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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Physical or digital representations of a body of information designed with the capacity to communicate. In its broadest sense, ""documents"" include any item amenable to cataloging and indexing, that is, including nonprint media. For the activity of gathering and recording information, see ""documentation (function)""For specfic types of documents, see concepts under ""document genres."".

Found in 1533 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommer., 13 October 1960-1964, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20665 (2)
Scope and Contents

Following the correspondence are a number of undated notes and papers used in Dudley Sommer’s researches (folio 278) and proofs of photographs used as illustrations in the book (folio 331).

Dates: 13 October 1960-1964, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommers., 1952-1964, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20665
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1908, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20025-20029
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1854-1908, undated.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray chiefly with reference to his position as master-general of the ordnance (1834-1835, 1841-1846)., 1831-1846.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.8.16-46.9.16
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1831-1846.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray concerning actions in Scandinavia., 1807-1808.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.12-46.1.20
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1807-1808.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray concerning campaigns in wars against France., 1793-1806.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.1.4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1806.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray relating to the expedition to Rügen and Copenhagen led by Lord Cathcart, 1807 (folio 2), and the diplomatic mission to Stockholm led by Sir John Moore, 1808 (folio 132), on both of which Murray served as quartermaster-general., 1807-1808.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.1.12
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1807-1808.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray with reference to his position as governor of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1819-1824), commander in chief in Ireland (1825-1828), and secretary of state for the Colonies (1828-1830)., 1819-1830.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.8.6-46.8.15
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1819-1830.

Correspondence and papers of Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto., 1847-1939, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.12365-12803
Scope and Contents Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1847-1939, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan concerning the Advocates' Library and the National Library of Scotland., 1913-1937.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25266-25273
Scope and Contents

This section of the Hugh Pattison Macmillan papers is concerned with the campaign to create a National Library of Scotland on the basis of the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, 1913-1924; the Scottish National Library Endowment Trust, and Sir Alexander Grant's benefaction, 1923; the drafting and passage of the National Library of Scotland Act, 1925; and the business and administration of the two libraries, 1914-1937.

Dates: 1913-1937.

Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15342-15350
Scope and Contents Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates: 1793-1797, 1801-1804, 1807, 1818, undated.

Correspondence and papers of John Horne Stevenson, concerning Walter Scott's manuscripts and letters., 1871-1944, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21064
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Papers, 1871-1944, undated, chiefly concerning the sale of manuscripts belonging to the Stevenson family. Much of the correspondence is with James Maclehose from 1914-1918. (Folio 1.) (ii) Papers, 1932, undated, concerning the business books of Archibald Constable and Robert Cadell, presented to the National Library of Scotland by John Horne Stevenson in 1932 (MSS.789-902), and the Cadell collection of Walter Scott's correspondence (MSS.742-745). (Folio...
Dates: 1871-1944, undated.

Correspondence and papers of John Horne Stevenson, grandson of Robert Cadell., 1871-1944, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21064-21065
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1871-1944, undated.

Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1905, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20030-20031
Scope and Contents

Most of the letters are addressed to Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues in connexion with his work and researches: most of the papers consist of talks on science and medicine.

Dates: 1854-1905, undated.

Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1894.

 File
Identifier: MS.20030
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Most of the letters are addressed to Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues in connexion with his work and researches: most of the papers consist of talks on science and medicine.

Dates: 1854-1894.

Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson., 1895-1905, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20031
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Most of the letters are addressed to Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues in connexion with his work and researches: most of the papers consist of talks on science and medicine.

Dates: 1895-1905, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General William Taylor and his family.

 File
Identifier: MS.15981
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Family correspondence of Charles J Taylor with some letters to his wife, 1835-1877, undated, including letters from General Taylor to his son after Charles left India as a child (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers, 1845-1866, of General Taylor (folio 76); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1898, undated, chiefly concerning Kenneth N Innes Taylor who died in Argentina in 1898 (folio 156).

Dates: 1855-1898.