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:
Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 2. The correspondence and records of Smith, Elder and Company. Reel 7. George Smith, ‘Recollections of a long and busy life’., 1895.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1241
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: Typescript copy of chapters i-xv (MS.23191); Typescript copy of chapters xvi-xxvi (MS.23192).
Dates:
1895.
Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 2. The correspondence and records of Smith, Elder and Company from the National Library of Scotland. Reels 1-7 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1235-1241
Dates:
[?1837-?1924.]
Military memoirs of General Thomas Wentworth relating to the War of the Austrian Succession, partly in shorthand., 1747.
File
Identifier: MS.25707
Scope and Contents
Interspersed with the memoirs are copies and drafts of letters of General Thomas Wentworth to Henry Fox, the Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Henry Pelham. There is also a 'List of Ministers at Vienna, 1747' (folio 104).
Dates:
1747.
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 and concerning General the Honourable James St Clair of Sinclair and Balblair (1688-1762).
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Military papers of and concerning General James St Clair.
Military papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch., Late 18th century-1830, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16179-16197
Dates:
Late 18th century-1830, undated.
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.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1808, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11724
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Excerpt of a letter, 15 December 1807, concerning the breaching of forts (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Richard Jeffreys, Chaplain, Fort William, 1808, with enclosed papers concerning the Military Officers' Widows' Fund (folio 5);
(iii) Memorandum by Francis Hamilton Buchanan, Bengal Medical Service, circa 1808, concerning the teak forests of Malabar (folio 15). See also MS.11721, folio 158.
(iv) Two letters of John Scott at Rangoon, 1807-1808, concerning timber...
Dates:
1807-1808, 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.
Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items, including notes and extracts, sermons, verses, and memoirs, together with invitations and photographs., 1832-[circa 1930], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6104
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.
Dates:
1832-[circa 1930], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Correspondence of various members of the families of Haldane and Burdon Sanderson, and other miscellaneous papers.
Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript items., 1581-1908, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7926/52-58
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous manuscripts, received unbound., 1650-?1935.
File
Identifier: MS.5841
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Declaration by Sir John Smith about the expenses of the 1650 mission to Charles II at Breda, on which he and the 3rd Earl of Lothian were sent. (Folio 1.)(ii) Two letters (one a draft, the second a copy) written by the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire to the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 1766, and to the Countess of Suffolk, undated, describing his experiences as ambassador at the Russian Court, 1762-1765. Part of the second letter is printed in...
Dates:
1650-?1935.
Miscellaneous material, mostly of a religious nature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Testamentary Memoir written by Theophilus, in which his own dearest concerns are Ingenuously Narrated, and sundry of a more publick Nature are also touched, all Addressed to his surviving friends`, early 18th century. This is similar in style to the ‘Memorial` of James Hog, and the hand is probably the same as that of Adv.MS.32.3.8. The author appears to have written other memorials and a short history of the Covenanters based...
Dates:
18th century.
Miscellaneous papers and letters concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1807-1813, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11722-11723
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:
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.
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 the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1809, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11721
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Memoranda by Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Member of Council, Bengal, undated, concerning the revenue of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces (folio 1). See also MSS.11625-11626.
(ii) Copy of a memorandum by Sir Harford Jones (later Brydges), 7 January 1807, concerning diplomatic relations with Iran, with related papers (folio 20);
(iii) Memorandum by Neil Benjamin Edmondstone, 3 March 1808, concerning Sind (folio 44);
(iv) Memorandum by Edmonstone, 10 March 1808,...
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.
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Memoir and miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Miscellaneous papers including legal papers and works probably by Sir William Stuart Walker., [Circa 1840]-1855.
File
Identifier: MS.14095
Scope and Contents
The contents include: (i) Incomplete memoir, circa 1840, of the career of Alexander Walker, probably compiled by W S Walker (folio 1); (ii) Legal papers, 1845, 1848, concerning James Erskine, Aberdona against the Globe Insurance Company, and Patrick Tytler, Aberdona against James Brodie, Dunkeld, builder, (folio 36); (iii) Draft of letter, 1855, to the ‘Scottish ecclesiastical journal’ about the Education Bill of 1855, probably the work of W S Walker (folio 86).
Dates:
[Circa 1840]-1855.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.
Miscellaneous papers of and relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1855-1916, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.25652
Scope and Contents
The papers include Sir Charles Dalrymple's account of Lady Alice Mary Dalrymple's death in 1884 and drafts for his Memorial Service at Newcraighall Church in 1916. There is also miscellaneous verse, drawings, and printed notices.
Dates:
1855-1916, undated.
Miscellaneous personal and professional papers of Foster Neville Woodward., 1932-1985, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9010/229-247
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...
Dates:
1932-1985, undated.
Negative microfilm of manuscripts of, and collected by, Sir Walter Scott., 4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.578
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Journal of Sir Walter Scott, from 9 February 1826 to 13 April 1831 (MS.1570);Excerpts from Sir Walter Scott’s marginal notes, 4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century, in books at Abbotsford, compiled by his sons Walter and Charles in 1832 (MS.1571);Certified copy, dated 1712, of an account of the court-martial held on John, Master of Sinclair, for the murder of Ensign Hugh Schaw and Captain Alexander Schaw, 1708 (MS.1572);...
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century.
Negative microfilm of papers of, concerning, or collected by Sir Walter Scott., [?1622-?1844.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.579
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Transcript of ‘Memoirs of the Insurrection in the year 1715 by John, Master of Sinclair’, [1799, or after-1803, of after] (MS.1574);
Fragments, early 19th century, of reviews in the autograph of Robert Southey, with some notes on John Dryden by Sir Walter Scott (MS.1575);
Papers, [?1622-?1844], of and concerning Sir Walter Scott (MS.1583).
Dates:
[?1622-?1844.]
Notebook containing part of the manuscript of ‘Two men and a blanket’ by Robert Garioch Sutherland., [1975, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26610
Scope and Contents
The manuscript corresponds to pages 11-53 of the published edition, though there are some variations in the text.
Dates:
[1975, or before.]
Notebook of Ruthven Todd containing drafts of articles, memoirs and poems, and miscellaneous notes., 1948-1949.
Item
Identifier: MS.26865
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
1948-1949.
Notebook of Ruthven Todd containing drafts of articles, memoirs and poems, and miscellaneous notes., 1965.
Item
Identifier: MS.26866
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
1965.
Notebook of Ruthven Todd containing drafts of articles, memoirs and poems, and miscellaneous notes., 1965-1967.
Item
Identifier: MS.26867
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
1965-1967.
Notebook of Ruthven Todd containing drafts of articles, memoirs and poems, and miscellaneous notes., ?1965-1968.
Item
Identifier: MS.26868
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
?1965-1968.
Notebooks and diaries of David Thomson, containing some journal, research material, aide-memoire, passages of particular works, press cuttings and other related papers., 1941-1987, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13259/40-56
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.
Dates:
1941-1987, undated.
Notebooks of Ruthven Todd containing drafts of articles, memoirs and poems, and miscellaneous notes., 1948-?1968.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26865-26868
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
1948-?1968.