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Plans (orthographic projections).

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to drawings, sketches, prints, computer graphics, or works in other media depicting a building or any object viewed from above, geometrically represented as projected on a horizontal plane. The term is particularly used to refer to drawings or other images showing the relative positions of all the parts of a building, or of the parts of any one floor, roof, or other part of a building in horizontal section; it is thus distinguished from vertical sections or elevations. The term can also be used collectively to refer to sets of drawings or other images for a project, including plans per se as well as other drawings, such as sections. For general reference to depictions or photographs showing structures or sites seen from directly above, use ""plan views""For representations of portions of the Earth's surface use ""maps"" or ""plans (maps)"" .

Found in 486 Collections and/or Records:

Maps and plans from the papers of the family Lockhart of Lee and Carnwath.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.27638-27847
Dates: Majority of material found within 1770-1915, 1958, undated.

Maps and plans of the Elliot family of Minto., 1694-1909.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13421-13455 [Map Library]
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: 1694-1909.

Maps, plans, papers relating thereto, and photostats, chiefly concerning lands in Stirlingshire., 1725-circa 1850, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.5115
Scope and Contents Plan of the Fields of Inveresk as distinguished by the valuators and division of the same among the several heritors…[1756]. 1756. 29.5 x 20.5 inches. 8 Chains to an inch. Shows names of property owners and descriptions and names of fields. Thomas Phinn (sculpt.). (Part 4.) Plan of an estate in West Florida, USA 1767. . . Photostats of plans. (Part 5.)Johnston's Map of the County of Stirling with the railways 1850. Printed item. Johnston, William & Alexander...
Dates: 1725-circa 1850, undated.

Military maps and plans, chiefly of Fort George., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1650 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.

Dates: 18th century.

Military maps and plans chiefly of Fort William and Fort George., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1646 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.

Dates: 18th century.

Military maps and plans, including Braemarr Castle, Corgarff, and various other districts., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1649 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.

Dates: 18th century.

Military maps and plans, including Fort Augustus and Inverness., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1647 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.

Dates: 18th century.

Military maps and plans, including Perth, Kiliwhiman, and Inversnait., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1648 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.

Dates: 18th century.

Military maps and plans of Edinburgh Castle, Stirling Castle, and Fort William., 18th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.1645 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers include plans of forts and barracks, showing progress of work and proposed additions (notably at Fort George, Fort Augustus, Fort William, and Edinburgh), and surveys of roads.

Dates: 18th century.

Miscellaneous lists, minutes and other papers of and relating to the Cameron family., 1692-1900, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9174/44-46
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates: 1692-1900, undated.

Miscellaneous manuscripts from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1558-1897.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.6503-6511
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers derive from four main sources: material relating to the Halketts of Pitfirrane, to the Wedderburns of Gosford, to Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, and to John McFarlane, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1709). The last male heir in the direct line of the Halkett family, Sir James (succeeded 1697), died in 1705, ending the baronetcy created in 1671. On his death his eldest sister, Janet, succeeded to Pitfirrane. She had married Sir Peter Wedderburn, 1st Baronet of Gosford, who now...
Dates: 1558-1897.

Miscellaneous manuscripts, received unbound., 1650-?1935.

 File
Identifier: MS.5841
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Declaration by Sir John Smith about the expenses of the 1650 mission to Charles II at Breda, on which he and the 3rd Earl of Lothian were sent. (Folio 1.)(ii) Two letters (one a draft, the second a copy) written by the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire to the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 1766, and to the Countess of Suffolk, undated, describing his experiences as ambassador at the Russian Court, 1762-1765. Part of the second letter is printed in...
Dates: 1650-?1935.

Miscellaneous material of and concerning the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1582, 17th century-19th century.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5008-5018
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

Dates: 1582, 17th century-19th century.

Miscellaneous notes, sketches, plans and photographs., 1897-1909, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10681
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous notes, chiefly on sociology and symbolism, 1908-1909, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Sketches and plans, 1897-1902, undated, including a series of plans of the High Street area of Edinburgh (folio 75);

(iii) Photographs of Baalbek and other archaeological sites, undated (folio 98).

Dates: 1897-1909, undated.

Miscellaneous papers of the Airth estate., 1719-1848, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.10885
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates: 1719-1848, undated.

Miscellaneous papers of the Airth estate., 1719-1848, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10885 [1 of 2]
Scope and Contents The papers consist of:(i) Plans and measures including some architectural drawings for estate cottages, and some measures of rooms in the castle, 1719-1823, undated (folio 1);(ii) Measurements of trees, 1826-1848 (folio 103);(iii) Papers, 1736-1755, relating to the sale of a backshop in Edinburgh by James Graham of Airth, Judge Admiral, to John Hope and Archibald Cockburn, including a valuation, 1736, by William Adam (folio 113);(iv)...
Dates: 1719-1848, undated.

Miscellaneous papers of the Ker family., 1575-early 19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5442-5461
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

Dates: 1575-early 19th century.