Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 307 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook, compiled in 1804 by a military or civilian official of the Irish Government, containing lists, with biographical details and comments, of Irishmen implicated in Emmett's Rebellion., 1804.
Item
Identifier: MS.12926
Scope and Contents
The biographical details and comments sometimes include physical descriptions, and the most substantial entry (folios 80-84) concerns Michael Quigley, a bricklayer and native of County Kildare.
This volume has also been used in the late 19th century for notes concerning the Minto estate.
Dates:
1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
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Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807.
Notebook containing an account of the last days of the Honourable Gilbert Elliot by his wife, Katharine Anne., [Circa 1865.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13106
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot’s military service took him to Canada, 1847-1849, South Africa, 1852-1854, and the Crimea, 1854-1856.
Dates:
[Circa 1865.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Notebooks and diaries of and concerning the Honourable Gilbert Elliot (1826-1865), 6th son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade, and of Lady Harriet Anne Gertrude Elliot (died 1855), 5th daughter of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 1 : Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir John Beaumont., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42592
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.
None of the volumes has an index.
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 2 : Richard Corbet to Edmund Smith., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42593
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.
None of the volumes has an index.
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 3 : Arthur Maynwaring to John Langhorne., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42594
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.
None of the volumes has an index.
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 4 : James Macpherson to Hartley Coleridge., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42595
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notebooks serve more as an assortment of information - notes, press cuttings and documentary evidence, such as copies of wills - to be used in the preparation of the specific entries of the dictionary, than as a considered manuscript. In many cases only the heading of the name of the poet has been entered.
None of the volumes has an index.
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Notebook entitled 'A Missellany or Collection of severall things, 1625', containing transcripts, presumably derived from printed editions or, since many were printed after 1625, from manuscript copies., 1625.
File
Identifier: MS.5831
Scope and Contents
The works transcribed are as follows.(i) Anne Boleyn's last letter to Henry VIII. See the 'Harleian Miscellany', volume iii, page 61. (Folio 6.)(ii) The 1st Earl of Salisbury's ‘The state and dignity of a secretary of state's place’. See the 'Harleian Miscellany', volume ii, page 265. (Folio 10.)(iii) Francis Bacon's 'An advertisement, touching the controversies of the Church of England'. See William Rawley, ‘Resuscitatio, or bringing into publick light...
Dates:
1625.
Notebook of Elizabeth S Haldane containing notes of events in the life of Viscount Haldane covering the years 1880-1893., [After 1880-before 1938.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20227
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some notes are written on further leaves bound in.
Dates:
[After 1880-before 1938.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Biographical notes and passages, undated, compiled by Elizabeth S Haldane concerning her brother Viscount Haldane.
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Notebooks of Elizabeth S Haldane containing notes of events in the life of Viscount Haldane.
Notebook of Elizabeth S Haldane containing notes of events in the life of Viscount Haldane covering the years 1894-1904., [After 1880-before 1938.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20228
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some notes are written on further leaves bound in.
Dates:
[After 1880-before 1938.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Biographical notes and passages, undated, compiled by Elizabeth S Haldane concerning her brother Viscount Haldane.
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Notebooks of Elizabeth S Haldane containing notes of events in the life of Viscount Haldane.
Notebook of Emma Eleanor Elizabeth, Countess of Minto, containing lists of papers and books for her 'Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807 to 1814'., [1880, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.12850
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:
[1880, or before.]
Notebook of Evelyn Stewart-Murray containing Gaelic songs and hymns copied from the McLagan collection., 1888.
Item
Identifier: MS.14884
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains an inscription on the first leaf: ‘from the Manuscripts of the late Revd James McLagan Blair Athole; and lent to P.C. [i.e. Paul Cameron?] by his grandson, the Revd L.C. MacLagan Wedderburn F.C. Madderty May 24 1888 P.C. June 26. 1888. E.S.M.’The last two folios are tipped in at the back and probably copied from a different source.The notebook contains the following.(i) James McLagan (?). ‘Failte Adhail’. 12 double quatrains, beginning “'N uair...
Dates:
1888.
Notebook of Henry Cockburn containing details of Francis Jeffrey`s family, and early life and career., 1852, or before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.9.1.13
Scope and Contents
The notebook may concern Cockburn`s preparation of his ‘Life of Lord Jeffrey’.
Dates:
1852, or before.
Notebook of John Purves labelled “Lives from the ‘Dictionary of national biography’”, chiefly of nineteenth century literary figures; also notes on art and travel in South Italy., [Circa 1930.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15607
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
[Circa 1930.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
Notebook of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton., Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.30.5.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the notebook are as follows:(i) a copy made by Hutton in 1790 of the part of Giovanni Ferreri`s history of Kinloss Abbey printed in ‘Veterum Scriptorum ... amplissima collectio’, tomus 6, columns 319-327, which Bishop John Geddes had made in 1770 from the copy in the Royal Library, Madrid (folio 2);(ii) extracts from Adamnan`s Life of Saint Columba, taken possibly from ‘Vitæ Antiquæ Sanctorum qui habitaverunt in ... Scotia ...’ (folio 15);...
Dates:
Circa 1784-circa 1820.
Notebook, "The Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu", by an unidentified compiler., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42596
Scope and Contents
The "Life" is comprised of ten folios of notes only. The notes on Lady Montagu have been augmented through the inclusion of press cuttings. In particular :(1) a copy of the biography of Lady Montagu from "Chambers`s papers for the people", number 64 (pages 3 and 4, and part of page 5 and part of page 6, have been cut from the copy and pasted into the pages of the notebook); and,(2) five portraits, printed from engravings by W. Greatbatch, extracted from a...
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Notebook, undated, in the Very Reverend John Lee's handwriting, containing biographical notes of William Tullideph, Principal of St Leonard's College, St Andrews., Early 19th century-mid 19th century
Item
Identifier: MS.3459
Dates:
Early 19th century-mid 19th century
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks, undated, in the Very Reverend John Lee's handwriting, concerning William Tullideph, Principal of St Leonard's College, St Andrews.
Notebooks of Elizabeth S Haldane containing notes of events in the life of Viscount Haldane., [After 1880-before 1938.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20227-20228
Scope and Contents
Some notes are written on further leaves bound in.
Dates:
[After 1880-before 1938.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Biographical notes and passages, undated, compiled by Elizabeth S Haldane concerning her brother Viscount Haldane.
Notes and drafts of articles and other material of Ruthven Todd., 1965-1975, undated.
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Identifier: MS.26859
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Drafts, 1965, of the article 'Miró in New York: a reminiscence', published in the ‘Malahat Review’ number 1 (1967) pages 77-92 (folio 1). They are followed by a photocopy of a reprint of the article in 1972 (folio 29), and translations of it into Spanish (folio 43);
(ii) Page-proofs of 'Background to a portrait', an article about a portrait of Robert Graves by John Ulbricht, published in the ‘London Magazine’, n.s.6
(February 1967), pages 66-73 (folio...
Dates:
1965-1975, undated.
Notes for and a manuscript of a biography of Sir Stamford Raffles by George Reith., [?1885-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.3564/100-101
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.]
Notes for and manuscript of 'Haworth harvest: the lives of the Brontës' by Nancy Brysson Morrison., [1969, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27332-27343
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.]
Notes for and manuscript of ‘The private life of Henry VIII’ by Nancy Brysson Morrison., [1964, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27312-27331
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.]
Notes for 'Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1807-1814'. , [1880, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.19470
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Nina, Countess of Minto was the daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop and granddaughter of Hugh Elliot. Lady Minto's papers reflect her wide ranging interests. She was the author of ‘A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot’, of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751-1806’, and of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807-14’. Her papers contain much material relating to these publications and also to her unpublished works....
Dates:
[1880, or before.]
Notes for the biography 'Mary Queen of Scots' by Nancy Brysson Morrison., [1960, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27305-27310
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.
Dates:
[1960, or before.]
Notes for the different chapters and manuscript of the text prepared for the typist of 'The private life of Henry VIII' by Nancy Brysson Morrison., [1964, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27331
Scope and Contents
The notes for the different chapters begin on folio 1 and the manuscript of the text prepared for the typist begins on folio 46. Some pages of the text have been rewritten and one folio containing the beginning of chapter 17 is missing.
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.
Notes of Nancy Brysson Morrison, taken from published works, on the Brontës and other characters in their story., [1969, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27332
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.
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Notes of Nancy Brysson Morrison, taken from published works, on the Brontës and other characters in their story, and on Haworth.