Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 520 Collections and/or Records:
Research papers of Adriano Galantini on the genealogy and biography of the last members of the Stuart Royal family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11200
Dates:
20th century.
Research papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series., 1974-2001, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/179-319
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1974-2001, undated.
Research papers of Michael McManus for "Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire", (Edinburgh, 2001)
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12123
Dates:
2nd half of 20th century.
Satirical and genealogical manuscripts, written in the late eighteenth century., 16th century-18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.5721A
Scope and Contents
The contents are follows.(i) 'Historia y papeles de el Duende Politico', 1735-1736, possibly by Manoel Freire de Silva. It consists of satires on contemporary politics in verse and prose, including an attack on the economic policy of Don José Patiño, chief Secretary of State. (Folio 1.)(ii) 'Vida del sutil critico Duende de Madrid', Manoel Freire de Silva. A biography of him was published in Madrid in 1788. (Folio 144.)(iii) 'Pequeña Pieza Jocoseria...
Dates:
16th century-18th century.
Schoolbook, transcribed in the early 12th century, containing notes and glosses (in Latin and German) on authors studied in schools and other texts which could be used in teaching.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Juvenal, 'Satires': citations with commentary in alphabetical order of keyword, incipit 'Maior auaritie patuit'. (i.88). (Folio 1.)(ii) Lucan, 'Civil War': introduction and citations with and without commentary from books 1-6 and 9, incipit 'Lucanii sum(m)a utilitas e(st) i(n) topog(ra)phia'. (Folio 5 verso.)(iii) Philosophical notes, possibly connected to Porphyry's introduction to Aristotle's 'Analytica...
Dates:
Early 12th century.
Series of drawing books of Nancy Brysson Morrison with manuscript and typescript notes for 'Haworth harvest: the lives of the Brontës' pasted in., [1969, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27335-27340
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.
Dates:
[1969, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Notes for and manuscript of 'Haworth harvest: the lives of the Brontës' by Nancy Brysson Morrison.
Series of drawing books of Nancy Brysson Morrison with manuscript and typescript notes for 'The private life of Henry VIII' pasted in., [1964, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27312-27329
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.
Dates:
[1964, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Notes for and manuscript of ‘The private life of Henry VIII’ by Nancy Brysson Morrison.
Sermons of Adam of Dryburgh and other works.
File
Identifier: MS.9999
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Sermons of Adam of Dryburgh. Some of these were printed from another manuscript in W de Gray Birch, ‘Sermoties fratris Adae’ (Edinburgh, 1901) and J P Migne, ‘Patrologiae curvus complettis ... latina’, volume cxcviii. For details, see N R Ker, ‘Medieval manuscripts in British libraries’, volume i. A sermon of Thomas à Kempis, written in a sixteenth-century hand, has been inserted (folios 81-83). It is printed in Thomas à Kempis, ‘Opera omnia’...
Dates:
Early 15th century.
Six volumes of Wodrow Manuscripts; and two volumes of biographies of ministers entitled "Wodrow`s Collections".
Series
Identifier: Dep.90- is now Acc.4277.
Scope and Contents
The Wodrow manuscripts are numbers XXV-XXVI and XXVIII-XXXI.
Dates:
17th century.
'Sketch of the character of Mr. [David] Hume, by an author of the nineteenth century' (the Reverend John Home, author of ‘Douglas’); not in Home's own hand, save for several corrections and additions., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3993
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The work is apparently unpublished.
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by William Kirk Dickson, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
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'Sketch of the character of Mr. [David] Hume, by an author of the nineteenth century' (the Reverend John Home, author of ‘Douglas’); with a transcript of the same.
'Sketch of the character of Mr. [David] Hume, by an author of the nineteenth century' (the Reverend John Home, author of ‘Douglas’); with a transcript of the same., 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.3993-3994
Scope and Contents
The work is apparently unpublished.
Dates:
19th century.
Sketchbook, 1912, of Nigel Trotter.
File
Identifier: Acc.6643
Scope and Contents
Containing sketches of architectural subjects in Paris, Chartres, and Rouen.
With biographical note, 1976, on Alec and Alys Trotter, by I F Westlake.
Dates:
1912, 1976.
"Some Remarkable Passages of Mr Donald Cargill`s Life", signed "By a Wellwisher".
Item
Identifier: Acc.5180
Dates:
late 17th century.
Sound recording of [from insert] "A Bonnie Fechter: Alexander Scott, 1920-1989" (Glasgow: Scotsoun, 1990).
Item
Identifier: Acc.10116
Dates:
1990.
Sound recording, with transcript, of a BBC television programme, 'Spectrum: Kenneth White - Nomad -'.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8606/1-3
Dates:
1983.
Sound recordings made by Captain William MacDonald concerning Sir William Macewen.
Series
Identifier: UNLS015
Scope and Contents
The recordings mainly concern the life of William Macewen, in particular his appointment as Surgeon-General to the Royal Navy during World War One, but also his family association with Garrochty.
Dates:
Event: Majority of material found within 1858-1971.
‘Staggering state of the Scottish statesmen 1550-1650, collected by Sir John Scot of Scottstarvet with biographical notes of holders of Government Offices during that period.’, 17th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.14795
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
17th century.
'The Martyrs of Blantyre: Henry Henderson, Dr John Bowie, Robert Cleland. A chapter from the story of missions in Central Africa' (London: Nisbet, 1892), by William Robertson., 1892.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9069/7
Dates:
1892.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Minutes, with some associated administrative papers, relating to the Church of Scotland Blantyre Mission, Malawi; and works concerning the history of the mission.
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Works concerning the history of the Blantyre Mission.
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Published histories relating to the Blantyre Mission.
'The Todholes aisle etc: or monumental effigies and portraits of the Tods of Todholes, com. Ayr ... 1844', being caricatures and mock biographical notes, supposedly of members of the Tod family from 1591 to 1846, by Andrew Tod.
Item
Identifier: MS.20990
Dates:
1844.
‘Thomas Baines on the Zambesi’ by Vero Bosazza., 1975.
Item
Identifier: MS.20338
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates:
1975.
Touring production file of ‘High places’ by Ena Lamont Stewart, containing: programme; press cuttings; press releases; correspondence; tour schedule; actors biographies and other material., 1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.12911/3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.
Dates:
1985.
Touring production files of 'Scotland matters', collaborative show featuring writing by Peter Nardini, Anne Mario di Manbro, John Binnie and others., 1992, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/36-38
Scope and Contents
Additional authors include: Rona Munro; Vivian Adam; Stuart Brown; Jan Natanson; Iain Heggie; and Gurmeet Mattu.
Dates:
1992, undated.
Touring production files of 'The resistible rise of Arturo Ui' by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Ralph Manheim., 1991, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/29-31
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.
Dates:
1991, undated.
Transcript of a BBC television programme, "Orpheus with his Lute: a Portrait of Sir Hugh S Robertson".
Item
Identifier: Acc.6817
Dates:
1976.
Transcript of a BBC television programme, "Post Impressions: the Story of J D Fergusson".
Item
Identifier: Acc.6774
Dates:
1976.