Biographies.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Written accounts of the lives of individuals.
Found in 520 Collections and/or Records:
Chapters 10-18 of 'David Livingstone, a reassessment with particular reference to his psyche' by Oliver Ransford., 1977.
Item
Identifier: MS.20342
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The thesis is the basis of the biography, ‘David Livingstone, the dark interior’ by Oliver Ransford and gives fuller particulars of his theory that Livingstone was cyclothymic.
Dates:
1977.
Chapters 19-27, preliminary material, bibliography of 'David Livingstone, a reassessment with particular reference to his psyche' by Oliver Ransford., 1977.
Item
Identifier: MS.20343
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The thesis is the basis of the biography, ‘David Livingstone, the dark interior’ by Oliver Ransford and gives fuller particulars of his theory that Livingstone was cyclothymic.
Dates:
1977.
Chapters i-vii of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
Item
Identifier: MS.20333
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates:
1972, [after 1972.]
Chapters viii-xii of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
File
Identifier: MS.20334
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates:
1972, [after 1972.]
Chapters xiii-xvii, appendices A-F and bibliography of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
File
Identifier: MS.20335
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates:
1972, [after 1972.]
Character biographies and indexes to characters relating to the house of Niccolò novel series by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/230-260
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to works by her.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series.
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Research papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series.
Collection of romances and religious material, mostly in verse, written in the North Midlands by Richard Heeg with some items by James Hawghton and additions in other hands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.1
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Hunting of the Hare` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 973) (folio 1), followed by a mock sermon in prose (folio 7 verso) and nonsense verses (folio 10 verso) (the latter ‘The Index of Middle English Verse’, 3425, both printed in ‘Reliquiae Antiquae’, volume 1, pages 82-84). See ‘The “Hunting of the Hare” in the Heege Manuscript’. Written by Richard Heeg.(ii) `Sir Gowther` (‘The Index of Middle English Verse’,...
Dates:
Circa 1480.
Commission, 1859, of George Brand as Consul at Lagos; photocopies of dispatches, 1859-1860, of and concerning Brand; and biographical notes, undated, on him., 1859-1860, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 73-90
Dates:
1859-1860, undated.
Copies, 17th century, of `Sayings and Observations` by John Livingstone, minister of Ancrum (page 1) and of his notes on the lives of eminent ministers of the Church of Scotland (page 15).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.3
Scope and Contents
The end of a religious meditation is written upside-down on page 108.
Dates:
17th century.
Copies of correspondence of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826), apparently intended for publication.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.20
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Biographical notice of Jourdan by Leopold Warnkoenig. Jourdan`s date of birth is wrongly given as 1769. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence with Warnkoenig, 1821-1826. (Folio 20.)(iii) Letters to David Irving, 1822-1826. (Folio 158.)(iv) Correspondence with K J A Mittermaier and others, 1825-1826. (Folio 179).The letters concern the history and study of Roman law, with particular stress on a return to the...
Dates:
1821-1826.
Copies of letters, 1889, 1894, of Alexander and Duncan Matheson to their parents in Duirmish.
File
Identifier: Acc.7029
Scope and Contents
With a biographical sketch, 1921, of Duncan Matheson from the Hudson`s Bay Company journal, "The Beaver"
Dates:
1889, 1894 and 1921.
Copies of "The Works of Robert Burns..." (Liverpool, 1800), and "Reliques of Robert Burns" (London, 1808), both annotated by Alexander Fraser Tytler.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9852
Dates:
1800-1808.
Copy, 17th century, of `Prince Henry his Life, Death and Funeralles`, the life of the Prince of Wales, which was published in 1641 attributed to Sir Charles Cornwallis.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.14
Scope and Contents
The author`s name is not given, and, as in the other manuscripts, the introduction to the printed edition is replaced by a preface `To the Reader`. On folio 2 is a dedication by John Woodward to James Douglas, `one of his Majesties Seacretaries for the Kingdome of Scotland`, stating that the author was dead (Cornwallis died in 1629). For possible identifications of Douglas, see Adv.MS.19.3.3.A trimmed engraved portrait of Prince Henry by Francis Delaram taken from ‘Baziliwlogia’...
Dates:
1641.
Copy, 17th century, of `The Life, Araignment, and Death of the famous and learned Sir Thomas More Knight, sometimes Lord Chauncellor of England. Together with his Vision`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.16
Scope and Contents
The text is closely related to the life by William Roper, but there are interpolations and the dialogues are in the third person. Roper`s preface is replaced by a dedicatory letter to Captain Marmaduke Rawdon from John Hawkins, stating that Hawkins had originally intended to publish the text (Roper`s biography was first published in 1626). The life is followed by a poem `Sir Thomas More his Vision` (folio 80) which has been published by Constance Smith in ‘Moreana’, number 37 (1973), pages...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘The Life and Death of ... James Renwick’ by Alexander Shields, Minister of St. Andrews, written in the late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.4.3
Scope and Contents
The manuscript version corresponds more or less with the first printed version but excludes the `Epistle to the Reader` at the beginning and Renwick`s ‘Admission of Elders’ and several of his letters which are added at the end. The present manuscript breaks off abruptly near the end of the text and is left incomplete. There is no title page.
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Copy of "Commentaries of the 17th Century Scots Traveller William Lithgow. With a Biographical Introduction by John Scotland".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10187
Dates:
late 20th century.
Copy of G K Chesterton, "George Bernard Shaw" (London, 1914), with author`s signature.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4183
Dates:
1914.
Copy of George F R Henderson, "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War" (1898), inscribed and marked by Douglas Haig.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7134
Scope and Contents
Containing a letter and report, 1919, to Haig, and a few maps, undated.
Dates:
1898, 1919 and undated.
Copy of John Buchan, "Montrose", with five letters.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7289
Scope and Contents
Letters of Walter Elliot, the Duke of Buccleuch, Susan, Lady Tweedsmuir, and Ronald Selby Wright, all to William Hunter, concerning the unveiling of the Montrose Memorial at Selkirk.
Dates:
1945.
Copy of "Life and Correspondence of David Hume" (1846) of John Hill Burton.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11927
Scope and Contents
Includes an letter of David Hume, 1773, and interleaves bearing transcripts of 16 letters of Hume to his brother John and John`s son Joseph (`Josey`), transcribed by John Turnbull, WS, circa 1872.
Dates:
circa 1773-1872.
Copy of `Margaret Ethel MacDonald` by James Ramsay MacDonald belonging to Alice G. Vines., 1912
Item
Identifier: Acc.13629/21
Scope and Contents
The book contains the mark of ownership of Alice G. Vines.
Dates:
1912
Copy of ‘Memoranda’ by James Augustus Grant, (no publisher, undated), consisting of biographical data, with some later ink additions by Grant., [After April 1880.]
Item
Identifier: MS.17925
Scope and Contents
On the title-page is written 'Margaret Grant's Copy'.
Dates:
[After April 1880.]
Copy of Sir George Arthur, "Life of Lord Kitchener" (1920), containing author`s letter, ?1921, and proof of Earl Haig`s preface for French edition.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7128
Dates:
1920-1921.
Copy of "The Life and Acts of the most Victorious Conqueror Robert Bruce...", inscribed Berlin, by the Earl Marischal and James Boswell.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5117
Dates:
1764.