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Copy by John Chalmer, 1732, of the 3rd edition of John Spottiswood, ‘An introduction to the knowledge of the stile of writs’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.17
Dates:
1727.
Copy, possibly the holograph, of the report by Thomas Tucker on the customs and excise of Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.5
Scope and Contents
Tucker had been sent to Scotland in the autumn of 1655 to set up the customs and to re-establish the excise, and his report, dated 20 November 1656, was written after his return to London. The report is followed by an unmarked copy of ‘Rules, Orders and Instructions, Made and Published by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise in Scotland ...’ (Edinburgh, 1656) (folio 54), and by `The forme of the Cash or Day Booke to be kept by the severall Collectors of Customs and Excise in...
Dates:
1655-1656.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-51.2.7
Dates:
1841-1885.
Correspondence and papers of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.349
Dates:
1896-1938, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, Professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, 1966-1974, 1974-1978.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.323- is now Acc.13476.
Dates:
1944-1978.
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.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).
Dates:
1968-1983.
Imperfect copy, lacking the title page, of the libretto of ‘La Traviata’ by Verdi (Paris, 1865).
File
Identifier: MS.21855
Scope and Contents
The copy contains two printed summaries of the plot tipped in at the front (folios i-ii) and numerous stage directions written on leaves tipped in throughout the volume and in the margins of the printed pages, as well as alterations to the text, for an unidentified apparently late nineteenth-century French production.The volume is signed by Ernest Marchand (deleted) and Francois Runaio on the upper cover which is inscribed 'Travrata mise en Scène n[o]. 2', and by Marchand on page...
Dates:
1865, late 19th century.
Interleaved copy of ‘Le bal masqué’ by Edouard Duprez (Paris, 1870), being the French version of the libretto of ‘Un ballo in maschera’ by Verdi containing the mise en scène with detailed stage instructions, ?late 19th century, by G de Beauplan.
Item
Identifier: MS.21853
Dates:
1870, ?late 19th century.
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates:
1941-2022
Letters to Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, and an instruction-book of his son Charles.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15381-15382
Dates:
1801-1815.
Manuscript drafts and printed copy of "Robin`s Christmas Song", original lyrics attributed to Robert Burns.
File
Identifier: Acc.10680
Dates:
circa 1850-1900.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates:
19th century-[?1913].
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198
Dates:
1569-1876, undated.
Papers concerning the poet, Helen B Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26713-26715
Dates:
1934-1975.
Papers of James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, concerning administration in Wei Hai Wei, and Chinese art and literature.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.83- is now Acc.4138.
Dates:
1859-1937.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates:
circa 1948-2006.
Papers of Neill and Company, printers, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.196
Dates:
1641-20th century.
Papers of the family of Ballantyne of Holylee.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.253
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of J G Lockhart and Robert Cadell.
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, from Spottiswoode House.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2933-2953
Dates:
1540-1851.
Playscripts of Charles Gairdner and Ada F Kay.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11617
Scope and Contents
Includes related papers.
Dates:
1955-1962.
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.3.13
Scope and Contents
The sources are mainly the original manuscripts then in the Advocates` Library. Only those documents not known from other sources are indexed in detail. The contents are as follows:(i) `Registra Coenobiorum de Melrose et Balmerino Impensis Walteri McFarlan de eodem Transcripta Anno MDCCXLII`, copied from Adv.MSS.34.4.11, late 13th century (folio 1), and 34.5.3, 14th century (folio 67), with extracts from Richard Augustine Hay on Melrose, 1700-1707, or after (folio 54; from...
Dates:
Late 13th century-1707, or after.
Various manuscripts written or owned by Thomas Ruddiman.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20491-20496
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts are lettered RA-RK (RC missing) and some also have Roman numerals.
Dates:
4th quarter of 17th century-1st half of 18th century.