Catalogue of Archives and Manuscripts Collections | National Library of Scotland

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Subject

Letters. Correspondence. 3760
Manuscripts. 2093
Correspondence. 1766
Poetry. 1247
Notes. 1168
Microfilms. 1089
Typescripts. 1000
Copies. Derivative objects. 958
Photographs. 748
Photocopies. 584
Diaries. 582
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 527
Notebooks. 502
Legal documents. 469
Drafts. Documents. 431
Lists. 426
Histories. 370
Accounts. 345
Minutes. Administrative records. 321
Genealogies. 298
Articles. 282
Administrative records. 278
Financial records. 268
Documents. 242
Transcripts 232
Plays. 217
Biographies. 213
Novels. 213
Minute books. 209
Publications. 194
Drawings. Visual works. 192
Treatises. 189
Speeches. Documents. 188
Memoirs. 187
Translations. Documents. 185
Account books. 184
Travel journals. 177
Catalogues. 174
Reports 173
Annotations. 172
Essays. 172
Songs. Musical compositions. 166
Transcripts. 164
Printed materials. Object genre. 158
Scores 158
Memorandums. 157
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 154
Indexes. Reference sources. 153
Lecture notes. 152
Albums. 147
Travel journals 147
Excerpts. 146
Lectures. 143
Letter books. 142
Maps. Cartographic materials. 142
Reports. 136
Charters 125
Short stories. 125
Proofs. printed matter 120
Research notes 116
Fragments. 112
Scripts. Documents 109
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 107
Illuminated manuscripts. 106
Sketches 104
Books 103
Family papers. 102
Inventories. 102
Autobiographies. 92
Business records. 87
Watercolours. Paintings. 86
Audiocassettes. 84
Photograph albums. 84
Commonplace books. 83
Certificates 80
Illustrations. Layout features. 80
Journals. Accounts. 80
Postcards. 80
Music books. 78
Programmes 78
Estate records. 77
Personal papers. 77
Inscriptions. 76
Professional papers. 76
Sketches. 76
Plans (orthographic projections). 75
Sermons. 72
Autographs (manuscripts). 71
Sermons 71
Decisions. Judicial records. 68
Pamphlets. 68
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 67
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 64
Commentaries. 63
Extracts. 63
Interviews. 61
Tables of contents. 60
Deeds. Legal documents. 58
Petitions. 58
Proofs. Printed matter. 58

Subject

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.

“Sibbald’s historical collections”, in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.

“Relation de ce qui s’est passé de plus considerable dans les mouvemens de citoyens et bourgeois de Geneve l’anneé 1707 par Michel Covelle Regent de la neuviéme classe.”

“Relation de ce qui s’est passé au sujet de la vente du vin à Geneve en 1716.”

“Recueil de diverses particularites concernant Geneve depuis le mois de Janvier 1536 jusqu’à la fin de May 1607.”

“Plan of the Road from Blackhall towards Crammond Bridge pointing out the New Proposed line of Road Survey'd by J. Ainslie 1792”.

“Order of King Charles’ entering Edinburghe in stait at ye vest porte, and his march trough the towne to Holyrood House 15 Junij 1633”, and notes on other ceremonies, by Sir James Balfour, in his own handwriting.

“Mrs and Miss Beecroft’s third tour to Scotland, 1833”, journal kept by Mrs Beecroft.

“Mr. James Melville’s diary”.

“Miscellaneous Remarks on ‘The Enquiry into The Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots’" by Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes (London, 1784), containing numerous critical marginalia throughout in the hand of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.