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31 letters, 1822-1836, of Sir David Wilkie to Sir James Willoughby Gordon.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7901
Scope and Contents

Mostly on artistic matters.

With copies of three letters, 1828-1839, of Gordon to Wilkie, and an associated memorandum.

Dates: 1822-1839.

Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates: 1752-2002, undated.

Christmas cards of Naomi Mitchison, with woodcuts of Gertrude Hermes and others.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4845
Scope and Contents

With typescript and copy of memorandums on National Parks, Highland education and museums of Mitchison.

Dates: circa 1940-circa 1969.

Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents

The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Collection of papers concerning supplies and men for the army in Scotland addressed to General Bland.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13346
Scope and Contents Papers concerning supplies and men for the army in Scotland addressed to General Bland, c.1747-1748.Having served under the Duke of Cumberland at the Battle of Culloden, General Bland was made commander-in-chief in Scotland in September 1747, and arrived in his Edinburgh command the following month. During this period, he has been criticized for his rigour in the ‘pacification’ of the Highlands. Bland had obtained in 1743 the sinecure governorship of Fort William, which he held...
Dates: c. 1747-1748

Collection of rough notes or memoranda on various legal topics in the hand of Francis Jeffrey.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.18
Scope and Contents

The notes, which are written on various gatherings of leaves, vary considerably in length, and some have additions of varying length in the margins, also in Jeffrey`s hand. Some of the notes appear to be incomplete.

Dates: 1821.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Copies of documents relating to roads in the Highlands.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.4.19
Scope and Contents Copy of a memorial to the Treasury, 1799, by Robert Anstruther, Inspector of Military Roads, asking that the majority of the roads constructed in the Highlands continue to be maintained at public expense (folio 1), and two copies (folios 5, 8) of a letter, 1796, of Captain (afterwards Lieutenant-General) Henry Rudyerd to the Secretary of the British Society for extending of the Fisheries and improving the Seacoasts of the Kingdom, reporting on the road recently constructed from Contin to...
Dates: 1796, 1799.

Copy, 17th century, of the statutes of Christ`s College, Cambridge, 1506.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.4
Scope and Contents The text is followed (folio 28) by an additional chapter in the form of question and answer: `Dubia quaedam per socios Collegij Christi ... suo visitatori proposita et per eundem declarata`. On folio 29, in another hand, are copies of a declaration by the Vice-Chancellor,Andrew Perne, 1581, a memorandum of Thomas Osborne`s admission to the college, 1581, and the finding of Lord Burghley in a dispute between Osborne and the college, 1584.The initial on folio 1 is...
Dates: 1506.

Correspondence and papers of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.26
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns Arlington in his capacity of Secretary of State, particularly with reference to French and Dutch affairs, and much of it is dated 1669. The correspondence contains letters from foreign statesmen and diplomatists such as the Marquis de Louvois and Baron von Lisola, English politicians such as Sir Richard Temple and Sidney Godolphin, and a number of unsigned letters reporting on events in Europe, probably from Arlington`s agents. There are a few memoranda on...
Dates: 1662-1678.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12272
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.

Dates: 1860-1930.

Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents

Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1895-1965, undated.

Diaries and biographical memoranda of Archibald Palmer Douglas of Cavers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8883
Scope and Contents

Includes accounts of visits to Canada, 1905-1906, and New Zealand, 1906.

Dates: 1880-1947.

Draft memorandum, possibly by Lord Augustus Loftus, to Lord Rosebery.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8151
Scope and Contents

Concerning Russian pretensions in Afghanistan.

Dates: circa 1873.

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George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Porteous, James A A, author of "Scotland and the South", fl 1929-1970 2
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Abercromby, James, 1st Baron Dunfermline, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1776-1858 1
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Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Field-Marshal, 1891-1969 1
Beecher, Charles (minister, composer and author) 1
Bertie, Willougby, 4th Earl of Abingdon, 1740-1799 1
Bland, Humphrey, General, 1685/6-1763 1
Cadell, Patrick, Keeper of the Records of Scotland, 1941-2010 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Church of Scotland, Overseas Department 1
Clark, Robert (printer, Edinburgh) 1
Dott, Peter McOmish, Edinburgh, art dealer, 1856-c 1935 1
Douglas, Archibald Palmer, of Cavers, 1880-1947 1
Dunbar, family, of Mochrum 1
Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville, 1742-1811 1
Dundas, Robert Saunders, 2nd Viscount Melville (politician) 1
Edinburgh Christian Council for Overseas Students 1
Edinburgh South Liberal Democrats 1
Educational Institue of Scotland, Henderson Memorial Library of Books on America 1
Erickson, John, military historian, 1929-2002 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Forward, Glasgow, newspaper 1
Founders' Guild for an Edinburgh Symphony Orchestra 1
Gardiner, family, Banffshire 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gordon, Joseph, piper, fl 1823 1
Gordon, Sir James Willougby, 1st Baronet, of Niton, 1772-1851 1
Gordon, Sir James Willougby, 1st Baronet, of Niton, 1772-1851: recipient 1
Graham, family, of Airth 1
Gregor, family, Banffshire 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hay, George, 8th Earl of Kinnoull, 1689-1758 1
Hermes, Gertrude Anna Bertha, printmaker, sculptor, and designer, 1901-1983 1
Kay, Katharine Cameron, painter and etcher, née Cameron, 1874-1965 1
Kelso Racecourse 1
Kinross, John Blythe, financier, 1904-1989 1
Laing, Nissa, Edinburgh, fl 1989: editor 1
Lawrence, Timothy, Music Division, National Library of Scotland, fl 1990-2009 1
Livingstone, Robert Moffat, son of David, explorer and missionary, pseudonym Rupert Vincent, 1846-1864 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
Lockhart, Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce, Knight, diplomatist, 1887-1970 1
Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer, diplomatist, 1817-1904 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacPhail, James Calder, Minister of Pilrig Free Church, Edinburgh, 1821-1908 1
MacPhail, James Robert Nicolson, advocate, Sheriff of Stirling, 1858-1933 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn (political scientist and politician) 1
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 1
McDowall, Hay, Lieutenant-General, fl 1809 1
Milne, family, Banffshire 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Munro, John, Lieutenant-Colonel, fl 1809 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Party of Scotland 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Pemberton, family, County Durham 1
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman, 1847-1929 1
Robertson, William, Richmond, Surrey, fl 1791 1
Ross, Andrew, grandson of Andrew, of Balsarroch, Minister of Inch, fl 1885 1
Ross, Andrew, of Balsarroch, Minister of Inch, 1726-1787 1
Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh 1
Russell, Stanley Livingstone (filmmaker) 1
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Scottish National Development Council, Economic Committee 1
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Sears, Matthew Urlwin (wood engraver) 1
Sim, William, colour manufacturer, b 1843 1
Stamp, Alexandra Frances, journalist and author, née Artley, fl 1982-2004 1
Stirling, family, of Ardoch and Strowan 1
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (author and humanitarian) 1
Sutherland, Robert, Captain, of Nessbank, ? 1761-1828 1
Thomson, James, poet, 1700-1748 1
Today and Tomorrow. The Scottish Review, Glasgow, journal 1
Upper Foyers Estate, Invernesshire 1
Wallace, family, Nairn 1
Waterston, Robert, of George Waterston and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1878-1969 1
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 1
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841: recipient 1
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 1
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