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Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates:
1561, 17th century-late 19th century.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to engineering.
File
Identifier: MS.19989
Dates:
1815-1907.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10283-10286
Dates:
1653-1804.
Miscellaneous papers of the Scots and Irish Colleges, Paris, and English College, Douai, chiefly concerning the Scots College's defence of their property during the French Revolution.
File
Identifier: MS.5051
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Scots College: correspondence and official papers, 1791-1824, chiefly drafts of letters from Alexander Innes to French government officials (folios 6-115); leases and papers, 1787-1802, concerning college property (folios 117-146); accounts, 1770-1802 (folios 147-225);(ii) Irish College: miscellaneous papers in chronological order, 1787-1806 (folios 226-257);(iii) English College: miscellaneous papers in chronological order,...
Dates:
1770-1824.
Miscellaneous personal and political correspondence of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount.
File
Identifier: MS.9370
Scope and Contents
The letters are largely concerned with applications for patronage, and home (especially Scottish) politics. Individual correspondents include: William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Lord President Charles Hope, Lord Chief Commissioner William Adam and the 4th Duke of Atholl. Among the draft letters and papers of the 1st Viscount are: several memoranda on patronage matters addressed to William Pitt, 1799-1800, drafts of letters to the Duke of Portland, 1806, and...
Dates:
1782-1849.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Series
Identifier: MS.20311
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Much amended draft report to Baron Granville as Secretary of State for War, by Lieutenant-Colonel John Ramsay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9304
Scope and Contents
Concerning the condition of the Army of the Prince of Condé.
Dates:
? 1800.
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.
Music of Robert Crawford for string quartet.
File
Identifier: MS.21975
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Autograph draft of String Quartet Number 1, opus 4 (folio 1), apparently begun in 1948 and completed in 1950 (folio 34 verso). The quartet was published in 1953. The music at folios 1-15 corresponds to the first two movements and that at folios 16-18, 19 to pages 17-19, 22-23 of the 3rd movement in the published score. The music at folios 20-30 seems to form no part of the published score, whilst that at folios 31-34, which is numbered 6, appears...
Dates:
1948-1957.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-1988, undated.
Nine letters of Sir David Brewster, six to Thomas Cadell.
File
Identifier: Acc.8615
Scope and Contents
With drafts of Cadell`s replies.
Dates:
1827-1833, 1865.
Nine letters (two incomplete) of James W Herald to J D Mackay.
File
Identifier: Acc.9542
Scope and Contents
Mostly concerning Herald`s paintings, with associated drawings.
Dates:
1893-1897 and undated.
Notebook of Archibald J Cronin.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8334
Scope and Contents
Containing drafts of 11 "Dr Findlay" short stories.
Dates:
circa 1920-circa 1981.
Notebook of David Morrison containing drafts of poems and notes.
File
Identifier: Acc.12226
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for "Caithness Coronach" (2003).
Dates:
circa 1988-2002.
Notebook of Elspeth Davie containing drafts of short stories.
Item
Identifier: MS.19710
Scope and Contents
From folio 106 onwards, the material starts at the back of the volume.
Dates:
1961-1965.
Notebook of James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford.
Item
Identifier: MS.14278
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains material on the history of Venice taken from printed sources, and drafts of two letters, 1837, to Count Leo Thun-Hohenstein on theological matters.
Dates:
1831-1837.
Notebooks and literary papers of Harvey Holton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13584
Scope and Contents
Literary papers, circa 1967-2009, of Harvey Holton (1949-2010).Harvey Holton was born in Galashiels, to where the family returned in 1963 after spells in Nigeria, Edinburgh and Falkirk. Holton began writing poetry while still at school, and by the early 1970s his fascination with language and poetry as a means of expression convinced him that he had found his vocation. After moving to Fife he studied English literature at the University of Dundee, and in the mid-1970s started...
Dates:
circa 1967-2009.
Notebooks and papers of Janet Caird, mainly relating to her novel "The Umbrella-Maker’s Daughter" (London: Macmillan, 1980).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13485
Dates:
c. 1977-1980.
Notebooks and translations of Charles K Scott Moncrieff.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20448-20464
Dates:
1924-1929.
Notes and drafts by Harry Pirie-Gordon of Buthlaw on the history of Dumbarton Castle, Celtic rulers of Strathclyde, and other topics in Highland history and genealogy.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.326
Dates:
[Mid 20th century.]
Notes and drafts of articles by David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.17
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Sketch of the character of John, Earl of Hopetoun`, 1781. The correct order of folios should be 1, 3 verso, 4, 2 (folio 1).(ii) List of contributions by Buchan to ‘The Bee’, 1791-1793 (folio 3).(iii) Biographical sketches of James Anderson, economist and editor of ‘The Bee’, 1790 (folio 8).(iv) Biography of Walter Minto, the mathematician, 1801. This was intended for the ‘Edinburgh Magazine’,...
Dates:
1781-1801.
Notes for and drafts of the Lyell Lectures delivered in 1965 by Prof William Beattie.
File
Identifier: Acc.9374
Scope and Contents
With bibliographical notes.
Dates:
circa 1945-1975.
Notes, mainly on geometry, by James Moor, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.1
Scope and Contents
Moor`s interest in mathematics predated his classical studies and lasted throughout his life. The present volume contains geometrical theorems and calculations, some avowedly copied from elsewhere, many apparently original.The non-mathematical contents (apart from several invitations to funerals, written over by Moor) are: notes on manuscripts of the Greek mathematical writers (excerpted from ‘Bibliotheca bibliothecarum manuscriptorum nova’ by B de Montfaucon) (folios 1-6); a...
Dates:
Mid 18th century.