Samples
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Collections of Gaelic tales, folklore and proverbs, mainly written by John Dewar; material relating to folklore in general; papers concerning Highland dress; and several volumes relating to Irish language and folklore.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.2.19-50.3.13
Dates:
1841-1885.
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.
Ledgers and other papers of Lambert Brothers (Edinburgh) Ltd.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10808
Dates:
1901-1993.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Donnegan to Dorrien., 1828-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40339
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Donnegan, James.Letter, 1828, of James Donnegan to John Murray II. Folios 1-2.Donner, Joakim Otto Evert.Letters, 1896-1897, of Joakim Otto Evert Donner to John Murray IV. Folios 3-5.Donovan, Edward.Letter, 1831, of Edward Donovan to John Murray II. Folios 6-7.Doo, George Thomas.Letters, 1855, of George Thomas...
Dates:
1828-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from FitzRoy to Flaherty., 1843-1926.
File
Identifier: MS.40409
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.FitzRoy, Almeric William.Letters, 1897 and 1917, of Sir Almeric William FitzRoy to John Murray IV. Folios 1-6.Folios 5-6. Copy of a letter, 1917, of John Murray IV to Sir Almeric William FitzRoy.Fitzroy, Augustus Charles Lennox.Letters, 1894-1899, of Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy, 8th Duke of Grafton, to John Murray IV. Folios 7-60....
Dates:
1843-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Martinez to Masefield., 1832-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40790
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1906-1907 and uncertain dates, of Anna Blunden Martino to John Murray IV. The letters mostly concern her desire to publish her memoirs. Also included are letters, 1832-1865, of German botanist Carl Martius to John Murray III. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence.Martinez, A., 1897: folios 1-6;Martino, Anna, 1906-1907...
Dates:
1832-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Harriet Grote., 1862-1878.
File
Identifier: MS.40491
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1862-1878, of Harriet Grote to John Murray III, with related letters and papers. They concern both her husband’s work, “A history of Greece” and “Plato”, and her own writing, most notably her biography of her husband, “The personal life of George Grote”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1862-1864: folios 1-38;1865-1869: folios 39-66; (1)1870-1872: folios 67-137; (2)1873-1874: folios 138-179;1875-1878: folios...
Dates:
1862-1878.
Manuscript of Lady Charlotte Murray, "The British Garden" (London, 1808).
Item
Identifier: Acc.4567
Scope and Contents
With specimens of pressed flowers.
Dates:
1808.
Marked prospectus for the periodical "The Academy", with assorted proofs of the publication., 1869-1870.
File
Identifier: MS.42603
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1869-1870.
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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Papers concerning the periodical publication, "The Academy".
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Prospectus, proofs and sample issues of the periodical "The Academy".
Notebook, of Jane C Guy, giving sewing instructions largely concerning patches.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11811
Scope and Contents
Includes samples.
Dates:
1921-1922.
Notebooks and sample patterns of Adèle Stewart.
File
Identifier: Acc.9302
Scope and Contents
Concerning studies at the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, Atholl Crescent.
Dates:
1942.
`Notes about tartans` of John Francis Campbell, written between 1871 and 1873, ‘while seeking for the real Campbell Clan Tartan’., 1871-1873.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.3.9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes and a few sketches, 1871-1873, 1884, are interspersed throughout the volume. The majority of the letters are from members of the Sobieski Stuart family.
One or two samples of tartan have been bound in at the beginning of the volume.
Dates:
1871-1873.
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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Collections of Gaelic tales, folklore and proverbs, mainly written by John Dewar; material relating to folklore in general; papers concerning Highland dress; and several volumes relating to Irish language and folklore.
Papers of Bernat Klein, textile designer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11216
Dates:
circa 1965-1994 and undated.
Prospectus, proofs and sample issues of the periodical "The Academy"., 1869-1870.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42603-42604
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1869-1870.
Scrapbook of John Francis Campbell containing results of experiments in solar physics while he was in Egypt in 1880-1881 and in Cannes in 1882., 1880-1882.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.6.15
Scope and Contents
The volume contains notes, detailed diagrams, photographs and samples of materials used in the experiments.
Dates:
1880-1882.
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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Original manuscripts of John Francis Campbell`s non-Gaelic publications, mostly based on his journals, and volumes of scientific material, reflecting his particular interest in glaciation, meteorology and thermography.
Two sample issues of the periodical "The Academy"., ? 1869.
File
Identifier: MS.42604
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
? 1869.
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.
/
Papers concerning the periodical publication, "The Academy".
/
Prospectus, proofs and sample issues of the periodical "The Academy".