Histories.
Found in 407 Collections and/or Records:
Notebooks compiled by James Stuart, probably from the archives of the East India Company, prior to sailing for India in November 1775 to take up his military appointment at Madras., 1765-1775.
The notebooks contain extracts from correspondence on a number of topics, and copies of many miscellaneous letters.
Notebooks of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill relating to Orkney, with illustrated accounts of Orcadian history and geography., 1833-1838.
Notes of Patrick Geddes concerning the terrestrial globe., 1898, 1901, undated.
Various aspects of the globe are noted: its scale and description, its relation to the Outlook Tower, and a general history of globes and their application, including several printed diagrams.
'Old Military force of Scotland', a historical account from the earliest times to 1753, with other notes relating to militia and fencibles., Late 18th century.
Contains also some copies of replies or of draft replies.
Original and duplicate copies of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805, circa 1825]
The summary ends circa 1805 and appears to have been copied and amended circa 1825. It may have been intended at one stage as a contribution to the debate on the East India Company's charter.
Original copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
The summary ends circa 1805 and appears to have been copied and amended circa 1825. It may have been intended at one stage as a contribution to the debate on the East India Company's charter.
Papers concerning company history, and the work of the John Murray Archive, with brief Murray family papers., 1818-2015
Papers concerning ‘Renaissance France’ by Rachel Annand Taylor., [?1938-?1948.]
Mrs Taylor was working on her book 'Renaissance France: a description' from about 1938 to 1948. It was never published although the possibility was considered both during and after her lifetime (see correspondence in MS.20433).
Papers concerning the establishment, publication and demise of "The Representative" newspaper., 1824-1829, late 20th century.
Correspondence;
legal and financial papers;
a history of the newspaper; and,
some miscellaneous papers concerning the newspaper.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Eddleston by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Innerleithen by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Kirkurd by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Manor by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Newlands by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Skirling by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Tweedsmuir by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers concerning the history of the church of Walkerburn by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.
Papers, consisting of notes, part of a draft of the text, and other items in John Riddell`s `Reply to Mr Tytler`s "Historical Remarks on the Death of Richard II”’., 1834.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Papers of and collected by James Dennistoun (including some printed items), together with some correspondence mostly relating to the Scots monasteries at Würzburg and Ratisbon, being materials towards a projected book by Dennistoun on the Scots monasteries in Germany and elsewhere on the Continent (cf. folio 408)., ?1650-1839.
Papers of Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly concerning South Africa and Mauritius., 1789-1799, undated.
The papers include notes and drafts on the history, inhabitants and life of the Cape (folios 1-18), a memorandum by Charles Grant, 1799, proposing negotiations with Mauritius (folio 38), and other material.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on Egyptian, Greek and Roman history., 1766-1782, undated.
Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, on History., 1765-1796, undated.
Papers of the Edinburgh Branch of the British Deaf and Dumb Association., 1947-1996.
The British Deaf and Dumb Association was founded in Leeds in 1890. In 1971 it became known as the British Deaf Association.
Papers of the Johnston family., Circa 1796-1920, undated.
Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.
Papers of the Saltire Society concerning gardens; with a history of the Saltire Society., 1948-1985.
Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.