Transcripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written, printed, or typed copies of an original text or of words originally spoken, such as of court proceedings, broadcasts, or oral histories. Transcripts are extremely accurate copies with any editorial explanations or notations clearly distinguished from the original, including indications of misspellings or editorial omissions. For less formal copying, or for short documents or single words such as in a vocabulary, use "transcriptions."
Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of transcript, 1809-1814, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of the cartulary, 15th century-16th century, of the cathedral and diocese of Brechin.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.161
Dates:
15th century-16th century.
Microfilm of transcript made by the Reverend Walter MacLeod of the Book of the Dean of Lismore.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.956
Dates:
1897.
Microfilm of transcript of correspondence, memorials, and other documents regarding the Irish Bible printed at the expense of the Honourable Robert Boyle, its distribution in the Scottish Highlands, and the creation there of libraries and schools, with reference to the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.289
Dates:
1678-1708.
‘Minutes of Parliament, Council, and Exchequer, collected by Earl Hadington’, the title in the hand of Sir James Balfour prefacing a volume of copies made for the 1st Earl of Haddington of minutes of Parliament, 1400-1622, of the Privy Council, 1546-1635, and of Exchequer, 1583-1629.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.2 (I)-(II)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Short minutes of the proceedings of Parliament, 1400-1622 (folio 1);
(ii) “Notes furth the books of Secret Council” and “Catalogues of the acts of Secret Council” and “Missive letters in the book of Secret Council” and “Council missives to & from His Majestie”, 1546-1635 (folio 111);
(iii) ‘Minute of the Register of the Chekkers beginnand 16 July 1583 to 17 July 1629’ (folio 527).These notes have originally been written on separate quires...
Dates:
1400-1635.
Miscellaneous collection of letters and other papers of Sir Walter Scott and his contemporaries.
Series
Identifier: MS.786
Dates:
1791-1850, undated.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.15
Dates:
19th century.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.16
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Miscellaneous letters and papers chiefly of the seventeenth century and chiefly relating to affairs in Scotland.
File
Identifier: MS.3368
Scope and Contents
There are some transcripts, notes, and a table of contents in a modern hand.
Dates:
1545-1745.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly concerning Scotland.
File
Identifier: MS.19991
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Part of a volume of annuals of Scotland covering in some detail the years 1602-1624, and more superficially, 1628-1633 (folio 1);
(ii) Transcripts of Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, 1618, 1621, 1644, 1648 (folio 22);
(iii) Royal precept appointing David Muirhead of Drumpark tutor to John son of David Muirhead merchant burgess of Dumfries, 1670 (folio 40);
(iv) Minutes of meetings of the heritors of Berwickshire concerning roads within the county,...
Dates:
1618-1771.
Modern transcript of the Register of the Consultations of the Ministers of Edinburgh and some other brethren of the ministry.
Series
Identifier: MSS.636-637
Dates:
1652-1661.
Nether Lorn, or Campbell, Canntaireachd; with a transcript of Angus Mackay's 'Specimens of Canntaireachd', and a note by Archibald Campbell, Secretary of the Music Committee of the Piobaireachd Society.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3714-3716
Dates:
1797-1950.
Notebook containing transcripts of specifications and articles by various authors relating to a wide variety of small engineering undertakings, owned and chiefly compiled by R Blackadder.
Item
Identifier: MS.19981
Scope and Contents
R Blackadder worked in Dundee, and appears to have been a member of the family of mapmakers and civil engineers from Berwickshire. He was part estate management consultant and part engineer. His interests ranged from manure and drainage, to the construction of damheads, ice houses, bridges, and railway curves. He also made notes on landlord tenant relations, on crop rotation, and on the organisation of various large estates. His work was primarily in Angus, but he spent some time in...
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
'Notes and Memorandums calculated to refresh the mind of the Writer and to excite Reflection. Partly transcribed from a previous book of Notandums' by Alexander Kincaid Mackenzie.
Item
Identifier: MS.10992
Scope and Contents
Alexander Mackenzie was a merchant who became Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1817. Much of the material is autobiographical and covers the author's life up to 1829. It includes family matters (especially the military career in India of his eldest son, James), finance, and politics with special reference to their effect on trade and the economy. There are also remarks on events in Edinburgh, particularly during Mackenzie's provostship, such as royal visits, the introduction of gas lighting, and...
Dates:
[1829, or after.]
Notes concerning, and transcripts of, chronicles and other material from various Welsh manuscripts made by William Forbes Skene.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.21
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Notes of Dr Alexander Mitchell for a biography of John Gibson Lockhart, taken chiefly from manuscript material in the National Library of Scotland.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5210-5265
Scope and Contents
The notes fill fifty-four notebooks (MSS.5210-5263).
MSS.5264-5265 contain miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning John Gibson Lockhart.
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates:
2012-2014
Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
Series
Identifier: MSS.14870-14872
Scope and Contents
Due to the War and Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin’s early death, neither work was published. The papers were used however by Professor John Fraser in publishing his collection of Quiggin’s Book of the Dean of Lismore transcripts, ‘Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore’.
Dates:
1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers of Robert Cadell and the Stevenson family, additional to MSS.21001-21069: Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell and his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21070-21071
Dates:
1801-1941, undated.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Dates:
1959-1990.
Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).
File
Identifier: MS.14952
Scope and Contents
The Reverend Donald Stewart, a native of the Loch Earn district of Perthshire, was a minister of St Mark’s, Demerara, from his arrival 29 April 1831 to his death seven months later. The contents are as follows.(i) Lease of Lednascriden, Balquhidder, 1776 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Donald Stewart, Georgetown, 30 April 1831, to his father and brother, both John Stewart, Findglen, Loch Earn. A further letter, dated Georgetown, 2 May 1831, is cross-written on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1776, 1831, undated
Poems and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3788-3794
Scope and Contents
All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.
Dates:
1881-1887, undated.
Poems of George Lauder, transcribed, 17th century, chiefly from printed copies indicated in the manuscript.
File
Identifier: MS.1806
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the following poems.
(i) Valedictory Address, 1622. (Folio 1.)(ii) On the Execution of Charles I. Printed: Delft, 1649. (Folio 2.)(iii) 'Good Wishes to His Highnes the Prince upon His Birth Day, 14 November'. (Folio 3.)(iv) 'The wnconstant Lover', 1624. (Folio 3 verso.)(v) 'For the Heroycall L: Colonel Lauder ... A Christmas Carol'. Signed: F G. (Folio 4.)(vi) 'The Souldiers Wishe'. Printed: Edinburgh, J...
Dates:
17th century.
‘Reports of ministers’, contemporary copies of answers of ministers to queries of a committee of the General Assembly concerning the augmentation of ministers’ stipends.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.7
Dates:
1749-1750.