Essays.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Short literary compositions on single subjects, often presenting the personal view of the author.
Found in 394 Collections and/or Records:
Academic and literary papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-1843.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17784-17806
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:
17th century-1843.
Administration papers of James Thin, bookseller, containing correspondence, reports, essay and newspaper clippings., 1995-2003.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/62-69
'Ancient folk-melodies, collected and recorded by George Riddell', being a note by Riddell on the character of folk-music, the survival of old airs, and the prospect of a national school of music., ?1st quarter of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3041
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Accounts of George Riddel's life will be found in MS.3042, inside the front cover.
Dates:
?1st quarter of 20th century.
Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication., 1789-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.4889
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of a pamphlet entitled ‘Ten minutes of reflection on the late events in France. Recommended by a plain man to his fellow citizens’ (Woodbridge, 1793). (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript, 1803, of two apparently unpublished poetical letters, 'The new Oxford guide', which follow very closely the form and style of Christopher Anstey's ‘The new Bath guide’ (London, 1766), and therefore may possibly be by Christopher Anstey himself. (Folio...
Dates:
1789-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication.
Antiquarian and genealogical papers and correspondence of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 18th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15471-15481
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Antiquarian papers of Patrick Chalmers (died 1854)., 1st quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.15471
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers on field antiquities, especially sculptured stones. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Papers concerning documentary research. The papers are chiefly transcripts of charters and writs concerning Angus. Included in this section is an essay by Patrick Chalmers entitled 'Remarks on the law of the burghs' (folio 26); a list of churches within the Deanery of Angus and the Diocese of St Andrews (folio 40); a note on the public library in Montrose (folio 78); transcripts of...
Dates:
1st quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 19th century.
Articles and miscellaneous papers of Tom Hanlin., 1944-1952, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27424
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescript of the essay 'Sunday in the village', 1944, which won the Arthur Markham Memorial Prize awarded by Sheffield University (folio 1). Tom Hanlin used the same material in his story 'Bright and cheerful is the day' (MS.27420, folio 20).
(ii) Typescripts of two articles, undated, 'The novel is doomed' and 'Tension-snap-relief!' (folio 30). The second is incomplete.
(iii) Letter, 1946, of Marion Saunders, Tom Hanlin's American agent, concerning an...
Dates:
1944-1952, undated.
Articles by John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, also containing broadcasts, speeches, essays and other papers., 1948-1978, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/245-260
Dates:
1948-1978, undated.
Articles by Magnusson on Iceland., 2nd half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/683
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Dates:
2nd half of 20th century.
Articles, speeches and essays of David Young Cameron., 1932-1945, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8950/26-29
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1932-1945, undated.
Broadcasts, addresses or essays by John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir., 1951, 1971, 1975, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/249
Scope and Contents
Containing:
(i) ‘Memories of the Canadian West’: script of broadcast on BBC Home Service, 5 August 1951.
(ii) Address to Robert Louis Stevenson Club of Edinburgh, 13 November 1971.
(iii) Address to Sir Walter Scott Club, Edinburgh, 7 March 1975.
(iv) ‘The Rifle’ account of an African safari in the Soroti Region Region of
Uganda.
(v) ‘The Jameson Reid’.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1951, 1971, 1975, undated.
Business strategy and management papers of James Thin, bookseller., 1956-2001, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/44-61
Collected pamphlets and newspaper cuttings on places in Iceland., 1975-2003.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/611-618
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975-2003.
‘Collection of the place names of Colonsay and general description of Scalasaig’, prize essay, Mod competition, 1909, by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., 1909.
Item
Identifier: MS.387
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
“An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates:
1909.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning Gaelic place names and personal names compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Collections of Tales for the ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’ project, with related correspondence and other papers.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.14-50.2.4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The terms, `Gaelic version` or `English version` refer to the original manuscript texts produced by (`transcribed by` or `told to`) one of his team of collectors or by Campbell. Unless stated otherwise, all English versions of the tales and textual notes are the work of Campbell.
Dates:
1859-1862, 1870-1871.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Manuscripts, proofs and editorial commentary, with some associated correspondence, papers and notes, of John Francis Campbell and his team of collectors for ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, 1859-1862, and of the later tale collection fieldwork by Campbell himself, 1870-1871.
'Comparative View of the Huttonian and the Wernerian Theories of the Earth', a prize geological essay by James Rennie., 1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.2726
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
1815.
Copy made by James Keay of Snaigow, circa 1722-1730, of `An Essay upon the office of Messengrie. By A.F. Wryter to the Signet, 1715`., 1715.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.10
Copy made by James Keay of Snaigow, circa 1722-1730, of `Ane Essay on the office of Notary`., Circa 1722-1730.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.11
Scope and Contents
Pages 278-320 are blank.
Dates:
Circa 1722-1730.
Copy of ‘An essay on the war galleys of the ancients’ (Edinburgh, 1826) by John Howell, miscellaneous writer and janitor at the Edinburgh Academy., [1826, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19738
Copy of ‘Ane essay on the office of notary’., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.7
Scope and Contents
A smaller part of the same work in Adv.MS.25.7.8.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.7.24).
Dates:
18th century.
Copy of ‘Ane essay on the office of notary’., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.8
Scope and Contents
A treatise on the office and duties of notaries.
Dates:
18th century.
Copy of Francis Home's 'The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation', an essay which was awarded the prize of the Edinburgh Society for the Improvement of Arts and Manufactures in 1755 and was published at Edinburgh in 1757., [1755, or after.]
Item
Identifier: MS.17833
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:
[1755, or after.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning science.
Correspondence, 1859-1910, undated, of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family; with related papers., 1836-1910, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1890
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Among Samuel Brown's more frequent correspondents, outside the family, are Thomas Aird, George Combe (the phrenologist), Sydney Dobell, and Coventry Patmore; those of his widow and daughter (the donor) include Alexander Anderson ('Surfaceman') and Harriet Martineau.
Dates:
1836-1910, undated.
Correspondence and essay on Homer sent to Magnusson by Graham Binns., 1984.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/718
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Dates:
1984.
Correspondence, and notes on William Wallace for 'Scotland: The Story of a Nation'., 1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/101
Scope and Contents
Notes are on the Wallace Oak and the Wallace Sword along with an essay by Christopher Smout on the Wallace Oak.
Dates:
1999.