Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".
Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of manuscript of ‘Trithemius Steganographia’ and ‘Clavis steganographiae’ by Johann Tritheim.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.426
Dates:
16th century.
Microfilm of manuscript, possibly of the 11th century, containing the Gospels of Saints Mark, Luke and John; and, papers, late 17th century, concerning the Scottish Benedictines at Ratisbon
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.301
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, possibly of the 11th century, the Gospels of Saints Mark and Luke, and part of the prologue of Saint John (Adv.MS.18.8.16);Copy made by Thomas (Dom Placid) Fleming, Abbot of Ratisbon, of papers, late 17th century, in the dispute between the Irish and the Scottish Benedictines over the rightful ownership of the former Irish monasteries in Germany, and particularly that of St. James, Ratisbon. (Adv.MS.29.7.1);Account, [circa...
Dates:
?11th century.
Microfilm of manuscript titled 'Some recreations of a handloom weaver', being a work on natural history written for his family by Alexander Gray (1800-1880), grandfather of Sir Alexander Gray.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2107
Dates:
[Before 1881.]
Microfilm of manuscripts, chiefly notes and poems, of George Sibbald of Rankeillour, or in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.358
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Extracta de Cronicis Scotiæ Quæ ad Historiam civilem pertinent’, late 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald (Adv.MS.15.2.1);"Observationes collectæ ex Libro cui titulus est ‘extract ex Chronicis Scotiæ'. Hic notantur ea quæ Historiano Ecclesiasticam pertinent”, late 17th century, being notes of Sir Robert Sibbald chiefly on ecclesiastical history, from various sources. (Adv.MS.15.2.2);'Canon sive...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 18th century.
Microfilm of material collected by Principal William Robertson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.284
Dates:
Mid 18th century-late 18th century.
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.784-785
Dates:
1574-1923.
Microfilm of material relating to Helen Allingham, painter, and William Allingham, poet.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.822
Dates:
?2nd half of 19th century-?1st quarter of 20th century.
Microfilm of Melville Papers, ‘India, Raj & Empire’ (Adam Matthew, 2008).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1849-1909
Scope and Contents
The microfilms in this series have been described to a basic standard.
The dates are taken from the records for the original manuscripts and might not be the specific dates of the documents on each microfilm.
Dates:
[?1710-?1944.]
Microfilm of Minto Papers, consisting of letters and enclosures to the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1384-1385
Dates:
1811-1812.
Microfilm of miscellaneous military papers of Patrick MacLeod.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1827
Dates:
1786, 1805-1807.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion; and, copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.430
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion which belonged to Robert Mylne, the antiquary (Adv.MS.16.1.1);Copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638, including a summary of the proceedings up to the 7th of December, the acts deposing the bishops, and an index of the Assembly’s acts, apparently extracted by Archibald Johnston, clerk to the Assembly...
Dates:
1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, [1563-1670]; drawings, 2nd half of 17th century, by Sir Robert Sibbald; and, Indexes, [1801, or after], to the Chartularies of various Scottish religious houses, etc., by George Chalmers.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.130
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Miscellaneous papers, [1563-1670], mostly Scottish, many relating to ecclesiastical affairs. (Adv.MS.6.1.13);
Collection of original drawings, 2nd half of 17th century, by Sir Robert Sibbald, of fish, birds, plants, etc. (Adv.MS.6.1.14);
Indexes, [1801, or after], to the Chartularies of various Scottish religious houses, etc., by George Chalmers. (Adv.MS.6.1.15).
Dates:
1563-[1801, or after].
Microfilm of ‘Nockrar óreglulegar reglur’ by Eggert Ólafsson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.167
Dates:
1762.
Microfilm of notes, [1839, or after-circa 1855], compiled by William B D D Turnbull; and, papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots, collected by James Anderson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.316
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Notes, [1839, or after], of proceedings in the elections, 1790-1837, of representative peers for Scotland, compiled by William B D D Turnbull (Adv.MS.6.1.16);Biographical and genealogical notes, [circa 1855], mostly extracts or cuttings from books and newspapers, compiled by William B D D Turnbull (Adv.MS.6.1.18);Copies, 1727 or before, in various hands, of papers, 1558-1620, concerning Mary Queen of Scots and her reign, apparently...
Dates:
1558-[circa 1855].
Microfilm of papers, 1762-1811, received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, concerning the Islands of the Malay Archipelago and Pacific; journals kept by William Scott in Penang and Scotland; and, letters, [?1797-?1826], of and concerning John Leyden.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.973
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Papers, 1762-1811, received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville relating to the Islands of the Malay Archipelago and Pacific (Sumatra, Pelew, New Guinea, Sulu, Moluccas, Celebes, Penang) (MS.1068);Journals kept by William Scott, the sixth laird of Raeburn, in Penang and Scotland and on his voyages between them, 1794-1805, 1818-1819, with an account of a visit to Junk Ceylon, 1801 (MS.2896);...
Dates:
1762-[?1826].
Microfilm of papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1113
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, reports, minutes, and other papers, of the Malabar Commission during Alexander Walker’s time in Malabar (MS.13609);
‘Considerations on the Revenue of Malabar', compiled circa 1801 (MS.13624).
Dates:
1799-1800
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.556-558
Dates:
[?1765]-1918.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Ferguson.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.876
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the record for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
[Circa 1740]-1818.
Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates:
19th century-[?1913].
Microfilm of papers of Robert Stevenson and Sons, civil engineers, concerning Japanese lighthouses.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1454-1456
Dates:
Late 18th century-mid 20th century.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1006-1008
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of papers of the Campbells of Craignish.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.862
Scope and Contents
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
1590-1974.
Microfilm of papers of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1177
Dates:
[19th century.]
Microfilm of papers on Icelandic natural history.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.813
Dates:
18th century.