Minutes. Administrative records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records of what was said and done at meetings or conferences.
Found in 965 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of the Saint George Quartet Club, 1907-1908, 1910, 1932; with rules, 1903; and draft minutes etc., 1907-1932.
File
Identifier: MS.21667
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Saint George Quartet Club was founded in 1874 to encourage the performance and appreciation of chamber music, principally for strings. The Club had a large repertoire and seems generally to have kept abreast of developments in music until at least the First World War. Around 1938 it was taken over by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians.
Dates:
1907-1932.
Correspondence of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, with some of other members of their circle., 1816-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2883
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is preceded by a copy, 1876 (watermark), of the Minutes of Kirkcaldy Town Council, 1815-1816, relating to the appointment of Thomas Carlyle as schoolmaster there, and a printed notice, 1816, of Smith and Johnstone's school at Ecclefechan. Mrs Carlyle's letters, 1821-1826 and undated, include several written to Carlyle before their marriage. The writers include: Henry Duncan, Minister of Ruthwell, 1827 (on German theology); Allan Cunningham, 1832, 1837, 1839; Harriet...
Dates:
1816-1875, undated.
Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1841-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.3260
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence deals in large part with surveys, leases, and other business relating to estates in Morayshire and elsewhere in Scotland. Sir George Brown's letters refer to regimental matters and to general affairs in the places where he is stationed - London, various Mediterranean stations, 1822-1836, Ireland, 1825, 1837, and the Crimea, 1854. Among the correspondents are: William Leslie, the eccentric Minister of Lhanbryde, 1811, 1816, undated; William Young Sellar and his relatives,...
Dates:
1841-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of the Brown family, Linkwood, with some of the family of William Leslie, Minister of Lhanbryde.
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Correspondence, chiefly of George Brown, Provost of Elgin, Major-General John Brown, Regional Support Command, General Sir George Brown, and Peter Brown, Linkwood.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1895-2012.
Correspondence, reports, minutes etc., of the Malabar Commission., 1799-1800.
File
Identifier: MS.13609
Scope and Contents
Alexander Walker became a member of the Malabar Commission in 1800 with a particular responsibility for investigating unrest among the Mapilla chieftains in the Southern District. This led to an extensive correspondence with George Waddell, Southern Superintendent, and with John Spencer, President of the Commission.
Dates:
1799-1800.
Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9010/1-247
Scope and Contents
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:
1914-1985.
Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.
Correspondence, typescripts and papers of Galliard Publishing.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11730
Dates:
1989-1993 and undated.
Deeds and papers concerning the lands and barony of Lednock or Lynedoch., 1692-1787.
File
Identifier: MS.16273
Scope and Contents
Included are some minutes, 1725-1738, of the Barony Court (folios 71-83).
Dates:
1692-1787.
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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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Deeds for Balgowan and Lynedoch lands.
Diary of John Ballantyne, printer, containing entries covering the period December 1814 to July 1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.5059
Scope and Contents
Also included are:
(i) Three of John Ballantynes' letters, 1820-1821 (tipped-in at folios 1, 16 and 19);
(ii) Minutes of a meeting, in June 1821, of Ballantynes' trustees (tipped-in at folio 22);
(iii) A letter, 1821, of Ballantynes' brother, James (tipped-in at folio 26).
On the flyleaf is a note concerning the provenance and identity of the volume.
Dates:
December 1814-July 1818, 1821.
Digital files of the Gude Cause Archive., 1908-1911, 1968, 2006-2010, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/1-228
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
1908-1911, 1968, 2006-2010, undated.
Disbound journals of the House of Lords., 1739-1741.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14789-14790
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Except where specified otherwise, the volumes were received bound.
Dates:
1739-1741.
Disbound journals of the House of Lords., 1739-September 1740.
Item
Identifier: MS.14789
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Except where specified otherwise, the volumes were received bound.
Dates:
1739-September 1740.
Disbound journals of the House of Lords., November 1740-1741.
File
Identifier: MS.14790
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Except where specified otherwise, the volumes were received bound.
Dates:
November 1740-1741.
‘Distinction in the separate command . . . under the authority of His Excel. Lieut. Gen. Sir Eyre Coote, K.B., etc.’: a volume of printed correspondence prepared by James Stuart., 1783.
Item
Identifier: MS.8446
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With the exception of MS.8455, these volumes of printed correspondence were prepared by James Stuart in answer to the accusations raised against him. The contents duplicate to a large extent letters recorded elsewhere in the catalogue. The majority of the volumes contain manuscript indexes and abstracts, and manuscript marginal notes.
Dates:
1783.
Document recording the proceedings of the Baron Court of Castlecary.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6222
Dates:
1751-1752.
Documents received and retained by James Johnston which relate to the management and administration of the Army Museums Ogilby Trust., 1996-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/360-363
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:
1996-2002.
Documents relating to meetings and conferences attended by James Johnston during his role as Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine., 1986-1988.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/229-233
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:
1986-1988.
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 as Chief Administrative Officer of the British Army of the Rhine.
Draft minute-book, preceded by minutes of the Kelso branch of the Scottish Painters' Society., 20 October 1944-19 April 1951, 23 June 1938-1 October 1938.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4412/6
Dates:
20 October 1944-19 April 1951, 23 June 1938-1 October 1938.
Draft minutes., 1878-1902.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5018/1-41
Draft minutes of meetings of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate and of committees., 1828-1876.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1964-1965
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1828-1876.
Draft minutes of meetings of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate and of committees., 1828-1849.
File
Identifier: MS.1964
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1828-1849.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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Draft minutes of meetings of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate and of committees.
Draft minutes of meetings of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate and of committees., 1850-1876.
File
Identifier: MS.1965
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1850-1876.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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Draft minutes of meetings of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate and of committees.
Draft minutes of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, 1878-1900, and of the United Free Church of Scotland, 1901-1902.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.159- is now Acc.5018.
Dates:
1878-1902.
Drafts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Contribution to Discussion on “The Nature and Function of Phantasy”’ by Susan Isaacs; ‘Endopsychic Structure Considered in terms of Object-Relationships’; ‘Psychoanalysis’; ‘The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders’; and, ‘Object Relations and Dynamic Structure’., 1943-1946.
File
Identifier: MS.50192
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically. 1943.‘Contribution to Discussion on “The Nature and Function of Phantasy” by Susan Isaacs`.Amended typescript, 1943, of a paper, ‘Contribution to Discussion on “The Nature and Function of Phantasy” [by Susan Isaacs]`, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read on behalf of Fairbairn by Edward Glover at a meeting of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, 17 February 1943. The typescript has been amended by...
Dates:
1943-1946.