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Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 155 Collections and/or Records:
Administrative papers of the Scottish Poetry Library., 1998-2010.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13626/12-26
Dates:
1998-2010.
‘Annual Report on the Instruction Carried on at the School of Musketry, and of the Progress of Musketry Instruction in the Army, during the Year ending 31st March 1859 (London, 1859)., 1859.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.32
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
1859.
Another copy of the `Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom. Vol. I. General report and twenty-two sub-reports.`, 1871.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.1.4
Scope and Contents
Folios i-ii are inserts. To folios i recto-ii verso have been pasted two articles from the `Times` newspaper, [1871]: `The supply of coal` and `The supply of coal. No.II`.
On folio ii verso are notes, 1871, of John Francis Campbell.
Dates:
1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Correspondence of John Francis Campbell in the capacity of Secretary to the Royal Coal Commission in London, a post he held for several years, along with various printed reports and proceedings of the Coal Commission concerning investigations made into a number of aspects of coal mining throughout the country.
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Published and working copies, preparatory to publication, of the `Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom`.
Another working copy of volume II of the `Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom`., 1866-1869.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.1.6
Scope and Contents
Folios i verso-ii are notes of John Francis Campbell. The volume is formed of the individual reports, minutes and proceedings collated to produce the published volume.
Dates:
1866-1869.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Correspondence of John Francis Campbell in the capacity of Secretary to the Royal Coal Commission in London, a post he held for several years, along with various printed reports and proceedings of the Coal Commission concerning investigations made into a number of aspects of coal mining throughout the country.
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Published and working copies, preparatory to publication, of the `Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom`.
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Working copies, preparatory to publication, of the `Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the several matters relating to coal in the United Kingdom`.
Appendices to the tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912., 1911-1912.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.
Dates:
1911-1912.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.
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Typescript tour diaries of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton, with appendices.
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Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912; with appendices.
Collection of draft reports on the various subjects covered in Adv.MSS.51.1.7-51.1.11, with miscellaneous correspondence of Treasury officials., 1866-1870.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.1.12
Scope and Contents
There is also a printed ‘Report of the Progress of the Ordnance Survey and Topographical Depot to 31st Dec., 1865’ inserted at the beginning of the volume (folio 16).
Dates:
1866-1870.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Correspondence of John Francis Campbell in the capacity of Secretary to the Royal Coal Commission in London, a post he held for several years, along with various printed reports and proceedings of the Coal Commission concerning investigations made into a number of aspects of coal mining throughout the country.
Collections of papers of General Sir George Murray concerning campaigns in wars against France., 1793-1806.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Orders and papers concerning service in the 3rd Foot Guards in the Netherlands, 1793-1795 (folio 1).(ii) Orders and copies of memoranda concerning service in the quartermaster-general`s department in Egypt, 1801-1802 (folio 16).(iii) Statistical returns and memoranda concerning the various islands of the West Indies where he served as adjutant-general, 1802-1803 (folio 43).(iv) Letters and reports...
Dates:
1793-1806.
Copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury. Volume I., 1793-1794.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vol. I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.
Dates:
1793-1794.
Correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War., 1808-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.22-46.3.5
Scope and Contents
The associated papers consist of intelligence reports (many of which are illustrated by sketch-maps) by British officers, letters and memoranda forwarded from Spanish and Portuguese leaders, and a few intercepted letters of French Generals.
Dates:
1808-1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
Correspondence and papers relating to General Sir George Murray`s appointment to the staff of the army in America and to his subsequent appointment to the command of the troops and civil government of Upper Canada., 1811-1815, and undated.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.6.5-46.6.6
Scope and Contents
The papers, many of which are undated, consist of notes, memoranda and reports on various aspects of life and of military affairs (including some sketch-maps) in Canada.
Dates:
1811-1815, and undated.
Correspondence between the Scottish Poetry Library and individuals., 1995-2014.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13626/45-60
Correspondence, notes and printed material relating to the Heating and Ventilation Commission, of which Campbell was secretary., 1855-1860.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.51.1.15-51.2.2
Dates:
1855-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Correspondence of John Francis Campbell in the capacity of Secretary to the Royal Coal Commission in London, a post he held for several years, along with various printed reports and proceedings of the Coal Commission concerning investigations made into a number of aspects of coal mining throughout the country., 1866-1871.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.51.1.1-51.1.14
Scope and Contents
Each volume deals with a separate aspect.
Dates:
1866-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Correspondence of John Francis Campbell with geologists required to give evidence to the Coal Commission ‘On the Probability of Finding Coal under the Permian New Red Sandstone, and other superincumbent strata’, with related printed reports and proceedings., 1866-1869.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.51.1.8
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Each volume deals with a separate aspect.
Dates:
1866-1869.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Correspondence of John Francis Campbell in the capacity of Secretary to the Royal Coal Commission in London, a post he held for several years, along with various printed reports and proceedings of the Coal Commission concerning investigations made into a number of aspects of coal mining throughout the country.
COSLA Report on Standards for School Library Services in Scotland., 1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13657/71
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Papers of the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC), including papers relating to its foundation in 1991.
Dates:
1999.
COSLA Working Group on Public Library Standards., 1982-1984.
File
Identifier: Acc.13657/68
Scope and Contents
To examine the functions of a modern library service to determine its role in the community.
Dates:
1982-1984.
COSLA Working Group on Standards in Public Libraries., 1986.
File
Identifier: Acc.13657/69
Scope and Contents
To examine the functions of a modern public library service to determine its role in the community.
Dates:
1986.
Esther Breitenbach, Alice Brown, and Fiona Myers, 'Equality Issues in Scotland' (Engender and the University of Edinburgh, 1994)., 1994.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13806/27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection reflects Dr Esther Breitenbach's feminist activism from the 1970s onwards. This includes papers reflecting her contributions to the Women’s Legal and Financial Independence Campaign, the Radical Scotland Women’s Group, and the European Forum of Socialist Feminists, as well as papers relating to the activities of the Women's Co-ordination Group, which advanced the demand for 50:50 gender representation. The collection includes assorted annotated pamphlets, conference papers,...
Dates:
1994.
Garrison inspections and parades attended by James Johnston in his role as Deputy Chief of Staff, 4th armoured division., 1983-1985.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/169-173
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1983-1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating James Johnston on his posting as Deputy Chief of Staff at 4th Armoured Division, British Army of the Rhine.
Information for Scotland conference proceedings., 1993-1998.
File
Identifier: Acc.13657/64
Scope and Contents
Papers given at conferences by the Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland.
Dates:
1993-1998.
Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.5.20-46.5.23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.
Dates:
1808-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
John Riddell`s copy of ‘Report of Proceedings on the claim to the Barony of L`Isle’ by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (London, 1829), containing a few marginal notes in his hand., 1829.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.8.30
Scope and Contents
Tipped in after page 436 is a letter, 1838, of Alexander Sinclair to Riddell.
Dates:
1829.
Letter- and order-book of Count Honoré T M Gazan de La Peyrière, 27 May-24 July 1813, as acting commander-in-chief of the Army in Spain pending the appointment of Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult., 1813.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.5.23
Scope and Contents
The volume contains copies of orders and letters to generals under his command, and of reports to Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, and to the minister of war, Henri J G Clarke, Duke of Feltre.
Dates:
1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War in which he served (except during 1812 when he was in Ireland) as quartermaster-general.
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Intercepted letter- and order-books of French generals.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.6
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are drafts made or collected by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, the Secretary of State. Letter, The Hague, 30 January 1587, of the Council of State of the United Provinces to James VI; in French (folios 1-2). - This letter does not appear to have been published or summarised elsewhere, and is briefly summarized here:The Council have received James’s letters concerning restitution to be made for Scottish merchandise seized by warships from...
Dates:
1578-1621.