century.
Microfilm of journals, notebooks, and draft letters of George Combe.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1014-1015
Dates:
1804-1837.
Microfilm of letters and documents concerning the synods of the French reformed church, and chiefly the controversies over unity amongst the Protestant Churches.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1150
Dates:
1604-1614.
Microfilm of letters and documents concerning 'The works of Jonathan Swift’ by Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.868
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, 1808-1817, of the Reverend Edward Berwick, Matthew Weld Hartstonge, Theophilus Swift, and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’ (MS.881);
'Cursory Remarks' by Theophilus Swift and other material, supplied by Matthew Weld Hartstonge and others, concerning Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life and works of Jonathan Swift’, 1808-1817 (MS.882).
Dates:
1808-1817.
Microfilm of letters and enclosures from the Governors of Madras to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.401
Dates:
1806-1814.
Microfilm of letters and other papers, of, amongst others, David Hume and Scottish clubs, of the 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.170
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letter, 1757, of David Hume to Charles Binning, Vice-Dean of the faculty of Advocates, resigning the Curatorship of the Advocates’ Library (Adv.MS.20.2.21);
Minutes, 1754-1762, of the Select Society of Edinburgh (Adv.MS.23.1.1);A brief account of the formation of the Belles-Lettres Society, Edinburgh, in January 1759 (folio 1) and minutes of its meetings until 29 May 1761 (Adv.MS.23.3.4);Copy of `An Account of the Number of People in...
Dates:
18th century.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates:
1805-1845.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.419
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letters, [1823-1875], of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him (MS.1796);Letters, [1833-1868], of Jane Welsh Carlyle to various persons, with some of Geraldine Jewsbury to Lady Amberley and of Margaret Welsh and Dr John Aitken Carlyle to William and Mrs Dods (MS.1797);Articles, notes, and fragments, 1767, [1832-?1871], in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph (MS.1798);‘Thomas Carlyle, Eine biographisch-literarische...
Dates:
1767-[1875].
Microfilm of letters and papers chiefly addressed to Sir Edward Hoby, the diplomatist and controversialist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1003
Dates:
1550-1683.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, the Jacobite.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.195
Dates:
1689-1745.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1373
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);
Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).
Dates:
1822-1829.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Thomas Borthwick concerning the Greenock Articulation School for deaf children, of which Borthwick was Secretary.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1715
Dates:
[?1877-?1885.]
Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.517-518
Dates:
[?1821-?1908.]
Microfilm of letters, and transcripts of letters, of Sir Walter Scott.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1173-1175
Dates:
1793-1832.
Microfilm of letters, chiefly of Sir Douglas Haig, and other papers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1157
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copies of letters, 1914-1917, of Sir Douglas Haig to Rothschild (Acc.3155/214(a));
Letters, 1914-1922, of Sir Douglas Haig to his brother John A Haig (Acc.3155/214(b));
Letters, 1898, of and to Sir Evelyn Wood, and other papers (Acc.3155/6(g));
Report, 1908, on a conference of General Staff Officer (Acc.3155/81 (part)).
Dates:
1898-1922.
Microfilm of letters of and to Sir Alexander Ball, governor of Malta.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2051-2052
Dates:
1803-1807.
Microfilm of letters to the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale, with a few letters concerning them; and, letters of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, chiefly rough drafts, and nearly all in his own hand.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.945-947
Dates:
1660-1679.
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.784-785
Dates:
1574-1923.
Microfilm of Minto Papers, consisting of letters and enclosures to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1384-1385
Dates:
1811-1812.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.304
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
Microfilm of miscellaneous works, chiefly theological, written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.870
Dates:
12th century-13th century.
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 papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2033-2037
Dates:
1797-[circa 1825].
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.556-558
Dates:
[?1765]-1918.