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:
Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart., 1775-1791.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8455
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1775-1791.
Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.
Dates:
1759-[circa 1947.]
Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan, afterwards Baron Lynedoch, and of the Honourable Mary Cathcart, afterwards Mrs Graham, his wife.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.3590-3645
Dates:
1719-1850.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively., 1797-1803.
File
Identifier: MS.13366
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1797-1803.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively., 1804-1819.
File
Identifier: MS.13367
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1804-1819.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st and 2nd Earls of Minto concerning their commands in the Roxburgh Regiment, Volunteer Infantry and the 1st Regiment, Roxburghshire Local Militia respectively.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1781-1786, 1793, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11198
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Penitentiary Act, 1781-1786, 1793, undated (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers concerning experiments on the growing of tobacco in Scotland and the duty on home-grown tobacco, 1781-1785 (folio 86).
Dates:
1781-1786, 1793, undated.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies., 1808-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11691-11711
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1808-1814.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto, including letters from Henry Brougham and Sir John Sinclair, on the Farmers' Property Tax and on the current agricultural and industrial depression., 1807-1823.
File
Identifier: MS.12121
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1807-1823.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers addressed to the 2nd Earl of Minto on particular topics of political interest.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning Church of Scotland affairs., 1840-1890, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12343-12346
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1840-1890, undated.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning education in Scotland., 1848-1878.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12347-12351
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1848-1878.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 3rd Earl of Minto concerning the Forbes Mackenzie Act., 1857-1878.
File
Identifier: MS.12356
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1857-1878.
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 William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto.
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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 3rd Earl of Minto.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the voyageurs., 1884-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12549
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The 4th Earl of Minto's main preoccupations were with the raising of a voyageur force for service in Egypt, the employment of Canadian forces in the imperial service, and the rebellion of Louis Riel in the North-West in which he was personally involved.
Dates:
1884-1886.
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 Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers of the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9771-9807
Dates:
1798-1927, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh Press with correspondents from Edinburgh Press-L., 1934-1935.
File
Identifier: MS.23606
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include a number of letters between the Edinburgh and London offices of the firm.
Dates:
1934-1935.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, estimates and correspondence of the Edinburgh Press.
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Correspondence, chiefly carbon copies of outgoing letters, and papers of the Edinburgh Press.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning Charles Roberts and the Scottish Historical Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/58
Dates:
1882.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.
File
Identifier: F.R.341
Dates:
1819-1879.
Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1836-1932, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13185
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates:
1836-1932, undated.
Correspondence, articles, reports, and photographs of and concerning Duncan Macrae, with related theatre programmes, press cuttings and playscripts.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5443 Box 1(1)-Box 2(3)
Dates:
1929-1966, undated.
‘Correspondence between Lord Macartney and Major General Stuart’: a volume of printed correspondence prepared by James Stuart., 1786.
File
Identifier: MS.8453
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
1786.
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of and relating to James Robert Hope-Scott (1812-1873), of Abbotsford.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3667-3695
Scope and Contents
The papers cover the main interests of James Robert Hope-Scott's life, including the foundation of Trinity College, Glenalmond, the Protestant Bishopric of Jerusalem, his Fellowship at Merton, his travels in Europe, and various religious, ecclesiastical, and legal matters.Among the correspondents are Gladstone, Manning, and Pusey. The letters of these men and of other correspondents are extensively quoted by R Ornsby in his ‘Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott’, 1884. Ornsby also...
Dates:
1824-1873, undated.
‘Correspondence, etca. From October 15th, 1782, to February 1st, 1783’, a compendium of separate printed items prepared by James Stuart., 15 October 1782-1 February 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8441
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
15 October 1782-1 February 1783.
‘Correspondence from April to July, 1783’: a volume of printed correspondence prepared by James Stuart., April-July 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8443
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
April-July 1783.
‘Correspondence from February, 1783’: a volume of printed correspondence prepared by James Stuart., February-April 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8442
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
February-April 1783.
Correspondence, membership lists and other papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists’ Society., 1884-1961.
File
Identifier: MS.21663
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1886, 1896, 1906, 1927, 1943-1944, 1947-1950, 1961. Much of this relates to the demise of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society in 1950, and to its absorption by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians. The correspondence of 1961 with Miss M P Linton of the National Library of Scotland includes a catalogue of the 18th century collections held by the Harmonists. (Folio 1.)(ii) Membership lists, 1884, 1932, and historical...
Dates:
1884-1961.
Correspondence, memoranda and printed material of the Earl of Rosebery on the London University Bill including a copy of a pamphlet entitled "Objections to the Gresham Commissioners' Scheme" (London, 1894)., 1894-1895.
File
Identifier: MS.10149
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1894-1895.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Official correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery.
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Correspondence of the Earl of Rosebery on home affairs.