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Articles.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literary compositions prepared for publication as an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, encyclopedia, or other work.

Found in 921 Collections and/or Records:

G F Ross, "Article on Piobaireachd with a Collection of 25 Tunes" (1942).

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8383
Scope and Contents

Includes:

lecture, 1952, of Archibald Campbell of Kilberry, "Some Aspects of Highland Pipe Music"

four tunes, undated, of Robert Meldrum.

Dates: 1942-1952 and undated.

Geography notes, chiefly by Elisée Reclus with typescript of his lectures, 1930., ?1920-[1936], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10631
Scope and Contents Also included are typescripts of memoranda by Paul Otlet on the Palais Mondial (folio 99), a lecture, undated, by Marcel Hardy on botanical geography (folio 148), a typescript of a paper, ?1920, by H W Lyons, Professor of Economics at Indore Christian College (folio 164), and a typescript and revised galley-proof of 'A museum of human geography at Domme, Dordogne', by Arthur Geddes, published in ‘Geography’, volume xxi (1936), pages 226-227 (the typescript is falsely dated 1946) (folio...
Dates: ?1920-[1936], undated.

Historical material pertaining to A S Arnot of Calabar., 1899-1946.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10903/69-75
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Chiefly relating to links with Women's Guilds at home and centenary celebrations, but also with material relevant to the history of Women's Forrign Missions. There is also a large number of play scripts in this accession.

Dates: 1899-1946.

Journal articles, press cuttings, book reviews and verse of and relating to Hamish Brown, with some letters and typescripts of verse pasted in., 1960-2008.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13060/64-88
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The principal interest of the collection lies in the extensive series of 'Log books', 1961-2008, recording Hamish Brown's endeavours in many fields including his climbing activities and travel, notably to Morocco.Hamish Brown is best known for his climbing and walking expeditions in the Highlands. He has completed multiple rounds of the Munros including tackling all the peaks in one trip using only ferries and a bicycle as transport. Between 1960 and 1972 he was in charge of...
Dates: 1960-2008.

'Journal of a Tour to the Continent in Autumn, 1815, with Walter Scott, John Scott, Esqr., of Gala, and Alexr. Pringle, Younger of Whitebank', by Robert Bruce, Advocate, afterwards Sheriff of Argyll.

 Item
Identifier: MS.991
Scope and Contents

The journal runs from 28 July to 23 August. With it are a passport and letter (folio 23) of Robert Bruce, 1815, an article of the donor regarding the manuscript cut from ‘Chambers’s Journal’ (folio 25), and a letter of the donor, 1934, giving further information (folio 27).

Dates: 1815.

Journal of George Moncrieff-Scott of a visit to the United States., 1962-1963, 1965.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26971
Scope and Contents

The journal gives George Scott-Moncrieff's impressions of the country during his travels from New Jersey through the southern states to California and back to Florida and the eastern states. There is also a fragment of a later journal, 1965 (folio 76). The inverted folios contain drafts of articles and a story about America.

Dates: 1962-1963, 1965.

Journal of Margaret Ramsay; volume 4., 1825-1826.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.6.6
Scope and Contents From the Series: The journal is partly in shorthand, but there is a summary at the end of each year except 1834 and 1840. The writer also made a yearly list of the births, marriages and deaths of her friends, and of the sermons she had heard.A copy of an article on the journal by Sir James Balfour Paul in ‘Chambers`s Journal’, 7th series, xi (1921), pages 221-224, together with his letter presenting the volumes to the Advocates` Library, is inserted in Adv.MS.22.6.6. (folios i-iii). A...
Dates: 1825-1826.

Journals, 1916-1917, of Mary Lee Milne, kept while serving with a unit of the Scottish Women`s Hospitals in Russia and Romania.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6318
Scope and Contents

With article, 1918, of Milne, "The Dobruja Retreat".

Dates: 1916-1918.

Journals, notebooks and other papers of Sir James Mann Wordie, polar explorer, mostly relating to his tours and expeditions.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12559/1-99
Scope and Contents

Journals, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, press-cuttings and related papers, 1903-1959, n.d., of and relating largely to the expeditions of polar exploration and scientific discovery, travel and mountaineering activities of Sir James Mann Wordie, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge (1889-1962).

Dates: 1865-1959.

Làithean sona agus làithean dona, 1954

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14003/23
Scope and Contents

Essay headed "Làithean sona agus làithean dona", part of which appeared in the Weekly Scotsman's column "A Highland Notebook" in 1954; see also Acc.14003/15. With further notes on lucky and unlucky days and traditions connected with certain days of the week.

Dates: 1954

‘Lays and lyrics’ by Charles Gray (Edinburgh, 1841) with pencil and wash illustrations, 1846, of A A Ritchie.

 File
Identifier: MS.15947
Scope and Contents

At the back of the volume, “A familiar Epistle, addressed to Peter M'Leod, Esq., of Polbeth” by Charles Gray (Edinburgh, 1845) has been bound in.

There are also manuscript verses by A A Ritchie (folio 1), class certificates, 1833-1834, of Charles Gray's son, Charles E Gray, from St Andrews University (folio 3) and a newspaper article, 1845, on Gray's poetry (folio 9).

Dates: 1833-1846.

Leaf from the copybook of John Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6821
Scope and Contents

With an associated article.

Dates: 1629-1632.

Lectures and articles by James Campbell., 1895-1897, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10260
Scope and Contents

The papers include: 'The tying and untying of a Celtic knot', a lecture to the Celtic Union, Edinburgh, 1895 (folio 1); 'The strength of the hills', a lecture to the Glasgow Gaelic Society, 1897 (folio 38); 'Amalgamated holdings in Scotland', a letter to the ‘Daily telegraph’, 1896 (folio 70).

There are also some genealogical notes on the Campbells of Lochnell and Bragleen (folio 111).

Dates: 1895-1897, undated.

Lectures and articles of Fanny Bullock Workman and Dr William Hunter Workman, 1897-1909.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13773/1-3
Content Description From the Collection:

Lectures, articles, photographs, miscellaneous papers relating to cycling and mountaineering activities. With trunks and articles of clothing.

Dates: 1897-1909.

Lectures and articles of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1919-1964, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.50171-50226
Scope and Contents

A comprehensive collection of the writings of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn including published and unpublished articles, lectures and reviews.

Dates: 1919-1964, undated.

Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1631-1829, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.5330
Scope and Contents Legal and miscellaneous documents comprising the following: (i) Bills, etc., 1683-1812 (number 1); (ii) Certificates, 1761-1815 (number 38); (iii) Measurements of land, etc., 1766-1821 (number 50); (iv) Assessments, 1808-1819 (number 83); (v) Articles of roup, 1768-1811 (number 93); (vi) Inventories of books, writs, etc., circa 1695-1824 (number 98); (vii) Miscellaneous memoranda, 1631-1829, undated (number 117); (viii) Miscellaneous legal documents, 1641-1828 (number 242); (ix)...
Dates: 1631-1829, undated.

Letter of James Browne, the historian of the Highlands, to William Tait, the publisher., 1835.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3278, folios 188-189
Scope and Contents

In his letter James Browne criticises the arrangements for a dinner to be given by the Edinburgh Citizens' Society in honour of Daniel O'Connell, 1835. There is also an article by Browne (folio 189), entitled 'The spirit of the time'.

Dates: 1835.

Letter of Thomas Stewart to Henry M Caddell.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9816
Scope and Contents

Concerns the prevention of the waste of water, with accompanying printed article by Stewart.

Dates: 1882.