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Research notes

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12082
Scope and Contents

Includes research material, manuscript and typescript of the novel, "Aiding and Abetting", manuscripts of short stories, and correspondence files, 1997-2000.

Dates: 1932-2001.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11170/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1957-1993 and undated.

Papers of the Reverend William Matheson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 1(1)-Box 14(10)
Scope and Contents

Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.

Dates: 1707-1977.

Papers of the Scottish Campaign for Resistance of the Atomic Menace (SCRAM).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11607
Scope and Contents

Includes research files, correspondence, reports and press cuttings.

Dates: 1970-1994.

Papers of Trevor Clark, colonial civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and Soloman Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12777
Scope and Contents

Includes research notes, photographs and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1940-1979.

Papers of W Angus Sinclair, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12573
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of publications and World War II counter-propaganda material.

Dates: 1912-1955.

Photographs and notes of printers` ornaments used in Scotland in the first half of the 18th century, compiled by David F Foxon.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10079
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence.

Dates: mid 20th century to late 20th century.

Preparatory notes of a "Times" review by William Mann.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10230
Scope and Contents

Concerns a production of Verdi`s "Simone Boccanegra" by La Scala at Covent Garden.

Dates: 1976.

Research, correspondence, papers and notes of John V Pearson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11495
Scope and Contents

Concern Pearson`s studies into media coverage of the Public Inquiry into the proposals to build an oil platform yard at Drumbuie, Ross and Cromarty.

Dates: 1973-1974.

Research notes and course work belonging to James Johnston from his period of study at Royal College of Defence Studies., 1985.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/203-206
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These papers related to the 1 year course studied by James Johnston during 1985 on high level strategy and politics. This fits between his 2 command positions within the British Army of the Rhine in his career chronology. The course was deisgned only for the most senior Ministry of defence personnel. The dates reflect the pre- and post course correpsondence.

Dates: 1985.

Research notes and papers., c. 1970s-1982

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13629/4-11
Scope and Contents

Research notes of Dr Alice G. Vines for her book `The MacDonald Women: Margaret and Ishbel`.

Dates: c. 1970s-1982

Research notes and script for ‘A Writer’s Story: Halldór Laxness’., 1989.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/4
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates: 1989.

Research notes and typescripts of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11589
Scope and Contents

Papers concern published works, and one unpublished work on Scottish castles.

Dates: circa 1968-1992.

Research notes compiled by the Reverened Clive L Rawlins.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9472
Scope and Contents

Concerning "William Barclay; the Authorized Biography" (1984).

Dates: circa 1984.

Research notes for the BBC Scotland television arts programme "Scope", by John Milligan.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11791
Scope and Contents

The notes concern work on Scottish artists and architects; includes 16 camera scripts for "Scope".

Dates: 1969-1973.

Research notes, lectures and essays on Halldór Laxness., 2002-2004.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/9
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates: 2002-2004.

Research notes of Stephen Dodgson, c.1994-2004, for a biography of General George Wade.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13464- Inventory is available.
Scope and Contents

Research notes, c.1994-2004, of Stephen Dodgson compiled for ‘The Babe of Tangier: an enquiry into the life and circle of General George Wade’.

Dodgson’s biography of Wade was published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, volume 82, no. 330, Summer 2004. His research drew upon a range of sources, including the papers of J. B. Salmond, concerning Wade in Scotland (Acc.2796).

Dates: 1994-2004