Autographs (manuscripts).
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents written in, and usually signed with, the writer's own hand; in certain legal instances, prefer "holographs."
Found in 216 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Thomas H Collinson, organist of St Mary's (Episcopal) Cathedral and conductor of the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union.
File
Identifier: MS.21880
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Unfinished copy of 'Thou O God art praised in Sion' (Psalm 65) by Thomas H Collinson, an exercise for the degree of Bachelor of Music, Oxford, 1877 (folio 1), followed by drafts of several of the sections (folio 68). The unfinished parts of the scoring have been supplied in pencil, apparently by the composer's son Francis M Collinson. Folios 21-24 appear to be from an earlier copy in the composer's autograph.(ii) Setting for choir and...
Dates:
1877-1928, undated.
Part of an autograph collection formed in the middle of the nineteenth century by Lady Charlotte Fletcher with the help of Sir William Fraser., 15th century, 18th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.16747
Scope and Contents
The original extent of the collection can be seen from the list at folio 1; several items are no longer present, and the bulk of the letters and documents, which were abstracted from various parts of the Saltoun Papers, have been restored to their original positions. Some of those which remain may also have come from this source; some are from other Scottish archives; one at least passed through the saleroom (letter of Horace Walpole, folio 154: Sotheby's, 25 April 1843, lot 186). ...
Dates:
15th century, 18th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
'Personal history and associations of Sir Walter Scott', by Helen J M Russell of Ashiesteel, in typescript and the author's autograph., Mid 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.3234
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Photocopies of autograph scores of four choral works by Shena Fraser.
File
Identifier: MS.22147
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'Carillon’, a choral suite for women's or school choir and keyboard, 1956, which was published in 1958 (folio 1);(ii) 'To him give praise’, a choral suite for women's voices, strings and piano, 1959, which was published 1960 (folio 49);(iii) 'I saw a fair maiden’, for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, with tenor solo, which was published 1965 (folio 75); (iv) 'A quartette of carols', for treble voices and piano,...
Dates:
1956-[1965, or before], undated.
Photocopy of the autograph orchestral score of 'llaia, May 1873' by Charles François Gounod, a setting of a poem on David Livingstone's death by R M Milnes, Baron Houghton, with a note by the composer, 1874., 1873, 1874.
File
Identifier: MS.10755
Dates:
1873, 1874.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
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Miscellaneous items of and concerning David Livingstone.
Photocopy of the autograph score of ‘Five preludes for piano from a Brittany sketch book', an apparently unpublished work, undated, by Isobel V S Dunlop.
Item
Identifier: MS.22146
Dates:
?Mid 20th century.
Photostats of a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Johnston, regarding building work at Abbotsford, and of part of his autograph manuscript of the 'Introductory Epistle' to ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, showing some differences from the first edition., 1817, [1822, or before].
File
Identifier: MS.3109, folios 96-101
Dates:
1817, [1822, or before].
'Piano solos', undated, by Maude Beswick., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21638
Scope and Contents
The compositions include numbers 1 and 3 from 'Four Preludes in Odd Rhythms' (MS.21640), and a version of 'Stormwinds' from 'Three Impressions' for cello and piano (MS.21636).
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Piano suite 'Antediluvia', undated, by Maude Beswick., Mid 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.21639
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Poem in the autograph of and signed by James Hogg, entitled "A young girl’s prayer"., 1829.
Item
Identifier: MS.573, folio 73
Scope and Contents
The poem begins, “O father that’s above the sky”.
'Hogg' of the signature wanting.
Inscribed at the foot, 'Given to me on the same day it was written M H Wilson' (folio 73).
Dates:
1829.
Poems and essays by various authors, including several poems of William Soutar, 1922, two of which are in his own hand and the rest in typescript., 1904-1945, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15873
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...
Dates:
1904-1945, undated.
Poems of Arthur O'Shaughnessy, chiefly in his autograph., 1865-1869, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3073
Scope and Contents
Many of the poems are accompanied by previous drafts. A few bear dates: 1865 (number 56), 1868 (numbers 3, 66), 1869 (numbers 4, 50, 61). On the back of number 45 is a fragment of prose dialogue.
Dates:
1865-1869, undated.
Records of the Edinburgh dining club, The Friday Club, formed in June 1803 and continued until 1850, prefaced by a long autograph memorandum by Lord Cockburn.
File
Identifier: MS.15943
Scope and Contents
The volume contains accounts kept by John Richardson, original bills from taverns and hotels, and an incomplete series of the club's printed fixture-cards.
Dates:
[?1803-?1850.]
Score of trio sonata in D for violin, cello and piano by Maude Beswick, lacking third movement., 1941.
Item
Identifier: MS.21633
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers, the surviving archive of the Edinburgh Society of Musicians, run from the foundation of the Society in 1887 - though it includes a small amount of earlier material - to 1982, and in addition to providing a very full account of the Society's own history, it contains much concerning the history of music-making in Edinburgh in the 20th Century. Included in the collection are the papers of the Edinburgh Harmonists' Society which could trace its descent from the Edinburgh Musical...
Dates:
1941.
Score or parts for three sonatas by Maude Beswick., [1941], 1943, 1946.
File
Identifier: MS.21634
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Violin and cello parts, including final rondo, for the trio sonata in MS.21633 (in D, for violin, cello and piano, 1941), by Maude Beswick (folio 1);
(ii) Score for sonata in A minor for violin and piano, 1943, (folio 13);
(iii) Viola part for sonata in G for viola and piano, dedicated to Sybil Hedderwick, 1946 (folio 27).
Dates:
[1941], 1943, 1946.
Scores and parts for two pieces of music by Maude Beswick., Mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.21636
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) 'Three Impressions' for cello and piano, undated, score and separate cello part (folio 1);
(ii) 'Midsummer Eve', suite for flute and piano, undated, score, separate flute part, and piano 1 of an arrangement for two pianos (folios 5).
Dates:
Mid 20th century.
Scores of operatic works by James A Moonie, and autograph and fair copies of scores, and correspondence of his son William B Moonie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21983-22014
Dates:
4th quarter of 19th century-3rd quarter of 20th century, undated.
Scrapbooks of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes, wife of Sir David Charles Herbert Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Newhailes., 1898-1911.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25673-25677
Scope and Contents
Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates:
1898-1911.
'Sermons at Eastwood from July 4, 1703, to Aprile 15, 1705. By R. W.' In the handwriting of Robert Wodrow.
File
Identifier: MS.134
Dates:
1703-1705.
Settings, chiefly undated, by David Stephen of scriptural texts and of poems by various Scottish authors., 1934, 1943, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.22160
Scope and Contents
Except for folio 10 the settings are for voice and piano.
The songs are undated except for folio 1, 1934, and folio 34, 1943.
Dates:
1934, 1943, undated.
Sixty-five letters and documents from the collection of William Finlay Watson, including the autographs of celebrities in many spheres.
File
Identifier: MS.5308
Dates:
15th century-19th century.
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2207
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Miscellaneous papers, 1647-1781, consisting chiefly of letters and orders addressed to William Farquharson of Inverey by Middleton and others, in connection with the Royalist campaign in Scotland, 1647-1656. 'Archaeologia Scotia', volume v, appendix, page 57. (Folio 1.)(ii) Orders of General Monck relating to Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy and the McNabs, 1654-1655, with modern transcripts, and a chaplain's commission given to...
Dates:
1647-1862, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Songs for voice and piano, 1905 and earlier, by Sir John B McEwen (autograph)., 1905, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6298, folios 15-31
Scope and Contents
The contents include: three settings of Verlaine (translated by Ashmore Wingate), published as ‘Three songs’ (1906); "Love's but a dance" (1906) to words by Austin Dobson; and unpublished settings of poems by Justin McCarthy and Arthur Symons.
Dates:
1905, undated.
Songs of David Stephen., Early 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22160-22162
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions appear to be unpublished.
Dates:
Early 20th century.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-3: letters and papers on various topics, chiefly addressed to James VI., 1560-1622, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(iii)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1560-1622, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.