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Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Escarti to Evans, A., 1830-1926.
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Identifier: MS.40384
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Escarti, L.Letter, 1892, of L Escarti probably to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Escazena, Jose Maria.Letters, 1846, of Jose Maria Escazena to John Murray III. Folios 3-6.Escott, Hay Sweet.Letters, 1888, of Hay Sweet Escott to John Murray III. Folios 7-13.Folio 9. Press cutting, 1888, from the Glasgow Evening Times. Attached...
Dates:
1830-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Blomefield to Bloxam., 1812-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40125
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Blomefield, Thomas, 1898: folios 1-2;Blomfield, Alfred, 1861-1864: folios 3-24;Blomfield, Charles, ?1814-1849 and uncertain date: folios 25-65:
includes copy of letter, ?1814, of John Murray II to Charles Blomfield: folios 25-26;Blomfield, Dorothy, 1862: folios 66-71;...
Dates:
1812-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Cole to Coleridge, E., 1820-1923.
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Identifier: MS.40230
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-6 of this manuscript are no longer in use. This is due to the reclassification of the letters that originally occupied the space.Cole, Charles Augustus.Letters, 1862, of Charles Augustus Cole to John Murray III. Folios 7-9.Cole, Henry.Letters, 1848, 1852, 1859, 1861, 1864 and 1871, of Sir Henry Cole to John Murray III. Folios 10-25.Folio 12. Printed advertisement for ‘The Sea and the Railway’ by Felix Summerly, Cole’s...
Dates:
1820-1923.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Cotes to Couch., 1816-1926.
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Identifier: MS.40280
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Cotes, Kenelm DigbyLetters, 1887, 1890 and 1914, of Kenelm Digby Cotes to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 1-33.Folios 5-6. Advertisements for published works by Kenelm Digby Cotes. Sent as enclosures to the letter, 1887, of Cotes to John Murray III, folios 4-5Folio 12. Visiting card of Kenelm Digby Cotes.Folio 25. Letter, 1890, of...
Dates:
1816-1926.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Helps, A. to Hemans, F., 1816-1905, ? 1995.
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Identifier: MS.40544
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent. An additional letter has been added to the end of this sequence.Helps, Arthur.Letters, 1862-1872, of Arthur Helps to John Murray III. The letters concern, mostly, the preparation and publication of “The principal speeches and addresses of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort” (1862 and subsequent editions), edited by Arthur Helps. 1862: folios 1-21 [Note 1];
1863: folios 22-39 [Note...
Dates:
1816-1905, ? 1995.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Longman (1804-1879) and Thomas N. Longman (1771-1842)., 1816-1877.
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Identifier: MS.40711
Scope and Contents
Letters of Thomas Longman (1804-1879) to John Murray III, with a letter to John Murray II, and two letters of Thomas N. Longman (1771-1842) to John Murray II; with related letters. The letters concern the business relations between the Longmans and the Murrays and their associates. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and then by date:Longman, Thomas (1804-1879) :Letters 1832-1839: folios 1-32; 1840-1849: folios 33-82;...
Dates:
1816-1877.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Thomas Malthus., 1815-late 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.40766
Scope and Contents
Letters of Thomas Malthus to John Murray II, with one letter of Henry Malthus to John Murray II, and with related papers. The letters concern various publications of Malthus by Murray, including "Essay on the principle of population", and "Principles of political economy". The letters are arranged chronologically :Letters, 1815-1816: folios 1-20;Letters and papers, 1817-1819: folios 21-38;Letters and papers, 1820-1823: folios 39-69*;Letters,...
Dates:
1815-late 20th century.
Literary papers, broadcast texts and press cuttings of Robert (Bob) Crampsey.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12980
Scope and Contents
With some manuscripts and papers by Alexia F McAlpine and Anne Valentine.
Dates:
circa 1948-1998.
Manuscript and typescript copies of poems of Gerald Wooley Watson.
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Identifier: Acc.10579
Scope and Contents
With notes by the author.
Dates:
1953-1965 and undated.
Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.27
Scope and Contents
It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates:
1698-1901.
Manuscript shorthand transcription of Isaac Watts, "Horae Lyricae".
Item
Identifier: Acc.7081
Dates:
1818.
Manuscript transcriptions of Akkadian cuneiform inscriptions from artefacts found during the excavations of Austen Henry Layard excavations at "Nimroud"., 1845-1847.
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Identifier: MS.42353
Scope and Contents
These transcriptions were taken from two artifacts found during the excavations undertaken by Austen Henry Layard - a winged bull and a slab. For a brief description of the winged bulls at the centre of the mound see “Nineveh and its Remains”, volume 1, page 47. For “Plan 2” mentioned in the annotation on transcription of the text on the slab see “Nineveh and its Remains”, volume 1, facing page 34.There are annotations by Layard at the head of the transcriptions. Writing in...
Dates:
1845-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Austen Henry Layard.
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Manuscripts and proofs of various works by Austen Henry Layard.
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Manuscripts and proofs of the works of Austen Henry Layard concerning his journeys through, and his archaeological excavations and diplomatic missions in, the Ottoman Empire.
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Manuscript, with marked proofs, of "Nineveh and its Remains" by Austen Henry Layard.
Manuscripts and transcripts, in an unidentified hand, of 13 Scots Border songs.
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Identifier: Acc.4718
Dates:
early 20th century.
Manuscripts and typescripts of eight poems by Trevor Morrison.
File
Identifier: Acc.11735
Dates:
1999.
Manuscripts from the library of St Andrew`s College, Drygrange.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9180
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.
Medical notebook of Alexander Ochterlony, a younger son of James Ochterlony of Wester Seaton who studied medicine at the University of Paris.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.6.15
Scope and Contents
The contents of the notebook are as follows:(i) `Spagyricae seu Jatrochymicae Synopsios Cursus ... illustratus a doctissimo viro domino Rheo`, July 1631. Notes of lectures on chemistry given by Rhee [?Rae], a Scot teaching in Paris. (Folio 1.)(ii) `De primis Naturae principiis`. (Folio 39.)(iii) Extracts from ‘De gradibus et compositionibus receptorum et naturalium’ by Paracelsus. (Folio 45.)(iv) Prescriptions in Latin. (Folio 51.)...
Dates:
1631-1635.
Memoir of George Romanes in the form of a letter to his son Professor George Romanes.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12749
Scope and Contents
Memoir covers some Romanes family history, George Romanes` early life in Edinburgh, his early work as a civil engineer in Egypt and Calgary and war service with the Royal Engineers from 1917-1919. Includes transcript.
Dates:
1957.
Microfilm and partial photocopy of transcripts of letters of Marie de Rabutin Chantal to her daughter.
File
Identifier: Acc.8186- is now Rare Book Division.
Dates:
1671-1696.
Minutes of the Glasgow Committee of the London Missionary Society.
File
Identifier: Acc.12590
Scope and Contents
Inlcudes modern transcript.
Dates:
1796-1833.
Miscellaneous collection of papers, consisting of a small quantity of formal documents mostly of 18th century provenance (folios 1-14), notes, transcripts and extracts by John Riddell (folios 15-97), and printed legal and other papers, 18th century-19th century (folios 98-178)., 18th century-19th century.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir. File 2., 1963-1987.
File
Identifier: Acc.13634/54
Scope and Contents
Box named ‘E.M miscellaneous documents relating to him’ by Peter Butter. Contains a photocopy of ‘Edwin Muir: A personal appreciation’ by Wilfred Taylor; press cuttings concerning Mui, 1987; extract concerning Muir from ‘Irina’s Garden’ by Stephen Spender; a photocopy of ‘Downhill All the Way’ by Leonard Woolf; a copy of ‘Edwin Muir’ from ‘Littérature de notre temps : Écrivains anglais et irlandais : Recuuil I’ by Georgette Dhume, 1973; a copy of ‘A Study of Edwin Muir’s ‘The...
Dates:
1963-1987.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir, William Blake, Francis Thompson and other writers.
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir.
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Research papers of Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
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Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin Muir and Willa Muir.
Miscellaneous papers concerning "The Representative" newspaper., 1891-late 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42631
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence;
legal and financial papers;
a history of the newspaper; and,
some miscellaneous papers concerning the newspaper.
Dates:
1891-late 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the establishment, publication and demise of "The Representative" newspaper.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Thomas Medwin., 1824-1960.
File
Identifier: MS.42476
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include correspondence, proofs of pamphlets written by John Cam Hobhouse and John Murray in response to Medwin`s publication, and miscellaneous papers concerning Medwin.
Dates:
1824-1960.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers concerning the controversy over the publication of "Conversations of Lord Byron" by Thomas Medwin.
Miscellaneous papers of, to and concerning William Gladstone, mostly relating to a disagreement with the "The Stroud News and Gloucestershire Advertiser"., 1843-1897, late 20th century.
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Identifier: MS.42273
Scope and Contents
(1) Letter, ?4 February 1843, of John Murray ?III to William Gladstone;(2) typescript transcription, ?late 20th century, of the letter of John Murray ?III to William Gladstone of ?4 February 1843;(3) letter, 6 February 1843, of William Gladstone to John Murray ?III;(4) photocopy, late 20th century, of a letter, 11 February 1843, of William Gladstone to John Murray ?III.(5) Newspaper cutting from "The Morning Post", 1871 : "Mr. Gladstone`s...
Dates:
1843-1897, late 20th century.