Lists.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Transcribed collections of numbers, names, or other text indicating tallies of concepts collocated for any particular purpose.
Found in 1665 Collections and/or Records:
Alphabetical lists of Gaelic place-names and personal names compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson from the Chronicle of Fortingall, as printed in translation in ‘The Northern Chronicle’, 16 December 1886, with newspaper cuttings of the articles in question., [1886, or after.]
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Identifier: MS.362
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:
[1886, or after.]
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.
'Alphabetical lists of the electors of the county of Perth 1832', a printed volume endorsed by Robert Graham and “prepared by Sir G Murray's Comm[itt]ee”., 1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.16168
Scope and Contents
Additional endorsements appear in the 'Supplement' and 'Alphabetical list of the old freeholders' sections.
Dates:
1832.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence, papers, legal and financial documents, canvass records and printed ephemera concerning elections and politics in the County of Perth parliamentary constituency involving Thomas Graham (M.P. from 1794 to 1807) and Robert Graham (Whig/Liberal campaign manager, 1831-1832, and parliamentary candidate, 1834).
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Canvass books and related papers.
Alphabetically indexed volume containing references to members of Dumbartonshire families in printed works, manuscripts in the Advocates` Library, and manuscripts and documents kept in private repositories, compiled by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., ?1825-?1842.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.19
Scope and Contents
The references begin on folio 2, and are preceded by lists of sources inspected (folio 1). The volume is un¬dated, but an event dated 1842 is mentioned at folio 179. A number of leaves containing notes (folios 18, 25-26, 38, 202, 208-209) are bound in, and a bifolium (folios 211-212) found loosely enclosed has been tipped in at the back.
Dates:
?1825-?1842.
'Alpina': a collection of papers chiefly connected with the Alpine Club in London., 1865-1947.
File
Identifier: MS.6344
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, 1869-1870, of the Reverend Henry Moseley, mathematician, to William Matthews, probably the editor of the Alpine Journal, concerning Moseley's theory of glacier motion (folio 1), with a letter, circa 1870, from John Ball, president of the Alpine Club, to Matthews, concerning a controversy with Moseley in the Journal (folio 30);(ii) Letters to Henry Cockburn, of the Alpine Club, London, relating to the purchase of mountaineering...
Dates:
1865-1947.
Annotated and inscribed printed Harrow School lists., 1853-1860.
File
Identifier: MS.25640
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
1853-1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet of Newhailes.
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Papers concerning Sir Charles Dalrymple's educational career at Edinburgh Academy, Park Hall School, Salford, Harrow School, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Anonymous English treatises on the probability of war with Spain and the political scene in Europe.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.3
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `The Castilian proiect against England with advertisements for preuentinge thereof`, addressed to James I (folio 1). The author, who had served in the West Indies, was in favour of supporting the Netherlands in a war with Spain. The work is undated, but refers to Philip III as the young Spanish king (folio 27 verso). Another copy of the work (Adv.MS.34.2.10, folio 1) states that it was written by F W shortly after James`s...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Anonymous letter, endorsed 1706, criticising the proposed Act of Union, with a list of ‘Queries in case of an Incorporating Union’.
File
Identifier: MS.1019
Dates:
1706.
‘Antidotarium` by Nicolaus., 14th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.9(i), folios 1-48
Scope and Contents
The text is preceded by a list of medicines mentioned (folio 1). On folios 43 verso-48 are recipes in several 14th- and 15th-century hands.
Initials are in red or blue with tracery in the other colour.
Dates:
14th century.
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 collections of W T Johnston.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11781
Scope and Contents
Includes transcripts of letters and papers of eminent Scotsmen and other material relating to them. Files organised by subject.
Dates:
Late 20th century.
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.
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.
Antiquarian papers of Patrick Chalmers (died 1854)., 1st quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.15472
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:
1st quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 19th century.
Appendices to the tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912., 1911-1912.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.
Dates:
1911-1912.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.
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Typescript tour diaries of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton, with appendices.
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Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912; with appendices.
Articles, notes, and fragments in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph., 1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1798
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Article on "A narrative of a nine months’ residence in New Zealand" (London, 1832) by Augustus Earle (folio 1);(ii) ‘Gropings about Montrose’, 1839 (folio 4);(iii) Remarks on publication of Bulwer Lytton’s Works 1854, and likeness of constitutional government to sawing a plank on which you are sitting, 1855 (folio 5);(iv) Remarks on liberty, [?1865] (folio 7);(v) Corrected proof of his inaugural...
Dates:
1767, 1832-[?1871], undated.
Articles of Neil Munro about the fictional character 'Erchie', contributed to the ‘Glasgow Evening News’., 1916, 1920, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26923
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.
Dates:
1916, 1920, undated.
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.13
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.V.3.1.The contents are as follows:
(i) An abridgement of part of the valuation, 1551 (page 5);
(ii) The rent paid to the King out of the surplus of the thirds of benefices (page 48);
(iii) Various taxt rolls of Benefices and church property - temporality as well as spirituality, chiefly early 17th century (page 51);
(iv) List of Religious houses (page 185);
(v) Copy of a retour,...
Dates:
16th century-early 17th century.
Author's manuscript and printed proof of ‘An anthology of Scottish history’ from 1093 to 1746, being a list of characters, etc., prepared by Andrew Ross, Ross Herald, for the pageant given at the Scottish National Exhibition, 1908.
Series
Identifier: MSS.355A-B
Dates:
1908.
Autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine., Early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.5.1.16
Scope and Contents
(i) Letter, 1811, of Alexander Murray, Professor of Oriental Languages at Edinburgh, to Charles Smith, enclosing translation of a letter of Walda Selasse, Ras of Tigre, to George III. (Folio 1).(ii) List of books and manuscripts concerning Egypt. (Folio 2).(iii) `Memoirs of Goldoni`, Part I, Chapters 1-5. Written as autobiography. (Folios 3-50).(iv) ‘Annals and Antiquities of Jedburgh`, Chapter 1. Apparently intended as a sequel to ‘Annals and Antiquities...
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.5.1.16-5.1.21
Scope and Contents
The majority of the works are unpublished, and those which are published present considerable divergences. All the plays were written for the stage, and in some cases the names of the actors appear in the list of dramatis personae. Adv.MS.5.1.16, (i) and (ii) seem to be unconnected with the remainder of the collection.
Dates:
Early 19th century.
Ball list, mostly listing soldiers., Late 19th century.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/176
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Papers of the Trefusis Family.
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Papers of Jane Hepburn Stuart Forbes Trefusis, Lady Clinton.
Bestseller lists featuring the novels of Ian Rankin; sales lists for Ian Rankin’s novels; Public Lending Right lists featuring Ian Rankin’s novels., 1997-2017.
File
Identifier: MSS.50587-50591
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This series contains press, awards, and other papers relating to the reputation of Ian Rankin, regarding his career as a writer and his personal life.
Dates:
1997-2017.
Bestseller lists from periodicals featuring the novels of Ian Rankin., 1997-2017.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50588-50590
Scope and Contents
The Bestseller Lists are determined by various authorities and printed in various periodicals. They include Scottish, national, and international rankings, and categories including fiction, hardcover, crime fiction, and others. Items include individual press cuttings, press cuttings provided by Durrants Press Cuttings, and photocopies of press cuttings. They are arranged chronologically, and thereafter alphabetically by publication/publisher. Years covered: 1997-2004 inclusive,...
Dates:
1997-2017.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Materials relating to the reputation of Ian Rankin.
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Bestseller lists featuring the novels of Ian Rankin; sales lists for Ian Rankin’s novels; Public Lending Right lists featuring Ian Rankin’s novels.
Bestseller lists printed in newspapers other serial publications featuring the novels of Ian Rankin., 1997-2000.
File
Identifier: MS.50588
Scope and Contents
The Bestseller Lists are determined by various authorities and printed in various periodicals. They include Scottish, national, and international rankings, and categories including fiction, hardcover, crime fiction, and others. Items include individual press cuttings, press cuttings provided by Durrants Press Cuttings, and photocopies of press cuttings. They are arranged chronologically, and thereafter alphabetically by publication/publisher.
Dates:
1997-2000.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Materials relating to the reputation of Ian Rankin.
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Bestseller lists featuring the novels of Ian Rankin; sales lists for Ian Rankin’s novels; Public Lending Right lists featuring Ian Rankin’s novels.
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Bestseller lists from periodicals featuring the novels of Ian Rankin.
Bestseller lists printed in newspapers other serial publications featuring the novels of Ian Rankin., 2001-2003.
File
Identifier: MS.50589
Scope and Contents
The Bestseller Lists are determined by various authorities and printed in various periodicals. They include Scottish, national, and international rankings, and categories including fiction, hardcover, crime fiction, and others. Items include individual press cuttings, press cuttings provided by Durrants Press Cuttings, and photocopies of press cuttings. They are arranged chronologically, and thereafter alphabetically by publication/publisher.
Dates:
2001-2003.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Materials relating to the reputation of Ian Rankin.
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Bestseller lists featuring the novels of Ian Rankin; sales lists for Ian Rankin’s novels; Public Lending Right lists featuring Ian Rankin’s novels.
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Bestseller lists from periodicals featuring the novels of Ian Rankin.