Research. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Recorded results of diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject made to discover or revise facts, theories, or applications.
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
Author papers, including manuscripts and typescripts, proofs, correspondence and other papers for John Murray authors., 1803-2007, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13236/1-44
Scope and Contents
Authors include Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, Lord Byron, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Austen Henry Layard, Sir Philip Magnus, Axel Munthe, Samuel Smiles, Paul Henri Sproge (also known as Fred Rebell) and Ibn al-Wardi.
Dates:
1803-2007, undated.
Case study papers on gender and inclusionary budgetary processes in Australia., 1988-1998.
File
Identifier: Acc.13806/54
Scope and Contents
The file contains 'Women's Budget Statement 1988-89', Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office of the Status of Women, Commonwealth of Australia (1988); and Debbie Budlender and Ronda Sharp, 'How to do a gender-sensitive budget analysis: Contemporary research and practice', Commonwealth Secretariat, Australia (1998).
Dates:
1988-1998.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Dr Esther Breitenbach.
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Papers of Esther Breitenbach relating to her work for the Women and Equality Unit, of the Cabinet Office, afterwards of the Department of Trade and Industry, UK Government.
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Papers connected with Esther Breitenbach's work on mainstreaming equal opportunities for the Women and Equality Unit.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning John Allan Broun, mostly relating to work on magnetism and meteorology.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10064/1-172
Dates:
1831-1891, undated.
File, "The Attic Archive. Research, material, for article, 'Art [and] Artists in Argyll [and] Bute', Art Review June 1999."., 1999.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 16(8)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The box is covered in tartan.
Dates:
1999.
Further literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts, reviews, press cuttings, correspondence and related papers, mostly concerning historical research., 1937-2001, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/521-1062
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the Dolly novel series, also known as the Johnson Johnson Mysteries., 1966-1976, 1988, 2001, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/384-465
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1966-1976, 1988, 2001, undated.
Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the Francis Crawford of Lymond novel series., 1963-1974, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/20-99
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1963-1974, undated.
Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to 'The game of kings' by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/57-73
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
Undated.
Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series., 1974-2001, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/179-383
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1974-2001, undated.
Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the novel, 'King hereafter'., 1969-1981, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/100-178
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1969-1981, undated.
Literary papers relating to the Dorothy Dunnett companion volumes by Elspeth Morrison., 1994-2001, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/466-499
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1994-2001, undated.
Microfilm of genealogical and heraldic material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.31
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
‘Armourial [sic] Bearings of the Bruces’ by Major William Bruce Armstrong, 1903 (Adv.MS.15.1.25);'Results of the investigation of the settlement of English families in Scotland', [?1801] (Adv.MS.16.2.9);‘Proper names with their significations’ by David Ure, minister of Uphall, late 18th century (Adv.MS.16.2.10);Collection of material on French heraldry, in several hands of the first half of the 18th century...
Dates:
1560-1903.
Miscellaneous research papers, drafts for policy documents, text for leaflets and related papers., 1964-1966.
File
Identifier: Acc.10090/104
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.
Dates:
1964-1966.
Notebook containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving carried out by J B S Haldane and E M Case., April-July 1940.
Item
Identifier: MS.20570
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With a list of the experiments recorded at the back of the notebooks.
Dates:
April-July 1940.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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Notes and papers concerning experiments on the physiology of diving conducted by the Underwater Physiology Sub-committee on which J B S Haldane and Helen Spurway (later his second wife) served, together with members of the Royal Navy, between 1942 and 1944.
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Notebooks containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving.
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Notebooks containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving carried out by J B S Haldane and E M Case, and recorded in the hand of Case.
Notebook, July 1940-April 1941; May-August 1942, containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving carried out by J B S Haldane and E M Case., July 1940-August 1942.
Item
Identifier: MS.20571
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With a list of the experiments recorded at the back of the notebooks.
Dates:
July 1940-August 1942.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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Notes and papers concerning experiments on the physiology of diving conducted by the Underwater Physiology Sub-committee on which J B S Haldane and Helen Spurway (later his second wife) served, together with members of the Royal Navy, between 1942 and 1944.
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Notebooks containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving.
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Notebooks containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving carried out by J B S Haldane and E M Case, and recorded in the hand of Case.
Notebook, September 1942-June 1944, containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving carried out by J B S Haldane and Helen Spurway, recorded by both alternately., September 1942-1944.
Item
Identifier: MS.20572
Dates:
September 1942-1944.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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Notes and papers concerning experiments on the physiology of diving conducted by the Underwater Physiology Sub-committee on which J B S Haldane and Helen Spurway (later his second wife) served, together with members of the Royal Navy, between 1942 and 1944.
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Notebooks containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving.
Notebooks containing records of experiments on respiratory problems in diving., 1940-1944.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20570-20572
Dates:
1940-1944.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
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Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane.
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Notes and papers concerning experiments on the physiology of diving conducted by the Underwater Physiology Sub-committee on which J B S Haldane and Helen Spurway (later his second wife) served, together with members of the Royal Navy, between 1942 and 1944.
Oral history interviews conducted and recorded by Neil C Rafeek and Hilary Young as part of their research for the book ‘The University Experience 1945-1975: An Oral History of the University of Strathclyde’ (2004).
Series
Identifier: UNLS004
Scope and Contents
This collection of oral history interviews with various students and members of academic and support staff at the University of Strathclyde formed part of the research material used by Callum G Brown, Arthur McIvor, and Neil C Rafeek to write a book entitled ‘The University Experience 1945-1975: An Oral History of the University of Strathclyde’. The interviewees discuss both their backgrounds and their experiences of teaching and working at the University of Strathclyde between 1945 and...
Dates:
2002-2003.
Outreach and collaborative production files of the Barrhead centenary and Paisley festival, entitled 'Welcome to the working week'., 1993-1994, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/171-173
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.
Dates:
1993-1994, undated.
Papers and notes of Frank Roydon Richards, mostly concerning the decipherment of the Linear B script, with material concerning other cuneiform scripts.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9094/1-89
Scope and Contents
Frank Roydon Richards, rector of Glasgow Academy from 1932 to 1959, devoted much of his retirement to the study of Linear B and especially the methods used by Michael Ventris, to whose decipherment he took a sceptical attitude. For comparative purposes he also studied the methods used by the decipherers of Hittite and other cuneiform scripts. The bulk of the material consists of transcripts of texts and summaries of books and articles, with critical comments by Richards interspersed.
Dates:
1966-1975, undated.
Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland)., 1935-1938, 1965-1991, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/1-280
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1935-1938, 1965-1991, undated.
Papers, including correspondence, articles, notes, reports and photographs, of Reginald W Powell, physicist.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10574/1-46
Dates:
1938-1985, undated.
Papers of Janet Paisley concerning 'Deep rising' and 'White rose rebel'., 1996-2007, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 4(1)-(4)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.
Dates:
1996-2007, undated.
Papers of Muriel Spark, relating to autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae' (London: Constable, 1992)., 1949-1992, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10989/198-280
Dates:
1949-1992, undated.
Papers of Sir Thomas Muir on mathematics.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10068/1-5
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1920, 1934, undated.