Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland

Include Components

Subject

Letters. Correspondence. 3300
Manuscripts. 1786
Correspondence. 1598
Typescripts 792
Copies. Derivative objects. 755
Poetry 755
Photographs. 660
Notes 630
Photocopies 542
Diaries. 504
Drafts. Documents. 389
Legal documents. 374
Notes. 327
Press cuttings. Information artifacts 326
Notebooks 312
Lists. 305
Accounts. 295
Histories. 281
Articles. 266
Poetry. 266
Administrative records. 247
Transcripts 239
Minutes. Administrative records 236
Financial records. 213
Genealogies. 208
Reports 197
Biographies. 188
Typescripts. 183
Drawings. Visual works. 179
Minute books 170
Novels 169
Plays 169
Essays. 165
Scores 160
Account books. 155
Travel journals 155
Annotations. 154
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 146
Memoirs 145
Albums. 144
Speeches 138
Proofs. printed matter 137
Songs. Musical compositions. 134
Lectures. 132
Charters 130
Research notes 130
Maps. Cartographic materials. 129
Lecture notes. 122
Notebooks. 121
Scripts. Documents 120
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 116
Letter books. 111
Short stories 109
Sketches 109
Excerpts. 108
Books 107
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 107
Translations . Documents 107
Catalogues. 104
Indexes. Reference sources. 102
Travel journals. 102
Publications. 101
Printed materials. Object genre. 95
Treatises 95
Documents. 93
Fragments. 92
Audiocassettes. 84
Autobiographies. 83
Certificates 83
Programmes 83
Sermons 83
Inventories. 79
Transcripts. 79
Illuminated manuscripts. 75
Illustrations. Layout features. 75
Plans (orthographic projections). 74
Family papers. 72
Inscriptions. 72
Estate records. 71
Photograph albums 71
Journals. Accounts. 70
Business records. 69
Memorandums 66
Postcards 63
Reviews. Document genre 63
Publications 62
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 61
Commonplace books. 58
Commissions. Permissions. 57
Memorandums. 57
Autographs (manuscripts). 56
Extracts. 54
Scrapbooks 51
Engravings. Prints. 50
Deeds. Legal documents. 49
Sketches. 49
Pamphlets 47
Ledgers. Account books. 46
Scores. 46
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 45

Subject

Notes titled, ‘Physica’ by Gerbrand Ignatius Moens of a course of lectures of Friar Morus on physics, possibly at the Jesuit College of La Flêche.

Manuscript on gunnery titled, ‘Arithmetische en geometrische practyche de constapelschap dedicerit by den Constapel Harman Harmanse Smedt geschreeven van myn HMW op het S.Landts Sckip Elsewout’.

Latin translation of Hero Mechanicus, ‘Γεωδαισία’, with the commentary of Franciscus Barocius.

Letters and poems of, and relating to, Robert Burns gathered by Adam Sim of Coulter; including letters of Allan Cunningham and of Robert Tannahill; with various newspaper cuttings and notes concerning the manuscript`s provenance.

“Johnston’s history of Scotland”, a translation of Buchanan’s History with additions to 1633.

Commentary on Aristotle, ‘Physica’.

Letters of Wendy Wood to Joan Clark.

Notes of the lectures of Johann Stevenot and Henri Michiels on logic at Louvain.

Copy, eighteenth century, of ‘Arcanum hermeticae philosophiae opus’.

Letters of, to, and relating to Sir Walter Scott.