Drafts. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Preliminary or tentative versions of documents.
Found in 2326 Collections and/or Records:
Annotated typescripts of 'My Month' articles of Tom Weir; with drafts for 'Weir’s World' and 'Exploring Scotland with Tom Weir'., 1989, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/256
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most articles are untitled and undated.
Dates:
1989, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
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Corrected proofs, annotated typescripts, and drafts of 'My Month' articles by Tom Weir; with some related correspondence, notes, press cuttings and printed ephemera.
Antiquarian and genealogical papers, chiefly undated, of George Francis Stewart Elliot, including notes and drafts for 'The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto'. , [Circa 1700]-[circa 1857], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13095-13103
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of the material concerns George Francis Stewart Elliot's antiquarian and genealogical interests, and his book, ‘The Border Elliots and the Family of Minto’ (Edinburgh, 1897).
Dates:
[Circa 1700]-[circa 1857], 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 of the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot (1822- 1901), 4th son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, barrister and Private Secretary to Lord John Russell.
Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.27
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of materials for a projected history of Dumbartonshire (Adv.MS.19.2.16-19.2.24), materials towards a projected work on the Scottish religious houses on the Continent (Adv.MS.19.2.25), and notes and extracts of Scottish interest from manuscripts in continental libraries (Adv.MS.19.2.26), together with a record of the bequest of Dennistoun`s manuscripts and a calendar of them (Adv.MS.19.2.27). The papers were arranged and bound by Mark Napier, executor of James...
Dates:
?1825-1856.
Apparent draft of MS.13730:Copies of official correspondence, 1783-1811, concerning Alexander Walker’s career; lacks the contents table., 1783-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.13731
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1783-1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker during his retirement, including copies of earlier correspondence.
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Copies of official correspondence concerning Alexander Walker’s service in India and his subsequent claiming of arrears of salary and allowances; with some miscellaneous autobiographical notes by Walker.
Army Book originally in the possession of by his father, used to contain an account by Philip C Trotter, son of Sir Philip D Trotter, of the Allied Military Mission to Hungary and its successor the later Allied Military Mission of Control on both of which he served, 1921-1922, and writings on linguistics, circa 1952, including notes and draft criticisms of works by William Empson., 1921-1922, [circa 1952].
Item
Identifier: MS.20303
Scope and Contents
The greater part of the volume is blank.
Dates:
1921-1922, [circa 1952].
Arrangements, undated, by Philip Heseltine for voice and piano, and for strings, of the song 'Balulalow'; and a corrected draft of an unidentified work., Early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21862, folios 5-6
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Article on a student expedition to Cappadocia, Turkey in 1964; accompanying correspondence with University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association Journal as publisher, 1964, 2013-2014
File
Identifier: MS.50790
Scope and Contents
This file contains letters, emails, and notes regarding the publication of an article in the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association Journal by Lucinda Mackay, recalling a student trip to Turkey in 1964 as part of her degree thesis research. (University of Edinburgh Journal, Volume 46: Number 3, June 2014) Also includes typescript drafts of the article and two photographs of Dr. Anthony Matthews and Ian Dickson who accompanied Mackay on the trip. The journal is also present with the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1964, 2013-2014
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
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Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her artistic practice, writing, and teaching
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Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her writing and illustration work
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Books and articles published by Lucinda Mackay
Articles and a lecture of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’., 1932-1935, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26061
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Printed copies of miscellaneous articles, 1932-1935 (folio l);
(ii) Manuscript draft of a review of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, ‘Robert Bruce’, 1934 (folio l2);
(iii) Typescript and printed version of 'A Novelist looks at the cinema', published in ‘Cinema Quarterly’, Winter 1935, pages 81-85 (folio l3);
(iv) Typescript of an article on the anthropologist, Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, undated (folio 22). It was published by Douglas F Young in ‘Beyond the sunset’...
Dates:
1932-1935, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers chiefly typescripts of the publications of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'.
Articles, drafts of leaflets and related papers, 1950s, by T H [Tom] Gibson, mostly for the 'Scots Independent' or for Scottish National Party publicity; with copy, Articles of Association of Scots Independent Newspapers Ltd, 1957., 1950s.
File
Identifier: Acc.10090/72
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.
Dates:
1950s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre.
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Scottish National Party files of Robert Douglas McIntyre.
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Scottish National Party files of Robert Douglas McIntyre.
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Miscellaneous files relating to elections, Scottish National Party business or to the 'Scots Independent'.
Assorted administrative and financial papers of the Bible Board for Scotland, including board papers, minutes and accounts., 1839-1981.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11182/24-27
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
In the early 19th century there was much public complaint about the cost and quality of Bibles produced on both sides of the Border where the respective King's printers enjoyed monopoly rights to the printing of acts of Parliament, proclamations, the Authorised Version of the Bible, the metrical psalms, catechism, etc (in England the universities of Oxford and Cambridge also had the Bible printing privilige). When the existing Scottish patent expired in 1839, new letters patent were issued...
Dates:
1839-1981.
Assorted collection of music in manuscript, comprising arrangements and settings by Learmont Drysdale of traditional songs and various poems., [Before 1910.]
File
Identifier: MS.3213
Scope and Contents
Many of the songs are accompanied by alternative drafts or duplicates.
Dates:
[Before 1910.]
Assorted papers of Janet Paisley, including examples of her poetry and plays; with papers relating to her interest in educational and literary workshops and festivals, and the Scots language., 1992-circa 2013.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 1(1)-(14)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.
Dates:
1992-circa 2013.
Assorted papers of Janet Paisley, including examples of her poetry, plays and television drama scripts; with papers relating to her interest in the Scots language, and the history of Scotland., 1987-2011.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 3(1)-(11)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.
Dates:
1987-2011.
Assorted works by Elizabeth Davie., 1961, 1978, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10631/7
Scope and Contents
Various drafts and notes; a printed copy of 'An obsession' (1961); a printed copy of 'A weight problem' (1978); a corrected typescript of 'The mime'; a manuscript draft of 'Mimic'; and a manuscript draft of part of 'The cool customer'.
Dates:
1961, 1978, undated.
Author's interleaved proof copy of ‘Occasional verses, translations and imitations’ by Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie containing much additional matter in his hand throughout., [?1820.]
Item
Identifier: MS.16493
Scope and Contents
In addition to the memoranda inside the front cover, a contents list is written on the flyleaves, many corrections and additions (including a few complete poems) have been made in the margins of the printed pages, and notes, amended or deleted drafts and a few additional poems have been written on many of the interleaves.
Dates:
[?1820.]
Autobiographical notes of Elspeth Davie, including notebook, loose papers and manuscript draft., Circa 1991, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10631/24-25
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Dates:
Circa 1991, undated.
Autobiographical reminiscences drafts and fragments of Ruthven Todd., 1963, 1966, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26863
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Autobiographical reminiscences, written in the form of letters to Anne McGuire, 1963, undated (folio 1); (ii) Autobiographical drafts and fragments, 1966, undated (folio 53).
Dates:
1963, 1966, undated.
Autograph draft score and final version of Edward Harper, "Launch whan ye can", for alto, tenor and piano (words by William Soutar).
Item
Identifier: Acc.10797
Dates:
1992.
Autograph draft short score of the apparently unpublished piano concerto of Edward Harper.
File
Identifier: MS.22151
Scope and Contents
A leaf is torn out after folio 16.
What appears to be an extract from ‘Variazioni’ by Luciano Berio is written at folio 20.
Dates:
1969.
Autograph drafts of 'Black Douglas'., Circa 1968.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4888/1-5
Autograph drafts of Nigel Tranter "Past Master"., [Before 1965.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.6303/1-3
Autograph journal of a tour in the Highlands undertaken by Warren Hastings in 1793 during his impeachment., 1793.
Series
Identifier: MS.19200
Scope and Contents
Warren Hastings journey began and ended in Edinburgh, and among places visited are Stirling, Perth, Loch Tay, Loch Lomond, Loch Long, Glasgow, Paisley, and Lanark. Hastings is shown as a sensitive tourist, responsive to scenery and architecture. He pays special attention to the standard of food and comfort in inns, and gives some space to commercial and economic observations. Little in the journal relates to his public career.
Dates:
1793.
Autograph second draft with alterations and additions of short score of Concerto for String Orchestra, opus 39, by Kenneth Leighton, when Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.
Item
Identifier: MS.21977
Dates:
[Circa 1960.]
Awards applications of the Gude Cause project., Circa 2008-2010.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/96-101
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
Circa 2008-2010.
Balcarres Papers.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.29.2.1-29.2.9a
Scope and Contents
In the original inventory (a copy of which is at MS.3581, folios 6-7) signed by Thomas Ruddiman, then Underkeeper of the Library, the papers are listed in thirty-eight bundles. Most of these were arranged and bound during the period 1820-1849. Of the remainder, Adv.MSS.19.1.24 and 29.2.9a were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that Adv.MS.19.1.24 belonged to the collection. Adv.MS.16.2.3, now a small quarto volume, had also become separated from the rest of the papers, but can be...
Dates:
1231-1686, and undated.