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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:

Copies of critical and bibliographical articles of J Randolph Cox.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6524
Scope and Contents

Concerning John Buchan.

Dates: 1966-1969.

Copies of excerpts of letters to Dr J D Ross Watt, and miscellaneous articles on subjects relating to the bagpipes., 1880-1913, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9621
Scope and Contents

The contents are arranged as follows:

Copies of excerpts of letters, 1911-1913, undated, from various correspondents, including Dr Charles Bannatyne, John Grant, and Dr K N MacDonald, to Dr J D Ross Watt, 1911-1913, undated (folio 1);

An article, undated, on canntaireachd possibly by Alexander K Cameron (folio 90);

Miscellaneous copies of printed articles, 1880, undated, on subjects relating to the bagpipes (folio 111).

Dates: 1880-1913, undated.

Copies of papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rents.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.17
Scope and Contents On the first leaf is the inscription “Concerning the Chekker and the Kingis rent 1591”.The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.3.11.The contents are as follows: (i) Act of Suretie for Angus McConell of Dunecraig, 1591 (folio 3); (ii) The King’s command to the Seals anent the revocation, 1591 (folio 4); (iii) Act of Suretie for McClane of Dowart, 1591 (folio 11); (iv) Copies of papers by the King, Checker,...
Dates: 1546-Late 16th century.

Copies of papers of L L Ardern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9693
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes and printed articles.

Dates: 1953-1969 and undated.

Copies of photographs of the Anderson family in the Falkland Islands and Patagonia, with biographical material relating to George Anderson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9031
Scope and Contents George Anderson (1865-1925) emigrated to the Falkland Islands in 1884 with a five-year contract to work as a shepherd. In 1891 he formed a company with four other Scottish shepherds to start a sheep farm in Patagonia, Argentina. It took George nearly eight years to find suitable land in this remote region. Eventually, in 1898 after several unsuccessful expeditions and many privations, he found a place near Cape Watchman.Although life in Patagonia was isolated and sometimes...
Dates: 1884-circa 1920, undated.

Copies of various lectures or articles by John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, with a few associated letters., 1953, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1973.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11628/259
Scope and Contents

Containing:

(i) ‘Glance at Jamaica’, Blackwood Magazine, November 1953.

(ii) ‘Findlay Memorial lecture’, Cardiff High School, 1957.

(iii) ‘East-West Struggle in the United Nations’, Optima, 1962.

(iv) ‘The Eskimos of Canada’, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, November 1964.

(v) ‘The Klondyke God Rush’, ibid, November 1973.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1953, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1973.

Copy-book and Latin exercises written by John, Robert and William Scott of Gilmanscleuch.

 File
Identifier: MS.5068
Scope and Contents

Comments on the manuscript by Sir J A H Murray are interspersed throughout the volume. Also included is his article, 'Concerning an old copy-book', in 'Leisure Hour', 1 January 1871.

Dates: 1629-1632, [1871, or before].

Copy of Orlo Williams, "The Evacuation of the Dardanelles".

 File
Identifier: Acc.1700
Scope and Contents

Article published in the National Review, includes letter and marginalia of Major-General Granville-Egerton.

Dates: circa 1946.

Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written in or about 1662.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.14
Scope and Contents The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and illustrated with references to earlier case-decisions, and most of the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. According to a note inside the front cover, dated Perth, 4th August 1731, this copy was written by Sir Alexander Falconer, Lord Halkerton, in his own hand.The lists of paragraphs have been omitted...
Dates: Circa 1662.

Copy of the "Report of proceedings connected to The East Indian's petition to Parliament, 1831", including an article on the report from the 'Calcutta review' (1849), and 'The Eurasian movement of 1829-30', from the 'Calcutta review' (1833)., 1831, 1833, 1849.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9260/62
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.

Dates: 1831, 1833, 1849.

Copy used for the publication in book form of ‘Life of Mansie Wauch’ by David Macbeth Moir, with other writings.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3054
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Printed pages of “Blackwood's Magazine”, containing the articles corresponding to the 1828 edition, chapters iii-v, viii-x, xii, xvi-xxiii (folios 119-157);(ii) Manuscript of all the matter in the 1828 edition not contained in (i) above, except 'The Curate of Suverdsio' in chapter xi (folios 1-32, 41-55, 75-80, 83-84);(iii) Manuscript of 'The June Jaunt', “Blackwood's Magazine”, December 1828; this forms chapter xxii of the...
Dates: [1822, or after-1839, or before.]

Corrected typescripts of lectures and articles of Annie Isabella Dunlop., 1943-1968, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6568/23-60
Scope and Contents

The first section consists of lectures and talks in which Dr Dunlop drew on her own experiences of work and travel in Rome, Poland and elsewhere.

Dates: 1943-1968, undated.