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Printed materials. Object genre.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of written works published or otherwise available in printed form, usually on paper.

Found in 1186 Collections and/or Records:

Reports of preparation for battle, on printed forms, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service at the East India Station., 1842-1846.

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Identifier: MS.2463
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1842-1846.

Reports of preparation for battle, on printed forms, from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service at the East India Station., 1846-1847.

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Identifier: MS.2464
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1846-1847.

Return, on a printed form, showing the number and disposition of ships under the command of Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane., 1813-1814.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2449
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1813-1814.

Return, on a printed form, showing the number and disposition of ships under the command of Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1844-1846.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2480
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1844-1846.

Revised version of 'Summary of the administration of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in the Military Department, I.-January 1899-April 1904, II.-December 1904-November 1905' (Calcutta, 1907)., 1907.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12600
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: 1907.

‘Rob Roy’, a national drama based on the novel of Sir Walter Scott, consisting of annotated pages from the book, interleaved with plans of scenery and stage settings, as performed at the Theatre Royal Edinburgh.

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Identifier: MS.23061
Scope and Contents

The play was produced on the occasion of Sir Walter Scott’s centenary under the supervision of Mr and Mrs Wyndham.

Dates: 1822-1871.

Scottish and other songs., [Circa 1905-circa 1926.]

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Identifier: MS.22073
Scope and Contents

Many of the poems used are periodical contributions by contemporary Aberdeenshire men and women, possibly known personally to John Davidson. Some are by Robert Burns and some are of unidentified authorship.

The songs are preceded (folio i) by a printed programme of a concert given in Lewis 1926 at which some of the songs in the collection were sung.

It is not known if the collection was intended for publication.

Dates: [Circa 1905-circa 1926.]

Scrap book containing envelopes addressed to the Countess of Lichfield., 1837-1840.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6339
Scope and Contents

The scrap book is arranged in two roughly alphabetical series according to the name of the sender (folios 1-26, 30-73). Most of these envelopes are franked, but a few have the penny post stamp. There are numerous gaps where envelopes have been removed, and in some cases the name of the sender has been pencilled in. Some printed and manuscript items connected with the history of franking and of the penny post, found loose in the volume, have been inserted at folio 75.

Dates: 1837-1840.

Scrapbook of printed and manuscript material inscribed by Sir Charles Dalrymple 'Record of events during period of office as Grand Master Mason of Scotland, 1893-6.', 1893-1896.

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Identifier: MS.25659
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates: 1893-1896.

'Scraps given by the old familiars of John A. and Edith J. Hipkins. Collected by the survivor.’, Late 19th century-early 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.2928
Scope and Contents

The scrap-book contains a painting and woodcuts by Joseph Crawhall (given to John A Hipkins by Charles Keene); original drawings by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, J F Sullivan, John A Hipkins himself, and others; a painting by Edith J Hipkins (page 64); illustrations cut out of Punch and other reproductions; and Valentines, letters, etc., addressed to Miss Hipkins.

Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Sermons and other papers, 1694-Early 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.20496
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Three sermons on Deuteronomy 32.6, dated 22-28 September, 28 September-5 October, and 12-19 October, 1712, preached at Callander in August and September, 1713, and at Airth on 16 August, 1724. The preacher has not been identified with certainty. The name Sanderson is written at the foot of folio 1. The only possible Church of Scotland minister of that name is Joseph Sanderson, minister of Alves, 1703-1727, and of Elgin, 1727-1733. Labelled ‘RH’. (Folio...
Dates: 1694-Early 18th century.

Sermons of Alexander Carlyle., 1746-1803, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23786-23909
Scope and Contents They consist of sermons preached before and after the Sacrament (MSS.23786-23805), series of sermons on the Sermon on the Mount (MSS.23806-23816), on the Lord's Prayer (MSS.23817-23825) and on righteousness (MSS.23826-23834), sermons on death (MSS.23835-23840), sermons preached on public occasions (MSS.23841—23863), some of which were, printed subsequently, and sermons preached on various topics (MSS.23864-23906), followed by drafts, fragments and summaries of sermons and schemes of services...
Dates: 1746-1803, undated.

Single letters and documents., 1510-19th century.

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Identifier: MS.2208
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, attributed to circa 1590, of John Gordoun to Patrick Bruce, Leith, with a modem transcript. ‘Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, volume v, page 11. (Folio 1.)(ii) Eighteenth-century copy of Sir Thomas Wortley's inscription at Wharncliffe, 1510. (Folio 4.)(iii) Letter, 31 August 1582, signed by several of the Ruthven Raiders, to John Erskine of Dun, summoning him to Stirling. Smellie, William,...
Dates: 1510-19th century.

Six letters of Thomas Carlyle to John Fergusson.

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Identifier: MS.568
Scope and Contents

The letters are in continuation of MSS.555-556.

Dates: 1819-1822.