Personal papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."
Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1799-1803.
File
Identifier: MS.11271
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence of the 1st Earl with the Foreign Secretary concerning his emoluments, 1800-1803 (folio l); (ii) Personal financial papers of the 1st Earl concerning his Vienna Embassy 1799-1801 (folio 49); (iii) Letters of Innocenzo della Lena and the Abbé della Lena, 1802, concerning paintings bought by the 1st Earl in Vienna (folio 138); (iv) "Catalogue of Lord Minto's Books at Vienna, sent to England 1801" (folio 156).
Dates:
1799-1803.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Diplomatic correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto relating to Vienna.
Correspondence and papers of the Duke of Cleveland, 1858-1874, undated, and letters of condolence addressed to the Duchess of Cleveland on the Duke's death in 1891., 1858-1891, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10206
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged as follows:
(i) Letters of condolence addressed to the Duchess of Cleveland on the Duke's death in 1891 (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers of the Duke of Cleveland, 1858-1874, undated (folio 16).
70 folios.
Dates:
1858-1891, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1834-1932, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13181-13186
Scope and Contents
This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates:
1834-1932, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1836-1932, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.13185
Correspondence and papers, of the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1786-1856.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2264-2308
Dates:
1786-1856.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
Correspondence and personal papers of Hector MacIver., 1928-1966, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26276-26285
Dates:
1928-1966, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, invitations, programmes and other papers of the Reverend Ian Paterson Renton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9212/1-27
Dates:
1940-1990.
Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19210-19238
Dates:
1747-1890.
Correspondence, journals, accounts and miscellaneous papers of David Anne Bannerman and of her family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6579/1-15
Dates:
1835-1922, undated.
Correspondence, journals, accounts, photographs, maps and miscellaneous papers of Fanny Bullock Workman and Dr William Hunter Workman.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9893/1-94
Dates:
1867-1939, undated.
Correspondence, journals, photographs and other papers of Isabella Plumb, mostly relating to her missionary work at Pune, India and Sialkot, Pakistan.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12680/1-46
Dates:
1862-1956, undated.
Correspondence of Alexander Low Bruce, master brewer, with some personal and financial papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11777/1-41
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning Bruce's directorships of the African Lakes Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company, and to Liberal Unionist organisations and activities in Scotland.
The papers, originally contained in a mahogany filing cabinet with alphabetically labelled drawers, is mostly, but not exclusively, Bruce’s personal, rather than his business correspondence, mainly from 1885-1893 and largely concerned with his political and African interests.
Dates:
1858-1893, undated.
Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents
Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates:
1882-1930, undated.
Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.
Detailed medical journal kept by the 2nd Earl of Minto to record the treatment of his terminal illness, apparently disease of the prostate., 26 March 1858-2March 1859.
Item
Identifier: MS.12005
Dates:
26 March 1858-2March 1859.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
Diaries and other personal records of Graham Brown., 1898-1960.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/17-40
Dates:
1898-1960.
Diaries and personal papers of William Winter Hamilton., 1936-1992.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-57
Dates:
1936-1992.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1811-1855.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11958-11960
Dates:
1811-1855.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1811, 1815-1824.
File
Identifier: MS.11958
Dates:
1811, 1815-1824.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1825-1828.
File
Identifier: MS.11959
Dates:
1825-1828.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family.
Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1829-1855.
File
Identifier: MS.11960
Dates:
1829-1855.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family.
Estate and personal accounts of the Dalrymple family., 1643-1784.
File
Identifier: MS.25791
Estate papers, including rentals, and miscellaneous personal and household accounts and papers of the Scawen family., 1695-1779, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12946
Dates:
1695-1779, undated.
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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Correspondence and papers chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Scawen and Meade family papers.
Family and personal papers of Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre., 1869-1986.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12917/122-134
Dates:
1869-1986.