Memoirs.
Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:
11 literary notebooks and other papers of Morley Jamieson.
15 letters and cards of Annie French to Elinor Black.
With an account by Dr Black of their meeting.
41 letters and documents, 1656-1667, mostly of General George Monck to Sir Thomas Morgan, Commander of the army in Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh.
Concern miltary arrangements.
With notebook, 1660, of Morgan as governor and later personal accounts, 1680s to 1690s.
"A Narrative of the Principal Occurences on board HMS Bellerophon between the 24th of May and the 8th of August, 1815. By her Captain, F L Maitland".
Account of "An Adventure with Bengal Dacoits" by Samuel Wauchope.
With seven photographs.
Account of First World War experiences April-July 1917 of an officer in the Royal Artillery, probably William Marshall Craig.
"An Account of the Action off the Little Fisher Bank [the Battle of Jutland] May 31st 1916" by the Reverend R H Malden, Chaplain, Royal Navy on HMS Valiant.
Includes related letter to Mrs Simpson, Abbotsknowe, Peebles, and a privately printed memoir of "The Battle of Jutland" (Leeds, 1918).
Anonymous journal entitled "Memoirs of Katherine the Novice" detailing a Scottish climbing expedition by young women.
Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
"Autobiographical Reminiscences".
Includes "Houses of Bondage", "Sketches from the Student Life of a Vanished Generation", "The Riddle of a Crime".
Autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
The majority of the works are unpublished, and those which are published present considerable divergences.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.
Bābar-nāmah, being memoirs of the Emperor Ẓahîr al-Dîn Muḥammad Bâbar in the original Turkî.
Biographical memoir and notes on Charles Hodge Mackie, compiled by Anne Mackie.
Includes an account of their visits to France, 1892-1893, and meetings with Gauguin, Sérusier and Vuillard.
Biography of John Elphinstone, RN, including his role in the Russian service, by his grandson, Alexander Francis Elphinstone, RN.
Comprising a 39-page memoir of Alexander Francis Elphinstone's grandfather, John Elphinstone, arranged by date, with geneaological notes. The volume also includes 9 pen and ink sketches and watercolours of buildings and scenery, probably depicting locations from Alexander Francis Elphinstone's early years in the Baltic.
"Cookery Notes", 1902-1904, of Elsie Henderson, with later annotations, c 1955, and memoirs, undated, of Catherine Elsie Henderson.
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1552-1615.
Also included is a copy of a memoir of Henri IV by Pierre Jeannin, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1), a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material, and a table of contents (folio 264).
Copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Copies or drafts of letters and memoranda of Mary, Queen of Scots, or associated closely with her, probably written by various secretaries.
Copy in 5 volumes of corrected typescripts of journalism and broadcasts of Janet Teissier du Cros (nee Grierson); with copy of unpublished family memoir by Molly Dickins (nee Grierson).
Copy, late 17th or early 18th century, of the memoirs of James Fraser of Brea, minister of Culross.
This copy begins with the author`s preface, omitting the letter of dedication to Thomas Ross, and breaks off at the end of chapter 8. It contains a small amount of biographical material which does not appear in the published version.
The name William Lindsay, Letham, Dunnichen, appears on folio 1.
Copy, made in 1702, of letters and memoirs of Major-General Hugh Mackay of Scoury (?1640-1692), concerning the campaigns in Scotland in 1689-1690, and in Ireland in 1691.
Copy of ‘An Account of the Lord`s Gracious dealing with me; and of his remarkable hearing and answering my supplications` , being the religious memoirs of Mrs Marion Veitch, wife of William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, written apparently in or about 1711, the date of the latest events recorded.
This copy, one of three known, which was written in a near-contemporary hand, appears to have lost all after page 74: the remainder is supplied on different sheets written in an apparently late 18th-century hand.
Copy of Claire Chevrillon-Fabre, "Cinq Années de Souvenir".
An account of life in France under the German occupation, 1939-1944.
Copy of James Loch, "Memoir of George Granville, late Duke of Sutherland" (1834).
With papers and letters, 1832-1833, mostly concerning the erection of memorials to the Duke.