Skip to main content

Memorandums.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents recording information used for internal communication.

Found in 993 Collections and/or Records:

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "A Social History of Insurance", by Frank E. Huggett., 1980-1981

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1571
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with the author and third parties concerning the title. Editorial memoranda are also present. Contract is absent.

Dates: 1980-1981

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins", by Bevis Hillier., 1968-1977

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1579
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy correspondence between the publisher and third parties concerning the book, alongside original and copy author correspondence, editorial memoranda, a book outline synopsis, and the original contract.

Dates: 1968-1977

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Motives", by Kenneth Clark., 1962-1969

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1573
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy correspondence between the publishers and third parties concerning the title, editorial memoranda, brief original author correspondence, and the original contract.

Dates: 1962-1969

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Robert Adam, Vol. II", by John Fleming., 1962

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1575
Scope and Contents

File contains the original contract, a book outline, editorial memoranda, copy and original publisher correspondence, and brief original author correspondence.

Dates: 1962

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Caves of Niah", by Hugh Gibb and F.W. Tweedie., 1951-1965

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1576
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with third parties concerning the title. Author correspondence is also present, copy and original, alongside editorial memoranda, and the original contract.

Dates: 1951-1965

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Dead Shall be Raised", by John Hedges and Gerald Wait., 1985-1989

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1581
Scope and Contents

File contains editorial memoranda, a prospectus and project proposal for the title, original and copy correspondence between the publisher and third parties concerning the book, copy and original author correspondence with the publisher, costings, and the original contract.

Dates: 1985-1989

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Diaghilev Ballet Russe", by Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp., 1987-1989

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1580
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with third parties concerning the title, alongside the original contract, editorial memoranda, and manuscript notes.

Dates: 1987-1989

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Last Sailors", by Neil Hollander and Harald Mertes., 1979-1982

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1577
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with third parties concerning the title, as well as a film-related project. Author correspondence is also present, copy and original, alongside editorial memoranda, brief photocopied illustrations, and the original contract. An original letter from Edward Heath M.P. to Neil Hollander is also present.

Dates: 1979-1982

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Life and Times of Antonio Canova", by Hugh Honour., 1962-1978

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1574
Scope and Contents

File contains original and copy correspondence between the publisher and third parties concerning the book, alongside brief original author correspondence, editorial memoranda, a book outline, and the original contract.

Dates: 1962-1978

Cashbook, 1811-1812, of J B [James Bogle?], Glasgow., 1811-1812, 1817, 1825.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2806
Scope and Contents

There is one entry of 1817 and another of 1825. The entries are partly business and partly personal. There are some memoranda relating mainly to the erection of pumps, with details of costing, and to other mechanical devices, with some medical recipes. Internal evidence suggests that J B may be interpreted as James Bogle.

Dates: 1811-1812, 1817, 1825.

Christmas cards of Naomi Mitchison, with woodcuts of Gertrude Hermes and others.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4845
Scope and Contents

With typescript and copy of memorandums on National Parks, Highland education and museums of Mitchison.

Dates: circa 1940-circa 1969.

Chronicle of England, and theological works., 14th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.6125
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) 'Cronica de regibus et pontificibus Anglie', compiled by a Franciscan and based mainly on the works of Ralph de Diceto. It begins with a description of Britain and its marvels (cf. Diceto, ‘Opera Historica’, volume i, pages 30, 10-15), followed (folio 3 verso) by Diceto's 'De partitione provinciae', which is printed in Thomas Gale, ‘Historiae Britannicae ... scriptures XV’, volume i, pages 560-562. The first part of the chronicle (folio 4 verso) is...
Dates: 14th century.

Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents

The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Collection of papers concerning supplies and men for the army in Scotland addressed to General Bland.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13346
Scope and Contents Papers concerning supplies and men for the army in Scotland addressed to General Bland, c.1747-1748.Having served under the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden, General Bland was made commander-in-chief in Scotland in September 1747, and arrived in his Edinburgh command the following month. During this period, he has been criticized for his rigour in the ‘pacification’ of the Highlands. Bland had obtained in 1743 the sinecure governorship of Fort William, which he held...
Dates: c. 1747-1748

Collection of papers put together in the mid-nineteenth century by J.B., 1747-early 19th century, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20767, folios 118-216
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (a) Letters to Robert Chalmers, solicitor, Edinburgh, from his niece Katherine Forbes Crauford, 1768; from the portrait painter Anne Forbes and her mother and sister, 1772-1773, concerning her work in London and including a list of portraits by her; from the Countess of Dumfries, 1788, and from David Rae (later Lord Eskgrove), undated, concerning admission to the Select Society (folio 118); (b) Epigram, 1747, on, and letter and poems, 1770-1777, undated, of, Mrs...
Dates: 1747-early 19th century, undated.

Collection of printed legal papers 1805-1820 (several of them bearing marginalia by John Riddell) and a few memoranda and copies of documents, 1819, and undated, relating to the genealogy of Major-General Walter Ker of Littledean in his claim to the Roxburghe estates following the death of the fourth Duke., 1805-1820, and undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.2.5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).

Dates: 1805-1820, and undated.

Collection of reports and memoranda, chiefly printed, with press cuttings, chiefly relating to the life and work of Sir John Rennie., 1822-1874.

 File
Identifier: MS.19945
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities. This...
Dates: 1822-1874.

Collection of rough notes or memoranda on various legal topics in the hand of Francis Jeffrey.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.18
Scope and Contents

The notes, which are written on various gatherings of leaves, vary considerably in length, and some have additions of varying length in the margins, also in Jeffrey`s hand. Some of the notes appear to be incomplete.

Dates: 1821.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Collections of papers of General Sir George Murray concerning campaigns in wars against France., 1793-1806.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.1
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Orders and papers concerning service in the 3rd Foot Guards in the Netherlands, 1793-1795 (folio 1).(ii) Orders and copies of memoranda concerning service in the quartermaster-general`s department in Egypt, 1801-1802 (folio 16).(iii) Statistical returns and memoranda concerning the various islands of the West Indies where he served as adjutant-general, 1802-1803 (folio 43).(iv) Letters and reports...
Dates: 1793-1806.

Commonplace book of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, including legal case notes, family memoranda, Biblical notes and Greek verse., 1754-1755.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25425
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet of Hailes, (1726-1792), was the son of Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes, and Lady Christian Dalrymple, daughter of the 6th Earl of Haddington. Sir David was educated at Eton and entered the Inner Temple in 1742. From 1747-1748 he studied Civil Law at Utrecht, and in 1748 was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. He was raised to the Bench as Lord Hailes in 1766 and appointed a Lord of Justiciary in 1776. In addition to his legal activities, Lord...
Dates: 1754-1755.