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Offprints.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Separately printed portions of larger works, such as periodical articles or book chapters, produced at the same time of issuance as the original from the same setting of type or plates; typically made for the authors' use or for promotional purposes. Distinct from ""reprints"", which, with reference to articles, is used for portions of larger works produced subsequent to the publication of the original, usually but not always from the same setting of type or plates.

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649
Scope and Contents Scrapbook relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. The scrapbook includes: Mossman`s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Edinburgh City Volunteer Artillery, 1893; 17 letters, 1902-1905, of Mossman to his father and `Isabella`, concerning his journey and experiences on board ship, destinations on his journey including Kngstown in Ireland, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Port Stanley, the South Orkneys and Buenos Aires; a letter of William...
Dates: 1893-1938

Annotated and corrected copy of "A bibliography of articles in Blackwood`s Magazine", by A L Strout.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13273
Scope and Contents

Also included are off-prints of articles by, letters to and papers concerning Professor Strout.

Dates: 1959.

Annotated offprints of four articles of Archibald Stalker.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8597
Scope and Contents

Published in "The Quarterly Review" and the "Cornhill Magazine", concerning literary subjects.

Dates: 1919, 1940-1947.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates: 1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.

Correspondence concerning an article entitled 'The English' by Walter Elliot, published in 'The Times Literary Supplement' (7 August 1948); with an offprint of the article.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12338
Scope and Contents

Contains the following:

Letters, 16 and 26 August 1948, of Alan Pryce Jones.

Letter, 25 August 1948, of F.V. Morley, enclosing a postcard, postmarked 19 August 1948, of Phil [ ] to F.V. Morley.

Letters, 7-9 August 1948, of Basil Blackwell, Alfred H. Burne, May Marshall, W.E. Orchard, and H.G. Stokes to the editor of the Times Literary Supplement.

Offprint of ‘The English’.

Dates: 1948.

Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates: 1981-1996, 2010.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15982-15988
Scope and Contents

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

Journal, 1857, of Alexander Gibb of Laurencekirk, containing notes on family outings, and on local history and topography, frequently illustrated with plans and sketches.

 File
Identifier: MS.9168
Scope and Contents

Loosely inserted (folio 53) is a printed article by Alexander Gibb, on 'The Ballad of Jack Monro', an off-print from the ‘Brechin Advertiser’, 9 February 1904.

Dates: 1857, 1904.

Letter of D Nichol Smith to Henry W Meikle, attached to an offprint of Meikle's paper, 'The chair of rhetoric and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh'.

 File
Identifier: MS.8500
Scope and Contents

The letter discusses the contributions of David Masson, George Saintsbury, and G Gregory Smith to the establishment of the Honours School of English.

Dates: 1945.

Literary papers of Alexander Law.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11490
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly concern studies of Scottish schools and school books, education in Edinburgh, and the works of Allan Ramsay. Includes correspondence and papers of Burns Martin and John Walter Oliver on earlier editions of the works of Ramsay.

Dates: circa 1930-1990.

Papers of and concerning John S Haldane.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10889
Scope and Contents

Includes formal documents, 1879-1935, offprints, 1890-circa 1936, and articles, 1936, 1960 and undated, concerning Haldane.

Dates: 1879-1960 and undated.

Papers of Dr Robert Maclagan Gorrie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11264
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts, cuttings and offprints concerning forestry and soil erosion, especially in India.

Dates: 1918-1952.

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11756
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of articles, essays, reviews and translations, many arranged in order by Fraser`s wife, Eileen, with a view to publication in collected form; also includes printed material by Fraser and correspondence concerning his work.

Dates: circa 1957-1980.

Papers of Iain Finlay Maciver.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12930
Scope and Contents

Comprising undergraduate essays and examination scripts; notes for research degree; drafts, versions and off-prints of articles; texts and other scholarly works.

Dates: 1961-2003.

"The Seaforth Papers", an offprint from the "North British Review", bound with letters to the editor, David Douglas.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9610
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Robert Carruthers and Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Dates: circa 1863.

Typsecript verse concerning Sir Patrick Geddes by Dr Arthur Geddes with related notes; printed `Brief Guide to the Scotland Room, The Outlook Tower, Castlehill, Edinburgh`, undated; annotated typescript of `Patrick Geddes as a sociologist` by Dr Arthur Geddes; offprints of four published articles on Patrick Geddes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13661
Scope and Contents i). Two typescript drafts, 1946, undated, of `Olympus and a Mortal Spirit : sonnet to a servant of the Gods, in memory and pressage ; (1854-1932), Patrick Geddes` , by Arthur Geddes, with incomplete comments on the sonnet and Patrick Geddes by Arthur Geddes.ii). Printed `Brief Guide to the Scotland Room, The Outlook Tower, Castlehill, Edinburgh`, undated, with annotations by Arthur Geddes.iii). Typescript, undated, of `Patrick Geddes as Sociologist`, a lecture given...
Dates: 1946-2015, undated