Reminiscences.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Narrations of past experiences.
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript of reminiscences of Margaret Oliphant., Late 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.23218-23219
Scope and Contents
It is not clear whether the reminiscences were intended for publication in this state, or at all
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Manuscript of reminiscences of Margaret Oliphant., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.23219
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
It is not clear whether the reminiscences were intended for publication in this state, or at all
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Material of Ruthven Todd on islands., 1962-1967, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26835-26836
Scope and Contents
This material was probably part of Ruthven Todd's projected 'Love Letter to Three Islands', an account of his experiences on Mull, Martha's Vineyard and Majorca.
Dates:
1962-1967, undated.
Microfilm of chiefly letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.365-372
Dates:
1818-1870.
Microfilm of letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh; and notebook of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, containing reminiscences of Jane Welsh Carlyle.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.378-380
Dates:
1821-1879.
Microfilm of notebook of J B S Morritt containing reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott, written in 1832.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1374
Dates:
1832.
Microfilm of reminiscences of various persons by Thomas Carlyle., 1866-1867.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.370
Dates:
1866-1867.
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 16. Diaries, reminiscences, and ‘Jerusalem’., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1225
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Diary, 1883, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23213);Diary, 1887, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23214);Diary, 1888, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23215);Diary, 1896, of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23216);Manuscript, [1891, or before], 1896, of 'Jerusalem its history and hope' by Margaret Oliphant. (MS.23217);Manuscript, late 19th century, of reminiscences of Margaret Oliphant (MS.23218);Manuscript, late 19th...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Miscellaneous jottings and reminiscences of Ruthven Todd of life in Majorca, titled 'Notes on Mallorca' written in 1965 with later additions in 1966-1967., 1965-1967.
File
Identifier: MS.26850
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of Ruthven Todd's prose writing, especially in his later life, was repetitious: he not only made numerous drafts and re-writings, but he used the same material in both books and articles. In particular, he made use of his own reminiscences in his work on Dylan Thomas and Fitzrovia as well as in the more autobiographical 'Dead and other friends and places'. MSS.26834-26856 contain material intended for full-length books; MSS.26857-26863 consist of shorter works and...
Dates:
1965-1967.
Miscellaneous letters and documents collected by William Finlay Watson, many of which have not been identified., 1691-early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.599
Scope and Contents
The contents include letters to the Master of Stair, 1691 (folios 13-17); cuttings from the Register of the Tolbooth Prison, Edinburgh, 1736 (folios 39-40); copy of a letter of the Earl of Hertford, Ambassador in France, to the Earl of Halifax, 1763, in the handwriting of David Hume, then acting as secretary to Hertford (folios 44-45); letter of John Witherspoon acknowledging receipts, 1790 (folio 52); letter of Bishop Percy regarding Macpherson’s ‘Ossian’, 1805 (folio 61); fragments of an...
Dates:
1691-early 20th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers formerly in the possession of the Reverend John Stirton., 1477-1933, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3072
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letter signed by James III and countersigned by Archbishop Schevez, to Bona, Duchess of Milan, asking her to take steps for the release of Prospero de' Medici, his Prothonotary, imprisoned in her state, Edinburgh, 1477 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, to his son and successor William, in Paris, reprimanding him for idleness, undated (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Alexander Leslie, afterwards Earl of...
Dates:
1477-1933, undated.
Note book of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, containing reminiscences of Jane Welsh Carlyle., 1866-1868.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.380
Note-book of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, containing reminiscences of Jane Welsh Carlyle., 1866-1868.
Item
Identifier: MS.532
Scope and Contents
Geraldine Jewsbury’s reminiscences of Jane Welsh Carlyle, begin ‘In Memoriam, J. W. C. ob. Aprl. 21, 1866’, and extend to page 126. Thomas Carlyle’s comments thereon and his own reminiscences of his wife begin on page 126. Inserted at pages 1 and 2 are two small sheets of manuscript by Carlyle, numbered (1) and (5), endorsed ‘Rudiments of Preface’. (5) is dated November 1868.
Dates:
1866-1868.
Notebook containing philosophical and other writings of Richard B Haldane., 1st quarter of 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.20219
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:A chapter of a work on philosophy by Richard B Haldane (folio 1);Draft of the text of a lecture on 'The philosophical significance of humanism' (folio 9);Draft of the text of a lecture on 'The philosophy of the particular' (folio 33 verso);Quotations from various sources (folio 1 inverted);Chapters of works on philosophy (folios 3, 12 inverted);Text of a lecture on education written about 1921...
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.
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Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane.
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Notebooks of Richard Haldane containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly concerning philosophy.
Notebook, number 13 of a series, of James Skene.
Item
Identifier: MS.20480
Scope and Contents
Most of the contents are theological, but there are reminiscences about James Skene’s family, the death of his wife, and the visit of the Prince of Wales to Oxford in 1863.
Dates:
1862-1863.
Notebook of Charles Hutcheson, Glasgow, a friend of Thomas Chalmers., 1820-1848.
Item
Identifier: MS.2773
Scope and Contents
This is probably the Charles Hutcheson who owned MS.2731. On folio 1 is inscribed, 'Glasgow 10 April 1820. And added to by extracts from Private Journal, 1838', referring to (i) and (ii) below.The contents are as follows.(i) Notes on Radicalism and the Radical troubles of 1819-1820 in the West of Scotland. (Folio 2.)(ii) 'Extracts from private Journal, 1822 [-1824]. Original to be destroyed.' Chiefly notes of sermons, especially those of the Reverend Dr...
Dates:
1820-1848.
Notebook of J B S Morritt containing reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott, written in 1832., 1829, 1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.916
Scope and Contents
The reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott begin on folio 9. There are also notes on the Cenci, the Catholic question, Robert Southey’s ‘Colloquies’ [?1829], Castle Ashby (1829), etc.
Dates:
1829, 1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Accounts of Sir Walter Scott and other documents relating to him.
Notebook of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’, containing chiefly poems., 1958-1961.
Item
Identifier: MS.27433
Scope and Contents
Some of the poems are translations published in ‘Five centuries of Polish poetry’, compiled by J Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer (London, 1960). Others are verses for children translated from German (folio 67). There is also a short reminiscence of Singer's childhood (folio 81).
Dates:
1958-1961.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary manuscripts and correspondence of the poet James Hyman Singer (1928-1964) who wrote under the name 'Burns Singer'.
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Notebooks containing drafts of poems, prose pieces and jottings of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’.
Notebook of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems., 1860-1866.
Item
Identifier: MS.10296
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The inverted folios of both manuscripts contain angling notes and reminiscences.
Dates:
1860-1866.
Notebook of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems., 1860-1866.
Item
Identifier: MS.10297
Scope and Contents
The notebook includes the draft of 'Angling about Edinburgh'.
Dates:
1860-1866.
Notebooks of Thomas Stoddart containing drafts of poems., 1860-1866.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10296-10297
Scope and Contents
The inverted folios of both manuscripts contain angling notes and reminiscences.
Dates:
1860-1866.
Notes and drafts of articles and other material of Ruthven Todd., 1965-1978, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26859-26863
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of Ruthven Todd's prose writing, especially in his later life, was repetitious: he not only made numerous drafts and re-writings, but he used the same material in both books and articles. In particular, he made use of his own reminiscences in his work on Dylan Thomas and Fitzrovia as well as in the more autobiographical 'Dead and other friends and places'. MSS.26834-26856 contain material intended for full-length books; MSS.26857-26863 consist of shorter works and...
Dates:
1965-1978, undated.
Notes and drafts of articles and other material of Ruthven Todd., 1965-1975, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26859
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Drafts, 1965, of the article 'Miró in New York: a reminiscence', published in the ‘Malahat Review’ number 1 (1967) pages 77-92 (folio 1). They are followed by a photocopy of a reprint of the article in 1972 (folio 29), and translations of it into Spanish (folio 43);
(ii) Page-proofs of 'Background to a portrait', an article about a portrait of Robert Graves by John Ulbricht, published in the ‘London Magazine’, n.s.6
(February 1967), pages 66-73 (folio...
Dates:
1965-1975, undated.
Notes for and drafts of 'Dead and other Friends and Places' by Ruthven Todd., 1966, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26846-26849
Scope and Contents
The work, which is unfinished, is Ruthven Todd's reminiscences of his life in Edinburgh and London in the 1930s and 1940s, and of his literary friends and acquaintances.
Dates:
1966, undated.