Transcriptions. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written versions of oral language or music, or written copies made of other written documents, either in longhand or on a machine.
Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:
Full score of a trio for oboe, cor anglais (or clarinet) and bassoon by G W Crawford; with a transcription of the cor anglais part for B flat clarinet., 1913.
Item
Identifier: MS.21969
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the compositions of G W Crawford are written on a large scale and the collection consists chiefly of full scores, piano reductions and orchestral parts. There are very few drafts or sketches: almost all the compositions are in their final form, and many are in the hands of copyists. Most of the works are undated. Those dates that appear (usually on the last page or leaf) range from 1892 to 1941, but it is rarely clear whether these are of composition, revision or performance. Almost...
Dates:
1913.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Chamber music and songs of G W Crawford.
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Chamber music of G W Crawford.
Genealogical papers concerning the Earls Marischal and the Keiths of Ravelston., [Circa 1748]-1802, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21188
Scope and Contents
The papers include copies of ‘History of Keith Marischal of Scotland’ by Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar (folio 7); ‘History of the family of Keith Marischal’ by Bishop Robert Keith (folio 45), and an essay and letters of Alexander Keith of Ravelston and Dunnottar concerning Bishop Keith's ‘History’ (folios 2, 52-60).Appended to the inside of the front and back covers of the volume are an English Translation, 1802, of the German inscription on Marshal Keith's Tomb in...
Dates:
[Circa 1748]-1802, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Genealogical papers of, and concerning, the Keith family.
Letters and copies of letters of Augusta Leigh to Elizabeth Vassall Fox (Lady Holland), John Murray II and John Murray III., 1816-1850, 1960, undated.
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Identifier: MS.43482
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent name and then chronologically within each section, with those of uncertain date placed at the end of the sequence.Copy, 1960, of a letter of Augusta Leigh to Elizabeth Vassall Fox (Lady Holland), undated: folios 1-3;Letters of Augusta Leigh to John Murray [II] dated:1816: folios 4-36;1817: folios 37-49;1818: folios 50-60;1819: folio 61-65;1820:...
Dates:
1816-1850, 1960, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Augusta Leigh, with correspondence of and relating to her family.
Letters of Edward John Trelawny to various correspondents, with some transcriptions., 1822-1833, 1978.
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Identifier: MS.43509
Scope and Contents
The letters in this folder have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. The letters in this folder have all been transcribed in typescript by Paula Feldman. These transcriptions are arranged after the letters to which they relate.Letters of Edward John Trelawny to Lord Byron, 1822-1824: folios 1-23;Typescript transcriptions of the letters of Edward John Trelawny to Lord Byron, 1978: folios 26-45;Letter of Edward John Trelawny to John Cam...
Dates:
1822-1833, 1978.
Letters of John Murray IV, John Murray V and John Murray VI to Thomas James Wise; with correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the sale and provenance of Byron manuscripts and other items., 1928-1966.
File
Identifier: MS.43503
Scope and Contents
This folder contains some correspondence relating to Thomas James Wise and other correspondence relating to the sale and provenance of items by or relating to Lord Byron. The Wise correspondence has been placed chronologically before that relating to the manuscripts and objects of Lord Byron. The latter has been organised by correspondent surname with miscellaneous material placed at the end of the sequence.Draft of a letter of John Murray [IV] to Thomas James Wise. 1928: folio...
Dates:
1928-1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II., 1822, 1900-1901, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43493
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in chronological order with related material ordered at the end of the sequence.Letters of Lord Byron to John Murray II:January 1822, including a letter wrapper with a postmark of January 1822: folios 1-4;February 1822: folios 5-7:March 1822: folios 8-10;April 1822: folios 11-15: May 1822: folios 16-26:June 1822: folios 27-28;July 1822 with a partial letter of Lord...
Dates:
1822, 1900-1901, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray II and John Murray III; including manuscript copies of two of the letters., 1821-1843.
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Identifier: MS.42180
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged chronologically.Letter of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [II], 1821: folios 1-3;Letters of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [II], 1828: folios 4-9;Letter of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [III], 1831: folios 10-11;Letter of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [III], 1832: folios 12-14;Letters of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [II], 1833: folios 15-26;Letter of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray [II],...
Dates:
1821-1843.
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 Maria Edgeworth.
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Letters of Maria Edgeworth to John Murray II; with typescript transcriptions of the letters.
Letters of the grandchildren of Lord Byron to John Murray, publishers, relating to the publication of 'Letters and Journals of Lord Byron'., 1869-1904.
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Identifier: MS.43498
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of 'The Letters and Journals of Lord Byron' of:Lady Anne Blunt, 15th Baroness Wentworth, 1886: folios 1-10.
Included is a note on f.8v of John Murray III relating that in June 1886 he presented Lady Anne Blunt with 50 letters of Lord Byron to Augusta Leigh;
Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace, 1869-1887 and 1895-1904: folios 11-122. The letters are signed using the titles of...
Dates:
1869-1904.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence between Lord Byron and John Murray II; with letters of and to John Murray, publishers, relating to Lord Byron.
Letters of, to or concerning Lord Byron, correspondents with surnames from Davy to Fleming., 1809-1974, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43424
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname and then chronologically. When first made available for consultation this folder of letters, before it was foliated, included a letter, 1823, of John Webb and Co. to Lord Byron. That letter is now housed in MS.43527.Letters of Jane Davy, Lady Davy, to Lord Byron, 1820 and undated: folios 1-4;Letters of Edward James Dawkins to Lord Byron, with copies of letters of Dawkins to Byron, in the hand of...
Dates:
1809-1974, undated.
Letters of various correspondents relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; with some typescript copies of letters relating to the same., 1816-1937, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43522
Scope and Contents
The letters in this folder concern the separation of Lord and Lady Byron. The letters have been arranged in three sections: contemporary letters; letters of and to John Murray III and IV concerning the letters relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron; and an excerpt and typescript copies of letters concerning the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.Contemporary letters:Letters of Sir Francis Hastings Doyle to John Cam Hobhouse, 1816: folios 1-10;...
Dates:
1816-1937, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Correspondence and manuscripts relating to the separation of Lord and Lady Byron.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Grove, H. to Gruner, S., 1824-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40493
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Grove, H.Letter, 1847, of H Grove to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Grover, Henry Montague.Letter, 1824, of Henry Montague Grover to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.
Grueber, Herbert Appold.Letters, 1890-1891, 1893, 1899 and 1901, of Herbert Appold Grueber to John Murray III and John Murray IV. Folios 5-13.Folio 8. Inventory, 1891, for...
Dates:
1824-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Ibbetson to Inge, S., 1807-1925.
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Identifier: MS.40598
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Ibbetson, Henry Levett Boscawen.Letter, 1862, of Henry Levett Boscawen Ibbetson to John Murray III. Folio 1.Ideville, Henri Amedee Le Lorne d'.Letter, 1872, of Henri Amedee Le Lorne d'Ideville, Comte d’Ideville, to John Murray III. Folios 2-3.Idman, Niilo Rudolf.Letter, 1914, of Niilo Rudolf Idman to John Murray IV. Folios 4-5....
Dates:
1807-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Greig to Grenville., 1813-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40485
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Additional letters have been added to the end of this sequence.Greig, A.Letter, 1866, of A Greig to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.Greig, Agnes.Letters, 1849, 1866-1867, 1869, 1871 and 1873-1874, of Agnes Greig to John Murray III. Folios 3-21. An additional letter of this correspondent can be located at folios 95-96 of this manuscript.Greig,...
Dates:
1813-1928.
Microfilm of correspondence and associated papers of General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War; and, assorted papers concerning the Peninsular War, with transcripts of accounts relating to British military involvement in Portugal in 1762 and 1797., 1762, 1797, 1808-1814.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1072
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence and associated papers, June 1814, General Sir George Murray during the Peninsular War (Adv.MS.46.3.4);
Assorted papers, 1762, 1797, 1808-1814, concerning the Peninsular War, with transcripts of accounts relating to British military involvement in Portugal in 1762 and 1797 (Adv.MS.46.3.5).
Dates:
1762, 1797, 1808-1814.
Microfilm of letters, and transcripts of letters, of Sir Walter Scott., 1806-1832.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1175
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Transcripts of letters, 1806-[circa 1820], of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs George Ellis, Christian Rutherford, and Jane Boston Russell of Ashiesteel (MS.857);
Transcripts of letters, 1809-1826, of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs and Miss (Anne Jane) Maclean-Clephane of Torloisk (MS.858);
Letters, 1821-1832, of Sir Walter Scott to John Gibson Lockhart (MS.859).
Dates:
1806-1832.
Microfilm of letters of Sir Walter Scott to various parties, chiefly transcripts., 1793-1832.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1173
Microfilm of 'Transcripts of letters addressed to various persons by Sir Walter Scott: Vol. I, 1803-1831' [i.e. 1806-1831]., 1806-1831.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1174
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 15., 1853-1937.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1327
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
"Punch's Pocket Book" for 1853, containing the diary of Isabella Bremner kept on the journey to India and in Bombay (MS.19224);Engagement diary of Anna Geddes, 1900, including details of Patrick and Anna Geddes' visit to America of that year (MS.19997);Greater part of the original diary of Elizabeth S Haldane, from 1910 to shortly before her death in 1937 (MSS.20240-20242);Photocopy of transcripts of the complete diary,...
Dates:
1853-1937.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reel 16., 1701-1937.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1328
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Papers, 1701-1845, undated, of the Malcolm family of Burnfoot (Acc.9756);
Photocopy of transcripts of the complete diary, 1919-1937, of Elizabeth S Haldane (MS.20244).
Dates:
1701-1937.
Miscellaneous accounts of the Keith family, including household and personal accounts, accounts for travelling expenses at home and abroad, and tradesmen’s' bills., 1601-1761, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21176
Scope and Contents
Transcripts, circa 1904, of some of these accounts, probably by Patrick Keith Murray, Writer to the Signet have been placed with the manuscripts.
Dates:
1601-1761, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
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Accounts of the Keith family.
Miscellaneous papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1750-1920.
Series
Identifier: MSS.13415-13420
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1750-1920.
Mostly manuscript copies of works of Lord Byron, with some by other writers and related material., ?1804-1939, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43355
Scope and Contents
The records here have been divided into three sections – copies of works of Byron, poetry and material relating to Byron, and poetry relating to other people. The first section has been arranged chronologically by the date when the original poem was written. The other sections have been arranged chronologically by the date they were produced,With some exceptions, the majority of these are manuscript copies – hands have been identified where possible.First lines are...
Dates:
?1804-1939, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Manuscripts of poems, plays and prose of or relating to Lord Byron and his circle.
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Manuscript copies, in various hands, of poems by Lord Byron.
Negative microfilm of five manuscripts of, or concerning, Sir Walter Scott from the Pforzheimer Library, collectively known as the ‘Pforzheimer Scott manuscripts’., [1815, or before]-1830.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.591
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, April 1830, of the preface to ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott. (MS.23042);Manuscript, April 1830, of the preface to ‘Lord of the Isles’ by Sir Walter Scott. (MS.23043);Manuscript, [1815, or before], of 'Lord of the Isles', together with notes to the poem, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23044);Transcript of correspondence, 1815, of an unknown writer in Staffa, relating to Sir Walter Scott's ‘Lord of the Isles’, with marginal...
Dates:
[1815, or before]-1830.
Negative microfilm of letters, originals and transcripts, of and to Sir Walter Scott., 1793-1832.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.597
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
'Transcripts of letters addressed to various persons by Sir Walter Scott': volume II, 1802-1831 (MS.854);
Original letters and transcripts of letters, 1806-1832, of Sir Walter Scott (MS.855);
‘Letters from Sir Walter Scott to the Shortreeds’, 1793-1831, i.e. to Robert Shortreed, Sheriff-Substitute of Roxburghshire, and his family (MS.856);
Letters, 1792-1814, to Sir Walter Scott from various persons (MS.865).
Dates:
1793-1832.
Negative microfilm of manuscripts of, and collected by, Sir Walter Scott., 4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.578
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Journal of Sir Walter Scott, from 9 February 1826 to 13 April 1831 (MS.1570);Excerpts from Sir Walter Scott’s marginal notes, 4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century, in books at Abbotsford, compiled by his sons Walter and Charles in 1832 (MS.1571);Certified copy, dated 1712, of an account of the court-martial held on John, Master of Sinclair, for the murder of Ensign Hugh Schaw and Captain Alexander Schaw, 1708 (MS.1572);...
Dates:
4th quarter of 18th century-early 19th century.