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Portraits.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Representations of real individuals that are intended to capture a known or supposed likeness.

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 5., 1658-1812.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1317
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Miniature portrait of Marjory Fleming, inscribed on a label on the back of the case 'Pet Marjory, from her sister Miss Fleming, 1880' (MS.1096);Diaries, [before 1812], of Marjory Fleming (MSS.1097-1099);Letters and poems of Marjory Fleming; letters of her mother, and of her cousin Isabella Keith, 1811-1812, undated (MS.1100);'Extracts from Mrs. Fielding's journal while we were abroad together in 1781', made by the Honourable...
Dates: 1658-1812.

Minute book of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians with numerous inserts, including press cuttings, correspondence and reports., 1912-1934.

 File
Identifier: MS.21589
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates: 1912-1934.

Miscellaneous certificates and portraits of Robert McLellan., 1922-?1962, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26457
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.

Dates: 1922-?1962, undated.

Miscellaneous letters and documents.

 File
Identifier: MS.819
Dates: 1643, 1661, 19th century.

Miscellaneous material of the Faculty of Advocates.

 Series
Identifier: F.R.500-F.R.509
Dates: ?19th century-?20th century.

Miscellaneous material relating to the life and career of John Rennie., [1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.19934
Scope and Contents

The material includes a memorandum in John Rennie's own hand concerning some of his major works, biographical sketches by Sir John and George Rennie, lists of reports compiled by Rennie and at one time in Sir John's possession, printed obituary notices by Charles Dupin, and A H F Sohlichtegrol, genealogical material concerning the Rennies and related families, and papers relating to the Society of Civil Engineers, and the Smeatonian Society, l821-early 20th century.

Dates: [1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.

Miscellaneous papers.

 Series
Identifier: MS.1001

Miscellaneous papers., 1760-1868, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15176-15180
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1760-1868, undated.

Miscellaneous papers, chiefly of the seventeenth century, relating to private, domestic, and public matters.

 File
Identifier: MS.3830
Scope and Contents

Included are letters to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, various members of the Townshend family, George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow, and Sir Michael Stanhope, son of Sir Michael Stanhope (died 1552).

Dates: 17th century.

Miscellaneous papers concerning John Cam Hobhouse., 1819-20th century

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42302-42304
Scope and Contents

The miscellaneous material relating to John Cam Hobhouse here consists of portraits, a letter to his father about his half-brother, a typescript list of the whereabouts of material relating to Hobhouse, and photocopies of some material relating to Hobhouse.

Dates: 1819-20th century

Miscellaneous papers, mostly relating to Jacobites., 1693-1825, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.6290, folios 3-134
Scope and Contents The papers include: a copy of a declaration, 1693, of James II to his Jacobite subjects, after his flight (folio 3); political verse, early 17th and 18th centuries (folio 5); copies of two speeches in the Scottish Parliament, 1702, one anonymous, concerning Presbyterian government (folio 18), and one by the Duke of Hamilton, signifying his retirement from Parliament (folio 19); a list, 1715, of clan chiefs, showing their political allegiances (folio 20); a copy of a letter, 1715, written by...
Dates: 1693-1825, undated.

Miscellaneous papers of the Dunlop family., 1797-mid 20th century.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9301-9307
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...
Dates: 1797-mid 20th century.