Personal papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."
Found in 301 Collections and/or Records:
Family and personal papers of Thin family., 1788-1794, 1801, 1807, 1825-1826, 1836-2004, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/132-158
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1788-1794, 1801, 1807, 1825-1826, 1836-2004, undated.
Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5320-5404
Scope and Contents
Both families were descended from Archibald Stuart of Castlemilk and Fynart (died 1660).
Dates:
Late 15th century-Early 20th century.
Family, political and personal correspondence and papers of the Abercromby family, chiefly of James Abercromby (1776-1858), 1st Baron Dunfermline, with some correspondence and papers of his wife Marianne (died 1874), and of their son Ralph, 2nd Baron and diplomatist (1803-1868), and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.24725-24774
Scope and Contents
James Abercromby was Judge Advocate General, 1827; Chief Baron of the Exchequer Court, Scotland, 1830-1832; a member of the Whig Cabinet as Master of the Mint, 1834; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1835-1839; and created 1st Baron Dunfermline, 1839.Much of the family correspondence is from Ralph Abercromby, 2nd Baron and from and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, a daughter of the 2nd Earl of Minto. With the papers are a few letters, 1909-1912, to Alexander Lockhart Trotter,...
Dates:
1798-1887, undated.
Files of Alasdair Gray and others, containing personal documents and correspondence., 1896-1986, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9417/73-83
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, literary fragments and personal documents.
Dates:
1896-1986, undated.
First World War papers of James Naughton Dandie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9530/1-54
Scope and Contents
The papers relate to James Naughton Dandie's service with the 51st Highland Division (Artillery) in France during World War I, and some post-war papers.
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript notes and printed material.
Dates:
1914-1919, undated.
Genealogical and personal papers of and concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux., 1650-1812, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25169-25174
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Charles Grant was born in Mauritius in 1749, was brought up in Normandy and went into the army. He was created Vicomte de Vaux in 1777, and Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint Louis in 1790. As a result of the French Revolution he went into exile in 1790, first in Jersey and later in London in 1793. Here he put himself forward for an administrative post in Canada and tried to raise an emigre regiment to be commanded by himself.
His papers reflect his career and interests, and he made use of some...
Dates:
1650-1812, undated.
Genealogical material on the Grant and Courtenay families, and papers concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux's career and financial position., 1793-1797, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.25171
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Charles Grant was born in Mauritius in 1749, was brought up in Normandy and went into the army. He was created Vicomte de Vaux in 1777, and Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint Louis in 1790. As a result of the French Revolution he went into exile in 1790, first in Jersey and later in London in 1793. Here he put himself forward for an administrative post in Canada and tried to raise an emigre regiment to be commanded by himself.
His papers reflect his career and interests, and he made use of some...
Dates:
1793-1797, undated.
General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1807-1855.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11957-11975
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:
1807-1855.
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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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Household and personal accounts of the Murray Kynynmound family., 1648-1726.
File
Identifier: MS.12949
Scope and Contents
The accounts are of the following: (i) Patrick Kinninmond of Kinninmond (died 1656), 1648 (folio 1); (ii) James Kinninmond of Kinninmond (died 1686), 1656-1686 (folio 2); (iii) Patrick Kinninmond of Kinninmond (died 1702), 1686-1701 (folio 23). (iv) Hugh Dalrymple Murray Kynynmound of Melgund and Kynynmound and Sir Alexander Murray, 2nd Baronet of Melgund, 1723-1726 (folio 83).
Dates:
1648-1726.
Ian Rankin archive.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.50301-50691
Scope and Contents
The archive of Ian Rankin represents the author’s extensive creative output as well as his wide ranging cultural interests. The archive consists largely of literary manuscripts and typescripts for the majority of his works. Some personal papers are also held. Of particular significance are his crime novels, most notably those of the Inspector Rebus series. Also included are more than 100 short stories, most from the early part of his career in the 1980s; assorted other creative works, such...
Dates:
1972-2018.
Journal, personal papers, and book of prayers of Cecilia Combe., 1825-1868, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7460-7462
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Dates:
1825-1868, undated.
Journals, notebooks and other papers of Sir James Mann Wordie, polar explorer, mostly relating to his tours and expeditions.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12559/1-99
Scope and Contents
Journals, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, press-cuttings and related papers, 1903-1959, n.d., of and relating largely to the expeditions of polar exploration and scientific discovery, travel and mountaineering activities of Sir James Mann Wordie, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge (1889-1962).
Dates:
1865-1959.
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates:
1941-2022
Letter-book with index containing copies of the 1st Earl of Minto's letters, including private letters and some letters written as Governor-General., 1806-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.11282
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1806-1807.
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 President of the Board of Control.
Letters and papers of Mary Mackenzie, daughter of John Mackenzie, Advocate., 1736-1776.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1211-1212
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1736-1776.
Letters of, and papers concerning, the Earls of Eglinton, 1800-1886, including many letters, 1840, to John Campbell of Sornbeg concerning the maintenance of a pack of hounds., 1800-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.10789, folio 34-61
Dates:
1800-1886.
Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy', but also others of his publications, and with some personal papers.
File
Identifier: MSS.50698-50699
Dates:
1791-1826
Letters, photographs and papers of or concerning the Dallas and Macarthur families of Nairn, and relating chiefly to the activities of the brothers Macarthur in Quebec, Ontario, Iowa and Manitoba.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10623/1-6
Scope and Contents
Chiefly concerning members of the MacArthur family in Canada and the United States of America. Includes photographs and photocopies of press cuttings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1815-1936, 1972, undated.
Letters to Joseph Macleod from various correspondents.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12964/1-19
Scope and Contents
This collection of letters was found by his family long after the National Library of Scotland had acquired the bulk of Joseph Macleod's archive in 1992. It is not quite clear why this correspondence was filed separately by Joseph Macleod, but much of it is personal, from family and friends. Some correspondents have proved unidentifiable during the somewhat hasty compilation of this inventory; any further information or corrections will be gratefully received by the Manuscripts Division,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917-1955, undated.
Letters to the 1st Earl of Minto received from Britain, being chiefly personal correspondence and letters of recommendation., 1799-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.11229[Manuscript]
Scope and Contents
Includes material relating to Cardinal York.
Dates:
1799-1801.
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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Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna.
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Letters to the 1st Earl of Minto received from Britain, being chiefly personal correspondence and letters of recommendation; with original binding.
Literary and personal papers of Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts of published and unpublished books, articles, stories and poems, with associated correspondence and some genealogical material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6215 Box 1(a)-Box 9(d)
Dates:
circa 1931-1970, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary correspondence and personal papers of Hubert Peter Morrison, with some related correspondence and editorial papers of Thomas Nelson and Sons, publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6932 Box 1(1)-Box 5(7)
Dates:
1906-1971, undated.
Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs and notebooks of Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8365/1-45
Dates:
Circa 1870-circa 1920, undated.
Literary papers, mostly correspondence and typescripts, of Michael Brander.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13520/1-68
Dates:
1953-2006.