Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:
Biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie: subjects beginning MacE-Man., Late 19th century-?1956.
File
Identifier: MS.22132
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection was begun in the late nineteenth century and continued in the twentieth, being entrusted to Ian Scobie in 1944 (MS.22130, folio 2). The latest entry appears to be dated 1956. The entries are written on folio sheets. Press cuttings and other printed extracts and photographs (both originals and copies) have been added, pasted on separate sheets of the same size, to illustrate many of the entries. A number of the additional entries, and additions to existing entries, appear to be...
Dates:
Late 19th century-?1956.
Biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie, subjects beginning Mar-Z., Late 19th century-?1956.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1025
Dates:
Late 19th century-?1956.
Biographical notices of Scottish and other pipers, with notes on persons, places and things connected in any way with piping, compiled by John MacLennan with additions and corrections by Ian H Mackay Scobie: subjects beginning Mar-Z., Late 19th century-?1956.
File
Identifier: MS.22133
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection was begun in the late nineteenth century and continued in the twentieth, being entrusted to Ian Scobie in 1944 (MS.22130, folio 2). The latest entry appears to be dated 1956. The entries are written on folio sheets. Press cuttings and other printed extracts and photographs (both originals and copies) have been added, pasted on separate sheets of the same size, to illustrate many of the entries. A number of the additional entries, and additions to existing entries, appear to be...
Dates:
Late 19th century-?1956.
Biographical papers of and concerning the Geddes family., 1895-1969, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19266-19268
Biographical papers of members of the Elliot family of Minto., [?Circa 1858], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12851
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Draft biography of Charles James Fox by the 2nd Earl of Minto, ?circa 1858 (folio 1); (ii) Autobiographical notes by the 2nd Baron and Baroness Dunfermline, undated (folio 58).
Dates:
[?Circa 1858], undated.
Biographical papers of various members of the Elliot family of Minto., 1858-1934, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12849-12862
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1858-1934, undated.
Biographical papers relating to Jan Struther, containing notes, diaries and photocopies., 1920s-1930s, 1989.
File
Identifier: Acc.13220/48
Scope and Contents
Containing: Biographical notes about Jan Struther by her daughter Jan Strutheret
Rance, 1989, intended as guidance for an eventual biographer, and used by Ysenda Maxtone Graham in writing 'The real Mrs Miniver', 2001. Diaries of Anne Meriel Talbot, of Tite Street, Chelsea, born 1899 , died unmarried 1979. Extracts from the 51 diaries kept by Anne mainly in the 1920s and 1930s. Photocopies, and some typed copies, of the several hundred pages which contain remarks or information about the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920s-1930s, 1989.
Biographies of Christian authors written by Joannes Petri de Delft, a copyist at Niewlicht., 1457-1469.
File
Identifier: MS.7140
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Contents list, written last, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1 verso), and cumulative index of names (folio 2) dated 1469. The first entry for each letter is introduced by an initial in blue or red, alternately.(ii) St Jerome, 'De Viris Illustribus' (folio 13); the text is almost the same as that printed in 'Patrologia Latina', volume xxiii, 602-720, with only a few minor differences of vocabulary and word order....
Dates:
1457-1469.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh; together with a list of the full collection.
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Miscellany of medieval manuscripts, chiefly books of hours, which were part of a collection of manuscripts (as well as printed books and paintings) formed by William Finlay Watson, a book-seller in Edinburgh.
Biography and fiction of Margaret Noël-Paton., [Circa 1981], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27471-27473
Books and copies of works relating to radar, science, military history and other interests of Sir Robert Watson-Watt., 1916-1966, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9343/44-76
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.
Includes photographs, articles and printed books.
Dates:
1916-1966, undated.
Bound volume entitled ‘Reminiscences of my father [by] E.B.S.’ containing a typed copy of a biography illustrated by selections from his correspondence, of Richard Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond (died 1865) compiled after his death by his daughter Elizabeth., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.20027
Scope and Contents
The leaves are typed on one side only: notes and additions have been written on some of the blank sides and press-cuttings have been pasted to some others.The biography is followed by leaves from some of Richard Burdon-Sanderson's published works pasted in (folio 383), copies of newspaper reports of the death in 1876 of his son Richard (folio 469), copies of press notices of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson (folio 492), and a genealogy of the family of William Scott,...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Broadcasts, articles, and other material concerning the life and work of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1958-1975, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26094-26099
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After her husband's death, Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell continued to encourage interest in James Leslie Mitchell's work, particularly through new editions and films, and her papers reflect this activity.
Dates:
1958-1975, undated.
Catechism, 17th century, on the contents of 'Regiam majestatem'., 17th century-1705.
File
Identifier: MS.1949
Scope and Contents
The work is in the handwriting of J Skene (apparently Sir James Skene, Lord President Curriehill), whose signature occurs on folio 6.It is preceded by an extract from ‘An historical essay showing that the crown and kingdom of Scotland is imperial and independent' (Edinburgh, 1705) by James Anderson, Writer to the Signet, in a hand of the eighteenth century (folio i); and short biographies of Scottish authors of the sixteenth century, partly taken from Thomas Dempster's 'Historia...
Dates:
17th century-1705.
Chapters 1-9 of 'David Livingstone, a reassessment with particular reference to his psyche' by Oliver Ransford., 1977.
Item
Identifier: MS.20341
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The thesis is the basis of the biography, ‘David Livingstone, the dark interior’ by Oliver Ransford and gives fuller particulars of his theory that Livingstone was cyclothymic.
Dates:
1977.
Chapters 10-18 of 'David Livingstone, a reassessment with particular reference to his psyche' by Oliver Ransford., 1977.
Item
Identifier: MS.20342
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The thesis is the basis of the biography, ‘David Livingstone, the dark interior’ by Oliver Ransford and gives fuller particulars of his theory that Livingstone was cyclothymic.
Dates:
1977.
Chapters 19-27, preliminary material, bibliography of 'David Livingstone, a reassessment with particular reference to his psyche' by Oliver Ransford., 1977.
Item
Identifier: MS.20343
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The thesis is the basis of the biography, ‘David Livingstone, the dark interior’ by Oliver Ransford and gives fuller particulars of his theory that Livingstone was cyclothymic.
Dates:
1977.
Chapters i-vii of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20333
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:
1972, [after 1972.]
Chapters viii-xii of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
File
Identifier: MS.20334
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:
1972, [after 1972.]
Chapters xiii-xvii, appendices A-F and bibliography of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
File
Identifier: MS.20335
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:
1972, [after 1972.]
Character biographies and indexes to characters relating to the house of Niccolò novel series by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/230-260
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:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to works by her.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series.
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Research papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series.
Commission, 1859, of George Brand as Consul at Lagos; photocopies of dispatches, 1859-1860, of and concerning Brand; and biographical notes, undated, on him., 1859-1860, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 73-90
Dates:
1859-1860, undated.
Copy of `Margaret Ethel MacDonald` by James Ramsay MacDonald belonging to Alice G. Vines., 1912
Item
Identifier: Acc.13629/21
Scope and Contents
The book contains the mark of ownership of Alice G. Vines.
Dates:
1912
Copy of ‘Memoranda’ by James Augustus Grant, (no publisher, undated), consisting of biographical data, with some later ink additions by Grant., [After April 1880.]
Item
Identifier: MS.17925
Scope and Contents
On the title-page is written 'Margaret Grant's Copy'.
Dates:
[After April 1880.]
Corrected typescript draft of Paddy Kitchen's biography of Sir Patrick Geddes, 'A most unsettling person'., [1975, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19287 (part 1)
Corrected typescript draft of Paddy Kitchen's biography of Sir Patrick Geddes, 'A most unsettling person'., [1975, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19287 (part 2)