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 223 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries and personal papers of William Winter Hamilton., 1936-1992.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-57
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.
Dates:
1936-1992.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1811-1855.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11958-11960
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:
1811-1855.
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.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1811, 1815-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.11958
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:
1811, 1815-1824.
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.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1825-1828.
File
Identifier: MS.11959
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:
1825-1828.
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.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1829-1855.
File
Identifier: MS.11960
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:
1829-1855.
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.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family.
Estate and personal accounts of the Dalrymple family., 1643-1784.
File
Identifier: MS.25791
Estate papers, including rentals, and miscellaneous personal and household accounts and papers of the Scawen family., 1695-1779, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12946
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1695-1779, 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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Scawen and Meade family papers.
Family and personal papers of Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre., 1869-1986.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12917/122-134
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...
Dates:
1869-1986.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Main series of accounts and receipts chiefly for estate business., 1881-1889.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17439-17443
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1881-1889.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
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Factory accounts and vouchers concerning Saltoun Estate.
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Accounts and receipts, with a few other papers, chiefly for estate business, but with a few personal and household accounts.
Miscellaneous correspondence, passports, personal papers, and other material., 1947-1993.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/41
Miscellaneous papers., Circa 1983-2016, undated.
Series
Identifier: MS.50609
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically.Passport style photograph, undated, [1978-1983], of Ian Rankin, possibly from a student union card for Edinburgh University. Folio 1.Job application and contract, 1986, of Ian Rankin and Middlesex Polytechnic for a position as a Part-Time Administrative Secretary at the National Folk Tale Centre, which Rankin held from 1986-1988. Folios 2-5.Press cutting, undated, [before 1989], from an unidentified newspaper of a...
Dates:
Circa 1983-2016, undated.
Miscellaneous papers, 1930, undated, concerning A E Borthwick., [Circa 1900], 1930, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10406
Scope and Contents
The contents include biographical notes, lists of portraits executed by A E Borthwick, material concerning the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society, papers concerning the Scottish Sharpshooters, and a collection of personal documents, notes and accounts.
There is also (folio 87) an account in an unidentified hand of the ruins at Zimbabwe, circa 1900.
Dates:
[Circa 1900], 1930, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes., 1900-1940, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19997-19999
Dates:
1900-1940, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1855-1915, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25652-25664
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:
1855-1915, undated.