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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:

Correspondence, memoranda and related printed material, November 1893-May 1895, of the Earl of Rosebery concerning applications for posts as commissioners of Income Tax and Woods and Forests, and secretary to the Office of Works., 1893-1895.

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Identifier: MS.10152
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: 1893-1895.

Correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers of the Earl of Rosebery on such matters as unemployment, education in Ireland, the Land Tenure Bill, and the Cromwell Statue dispute which led up to Rosebery's resignation as prime minister., January-June 1895.

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Identifier: MS.10147
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: January-June 1895.

Correspondence, October 1894-February 1895, of the Earl of Rosebery relating to applications for the Oxford and Cambridge professorships of History, including printed testimonials of several of the candidates., 1894-1895.

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Identifier: MS.10151
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.

Correspondence of Alexander Christie, Provost of Montrose, and other material relating to the affairs of the town, with discussions of Christie's religious and political views, copied by Christie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3701-3703
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are mainly notables of Angus, divines, political thinkers, and merchants, and include Alexander Christie's brother William, the Unitarian writer, his son Thomas, the political writer, Sir David Carnegie, Baronet, George Dempster of Dunnichen, David Scott of Dunninald, the Reverend William Dalrymple (subject of "The Kirk's Alarm"), T F Palmer, the reformer, Robertson, the historian, and Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.

Dates: 1781, 1789-1793.

Correspondence of Alexander W C O Murray., 1916-1920, undated.

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Identifier: MS.8804
Scope and Contents

A small miscellany of printed items (chiefly press-cuttings) found amongst his brother's papers and a few letters to his widow have been placed at the end (folios 249-296 and 305-308 respectively).

Dates: 1916-1920, undated.

Correspondence of J B S Haldane., 1907-1964, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20534-20546
Scope and Contents Most of the correspondence belongs to the last seven years of J B S Haldane’s life, following his retirement from his position as Professor of Biometry at London University, which he spent at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1957-1961), the Genetics and Research Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1961-1962), and the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.The correspondence consists chiefly of incoming letters with manuscript...
Dates: 1907-1964, undated.

Correspondence of J B S Haldane., 1907-1947.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20534 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Most of the correspondence belongs to the last seven years of J B S Haldane’s life, following his retirement from his position as Professor of Biometry at London University, which he spent at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1957-1961), the Genetics and Research Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1961-1962), and the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.The correspondence consists chiefly of incoming letters with manuscript...
Dates: 1907-1947.

Correspondence of J B S Haldane., September 1963-1964, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20546 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Most of the correspondence belongs to the last seven years of J B S Haldane’s life, following his retirement from his position as Professor of Biometry at London University, which he spent at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1957-1961), the Genetics and Research Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1961-1962), and the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.The correspondence consists chiefly of incoming letters with manuscript...
Dates: September 1963-1964, undated.

Correspondence of J B S Haldane., 1944-1947.

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Identifier: MS.20534 (2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Most of the correspondence belongs to the last seven years of J B S Haldane’s life, following his retirement from his position as Professor of Biometry at London University, which he spent at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1957-1961), the Genetics and Research Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1961-1962), and the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.The correspondence consists chiefly of incoming letters with manuscript...
Dates: 1944-1947.

Correspondence of J B S Haldane., 22 May- August 1964, undated.

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Identifier: MS.20546 (2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Most of the correspondence belongs to the last seven years of J B S Haldane’s life, following his retirement from his position as Professor of Biometry at London University, which he spent at the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (1957-1961), the Genetics and Research Unit of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (1961-1962), and the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, Orissa.The correspondence consists chiefly of incoming letters with manuscript...
Dates: 22 May- August 1964, undated.

‘Correspondence of Major General Stuart with the Court of Directors of the E.I.C., . . . May 1784 to March 1785’: a volume of printed correspondence prepared by James Stuart., May 1784-March 1785.

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Identifier: MS.8451
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: May 1784-March 1785.

Correspondence of Sir James Wordie formerly loosely inserted inside the printed books and pamphlets of the Wordie Collection., 1922-1959, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9501-9503
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists of letters to James Wordie and carbon copies of his replies, together with miscellaneous material in manuscript, typescript and print, much of it referring to the particular printed work in which it was inserted.

A table of sources has been added to each volume.

Dates: 1922-1959, undated.

Correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1815-1824.

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Identifier: MS.12122
Scope and Contents

Includes some related printed papers and pamphlets, 1815-1824, on the Scottish Poor Laws, on Savings Banks and on other related social questions, with among others Thomas Chalmers, Henry Duncan, minister of Ruthwell and founder of the Savings Bank movement, and Thomas Francis Kennedy of Dunure.

Dates: 1815-1824.

Correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning Naples and Sicily., 1848-1849.

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Identifier: MS.12114
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: 1848-1849.

Correspondence of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, with some of other members of their circle., 1816-1875, undated.

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Identifier: MS.2883
Scope and Contents The correspondence is preceded by a copy, 1876 (watermark), of the Minutes of Kirkcaldy Town Council, 1815-1816, relating to the appointment of Thomas Carlyle as schoolmaster there, and a printed notice, 1816, of Smith and Johnstone's school at Ecclefechan. Mrs Carlyle's letters, 1821-1826 and undated, include several written to Carlyle before their marriage. The writers include: Henry Duncan, Minister of Ruthwell, 1827 (on German theology); Allan Cunningham, 1832, 1837, 1839; Harriet...
Dates: 1816-1875, undated.

Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1851-1860.

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Identifier: MS.3261
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The correspondence deals in large part with surveys, leases, and other business relating to estates in Morayshire and elsewhere in Scotland. Sir George Brown's letters refer to regimental matters and to general affairs in the places where he is stationed - London, various Mediterranean stations, 1822-1836, Ireland, 1825, 1837, and the Crimea, 1854. Among the correspondents are: William Leslie, the eccentric Minister of Lhanbryde, 1811, 1816, undated; William Young Sellar and his relatives,...
Dates: 1851-1860.

Correspondence, papers, and diagrams of John Rennie concerning mills, chiefly for sugar, for Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and Demerara (Guyana)., 1814-1821.

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Identifier: MS.19819
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...
Dates: 1814-1821.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning his scientific interests, particularly meteorology., 1807-1858, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12225-12237
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: 1807-1858, undated.