Rules. Instructions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Authoritative instructions for conduct, especially those governing procedure in a legislative body or in a game, sport, or contest.
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Minute books and cash books of the Incorporation of Sailors of Fisherrow and Musselburgh, or Fisherrow Sailor’s Society, from 1669 to its dissolution in 1889, with relevant papers., 1669-1908.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1995-1999
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1669-1908.
Miscellaneous loose papers of the Knights Companions of the Most Sovereign and Social Order of the Cape and of C.F.D., 1768-1841, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2044
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise: treasurers' accounts, 1776-1808, 1841, undated (folio 3); and rules, lists, minutes of meetings, correspondence, etc., 1768-1826, undated (folio 1, 25).
Dates:
1768-1841, undated.
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 membership lists, 1896-1897, 1958-1973, undated, of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians; with the Society's articles of association, 1927; and byelaws, rules, and other memoranda, 1927, 1937-1938, 1964-1965, undated., 1896-1973, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21587
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:
1896-1973, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Andrew Hunter., 1697-1890, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19733
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Rules for a horse race to be run in the Isle of Man to celebrate the birthday of James, Lord Strange, 1697. This race was inaugurated by the Earls of Derby as Lords of Man probably in the mid 17th century. With the ending of the Derby regime in the 18th century the races fell into abeyance. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Miscellaneous papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside, 1810-1853, including minutes of the Carse of Cowrie Agricultural Club, 1835, and Report to the...
Dates:
1697-1890, undated.
Miscellaneous printed papers of and relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1854-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.25663
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
1854-1914.
Notebook of Robert Jackson, a schoolboy, consisting chiefly of geometrical rules, exercises, and diagrams; followed by some more general mathematical notes, and some punitive 'lines'.
Item
Identifier: MS.9156
Dates:
1788.
'Notes as to Library Arrangements' containing Faculty of Advocates Library rules and guides.
File
Identifier: F.R.336z
Scope and Contents
The guides contain rules, hours, and holidays. Borrowing of books, delivery of books, rooms, law library, books on open shelves, catalogues, new books, periodicals, parliamentary papers, and official publications, maps, subject catalogues and bibliographies, artificial light, objects exhibited, admission of strangers.
Dates:
1 January 1909.
Notes of the lectures of Sir James Young Simpson, titled, "Midwifery by Dr. Simpson, Edinburgh, Nov. '52", taken, partly in shorthand, by Frederick Cock.
File
Identifier: MS.3542
Scope and Contents
Pages 120-134 deal with Chloroform, its history, discovery, effects, and the rules for its use. On pages 240-241 there are drawings of apparatus for the use of chloroform.
Dates:
1852.
Official papers of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1583-1825.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5127-5135
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers are chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
For a genealogical tree of the Erskine family, see MS.5115.
Dates:
1583-1825.
Papers of Alexander Turnbull Christie and others on meteorology., 1821-1838, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9491
Scope and Contents
The notes include meteorological observations made in Egypt in 1831 (folio 33), rules for making observations (folio 89), and records kept in India and Scotland.
Dates:
1821-1838, undated.
Papers of Grillion's Club from Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's election in 1904 to 1910; with lists of members, accounts, rules, circulars and ballot papers., 1904-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.19553
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto. He was educated privately, at Edinburgh University, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. After a brief period of practice on the Northern Circuit, he was elected Liberal M P for Roxburghshire in 1880; in 1886 he opposed Gladstone's Home Rule policy but held his seat as a Liberal Unionist until 1892. After being defeated by a single vote in 1895, Elliot was returned for Durham at a by-election in 1898. He was appointed...
Dates:
1904-1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
Papers of the Booksellers Association, containing conference material, pamphlets, annual report and other related material., 1900-1928, 1945, 1966-1978, 1995, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/214-222
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1928, 1945, 1966-1978, 1995, undated.
Papers of the Incorporation of Sailors of Fisherrow and Musselburgh, or Fisherrow Sailor’s Society, comprising correspondence, petitions to the Society for assistance, receipts, and documents relating to the winding-up of the Society, and, at the end, printed Rules of the Society., 1684-1889.
File
Identifier: MS.1999
Scope and Contents
The papers were loose in an iron box retained by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (see MS.1998, folio iv).
Dates:
1684-1889.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Minute books and cash books of the Incorporation of Sailors of Fisherrow and Musselburgh, or Fisherrow Sailor’s Society, from 1669 to its dissolution in 1889, with relevant papers.
Papers of the International PEN, also containing rules and constitution., 1984-1998.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11849/50-52
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes papers concerning international congresses held in Edinburgh in 1950 and 1997. Also containing some earlier material relating to congresses and membership.
Dates:
1984-1998.
Papers of the Royal Perthshire Local Militia., 1808-1819, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1503
Scope and Contents
The papers are largely regulations, circulars, and instructions from the War Office.
Dates:
1808-1819, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, relating to various subjects.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, concerning Perth or Perthshire, and other papers.
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Papers of the Royal Perthshire Local Militia, Central Battalion, Perthshire.
Papers on the subject of Shinty, 1952-1959
File
Identifier: Acc.14003/13
Scope and Contents
Contains two printed items:
A copy of The Camanachd Association: Constitution and Rules of Play, 1952-1953; Camanachd Cup Final souvenir programme of Kyles Athletic v. Newtonmore, Saturday 11th April, 1959, Glasgow.
Also contains notes by Farquhar Macintosh on the history of shinty, and an address given to the Camanachd Association, written on headed notepaper dated 1959. Macintosh was honorary secretary of Glasgow University Shinty Club.
Dates:
1952-1959
Papers relating to the Territorial Force and National Reserve Movement, and to local volunteer affairs., 1913.
File
Identifier: MS.13392
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:
1913.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto, chiefly in his capacity as Brigadier-General commanding the Scottish Border Volunteer Brigade.
Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters., 1834-1863, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.2877
Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters., 1834-1863, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2877, (i)-(xix), (xxi)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) ‘Proclamation for a Tournament’, held at Corfu, 1834, in Greek, English, and Italian.(ii) Proclamation relating to the Rebecca Riots in Brecon, 1843.(iii) ‘Rules and Regulations to be observed on the occupation of cells of approved construction’, issued by the Adjutant-General, November 1844.(iv) ‘Exercise with Heavy Shot, as a means of enforcing a sentence of hard labour’, undated.Numbers (iii) and...
Dates:
1834-1863, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, with those of other members of his family, residing at Linkwood, Elgin.
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Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters.
Printed copies of the 'Rules of the Advocates Library'.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/36
Dates:
23 December 1898.
Printed rules, lists of members and menu cards relating to the Scottish Mountaineering Club., 1917-2006.
File
Identifier: Acc.13445/106
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Correspondence, climbing journals, and working papers of Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher; including papers of the Ernest Press.
The journals provide a record of the climbing activities of a keen mountaineer. The correspondence files contain both personal and business letters of Hodgkiss. The book files concern publications of the Ernest Press.
Dates:
1917-2006.
Printed rules regarding dealings with tailors of Edinburgh, etc., [1723, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.1957
Scope and Contents
The volume is incomplete, containing pages 17-46 only.
Dates:
[1723, or before.]
Record book of the Westminster Club for 'gentlemen educated at Westminster School’., 1789-1798.
Item
Identifier: MS.6337
Scope and Contents
The volume contains minutes of club meetings at the Thatched House Tavern, 1789-1798 (folio 1), and rules, resolutions and lists of members (folio 80).
Dates:
1789-1798.