Notebooks.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books of blank pages, usually ruled, used for taking notes, especially by pupils and students for taking class notes or writing or drawing exercises. .
Found in 2938 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of John Buchanan, 'Glasguensis', and papers collected by him, dealing almost exclusively with the history of Glasgow and district., 1759-1899.
File
Identifier: MS.2675
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters of John Buchanan to Joseph Irving, author and journalist, 1856-1859, 1875 (folio 1);(ii) Letters, 1852, 1855-1856, 1859-1863, 1865, of Robert Reid, 'Senex' of the Glasgow Herald, to Buchanan; and a copy of an autobiographical memoir of Reid, 1855, with comments by Buchanan (folio 47);(iii) Letters, 1856, of Hugh James Rollo, Writer to the Signet, the Younger, to Buchanan, with genealogies of the family of Paterson of...
Dates:
1759-1899.
Correspondence and papers of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour., 1805-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19798-19802
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:
1805-1821.
Correspondence and papers of John Rennie concerning Waterloo Bridge., 1810-1818, 1934, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19776-19777
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:
1810-1818, 1934, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart., 1775-1791.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8455
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1775-1791.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop., 1802-1844, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13111-13133
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
General Sir Thomas Hislop's daughter Emma Eleanor Elizabeth married the 3rd Earl of Minto. Most of Sir Thomas Hislop's papers concern business and financial affairs, and his military career, in particular the Deccan Prize Case. But his general correspondence also includes a series of letters from the Venezuelan revolutionist, Francisco de Miranda, with whom Hislop had been connected in the West Indies. The papers of Lady Hislop contain much family material, including a substantial run of...
Dates:
1802-1844, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto, chiefly in his capacity as Brigadier-General commanding the Scottish Border Volunteer Brigade., 1871-1913.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13378-13394
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1871-1913.
Correspondence and papers of Valda Grieve, wife of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1933-1989, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.27221-27239
Scope and Contents
Valda Trevlyn was Christopher Murray Grieve's, "Hugh MacDiarmid's" second wife, whom he married in 1934.
Dates:
1933-1989, undated.
Correspondence and papers of William Elliot of Wells as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1806-1807., 1806-1807.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12908-12927
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1806-1807.
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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells.
Correspondence and papers of William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1814-1891), 3rd Earl of Minto., 1822-1891, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.12238-12364
Scope and Contents
William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates:
1822-1891, undated.
Correspondence, including copies of letters, between Sir Walter Scott and John Murray II. Also included are several letters concerning Scott., 1806-1831, ? late 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42535-42537
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates:
1806-1831, ? late 19th century.
Correspondence, notebooks and journals of the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Rosebery's stepfather., 1840-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10206-10216
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1840-1891, undated.
Correspondence, notebooks, notes and papers of Helen Haldane, née Spurway, second wife of J B S Haldane., 1934-1976, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20641-20654
Correspondence of Alison Fell., 1975-2003.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/82-84
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates:
1975-2003.
Correspondence of Andrew Stuart., 1751-1801, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8250-8257
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane., 1907-1964, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20534-20640
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of the 2nd Earl of Minto concerning his scientific interests, particularly meteorology., 1807-1858, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12225-12237
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1807-1858, undated.
Dairies of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1736-1797.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17768
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1736-1797.
"'Darcy' notebook containing a manuscript of William McIlvanney for act III of 'The attic'"; with some manuscript notes loosely inserted., [?1966-?2015].
File
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 5(31)
'Darcy' notebook containing a manuscript of William McIlvanney for 'The Attic'; with a letter of 'Bob' to McIlvanney loosely inserted., [?1966-?2015].
File
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 5(28)
'Darcy' notebook containing the manuscript of part of a playscript of William McIlvanney., [?1966-?2015].
File
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 5(29)
Dean of the Faculty of the Advocates notebooks and draft letters of David Hope., 1986-1989.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13568/47-55
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series comprises notebooks recording David Hope's legal opinions at different stages of his legal career and a fee notebook recording financial matters.
Dates:
1986-1989.
Devotional and theological papers of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1750-1775.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25396-25412
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:
1750-1775.
Diaries and journals of Colonel Sir Philip Durham Trotter, fifth son of Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn, describing his life as a young man and the greater part of his military career., 1861-1916.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20270-20296
Dates:
1861-1916.
Diaries and notebooks of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, auditor of exchequer., 1736-1761.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17745-17750
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates:
1736-1761.
Diaries and notebooks of David Young Cameron and Katharine Cameron Kay, some containing further sketches., 1895-1965, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8950/13-24
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
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.