Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 520 Collections and/or Records:
Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto., 1907-1910, [1934, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12852-12861
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1907-1910, [1934, or before.]
Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'., 1907-1910.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12852-12854
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1907-1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Biographical papers of various members of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto.
Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'., 1907.
File
Identifier: MS.12852
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1907.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Biographical papers of various members of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto.
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Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'.
Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'., 1909.
File
Identifier: MS.12853
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1909.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Biographical papers of various members of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto.
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Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'.
Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'., 1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12854
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates:
1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Biographical papers of various members of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Typescript drafts and proofs of 'India, Minto and Morley' by Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto.
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Typescript drafts of Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto, titled 'Lord Minto in India'.
Typescript drafts of ‘Pioneer of sociology’ by Philip A Mairet, with comments by Arthur Geddes, 1956-1957, and some biographical notes used by Mairet., 1956-1957.
File
Identifier: MS.19268
Scope and Contents
There are also typewritten drafts of Arthur Geddes' introduction to Philip A Mairet's biography with the latter's criticisms and corrections, and of his ‘Diagnosis of evils’ written as an article in ‘Fortnightly’, October 1958, on Mairet's work.
Dates:
1956-1957.
Typescript 'Notes on letters contained in my boxes' by Richard Burdon Haldane, consisting chiefly of biographical notes on Asquith, Grey, Rosebery, Balfour, and Morley, with Haldane's impressions of them., 1926.
Item
Identifier: MS.5923
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.
Dates:
1926.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Papers of Richard Burdon Haldane.
Typescript of 'A Leap in the Dark', a biography of Margaret Noël-Paton's father, Frederick W F Noel-Paton (1861-1914), Director-General of Commercial Intelligence for the Government of India., [Circa 1981.]
File
Identifier: MS.27471
Scope and Contents
The contents include a study of Frederick W F Noël-Paton's career in India by J C P Riddy (folio 77), and transcripts of letters of Noël-Paton to his family and of his literary works (folio 169).
Dates:
[Circa 1981.]
Typescript of a paper on the life and work of Edith M Almedingen.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10752
Dates:
1979.
Typescript of an unpublished work of James A Roy, "Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser".
Item
Identifier: Acc.4069
Dates:
circa 1966.
Typescript of chapter 16-Appendix I of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe., 1931.
File
Identifier: MS.10199
Scope and Contents
The typescript is accompanied by two sets of page proofs of the introductory matter (folio 300) and a few manuscript notes.
Dates:
1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl.
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Typescript of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe, 1931.
Typescript of chapters 1-7 of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe., 1931.
Item
Identifier: MS.10197
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl.
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Typescript of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe, 1931.
Typescript of chapters 8-15 of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe., 1931.
Item
Identifier: MS.10198
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl.
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Typescript of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe, 1931.
Typescript of Donald W Nichol, "Pope`s Literary Legacy: the Book-Trade Correspondence of William Warburton and John Knapton".
File
Identifier: Acc.10837
Scope and Contents
Contains material not printed in the version published, 1992, by The Oxford Bibliographical Society. Includes photocopies of some of the original letters from various libraries.
Dates:
1990.
Typescript of Ian Fisher, "Thomas Hamilton of Edinburgh, Architect and Town Planner (1784-1858)".
Item
Identifier: Acc.4049
Dates:
circa 1966.
Typescript of J K Annand "Two Voices, a Poem Sequence", manuscript journal, 1990, of visit to Norway and first draft typescript, 1969, "Hugh Macdiarmid, Some Notes on the Chronology of the Poet`s Early Career"
File
Identifier: Acc.11064
Dates:
circa 1969-1990.
Typescript of James B Caird, "Sorley MacLean: a Personal View".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10658
Dates:
1986.
Typescript of Leah Chalmers, "James Chalmers the Scottish Postal Reformer: His Times and Work".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8154
Dates:
circa 1953.
Typescript of lecture of Michael Plint, "The Workmans: Travellers Extraordinary".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10249
Dates:
1990.
Typescript of ‘Lord Rosebery’ by Lord Crewe, 1931., 1931.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10197-10199
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
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Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl.
Typescript of Malcolm Murray, "Överslöjtnant Alexander Irvings Skotska Bördsbrer av den 16 Maj 1642".
File
Identifier: Acc.9162
Scope and Contents
With an English translation, notes and correspondence, 1986.
Dates:
1976-1986.
Typescript of the draft for the unpublished second volume of ‘The life and letters of James Hogg’ by Alan Strout, covering the years 1826-1835., 1946.
Item
Identifier: MS.10495
Typescript of "The Legend and Genealogical Chart of St Margaret" by Imre Kish.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11834
Dates:
1999.
Typescript of Yvonne Devereux`s "A Family Revealed: the Search for Horace Hayman Wilson".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11619
Dates:
1998.