Notes.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.
Found in 3965 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace books of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd., 1907-1970, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27439-27440
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.
Dates:
1907-1970, undated.
Commonplace books of William Soutar containing miscellaneous notes, ideas and odd poems., 1918-1926.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8654-8659
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Dates:
1918-1926.
Communication files of the Gude Cause project with the City of Edinburgh Council., 2008-2009.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/43-50
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:
2008-2009.
Communication files of the Gude Cause project with the City of Edinburgh Council, some with the Events Planning and Organisational Group., 2008-2009.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/43-54
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:
2008-2009.
‘Compendium chymicum 2d. D. Nicolaum Lemery. Inchoatum Parisiis Augusti 18th 1692’, being notes on pharmaceutical preparations with an 'Index remediorum'.., 1692.
File
Identifier: MS.2815
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.
Dates:
1692.
`Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi` by Peter of Poitiers, Chancellor of Paris., 13th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.16(i)
Scope and Contents
This manuscript was not known to Philip S Moore (‘The Works of Peter of Poitiers’, pages 97-117). It is imperfect, beginning with Manasses and Alexander of Macedon, and ending with Saints Paul and Barnabas. The second section of the roll contains part of Richard of Wedinghausen’s treatise on the canon of the Mass (‘Patrologia latina’ 177, column 455 and what follows, where it is attributed to John of Cornwall). The manuscript attributes it to Innocent III. The text breaks off in...
Dates:
13th century.
Compendium relating to kirklands, teinds, stipends, etc., and miscellaneous law notes., Late 17th century-early 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.1943
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Compendium relating to kirklands, teinds, stipends, etc., and containing abstracts, practiques, copies of decisions, and correspondence of the reign of Charles I, commencing with a list of the religious houses in Scotland, with their district, order, and founder (folio i);
(ii) Miscellaneous law-notes, citing decisions from 1666 to 1675 (page 295) with an index (page 551).
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
'Continuation of notes of a visit to Venice, May 1877', by Ann Parminter Pringle, née Black., 1877.
Item
Identifier: MS.10468
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1877.
Contract, schedule, scripts and notes for Grampian TV programme ‘Walking Back to Happiness’ featuring Tom Weir., 1998.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/237
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Weir produced a high volume of written and spoken outputs during his career. The papers here relate to some of the results of that work, including his contributions to radio.
Dates:
1998.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
Contracts and other work-related papers of Jan Struther., 1933-1995, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/36-38
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates:
1933-1995, undated.
Copies, 18th century, of records of Parliament and of the Privy Council., 1401-1570.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.6(i)
Copies, 18th century, of records of Parliament and of the Privy Council., 1570-1602.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.6(ii)
Copies, [?1845-1847], of documents, 1489-1663, and notes etc., 1845-1847, of John Riddell, concerning the successful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to that title., 1489-1663, 1845-1847.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.
Dates:
1489-1663, 1845-1847.
Copies and excerpts of correspondence, April-July, and October 1783, of James Stuart, chiefly in his own hand, with notes., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8406
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
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:
1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
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Copies and excerpts of correspondence of James Stuart, and copies of correspondence and minutes of the Select Committee, Madras.
Copies and notes from official records and Newcastle newspapers relating to the family of Cockburn and their connections., 16th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2997
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The family connections include Butler of Harpendean, Congalton (Congilton), Cumming (Cumine), Fairholme, Fortune, Naismith, Rainnie (Rennie, Rainny). The extracts and notes are taken from various registers in HM Register House, Edinburgh Burgh records, local records in Midlothian, East Lothian, Berwickshire, and Berwick-on-Tweed, and journals.
Dates:
16th century-19th century.
Copies and notes from official records, relating to the family of Cockburn and their connections., 16th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2996
Scope and Contents
Transcripts and translations of Ch.2045-2047 will be found on folios 14-37. Among the documents copied is the will of Alison Cockburn, author of 'The flowers of the forest' (folio 47).
Dates:
16th century-19th century.
Copies by Archibald Constable, titled 'Private', of correspondence, notes and accounts, relating chiefly to Sir Walter Scott and some of his works., 1821-1822.
File
Identifier: MS.23232
Copies made by the Reverend James Scott, probably between 1774 and 1788, of the Perth registers of marriages, baptisms and deaths, 1560-1582, supplemented by material taken from other records for dates thereafter., 1560-1671.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.1.4-31.1.6
Scope and Contents
The supplementary material is taken from `The Chronicle of Perth` (Adv.MS.35.4.4 and see Adv.MS.31.1.3), another small chronicle which had belonged to `Patrick Dundee, merchant in Perth in the beginning of the last century` and from the Kirk Session records of Perth (see Adv.MSS.13.1.3-13.1.4 and 31.1.1-31.1.1A).According to Scott`s preface to Adv.MS.31.1.4, prominent families with houses in or near the town at that time who feature in the records included Stewart Earl of Atholl,...
Dates:
1560-1671.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan.
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25373-25374
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:
Late 18th century.
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 Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25373
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:
Late 18th century.
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 Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes., 1209-1214, late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25374
Scope and Contents
Includes a list of events in Perth, 1209-1214, and a table of tides there in 1210.
Dates:
1209-1214, late 18th century.
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 Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Transcripts of historical documents made for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Copies of charters chiefly to ecclesiastical foundations at Perth, and notes, undated, on the history of the Burgh compiled by Dr Patrick Nisbet for Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
Copies of correspondence and other documents of James Stuart., 1783.
File
Identifier: MS.8411
Scope and Contents
Many of the letters in this volume are duplicates of those in MSS.8408-8409.The papers consist of:(i) 'Journal or Extracts of Letters', 24 February-28 July 1783 (folio 1);(ii) Copies of administrative correspondence, 31 January-9 July 1783 (folio 58);(iii) Copies of administrative correspondence, July-October 1783 (folio 92);(iv) Copies of administrative correspondence, July-September 1783 (folio 118);(v) Copies of...
Dates:
1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Copies of correspondence, chiefly compiled for James Stuart, probably as part of his defence against accusations of inefficiency.
Copies of 'Higden Mappaemundi', numbers 2-18, with 'Higden Cartography', being a typed list of the maps and notes on differences., 14th century-17th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3024
Dates:
14th century-17th century.
Copies of letters, 1802-1806, of Charlotte Edgeworth to her brother and sisters, and of a description by Henry Edgeworth of a journey to Edinburgh, October 1803., 1802-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.2722
Scope and Contents
Two family letters, notes, and copies of poems in various hands have been inserted on folios 20-46.
Dates:
1802-1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).
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Commonplace-books, etc., of Richard Lovell Edgeworth of Edgeworthstown and his family, with some notes in pencil ascribing names, dates, etc., to poems.
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. Volume I., 1793-1794.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vol. I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.