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Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Portions of a larger work, such as a literary work or motion picture, reproduced or excised without further change from their original context.
Found in 686 Collections and/or Records:
Notebooks of John Hill Burton entitled 'Adversaria', volumes II-IV and VI. , 1839, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9431-9434
Scope and Contents
The notes consist of comments and excerpts from books on historical and legal subjects. Volume III is dated 1839, the rest are undated, but are presumably of the same period.
Dates:
1839, undated.
Notebooks of John Purves containing material on French literature., Early 20th century-[before 1962.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15806-15818
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
Early 20th century-[before 1962.]
Notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing copies and excerpts of work by other writers., 1933-[1955, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26575-26577
Scope and Contents
MSS.26575-26576 were begun in 1933 and include work by Ezra Pound, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Julien Benda and others. In 1955, Robert Garioch Sutherland used the blank versos to transcribe Alexander Gibb's translation, ‘The Jephthah and Baptist by George Buchanan’ (Edinburgh, 1870). This transcription is continued in MS.26577, and followed by notes from Sutherland's reading.
Dates:
1933-[1955, or after.]
Notebooks of the Reverend William Findlay, containing copies of ballads and extracts from an Ayrshire kirk session register.
Series
Identifier: Dep.211
Dates:
1615-1643.
Notebooks, undated, of Robert Garioch Sutherland containing notes and excerpts form literary works., Mid 20th century-late 20th century
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26579-26580
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-late 20th century
Notes and copies or extracts from documents and printed books on historical and other subjects, titled ‘Miscellaneous Papers and Notes’; several of the notes are in Sir Walter Scott’s autograph., 1821-1850, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.911
Scope and Contents
The volume also contains material accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.The papers include :Copies of four letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1824, 1829 (folios 15-22);Information regarding Jonathan Swift supplied by Irish correspondents (folios 33, 70);Maria Edgeworth’s note of the tour which she took with Scott in August 1825 (folio 50);Thomas Moore’s journal, in his hand, of his visit to Abbotsford in 1825, used by Lockhart in his ‘Life...
Dates:
1821-1850, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Miscellaneous material, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Notes and descriptions of the important features and places in the various counties and other administrative and jurisdictional areas of Scotland, compiled by Sir James Balfour, 1st Baronet, of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.27
Scope and Contents
The volume is labelled on the spine ‘Balfour`s collections on the shires’, and is inscribed ‘Vol:3.’ in a seventeenth-century hand on folio 5.The main text is preceded by a contents list (folio 5). Almost all of the entries are undated, but appear to have been written at different times between about 1630 and about 1640, with later additions until at least 1650 (folio 94) and 1654 (folio 321). The entries record natural features such as rivers and glens, and...
Dates:
Circa 1630-circa1654.
Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, advocate., 18th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.6.1-80.6.14
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts are either in the hand of George Dundas, or bear evidence of his ownership.
Dates:
18th century.
Notes and other material on historical and other subjects, titled ‘Miscellanies’; some notes, etc., are in Sir Walter Scott’s hand., 12th century-1830, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.912
Scope and Contents
The papers include:German poem on the death of the terrier Camp, apparently by Henry Weber [?1809] (folio 14);James Hogg's ‘Glen-Avin’, in his autograph (folio 16);Prologue in Sir Walter Scott’s hand and apparently composed by him to ‘Helga’, probably the tragedy produced in Edinburgh in 1812 (folio 24);Drawing of the Torrs Mask presented to Scott by Train, with a description of it by Joseph Train (folio 80);Poem ‘To Time. By a...
Dates:
12th century-1830, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Miscellaneous material, chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Notes and papers of Sir Graham Balfour., 1888-1929, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9897
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of: (i) Apparently unpublished articles by Sir Graham Balfour (folio 1); (ii) Transcriptions and typescripts of articles about Robert Louis Stevenson collected by Balfour (folio 128); (iii) Miscellaneous notes which include excerpts of diaries, 1851-1853, belonging to Margaret Isabella Stevenson (folio 201).
Dates:
1888-1929, undated.
Notes by John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Henry F Cary, translator of Dante; notes on William Fowler; and material on Provençal literature., [?1920-?1940.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15703
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1920-?1940.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
Notes by William Mure, classical scholar., 1816-1854, or before.
Item
Identifier: MS.4997
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) An early draft of volume III, chapter 7, part ii, 'Writing for literary purposes', of ‘Critical history of the language and literature of Ancient Greece’ by William Mure (folio 1);(ii) 'Essay on the Greek tragedy', endorsed in pencil, Edinburgh 1816 (folio 40);(iii) Notes, imperfect at the beginning, on the Etruscans (folio 58);(iv) 'On the present state and prospects of Egyptian archaeology', circa 1832 (folio 76);...
Dates:
1816-1854, or before.
Notes, essays and other material of John Purves on English literature., [Circa 1898-circa 1916.]
File
Identifier: MS.15871
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) ‘Are proper names connotative?’ an essay, [circa 1898] of John Purves (folio 1);
(ii) Typescript of an essay, ‘A note on Shakespeare's references to Africa’ written by Purves for the Shakespeare Tercentenary in 1916 and apparently unpublished, with notes on other literary references to Africa (folio 8)
(iii) A catalogue, [circa 1916], of John Milton's works (folios 69);
(iv) Extracts, [circa 1916], from the works of Horace (folio 76);
(v) Extracts from a...
Dates:
[Circa 1898-circa 1916.]
Notes, extracts from printed books, memoranda and a few letters concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., Late 17th century-1844, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20003 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
Also included are several papers not relating directly to the claim, some of which may have been utilized by, or for, George Cockburn Haldane or his descendants.
Dates:
Late 17th century-1844, undated.
‘Notes of genealogies, etc’ in Walter Macfarlane’s handwriting, chiefly regarding his own family, and the Earl of Lennox.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.3.10
Dates:
18th century.
Notes of George Dundas of Dundas: extracts from, with some additions to, ‘Tables of the Grecian, Roman and Jewish Measures, Weights and Coins; Reduc`d to the English Standard’ by John Arbuthnot., ?1705.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.6.7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts are either in the hand of George Dundas, or bear evidence of his ownership.
Dates:
?1705.
Notes of John Purves., 1822-1959, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15869-15887
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...
Dates:
1822-1959, undated.
Notes of John Purves and extracts chiefly from ‘King James IV of Scotland’ by R L Mackie and ‘Humanism in England during the fifteenth century’ by R Weiss., [1957, or after-before 1962.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15852
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
[1957, or after-before 1962.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing notes and extracts on history.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably from the period 1950-1959, containing material on history.
Notes of John Purves chiefly on the work of Italian post-war poets, with extracts from their poems., [?1920-?1940.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15716
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1920-?1940.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, of John Purves, probably belonging to the period 1920-1940.
Notes of John Purves on A E Housman, and Sickert’s visit to Edinburgh in 1923; extracts from published works and biographical notes on R A M Stevenson and W E Henley., [After 1922-before 1962.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15866
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
[After 1922-before 1962.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves containing miscellaneous material.
Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi., [?1940-?1959.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15742-15747
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi., [?1940-?1959.].
File
Identifier: MS.15742
Scope and Contents
The notebook has 1 loose leaf of notes inserted.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
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Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi.
Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi, labelled ‘Cecchi, Il figlino prodigo’., [?1940-?1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15745
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
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Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi.
Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi, labelled ‘Cecchi, Il figlinol prodigo (continued). Alto secondo. Scena I’., [?1940-?1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15746
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
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Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi.
Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi, labelled ‘Vol. II, notes on Cecchi’s plays’., [?1940-?1959.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15743
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The notes dated from the appointment of John Purves as lecturer in Italian at Edinburgh University in 1920.
Dates:
[?1940-?1959.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks of John Purves concerning Italian literature.
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Notebooks, undated, possibly belonging to the period 1940-1959.
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Notes of John Purves on, and extracts from, the work of Giovanni Maria Cecchi.