Commemoratives.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Items produced, issued, or worn to commemorate a person, event, or occasion. For structures erected to preserve the memory of persons or events, use ""memorials."".
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
File
Identifier: MS.1081
Scope and Contents
The papers fall into three divisions. The first (folios 1-8) contains copies of letters and documents, August-September 1745, concerning Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s movements, chiefly letters of the 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and the 2nd Duke of Atholl, which retail current rumours. The second division (folios 9-47) contains letters and documents, some original, some copies, September 1745-January 1746, concerning the course of the rebellion. Many of the letters are addressed to Robert...
Dates:
1745-1746, 1755.
Correspondence and papers of Margaret Oliphant and others., 1754-1921 undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23209-23211
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection consists of letters of and to and papers of Margaret Oliphant and members of her family (MSS.23209-23211), her bank pass-book (MS.23212), diaries (MSS.23213-23216) and manuscripts of two of her works (MSS.23217-23219).
Dates:
1754-1921 undated.
Letters and papers found loosely enclosed in the 'Memorial' of Margaret Constable., 1878, 1901-[1902.]
File
Identifier: MS.23236
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Fiske to Fitzcosta., 1814-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40404
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Fiske, Daniel Willard.Letters, 1899, of Daniel Willard Fiske to John Murray IV and Sir George Walter Prothero. Folios 1-2.Fitch, Emma.Letters, 1903-1904 and 1906, of Emma Fitch to John Murray IV. Folios 3-13.Folio 13. On the verso of this folio, is a summary of a letter, 1906, of John Murray IV to Emma Fitch.Fitch, George....
Dates:
1814-1924.
'Memorial' of Margaret Constable, written by one of her brothers or sisters, consisting of an account of her last days and death., 1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.23235
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of and concerning Margaret Oliphant., 1754-1921, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23211
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of:
(i) letters of various friends and contemporaries of Margaret Oliphant, 1844-1868, undated (folio 1);
(ii) letters to Janet M Oliphant 1895-1921, undated (folio 19);
(iii) memorandum of agreement with Henry Colburn 1849 and death certificate 1897 of Mrs Oliphant (folio 46);
(iv) photographs and other depictions of Margaret Oliphant and her family and other subjects 1851, 1874, undated (folio 50);
(v) excerpts in Janet M Oliphant's hand of Margaret Oliphant's...
Dates:
1754-1921, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Catherine MacLeod., 1824-1874.
File
Identifier: MS.19307
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts concerning Duncan MacLeod and his children, 1824-1830, 1833-1841, with statements of Catherine, 1825, and Duncan, 1830, regarding their financial affairs (folio 1);(ii) Papers of the executry of Donald MacLeod, 3rd of Geanies, and Catherine's correspondence with the executors regarding their accounts, 1833-1835 (folio 22);(iv) List of family paintings in Duncan MacLeod's London residence in 1855, compiled by...
Dates:
1824-1874.
Papers and correspondence of and concerning William Loch, his wife, and their family., 1805-1837, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19418
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1805-1825, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Tradesmen's accounts sent to Elizabeth Loch, 1827, 1832-1833 (folio 38);
(iii) Baptismal certificates, memorials, etc., 1815-1837, undated (folio 57);
(iv) Journal of a tour in the Highlands by Mary E Loch, undated (folio 66);
(v) Miscellaneous notes, verses, etc., undated (folio 72).
Dates:
1805-1837, undated.
Papers and letters concerning Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell., 1935-1955.
File
Identifier: MS.26082
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Papers concerning the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Memorial Fund set up by the Scottish Centre of P.E.N., 1935-1953 (folio l); (ii) Papers concerning the award of a Civil List Pension to James Leslie Mitchell's children, 1939-1955 (folio 32).
Dates:
1935-1955.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers of Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell, wife of James Leslie Mitchell.
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Correspondence of Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell chiefly written after her husband, James Leslie Mitchell’s death in 1935.
Presentation by George II to Patrick Cumming as Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Edinburgh., 30 September 1737.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15193
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
30 September 1737.
Printed volume of telegrams and letters of condolence on the death of Edward VII from persons in the Punjab, with reports of ceremonies held there to commemorate him., 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12780
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1910.
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 of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
Typescript copies of appreciations of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1918-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.12803
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1918-1919.
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 of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to his time in India.
WGML Objects., circa 1930s-2000s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/14
Scope and Contents
Objects within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but are summaried below for ease of access. Researchers and visitors are welcome to consult these items upon request.
Dates:
circa 1930s-2000s.