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Proceedings, 1813, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11441-11462
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1813.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department., 1808, 1810-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11463-11570
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1808, 1810-1813.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1807-1813
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11366-11462
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807-1813
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
Proceedings with synopsis, 1807, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1807.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11366-11367
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Proceedings with synopsis, 1808, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1808.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11368-11369
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1808.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Proceedings with synopsis, 1809, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11370-11389
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1809.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Proceedings, with synopsis, 1810, of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department., 1810.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11464-11489
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1810.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department.
Proceedings, with synopsis, 1810, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1810.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11390-11399
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1810.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Proceedings, with synopsis, 1811, of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department., 1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11490-11527
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1811.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department.
Proceedings, with synopsis, 1811, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11400-11406
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1811.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Proceedings, with synopsis, 1812, of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department., 1812.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11528-11549
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1812.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Political Department.
Proceedings, with synopsis, 1812, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1812.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11407-11440
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1812.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Publicity material and contracts for the short story anthologies of Ian Rankin; developmental materials for various short stories by Ian Rankin. , 1983-2003.
File
Identifier: MS.50470
Scope and Contents
Publicity material for the short story anthologies of Ian Rankin.Publicity material for Ian Rankin's collection of short stories 'Beggar's Banquet', 2002-2003, including listings for radio programme of Ian Rankin reading 'Beggar's Banquet' in Books in the Media. Folios 1-12.Advertisement for Ian Rankin's short stories anthology 'Herbert in Motion', 1997, from Revolver. Folio 13.*MissingContract for short story anthology...
Dates:
1983-2003.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
Records of the Innerleithen and Walkerburn Co-operative Societies.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.177
Dates:
1875-1971.
Synopses, contents lists, and preliminary pages of intended publications of Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., ?1935-[circa 1975], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27082
Scope and Contents
While some of these are complete and take the form in which they were submitted to publishers, many are merely brief notes of ideas for books, and possibly for material to be used in talks and articles.
Dates:
?1935-[circa 1975], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Prose works of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Broadcasts and speeches of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Editorial work of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Synopses, manuscripts and corrected typescripts of the fourth series of the Linmill stories by Robert McLellan., 1965.
File
Identifier: MS.26414
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Robert McLellan wrote a number of short stories, chiefly based on his own childhood at Linmill fruit farm in Lanarkshire, many of which were both broadcast and published.
Dates:
1965.
Synopses of intended publications of James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’., 1932-1934, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26060
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Two synopses of a history of America before Columbus, 1932 (folio l);
(ii) Plan of a work on the conquest of the Maya, undated (folio 21);
(iii) Synopsis of a history of mankind, 1934, with a letter from C S Evans, the publisher (folio 25);
(iv) Synopsis of 'Memoirs of a materialist', an autobiographical work, 1934 (folio 36);
(v) Synopsis of 'The Story of religion', undated (folio 43);
(vi) Notes from a sequel to ‘Stained Radiance’, undated (folio 54);
(vii)...
Dates:
1932-1934, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers chiefly typescripts of the publications of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'.
Synopses of screenplays by Roger MacDougall, including some written with Allan MacKinnon.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13347
Scope and Contents
A small collection of synopses, libretti and scripts of stage and screen plays by Roger MacDougall (1910-1993), including some written with Allan MacKinnon (1912-1955), and one with Alexander MacKendrick (1912-1993). All but one are undated and the estimated date range is circa 1935-1945. They were found among the papers of Edward Owen Marsh, translator and adapter (information from vendor). The synopses were presumably written for submission to theatres and film studios in the hope that a...
Dates:
circa 1935-1945.
Synopses of the pageant and notes on the historical background by Robert McLellan., 1964.
File
Identifier: MS.26367
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Robert McLellan's early plays were intended for the stage, but he later wrote for both radio and television. Not all were published, and many circulated in typescript copies.
Dates:
1964.
Synopses of the proceedings, 1809, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department., 1809.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11388-11389
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1809.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Proceedings of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General in Council.
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Proceedings of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
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Proceedings with synopsis, 1809, of the Governor-General in Council, Secret Department.
Synopsis and corrected manuscript of Forbes Macgregor, "What is Education in Scotland? An Orbit of Minerva" (1970).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7867
Dates:
1970.
Synopsis and early drafts of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1962.
File
Identifier: MS.26136
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sydney Goodsir Smith wrote a number of plays, of which the best known is ‘The Wallace’ (Edinburgh, 1960). Most of the manuscripts of his plays are unpublished and undated.
Dates:
1962.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
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Plays of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
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Synopsis, manuscript and corrected typescript of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Synopsis by Sir Robert Ker Porter of part of a dramatised version of ‘Marmion’, from Act 4, scene 3 to the end (Act 5, scene 4).
File
Identifier: MS.15938
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is undated, and the paper watermarked 1806.
The synopsis is followed (folio 10 verso) by a list of manuscripts compiled by Sir Thomas Phillipps, of Sir Robert Ker Porter, his sister Jane, and other members of his family.
Dates:
[1806, or after.]
Synopsis for 'Fakers, forgers & phoneys'., 2002-2004.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/115
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
2002-2004.
Synopsis, manuscript and corrected typescript of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1962.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26136-26138
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sydney Goodsir Smith wrote a number of plays, of which the best known is ‘The Wallace’ (Edinburgh, 1960). Most of the manuscripts of his plays are unpublished and undated.
Dates:
1962.