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Microfilm of Drafts and notes [1801-1802] of Joseph Strutt for the novel, ‘Emma Darcy, or, the Manners of Old Times’, which Sir Walter Scott completed and published as ‘Queenhoo-Hall’ in 1808.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.280
Dates:
[1801-1802].
Microfilm of drafts of parts of volume 2 and volume 4, chapters 1-7 of ‘Caledonia’ by George Chalmers.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.135-136
Dates:
[1799, or after-1822, or after.]
Microfilm of drafts of the ‘Topographical Dictionary’ by George Chalmers.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.133-134
Dates:
1794, or after-1822, or after.
Microfilm of drafts of works of George Chalmers; and, papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.137
Dates:
[1811, or after]-1826.
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2061-2062
Dates:
1945-2008.
Microfilm of final draft of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English Dictionary’, by Edward Dwelly (1864-1939), Fleet, Hants; and, lexicographical fragments originally loosely enclosed in the draft, written by Dwelly and various of his informants.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.856
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Final draft, early 20th century, of an unpublished appendix to his ‘Illustrated Gaelic-English dictionary’ by Edward Dwelly (MS.14957);
Lexicographical fragments, early 20th century, found loose in MS.14957, written by Edward Dwelly and various of his informants (MS.14958).
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Microfilm of journals, notebooks, and draft letters of George Combe.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1014-1015
Dates:
1804-1837.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates:
1805-1845.
Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1373
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);
Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).
Dates:
1822-1829.
Microfilm of letters to the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale, with a few letters concerning them; and, letters of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, chiefly rough drafts, and nearly all in his own hand.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.945-947
Dates:
1660-1679.
Microfilm of manuscripts and drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.75
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Draft, [1901, or before], of parts of the novel ‘The house with the green shutters’ by George Douglas Brown (MS.8171);
Draft, [1901, or before], of chapter XV of the novel ‘The House with the Green Shutters’ by George Douglas Brown (MS.8172); Outline, notes, and draft chapters of the unpublished novel 'The incompatibles' by George Douglas Brown, probably written about 1900-1901 (MS.8173);Outline, notes, and draft chapters of the...
Dates:
[1896, or before-?1901.]
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers of the Scots and Irish Colleges, Paris, and English College, Douai, chiefly concerning the Scots College's defence of their property during the French Revolution.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1452
Dates:
1770-1824.
Microfilm of notebook of A J Cronin containing drafts of ‘Dr Findlay’ short stories.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1716
Dates:
[Circa 1920-circa 1981.]
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.823-824
Dates:
1943-1968.
Microfilm of papers chiefly of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2033-2037
Dates:
1797-[circa 1825].
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.464
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Dates:
[1925, or after-?1959.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning his office as H M Plenipotentiary in China.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1064
Dates:
1842.
Microfilm of Peninsular War papers of General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1106-1107
Dates:
1807-1809.
Minute books and other records of the United Incorporation of Mary`s Chapel, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.302
Dates:
1755-1949.
Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22019-22020
Dates:
1913-1951, undated.
Miscellaneous correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Viscounts Melville.
File
Identifier: MS.9735
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Draft letters and memoranda of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, on Indian and naval affairs, the proceedings against the Duke of York, 1809, and family matters, 1794-1810, undated (folio 1);
(ii) Letter, with copies of other correspondence, from Admiral Sir David Milne to Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, concerning intrusions of American fishermen into Canadian waters, and measures taken against them, 1818 (folio 48);
(iii) Letters to Robert...
Dates:
1794-1820.
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.