Drafts. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Preliminary or tentative versions of documents.
Found in 432 Collections and/or Records:
Much amended draft report to Baron Granville as Secretary of State for War, by Lieutenant-Colonel John Ramsay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9304
Scope and Contents
Concerning the condition of the Army of the Prince of Condé.
Dates:
? 1800.
Music of Robert Crawford for string quartet.
File
Identifier: MS.21975
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Autograph draft of String Quartet Number 1, opus 4 (folio 1), apparently begun in 1948 and completed in 1950 (folio 34 verso). The quartet was published in 1953. The music at folios 1-15 corresponds to the first two movements and that at folios 16-18, 19 to pages 17-19, 22-23 of the 3rd movement in the published score. The music at folios 20-30 seems to form no part of the published score, whilst that at folios 31-34, which is numbered 6, appears...
Dates:
1948-1957.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-1988, undated.
Nine letters of Sir David Brewster, six to Thomas Cadell.
File
Identifier: Acc.8615
Scope and Contents
With drafts of Cadell`s replies.
Dates:
1827-1833, 1865.
Nine letters (two incomplete) of James W Herald to J D Mackay.
File
Identifier: Acc.9542
Scope and Contents
Mostly concerning Herald`s paintings, with associated drawings.
Dates:
1893-1897 and undated.
Notebook of Archibald J Cronin.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8334
Scope and Contents
Containing drafts of 11 "Dr Findlay" short stories.
Dates:
circa 1920-circa 1981.
Notebook of David Morrison containing drafts of poems and notes.
File
Identifier: Acc.12226
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for "Caithness Coronach" (2003).
Dates:
circa 1988-2002.
Notebook of Elspeth Davie containing drafts of short stories.
Item
Identifier: MS.19710
Scope and Contents
From folio 106 onwards, the material starts at the back of the volume.
Dates:
1961-1965.
Notebook of James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford.
Item
Identifier: MS.14278
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains material on the history of Venice taken from printed sources, and drafts of two letters, 1837, to Count Leo Thun-Hohenstein on theological matters.
Dates:
1831-1837.
Notebooks and literary papers of Harvey Holton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13584
Scope and Contents
Literary papers, circa 1967-2009, of Harvey Holton (1949-2010).Harvey Holton was born in Galashiels, to where the family returned in 1963 after spells in Nigeria, Edinburgh and Falkirk. Holton began writing poetry while still at school, and by the early 1970s his fascination with language and poetry as a means of expression convinced him that he had found his vocation. After moving to Fife he studied English literature at the University of Dundee, and in the mid-1970s started...
Dates:
circa 1967-2009.
Notebooks and papers of Janet Caird, mainly relating to her novel "The Umbrella-Maker’s Daughter" (London: Macmillan, 1980).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13485
Dates:
c. 1977-1980.
Notebooks and translations of Charles K Scott Moncrieff.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20448-20464
Dates:
1924-1929.
Notes and drafts by Harry Pirie-Gordon of Buthlaw on the history of Dumbarton Castle, Celtic rulers of Strathclyde, and other topics in Highland history and genealogy.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.326
Dates:
[Mid 20th century.]
Notes and drafts of articles by David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.17
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Sketch of the character of John, Earl of Hopetoun`, 1781. The correct order of folios should be 1, 3 verso, 4, 2 (folio 1).(ii) List of contributions by Buchan to ‘The Bee’, 1791-1793 (folio 3).(iii) Biographical sketches of James Anderson, economist and editor of ‘The Bee’, 1790 (folio 8).(iv) Biography of Walter Minto, the mathematician, 1801. This was intended for the ‘Edinburgh Magazine’,...
Dates:
1781-1801.
Notes for and drafts of the Lyell Lectures delivered in 1965 by Prof William Beattie.
File
Identifier: Acc.9374
Scope and Contents
With bibliographical notes.
Dates:
circa 1945-1975.
Notes, mainly on geometry, by James Moor, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.5.1
Scope and Contents
Moor`s interest in mathematics predated his classical studies and lasted throughout his life. The present volume contains geometrical theorems and calculations, some avowedly copied from elsewhere, many apparently original.The non-mathematical contents (apart from several invitations to funerals, written over by Moor) are: notes on manuscripts of the Greek mathematical writers (excerpted from ‘Bibliotheca bibliothecarum manuscriptorum nova’ by B de Montfaucon) (folios 1-6); a...
Dates:
Mid 18th century.
Opinion books of Robert Blair of Avonton, Advocate, (born 1741, died 1811) Lord President of the Court of Session, 1808-1811.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.36.2.1-36.2.5
Dates:
1756-1808.
Original draft of an index of the Celtic elements in W J Watson, "History of the Celtic Placenames of Scotland", compiled by E B Basden.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7358
Dates:
1978.
Original drafts of indexes to three works of Duncan Campbell, "The Book of Carth and Fortingall", "The Lairds of Glenlyon", and "Reminiscences and Reflections of an Octogenarian Highlander", drawn up by E B Basden.
File
Identifier: Acc.7393
Dates:
1977-1978.
Original plans, 1896-1908, of Harry R G Inglis for his "Contour Road Books of Great Britain and Ireland"
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5132
Scope and Contents
With manuscript revisions, circa 1960, of R M G Inglis of the "Contour Road Book of Ireland".
Dates:
1896-1908, circa 1960.
Papers and art work of Angela Lemaire, artist and engraver.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12221
Dates:
1962-2003.
Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.
Dates:
1948-1987.
Papers collected and compiled by John Francis Campbell.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8168
Scope and Contents
Mainly concerning the history and genealogy of the Campbells.
Dates:
circa 1617-1873
Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7684
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.
Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.
Dates:
1964-1967.