Memoirs.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Narratives or histories autobiographical in nature or stressing the author's personal experience of the events.
Found in 366 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript of 'A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot' by the Countess of Minto, with considerable variations from the published text particularly in the later chapters., [1868, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.19462 (part 2)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Nina, Countess of Minto was the daughter of General Sir Thomas Hislop and granddaughter of Hugh Elliot. Lady Minto's papers reflect her wide ranging interests. She was the author of ‘A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot’, of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1751-1806’, and of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, from 1807-14’. Her papers contain much material relating to these publications and also to her unpublished works....
Dates:
[1868, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Nina, Countess of Minto.
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Literary papers of Nina, Countess of Minto.
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Manuscript of 'A memoir of the Right Honourable Hugh Elliot' by the Countess of Minto, with considerable variations from the published text particularly in the later chapters.
Manuscript of an apparently unpublished article, 'Memoir of Louisa de Stolberg, Countess of Albany' by James Grant., ?1855.
Item
Identifier: MS.4799
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In the descriptions, references to publication generally give only the earliest traceable place and date.
Dates:
?1855.
Manuscript of Elizabeth Grant, "Memoirs of a Highland Lady"
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9214
Dates:
1845.
Manuscript of 'George Scott Moncrieff and a few friends: a brief memoir' by Morley Jamieson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26974-26976
Scope and Contents
The memoir was not published, but twenty copies were circulated in typescript.
Dates:
[1987.]
Manuscript of John Galt's ‘The last of the lairds’, chapter XIX to the end, edited with additions by David Macbeth Moir, and related material., 1826, [1841, or before].
File
Identifier: MS.6522
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) The first part of David Macbeth Moir's ‘Biographical memoir of John Galt’, 1841, covering the published pages i-ix (folio 1), probably a fair copy for publication. Alterations found in it appear in the printed text.(ii) Manuscript of John Galt's novel, ‘The last of the lairds’, chapter XIX to the end (folio 10). Galt left this manuscript with Moir on his departure for Canada in 1826 with 'the Charge of editing it', according to Moir's...
Dates:
1826, [1841, or before].
Manuscript of Moray McLaren, "Return to Scotland: an Egoist`s Journey".
Item
Identifier: Acc.3580
Dates:
circa 1964.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth., ?1965.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26843-26845
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of Ruthven Todd's prose writing, especially in his later life, was repetitious: he not only made numerous drafts and re-writings, but he used the same material in both books and articles. In particular, he made use of his own reminiscences in his work on Dylan Thomas and Fitzrovia as well as in the more autobiographical 'Dead and other friends and places'. MSS.26834-26856 contain material intended for full-length books; MSS.26857-26863 consist of shorter works and...
Dates:
?1965.
Manuscripts and typescripts of "Right, Left" (1948), "An Early Education" (1947) and "Dry Fun" (published as part of "Innocent Merriment", 2004) by Thomas Blantyre Simpson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12452
Scope and Contents
Includes associated correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1946-1994.
Manuscripts chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 1708-1827, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1572-1581
Manuscripts collected by Walter Biggar Blaikie, Doctor of Laws, editor of volumes concerning Jacobitism in the publications of the Scottish History Society, etc.
Series
Identifier: MSS.278-318
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Manuscripts of chapters 1-2 of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth., ?1965.
File
Identifier: MS.26844
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of Ruthven Todd's prose writing, especially in his later life, was repetitious: he not only made numerous drafts and re-writings, but he used the same material in both books and articles. In particular, he made use of his own reminiscences in his work on Dylan Thomas and Fitzrovia as well as in the more autobiographical 'Dead and other friends and places'. MSS.26834-26856 contain material intended for full-length books; MSS.26857-26863 consist of shorter works and...
Dates:
?1965.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).
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Prose writings of Ruthven Todd.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth.
Manuscripts of chapters 1-10 of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth., ?1965
File
Identifier: MS.26843
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Much of Ruthven Todd's prose writing, especially in his later life, was repetitious: he not only made numerous drafts and re-writings, but he used the same material in both books and articles. In particular, he made use of his own reminiscences in his work on Dylan Thomas and Fitzrovia as well as in the more autobiographical 'Dead and other friends and places'. MSS.26834-26856 contain material intended for full-length books; MSS.26857-26863 consist of shorter works and...
Dates:
?1965
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).
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Prose writings of Ruthven Todd.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth.
Manuscripts of two apparently unpublished genealogical works by John Philp Wood.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5271-5272
Dates:
1830.
Material connected with the ‘Memoirs of Sir Robert Strange, Knt., Engraver ... and of his brother-in-law Andrew Lumisden, private secretary to the Stuart Princes’, by James Dennistoun.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2898-2902
Dates:
1836-1855, undated.
Memoir and journal of a tour to Italy of Charlotte Campbell.
File
Identifier: Acc.8110
Dates:
1789-1800.
Memoir and miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1809, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11720-11721
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence and papers include material concerning Bencoolen, Goa, Iran, Sind, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Tahiti, various surveys, and literary and scientific subjects.
Dates:
1806-1809, 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.
Memoir, circa 1950, of Patricia Baker "Some Personal Memories of the National Library of Scotland, 1930-1945".
File
Identifier: Acc.9060
Scope and Contents
With photograph of the staff in 1931, and photographs of the demolition of the Sheriff Court Building in 1938.
Dates:
1931-circa 1950.
Memoir of Alastair Shanks, "Rev Vera Kenmure of Christchurch".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8523
Dates:
1978.
'Memoir of Andrew Lumisden.', 1746-[circa 1836], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14264
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, [circa 1836], of Sir Thomas A L Strange to his son, Lumisden, giving biographical details of his uncle, Andrew Lumisden. (Folio 1.)(ii) Genealogical material, 1836, undated, relating to the Strange family. (Folios 32.)(iii) Pedigree, 1798, of Andrew Lumisden in his own hand, following a letter, 1814, of J Lumisden, Bengal. (Folio 36.)(iv) Printed pamphlet, ‘Votes of the House of Commons 1746’ (London,...
Dates:
1746-[circa 1836], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
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Papers of the Lumisden family.
'Memoir of Andrew Lumisden, Esqr., successively secretary to the son & grandson of James the IInd. In a letter by his nephew, Sir Thomas Andrew William Lumisden Strange, to his son, Lumisden Strange’., 1836.
Item
Identifier: MS.2898
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is in various hands. It is inscribed (folio 1), 'To James Dennistoun of Dennistoun from Sir Thomas A. Lumisden Strange ... 1836', and this date, which also occurs on folio xiii, appears to be that of composition. Entries referring to later dates have been inserted subsequently (some by James Dennistoun). This 'Memoir' differs considerably from the 'Notice' of Lumisden addressed by Strange to his daughter Louisa (MS.281). It includes genealogical accounts of the Strangs of...
Dates:
1836.
Memoir of George Romanes in the form of a letter to his son Professor George Romanes.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12749
Scope and Contents
Memoir covers some Romanes family history, George Romanes` early life in Edinburgh, his early work as a civil engineer in Egypt and Calgary and war service with the Royal Engineers from 1917-1919. Includes transcript.
Dates:
1957.
‘Memoir of Lieutenant George Marshall 92nd Regiment. 1785-1812’ written in a late nineteenth-century hand, possibly that of David Mackenzie., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.15372
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is incomplete, going no further than December 1810.
Much of the narrative concerns the expedition to Copenhagen of 1807, and George Marshall's journal (the original of which does not appear with these papers) is quoted in full, as are a few of his letters to his family.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Memoir of Lord Lynedoch labelled 'no. 1', covering the period 1792-1794., 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.16188
Dates:
1830.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
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Memoirs of Lord Lynedoch covering his early military career, from 1792 to his escape from Mantua in 1796/7, dictated at Pisa, 1830, to his secretary, Alfred Waller.
Memoir of Lord Lynedoch labelled 'no. 2', covering the period 1794-1796., 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.16189
Dates:
1830.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
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Memoirs of Lord Lynedoch covering his early military career, from 1792 to his escape from Mantua in 1796/7, dictated at Pisa, 1830, to his secretary, Alfred Waller.
Memoir of Lord Lynedoch labelled 'no. 3', covering the period 1796-1797., 1830.
Item
Identifier: MS.16190
Dates:
1830.
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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Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
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Memoirs of Lord Lynedoch covering his early military career, from 1792 to his escape from Mantua in 1796/7, dictated at Pisa, 1830, to his secretary, Alfred Waller.