Correspondence.
Found in 7222 Collections and/or Records:
Taylor Collection: papers relating to Scottish affairs.
Television scripts of 'The story of a recluse' by Alasdair Gray, including correspondence and notes., 1965-1987.
Includes a thesis entitled "The World of 4 to 7 Years", 1960, together with printed items illustrating Gray`s work as a graphic artist and book designer.
Texts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson., 1701-1788.
`The Antient customary laws of the Isle of Mann`., 1811.
`The antient laws of the Isle of Mann` copied by Thomas Scott during his stay on the Isle of Man. The documents were seen by Walter Scott who used them as part of his inspiration for the novel `Peveril of the Peak` (1823), and referred to them in his introduction. Thomas includes a letter to Walter, 11 April 1811, from the Isle of Man.
'The Conduct from April to July, 1783, ... respecting the Operations of the Southern Force', a memorandum, including extracts from correspondence, prepared by James Stuart., 1783.
"The David Hume Archive".
Material sent in to National Library of Scotland in response to Prof D F Norton`s appeal for location of Hume material.
'The descent probative, branches, and relations of R.M., engr. in Edr.', i.e., Robert Mylne, son of the antiquary, 'by the mother ... Collected from a great many . . . authentick documents in my own custody', with additions and corrections by the father., 1728.
The families chiefly described are those of Govean or Govan (page 1), Forrester of Denovan (page 29), Rind (page 37), Row (the reformer and his descendants) (page 43), Geddie (page 57), and Avery (page 101); detailed accounts are given of some individuals, with extracts from their correspondence. At the beginning (folio ii) is a fragment of an account of Mr John Govean, Minister of Campsie, followed by a list of contents. At the end are miscellaneous notes.
The Graham Brown Collection.
Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.
'The Icelandic Sagas' (1999)., 1998-1999.
'The little red school book' (London: Stage 1, 1971), by Soren Hansen and Jasper Jensen, with related correspondence and notes., 1971.
Includes corrected typescripts of articles, reviews and broadcast talks, together with 55 letters from various correspondents.
The publications of Magnus Magnusson., 1948-2006.
The Scottish Library Association (SLA) and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) Archive.
'The Tragic Greek Campaign of 1941', a typescript account, compiled by Arthur Murray apparently in 1955, of the expedition under Wavell organised in 1941 by Winston Churchill to relieve Greece., [?1955]-1960.
The typescript is accompanied by a note, 1960 (folio i), and copies of correspondence, 1956 (folios ii-xi).
The work was intended but not accepted for publication.
"The Wellmer Correspondence", letters of Thomas Carlyle and family to Meta Wellmer.
With associated papers.
Theological writings and letters of James Tayes, written chiefly at Bo'ness.
Internal evidence suggests that James Tayes, if not actually a Quaker, subscribed to some Quaker doctrines; a summary of this evidence will be found on folio i.
There are copies of correspondence with John Brand, minister of Bo'ness (page 94); and with James Aird, minister of Torryburn (page 160).
Thesis, "Paths to Wholeness" by W Graham Monteith.
Includes correspondence.
Thomas Guthrie, "The Gospel in Ezekiel" (Edinburgh, 1856), with notes by Guthrie and correspondence between him and A. and C. Black.
Thomas Scott Family Correspondence., 1813-1848.
Papers concern the affairs of Thomas Scott, brother of Sir Walter, his family, and particularly his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Huxley.
Includes nine letters of Sir Walter Scott, and manuscript concerning the Isle of Man compiled by Thomas Scott, used by Walter Scott in `Peveril of the Peak`.
Three commonplace books of Andrew Douglas, paymaster to the navy, father of George of Cavers (born 1753), consisting chiefly of philosophical reflections, poetry, notes on current affairs and medical receipts, mostly taken from printed sources.
Three examples of miniature handwriting by James McKay, with related correspondence.
Includes an album of sketches and postcards from the First World War.
Three letters of John Hamilton Gray to J. H. Bohte.
Concerning a list of books that Hamilton Gray wishes to purchase from Bohte.
Three manuscripts relating to Field-Marshal George Wade, bound in one volume, apparently that formerly in the Junior United Service Club.
Three notebooks of William Findlay.
Containing:
ballads collected by William Findlay
lectures, 1861-1862, of the Reverend Robert Buchanan on logic and rhetoric
correspondence, 1952-1958, of William Montgomerie.