Drafts. Documents.
Found in 2326 Collections and/or Records:
'Variety of notices of Hindoo manners, practices and customs', and fragmentary drafts thereof., [Circa 1823], undated.
Various drafts of 'Journal from Ceylon to Madras and from thence through the Carnatic and Travancore to Calicut, 1796' by Alexander Walker., 1796.
Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Various drafts of 'The Midas touch' by Tom Scott., Undated.
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
Various financial, legal and personal papers of Andrew Stuart., 1727-1800.
Andrew Stuart was a noted lawyer and politician. As lawyer he acted as agent for some important Scottish noble families, in particular the Dukes of Hamilton; as politician he represented Lanarkshire in Parliament, and was a member of the Board of Trade in Lord North's administration. The papers here are almost entirely of a legal and personal nature.
Various manuscripts and fragments, almost all undated, in the autograph of Hugh Miller., 1819-[1852, or before.]
Various papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning religion and morals., 18th century.
The contents are as follows:
(i) A draft of part of the text of MS.17780 (folio 1);
(ii) 'History of Cardinal Mazarin'; 'The Memoirs of the Count of Comminge translated from the French beginne Dec[r].25.1753'; and a catalogue of books, 1757 (folio 1 inverted).
Various political papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto, [1783-1784]-1791.
Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Finance Department., 1905-1911.
Various versions of, and other material probably intended as a section of, ‘Voyage to America’ by Alexander Walker., 1785-1821.
Various versions of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane., [?1927-1928, or before.]
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Various works edited by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1940, or before]-1953.
Verses, songs and hymns of Jan Struther, arranged in alphabetical order by title, many unpublished, containing fair copies, drafts, notes and some music., Circa 1920-1951.
Containing about 350 items.
Volume containing manuscript poems of Lord Byron and some letters of various correspondents; with a manuscript catalogue relating to manuscripts and correspondence of Lord Byron., ?1811-1831, undated.
Volume containing papers concerning peerages attainted after the 1715 and 1745 Rebellions., 1818-1829.
Volumes of music which once belonged to the family of Rose of Kilravock.
One volume (in a different hand) contains sketches of works by the Earl of Kellie.
Wartime notebook of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1943-1945.
In November 1942, George Campbell Hay went to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps. During his service there he learnt French, Arabic and Italian. By 1945 he was in Italy, and in the autumn of that year he was transferred to the Education Corps and posted to Greece before being sent home in 1946. His notebooks contain poetic, linguistic and political material in several languages.
Wartime notebook of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1944-1945, 1980.
The notebook has also been used for drafts of later poems.
Wartime notebooks of George Campbell Hay, including drafts and fragments of "Mochtàr is Dùghall"., 1943-1945.
In November 1942, George Campbell Hay went to North Africa with the Ordnance Corps. During his service there he learnt French, Arabic and Italian. By 1945 he was in Italy, and in the autumn of that year he was transferred to the Education Corps and posted to Greece before being sent home in 1946. His notebooks contain poetic, linguistic and political material in several languages.
Workbook of Alastair Reid containing drafts of poems and miscellaneous notes., 1970-1975.
Alastair Reid both wrote poetry himself and translated work by Pablo Neruda, Jorge Luis Borges and others. MSS.27446-27448 contain his own poems, and MSS.27449-27457 his translations.
Working and fair manuscript copies of various opera (for piano, string quartets, clarinet quintet et al.) of Robert Crawford.
Working notebooks of William Sharp containing miscellaneous notes., [Before 1906.]
On the whole, the notebooks were used for quotations from English, Italian, Gaelic and Greek writers, as well as for many Gaelic expressions, customs, etc., which William Sharp evidently considered for possible inclusion in his own writings. The notebooks contain lists and arrangements of stories, poems, etc., as well as outlines and rough drafts of particular works.
Works and portions of works, verses, anagrams, and impresas, chiefly in draft, of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James IV; and extracts from the works of others., Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Also included are 'Noates for Basilicon Doron' (folio 94) and part of the translation of Machiavelli's 'Prince' (folio 144).
Works of prose of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1934-1936, 1955, 1963-1964, 1973, undated.
Includes corrected typescripts of articles, reviews and broadcast talks, together with 55 letters from various correspondents.