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Biographies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.

Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts of scripts for radio and television by Margaret Noël-Paton., 1937, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27470
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Dramatised biographies of Pandita Ramabai (folio 1) and Theodore Pennell (folio 14), broadcast on the children's radio programme 'Pioneers for the Kingdom', 1937. 'Pandita Ramabai' has numerous manuscripts corrections. (ii) 'The Thought-Recorder', a play for television, undated (folio 39). It was originally written under the pseudonym 'Juniper Struan'.

Dates: 1937, undated.

Works of George Reith intended for publication., [?1885-?1941.]

 Series
Identifier: Acc.3564/94-101
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.

Dates: [?1885-?1941.]

Works of James Ramsay, volume I: 'Language Literature Biography'., Late 18th century-early 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1635
Scope and Contents From the File:

The works are for the most part descriptive of the eighteenth century in Scotland, and are contained in 10 folio volumes, each bearing the title assigned to it by John Ramsay, showing his grouping and division of his manuscript. Subjects treated in one volume, however, are apt to occur again in others.

Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Works of James Ramsay, volume II: 'Language Literature Biography'., Late 18th century-early 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1636
Scope and Contents From the File:

The works are for the most part descriptive of the eighteenth century in Scotland, and are contained in 10 folio volumes, each bearing the title assigned to it by John Ramsay, showing his grouping and division of his manuscript. Subjects treated in one volume, however, are apt to occur again in others.

Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Works of James Ramsay, volume III: 'Language Literature Biography'., Late 18th century-early 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1637
Scope and Contents From the File:

The works are for the most part descriptive of the eighteenth century in Scotland, and are contained in 10 folio volumes, each bearing the title assigned to it by John Ramsay, showing his grouping and division of his manuscript. Subjects treated in one volume, however, are apt to occur again in others.

Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Works of James Ramsay, volumes I-III: 'Language Literature Biography'., Late 18th century-early 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1635-1637
Scope and Contents From the File:

The works are for the most part descriptive of the eighteenth century in Scotland, and are contained in 10 folio volumes, each bearing the title assigned to it by John Ramsay, showing his grouping and division of his manuscript. Subjects treated in one volume, however, are apt to occur again in others.

Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.