Drafts. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Preliminary or tentative versions of documents.
Found in 2330 Collections and/or Records:
11 literary notebooks and other papers of Morley Jamieson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9160
Dates:
circa 1980-1984 and undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
'36 figures of Hindu deities', a fragmentary draft of MS.13903: 'Account of various Hindoo deities'., 1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.13905
Dates:
1806.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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'Account of various Hindoo deities', and fragmentary drafts thereof.
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Fragmentary drafts of MS.13903: 'Account of various Hindoo deities'.
43 drafts and final copies of letters of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, while Governor-General of Canada, to Kings George V, Edward VIII and George VI.
File
Identifier: Acc.11738
Dates:
1935-1940.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Aberargie: draft deed of sale., Seventeenth century.
Item
Identifier: Ch.1161
Dates:
Seventeenth century.
Academic and literary correspondence of Professor Alastair Fowler, with some drafts of works and press cuttings.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12015/1-57
Scope and Contents
This accession is one of several in the National Library of Scotland covering mainly incoming correspondence, but also containing copies of some outgoing letters and other literary material.
Acc.12015/57 gives biographical details on individual correspondents.
Dates:
[Circa 1971-2000], undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9851/1-66
Scope and Contents
Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.
Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.
Dates:
1960-1988.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Account book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., ?1716-1730.
Item
Identifier: MS.16933
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: 'Accompt of Money Spent since my Coming from London to Edinburgh being the 21 of August 1718' to the end of 1719 (folio 1); 'Inventar of China', ?1716 (folio 16); list of items 'sent to Nidry' (see MS.17476), 1724 (folio 20); and draft journal, 1729-1730 (folio 1 inverted).
Dates:
?1716-1730.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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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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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Quarto account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Account book of the Trustees of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780).
Item
Identifier: MS.6523
Scope and Contents
The accounts are between the Trustees and tenants, employees, tradesmen, etc. A loose sheet, containing draft accounts relating to 1794-1796 has been placed at the beginning of the volume (folio i).
Dates:
1776-1806.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
'Account of 41 Hindu deities’, a fragmentary draft of MS.13903: 'Account of various Hindoo deities'., 1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.13904
Dates:
1806.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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'Account of various Hindoo deities', and fragmentary drafts thereof.
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Fragmentary drafts of MS.13903: 'Account of various Hindoo deities'.
'Account of castes and professions in Guzerat' by Alexander Walker, with two drafts thereof., [Circa 1823.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13861-13863
Scope and Contents
Compiled circa 1823.
Dates:
[Circa 1823.]
‘Account of Hindu institutions and ceremonies’, a fragmentary draft of MS.13895: 'Variety of notices of Hindoo manners, practices and customs'., [Circa 1823.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13896
Dates:
[Circa 1823.]
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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'Variety of notices of Hindoo manners, practices and customs', and fragmentary drafts thereof.
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Fragmentary drafts, undated, of MS.13895: 'Variety of notices of Hindoo manners, practices and customs'.
Account of the peasant rising of 1865 in Jamaica, being the final draft of part of an uncompleted work on Governor Eyre, by William Law Mathieson, Doctor of Laws.
Item
Identifier: MS.2616
Dates:
[Circa 1938.]
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
'Account of various Hindoo deities', and fragmentary drafts thereof., 1806.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13903-13905
Accounts of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1745-1765, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.17050
Dates:
1745-1765, undated.
Accounts of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, chiefly drafts, rough notes, and calculations., 1718-1765, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17049-17050
Scope and Contents
Also included are some unbound notebooks similar to the account books and memoranda books.
Dates:
1718-1765, undated.
Accounts of Andrew Stuart with the Hamilton Trustees, chiefly concerning the Douglas Cause., 1762-1769.
File
Identifier: MS.5363
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Account of expenditure abroad, July 1762, to January 1766 (folio 1), followed by drafts of this account giving more detail (folio 36);(ii) Accounts relative to the Douglas Cause, 1762-1769 (folio 122);(iii) 'General abstract of the whole expence in relation to the Douglas Cause in Scotland', 1769 (folio 134), with other abstracts and a memorial concerning the proportion to be paid by Sir Hew Dalrymple (folio 142);...
Dates:
1762-1769.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
`Adversaria`, being miscellaneous notes and copies of correspondence of Sir Robert Sibbald, with scholars such as William Nicolson, Edward Lhuyd and John Smith of Durham on Scottish history and antiquities.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.19
Scope and Contents
Smith`s letters (folios 47-61), some of which are originals, concern the records of Scottish history surviving at Durham. Other contents are as follows:(i) Notes on historical manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (folio 2).(ii) The life of Robert Morison copied from his ‘Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis’, part 3, with notes on the same volume (folio 4 verso).(iii) `A list of Gold Scotch Coyns` (folios 13 verso, 18).(iv) `The...
Dates:
Circa 1682-1706, and undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
File
Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents
The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates:
1696-1891, undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Albums of letters and documents, almost entirely of Scottish interest, written by or relating to historical celebrities, and dealing with public and private affairs.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2955-2956
Dates:
1589-1881.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25356-25357
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25356
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'.
Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'., Late 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.25357
Dates:
Late 18th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes.
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Historical papers: Scotland and Great Britain of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
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Annotated copy, drafts and notes, undated, of Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, for ‘A specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots'.
Annotated drafts of an article of Tom Weir on Adam Watson., undated, circa.2000.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/240A
Dates:
undated, circa.2000.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
Annotated typescripts of 'My Month' articles of Tom Weir; with drafts for 'Weir’s World' and 'Exploring Scotland with Tom Weir'., 1989, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/256
Dates:
1989, undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
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Corrected proofs, annotated typescripts, and drafts of 'My Month' articles by Tom Weir; with some related correspondence, notes, press cuttings and printed ephemera.