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 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 173 Collections and/or Records:

Rejected drafts of the article ‘The Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with correspondence relating to the publication of the article., 1938-1939.

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Identifier: MS.50185
Scope and Contents Typescript, [1938], of original folios 28-35, re-foliated 29-36, of a draft of a version of the article ‘The ultimate basis of aesthetic experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The head of folio 28=29 has been annotated ‘I’. Folios 1-8.Amended typescript, [1938], of original folios 10-17, 19, 26-50, of a draft of a longer version of the article ‘The ultimate basis of aesthetic experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The head of original folio 26 has been annotated...
Dates: 1938-1939.

Riddell`s copy of ‘Abstracts of the Evidence submitted to a jury on Behalf of Andrew Stirling, Esquire, of Drumpellier, claiming to be served heir-male in general of Robert Stirling of Bankeyr and Lettyr’ (1818), containing notes and additions in his hand., 1818.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.25
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Printed books owned by John Riddell, consisting of standard works of Scottish genealogical reference, volumes of printed session papers, collections of papers in peerage and other claims, and copies of some of Riddell`s published works.

Dates: 1818.

Series of general abstracts of military events in Portugal from 27 September 1810 to 31 July 1811., 1810-1811.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.46.6.1
Scope and Contents The abstracts begin on folio 4 and are illustrated by maps (folios 77-78, 103, 189), statistical returns of troops (folios 155-159) and extracts of letters (folios 161, 163, 175). They are preceded by a memorandum in reply to observations by Colonel (later Lieutenant-General Sir) Henry W Bunbury, 7th Baronet, 1811 (folio 1), and there are notes in red ink in the margins of several of the pages by Bunbury (according to a note at folio 15 verso). A leaf is cut out between folios 105 and...
Dates: 1810-1811.

'Short abstract of the 12th of Charles the Second, commonly called the Navigation law, with some observations on its relative force between England and Ireland.', 1784.

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Identifier: MS.64
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes letters of Lord North, 1783, John Foster, 1784, and others on the subject of the Navigation Law, and abstracts of trade between Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1783.

Dates: 1784.

Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2207
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous papers, 1647-1781, consisting chiefly of letters and orders addressed to William Farquharson of Inverey by Middleton and others, in connection with the Royalist campaign in Scotland, 1647-1656. 'Archaeologia Scotia', volume v, appendix, page 57. (Folio 1.)(ii) Orders of General Monck relating to Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy and the McNabs, 1654-1655, with modern transcripts, and a chaplain's commission given to...
Dates: 1647-1862, undated.

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 13: papers., ?1639-1641, undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [xiii]
Scope and Contents

Documents concerning political events, especially the Scots army at Newcastle and affairs in the English Parliament. Some printed ballads and letters to Sir James Balfour are included.

Dates: ?1639-1641, undated.

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics., 1560-1641, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1560-1641, undated.

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of Scottish historical documents, for the most part copies from the Cotton Library, originally labelled ‘Kirk manuscripts B’., 17th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.19
Scope and Contents A collection copied by various hands without sufficient accuracy, possibly for Matthew Crawford.The contents are as follows: (i) Letter, 3 May 1582, of Sir John Foster to Secretary Walsingham. (ii) Advertisement out of Scotland, 22 June 1582. (iii) Letter, 20 August 1582, of the Queen of England to the King of Scotland. (iv) Depositions of George Douglas sent the 14 September from Stirling, and received the 20 September at Windsor. ‘Septr. 28 1582’. (v) The heads whereof George...
Dates: 17th century.

Travel and London expenses., 1713-1764.

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Identifier: MS.14661
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts of expenses of journeys: Yester to Hamilton, May 1713; inn and horse bills, with abstract, for the journey from London to Yester, May 1755 (folio 1);(ii) Inn and horse bills, largely Scottish, 1722-1760 (folio 49);(iii) Freight bills, 1724-1761 (folio 79);(iv) Bills of exchange, 1753-1760 (folio 94);(v) Bill of fees at the Lord Chamberlain's office, 1758 (folio 98).(vi) Bills,...
Dates: 1713-1764.

Typescripts of a paper, ‘Is Aggression an Irreducible Factor?’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1938.

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Identifier: MS.50186
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1938.Carbon copy of a typescript abstract, 1938, of a paper, ‘Is Aggression an Irreducible Factor?’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 1-4.Amended typescript, 1938, of the paper, ‘Is Aggression an Irreducible Factor?’ by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper has been amended by Fairbairn. It was read before the British Psychological Society, St Andrews’ Meeting, 12 April 1938: a symposium on ‘The Concept...
Dates: 1938.

Typescripts of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’; and, ‘Psychology as Prescribed and as a Proscribed Subject’., 1939.

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Identifier: MS.50187
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1939.‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’.Printed ‘Final Programme’, 1939, for the National Council of Mental Hygiene, Fifth Biennial Mental Health Conference. Folios 1-2.Typescript draft, 1939, of ‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper has been annotated (folio 3 recto) by Fairbairn, ‘Draft – not included in paper’. The draft has been...
Dates: 1939.

Various papers of the Foreign Mission Committee of the Free Church of Scotland., 1849-1894, undated.

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Identifier: MS.19103
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1849-1894, undated.

Various printed papers for use of members of the Cabinet., 1847-1852.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12221-12222, 12224
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 1847-1852.

Volume containing notes compiled by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1833, or after.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.21
Scope and Contents The notes concern the progress of titles of Buchanan (folio 8), abstracts of the Darnley Lennox writs (folio 15) and transcripts (most of which appear to be in another hand) of original documents in the Montrose Charter Room, several of which relate to the ancient earldom of Lennox (folio 30). The volume is undated but the contents do not appear to date before 1833 (folio 8 verso). Parts of the volume were not used: folios 2-7 (intended for an index which was never compiled), 23-29, 62-66...
Dates: 1833, or after.

Work on styles, bearing the name of John Spottiswoode., 1757-1764.

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Identifier: MS.2948
Scope and Contents

Work on styles, bearing (folio i) the name of John Spottiswoode, compiled 1761-1764 (dates on folio i, page 194). It includes 'Legal calendar or table of prescription' (page 145), essays on arrestments (page 147), 'Report 3d concerning priviledged summonses', 1759 (page 159), 'Abstract of the state of the Records of Scotland reported by Jas. Ker ... to a meeting of lawyers and writers', 1757 (page 167).

Dates: 1757-1764.