Maps. Cartographic materials.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen.
Found in 539 Collections and/or Records:
'Mernis' [i.e. Mearns]. , [?1636-?1652.]
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 45)
Dates:
[?1636-?1652.]
Microfilm of diaries of Sir Douglas Haig. First World War transcripts, Map Reel, maps supplementary to diaries volumes 1-38., [?1914-?1919.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1711
Dates:
[?1914-?1919.]
Microfilm of sketches, maps, and various other papers of, or concerning, James Augustus Grant., 1850-[1872, or after].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.557
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Album of sketches, 1860-1863, chiefly watercolour, some pencil or pen and ink, of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition with John Hanning Speke. (MS.17919);Album of sketches, 1860-1863, chiefly watercolour, some pencil or pen and ink, and lithographs of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition with John Hanning Speke (MS.17920);Unmounted sketches, 1860-1863, of James Augustus Grant, made on his African expedition...
Dates:
1850-[1872, or after].
Military papers of Douglas Neil Wimberley, containing correspondence, speeches and some maps, translations and other related papers., 1903-1983, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8681/1-223
Military papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Quartermaster-General to the army in the Spanish Peninsula, including financial papers, ration vouchers and campaign maps., [Circa 1811]-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.14556
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Accounts, April-July 1812, of Lieutenant Collet Barker, 39th Foot, and Lieutenant Benjamin Hobhouse, 57th Foot, employed on special service (folio 1);
(ii) Ration vouchers, 1812-1813 (folio 29);
(iii) Receipts, 1812, for horse-shoes and nails (folio 174);
(iv) Campaign maps, circa 1812-1813 (folio 198);
(v) Miscellaneous military papers, circa 1811-1813 (folio 214).
Dates:
[Circa 1811]-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Official military papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale as Quartermaster-General to the army in the Spanish Peninsula.
Miscellaneous documents retained by James Johnston from 7 field workshop posting. , 1974-1976
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/79-83
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1974-1976
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating to James Johnston on his posting to 7 field workshop, British Army of the Rhine.
Miscellaneous Dundas estate papers., 16th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.4.1-80.4.16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches., 1822-1931.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8012-8022
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged as follows: MS.8012-8014. Scottish Missionary Society; MS.8015-8016. East Africa Scottish Mission; MS.8017. Madras Christian College; MS.8018-8019. Scottish Churches Mission Board. MS.8020. Arouca. MS.8021-8022. Printed papers.
Dates:
1822-1931.
Miscellaneous papers and letters concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1813, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11722
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers, 1807, relating to the surveys of Mysore (folio 1);
(ii) Thomas Marshall, Bombay Medical Service, 'Memoir of a Route from Mandavee in Kutch to Hyderabad in Sind', 1808 (folio 11);
(iii) Papers from Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, 1808, on his survey of the district of Dinajpur (folio 31);
(iv) Letters of Major William Lambton, 1809-1811, concerning his survey of the Malabar and Coromandel coasts (folio 47);
(v) Letters of Mounstuart...
Dates:
1807-1813, 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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers and letters concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Roxburghshire., 1743-1912.
File
Identifier: MS.13403
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous valuations of lands in Roxburghshire, 1750, 1778-1780 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous election papers, principally relating to the creation of votes, 1743-circa 1860 (folio 36); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1743-1912, concerning inter alia Jedforest Coal, Stobie's map of Roxburghshire, pauper lunatics, and cholera (folio 140).
Dates:
1743-1912.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the ‘Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers’ series., 1899-1924, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.42615
Scope and Contents
The papers in this folder have been divided into four sections: letters, manuscripts, proofs and notes relating to producing the ‘Handbook for Travellers’ series; advertisements for the series; papers relating to the history of the series; and other related material.Letters, manuscripts, proofs and notes:Partial letter, undated, of John Murray III relating to ‘Handbook for Travellers to Syria and Palestine’: folios 1-2;Circular letter, 1889, of John Murray...
Dates:
1899-1924, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Kirk Dickson chiefly associated with his military career., [Circa 1914]-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.13586
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Photograph of H.M.S. Canopus leaving Valetta, [?December 1914] (folio 1);(ii) Sketch map of naval action in the North Sea, 24 January 1915 (folio 8);(iii) 'Account of the Engagement with the German High Seas Fleet off the Jutland Bank May 31st 1916', by Midshipman Robert Kirk Dickson, dated H.M.S. Benbow, 18 June 1916, with a typescript carbon copy of the same (folio 3);(iv) Unsigned typescript 'Report of...
Dates:
[Circa 1914]-1939.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson (1898-1952) and of his younger brother, Midshipman Archibald Kirk Dickson (died 1916), with some papers of their father, William Kirk Dickson (1860-1949), first Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
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Papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson.
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Personal and naval papers of Robert Kirk Dickson.
‘Miscellaneous Papers’ of Sir Walter Scott, on history, folk-lore, etc., 1792-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.910
Scope and Contents
The papers include:Part of Sir Walter Scott’s ‘Life of Napoleon Buonaparte’, chapter iii, in the hand of an amanuensis, with corrections in Scott’s autograph (folio 9);Statement of the sales of the ‘Letters of Malachi Malagrowther’, 1826-1827 (folio 23);Note by James Ballantyne of John Murray’s proposals regarding the publication of Scott’s works (folio 35);Letter, apparently to John Gibson Lockhart criticising his ‘History of Napoleon’, 1830...
Dates:
1792-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Miscellaneous material, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Miscellaneous papers relating to and concerning Council reforms., 1906-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12621
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous items relating to councils reforms, chiefly official, but including a note of a conversation of Lord Minto with G K Gokhale, 1908, Lord Sinha's speech on entering the Viceroy's Executive Council, 1909, and a plan for the new council chamber in Goverment House, Calcutta, 1910 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers concerning the Council of Native Princes, 1906-1907 (folio 117).
Dates:
1906-1910.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Home Department and related topics.
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Printed summaries of reports, correspondence, and other papers relating to Indian Council reforms.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the First and Second World Wars., 1917, 1941, 1943, 1945.
File
Identifier: Acc.11628/170
Scope and Contents
Containing; an issue of 'Eighth Army news', 5 January 1945; War: Army Bureau of Current Affairs 'Battle reports', nos.39 and 41, March-April 1943; Army 'Current affairs' pamphlets nos.38-39 on Spain, the Middle East and Turkey, February-March, 1943; and two Italian Front maps of the districts of Campbasso and South Bartolomeno in Saldo, sheets 162, 163, showing troop dispositions, and a trench map of Oosttaverne, 1917. Report on Eighth Army problems after D Day; and photo, 1941.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917, 1941, 1943, 1945.
Miscellaneous prose works or drafts by William Sharp and 'Fiona MacLeod', largely unpublished., [Before 1906.]
File
Identifier: MS.8777
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Five apparently unpublished stories by William Sharp (folio 1);(ii) Six apparently unpublished stories by 'Fiona MacLeod' (folio 46);(iii) Part of an apparently unpublished article by William Sharp on 'Pélleas et Mélisande' by Maurice Maeterlinck (folio 64);iv) Reviews by 'Fiona MacLeod' of ‘The Cuchullin saga’ (London, 1898); of 'A field for modern verse' by Stephen Phiilips, in ‘The Dome’, February 1899; and of...
Dates:
[Before 1906.]
Miscellaneous publications and reference material., Circa 1964-1984, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12598/43-49
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.
Dates:
Circa 1964-1984, undated.
Miscellaneous reports, maps and other papers concerning various estates and lands in Scotland., 1781-1864.
File
Identifier: MS.3273
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Report, 1813, by George Brown on damage caused to the lands of Easter and Wester Bonar by the construction of the Bonar bridge and road;(ii) Papers relating to the sale or lease of estates of Letterfourie, Corriedown, and Walkerdales, Banffshire, 1781;(iii) Plan, 1795, of ground in Muirtown, Elgin, leased to the New Thread Company;(iv) Particulars of sale, and abstract of the contents and rental of the lands of...
Dates:
1781-1864.
Movements of the two armies after the repulse of Marshall Massena's Attack upon the position of Busaco. From the original survey [and] drawing by Major Sir T.L. Mitchell, Kt. London: J Wyld [Sheet 1]., Circa 1810.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(47)
Scope and Contents
On zinc by A.R. Grive. "Printed by Day [and] Hagh, Lthr to the Queen."
Dates:
Circa 1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Collection of maps (several in duplicate), approximately two-fifths manuscript, the remainder printed.
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Collection of maps.
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Map, over two sheets, of the movements of the two armies after the repulse of Marshall Massena's Attack upon the position of Busaco. From the original survey & drawing by Major Sir T.L. Mitchell, Kt.
Movements of the two armies after the repulse of Marshall Massena's Attack upon the position of Busaco. From the original survey [and] drawing by Major Sir T.L. Mitchell, Kt. London: J Wyld [Sheet 2]., Circa 1810.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.10.1(48)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
"On zinc by A.R. Grive. "Printed by Day [and] Hagh, Lthr to the Queen."
Dates:
Circa 1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
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Collection of maps (several in duplicate), approximately two-fifths manuscript, the remainder printed.
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Collection of maps.
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Map, over two sheets, of the movements of the two armies after the repulse of Marshall Massena's Attack upon the position of Busaco. From the original survey & drawing by Major Sir T.L. Mitchell, Kt.
Nine drawings and a map for 'A reed shaken by the wind', by Gavin Maxwell., 1957.
File
Identifier: Acc.10555/17
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.
With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.
Dates:
1957.
'Nithsdail descryved according to Mr. Timothe Pont his papers / be R. Gordon.', 1644.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 62)
Scope and Contents
Imprint: 1644, Mense Mai.
Dates:
1644.
'Note on the Military Policy of India' (revised), by H E Lord Kitchener (Simla, 1906)., 1906.
Item
Identifier: MS.12602
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates:
1906.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of Lord Curzon's administration.
Notes on history by Patrick Geddes., [Circa 1901.]
File
Identifier: MS.10621
Dates:
[Circa 1901.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, lectures, notes and other papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932).
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes.
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Miscellaneous notes by Patrick Geddes and others, chiefly for lectures.