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Extracts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Discrete bibliographical items which though once part of a larger whole (e.g., a periodical issue) have been disbound in order that may stand alone. Distinguished from ""excerpts"" and ""offprints"" which are printed separately, in that extracts were once physically part of a larger whole.

Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:

Papers concerning Peebleshire.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.4300
Scope and Contents

Including typescript extracts from a diary, and church records.

Dates: 19th century.

Papers concerning the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1965.

 File
Identifier: MS.50250
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Announcement of the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Press cutting from the ‘Scotsman’, 2 January 1965, of the notice of death for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 1.Offprint, 1965, of the notice of death in the ‘Scotsman’, [2 January 1965], for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 2.Papers concerning the funeral of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript list, [before 6...
Dates: 1965.

Papers of and concerning the Horsburgh family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4290
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. pedigree, 19th century, of the Horsburgh family

2. transcripts of, and extracts from, charters and letters concerning members of the Horsburgh family

3. presentation, 1836, of the Reverend David Gairdner to the Church and Parish of Skirling

4. presentation, 1831, of the Reverend Dr George Burns to the Church and Parish of Tweedsmuir.

Dates: 19th century.

Papers of Ramsay family, of Ochtertyre.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.5386
Scope and Contents

1. three documents, 1723-1748, concerning James Ramsay of Ochtertyre

2. extract of letter, 1762, of Joseph Macdonald (possibly the piper)

3. journal, 1776, of the first part of a journey from Edinburgh to London

4. 18 poems in Latin and three in English, 18th century, many in the hand of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre.

Dates: 1723-circa 1799.

'Papers on Persian affairs.', ?1809-?1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.13716
Scope and Contents

The manuscript includes:

(i) "Abridged account of the mission of Sir Harford Jones and Brigadier General Malcolm, Bombay 12 April 1809" (folio 1);

(ii) Excerpt from private letter, 27 June 1809, from Lord Minto to Brigadier General Malcolm about Sir Harford Jones' Persian mission (folio 29);

(iii) Copy letter, 7 January 1810, from Malcolm to Minto about Sir Harford Jones' dispatches (folio 39).

Dates: ?1809-?1810.

Papers relating to missions of the Edinburgh Benevolent Society for the Deaf and Dumb., 1880-1976.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13643/64-81
Scope and Contents

In 1886, the Society appointed W W Matheson its first Honorary Missionary serving Hawick. From this time the Society held regular religious services in missions south and central Scotland.

Dates: 1880-1976.

Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine; and, personal recollections of Fairbairn in the context of self-analysis., 1919-circa 1955.

 File
Identifier: MS.50169
Scope and Contents The papers in this file have been arranged by theme. Psychic experiences of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript note, 1919, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recorded on a postcard. The note outlines an incident experienced by Fairbairn, and others, on 11 December 1919 which he questions whether it was not a psychic experience. Folio 1.Papers relating to the personal interest of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in migraine. Extracts and...
Dates: 1919-circa 1955.

Papers submitted to the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty in 1851 by Captain (subsequently Vice-Admiral Sir) Horatio T Austin., 1845-1859.

 File
Identifier: MS.9513
Scope and Contents The collection consists of extracts from Captain Austin's instructions to his assistants, and observations and bearings recorded by them, during the expedition to the Arctic in 1851 (in which Austin commanded a squadron) to search for traces of the expedition by Sir John Franklin in 1845, which had failed with the loss of all who had taken part. The papers are preceded by twelve sheets of printed matter concerning Franklin and his expedition, much of it press-cuttings from copies of the...
Dates: 1845-1859.

Personal papers concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn and his family; with miscellaneous literary papers., After 1916-1959, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50246
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular subject spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.1927-1936.Papers relating to the children of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Commemorative offprint, 1927, of the notice in the ‘Scotsman’, 23 June 1927, of the birth of Ellinor Fairbairn. Folio 1.Manuscript and typescript notes, 1932-1936, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recording...
Dates: After 1916-1959, undated.

Photocopies of extracts from notebooks of Alexander MacCallum Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6351
Scope and Contents

Concerning John Buchan`s years as a student at Glasgow University.

Dates: circa 1928.

Photocopies of papers from the Thomas Tait Collection.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9835
Scope and Contents

With additional commentary and extracts compiled by William Tait, son of Thomas and co-creator of the collection.

Dates: 20th century.

Prints, chiefly cut from books, consisting of portraits, the decorated titles of maps, architectural subjects, and miscellaneous subjects, and apparently collected for their decorative qualities., 16th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2198
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.

Dates: 16th century.

Public accounts, presumably connected with the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale's period of office as Commissioner of the Treasury., 1662-1669.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7039-7043
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: MSS.7003-7022, Letters to the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale, with a few letters concerning them, 1661-1713, forms a separate sequence but because of the way some of the manuscripts have been bound this distinction could not be represented exactly in the hierarchy of the descriptions.Of the letters written before 1697 (the year of his death), by far the greater number are addressed to the 1st Marquess; but occasionally it is not certain whether the addressee is the 1st...
Dates: 1662-1669.

Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12335/84-243
Scope and Contents

The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.

Dates: 1539-2001.

Reviews by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of works of other authors., 1939-1957.

 File
Identifier: MS.50220
Scope and Contents The reviews are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.1939.‘A Biological Approach to the Problem of Abnormal Behaviour’, by Milton Harrington.Carbon copy of a typescript, [circa 1939], of a review by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of ‘A Biological Approach to the Problem of Abnormal Behaviour’, by Milton Harrington. The review was published in the ‘Edinburgh...
Dates: 1939-1957.

Reviews by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of works of others authors., 1926-1938.

 File
Identifier: MS.50219
Scope and Contents The reviews are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.1926.Assorted reviews.Extract, pages 93-94, ‘Notes on Books’, from the ‘Edinburgh Medical Journal’, 1926. The extract includes reviews by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of: ‘Old and New Viewpoints in Psychology’, by Knight Dunlop [i.e. Dunlap]; and, ‘Psychoanalysis and the Psychic Disorder of General...
Dates: 1926-1938.

Roman antiquities. Correspondence and papers of George Chalmers, being materials towards Book I of his ‘Caledonia’.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.17
Scope and Contents

Many of the papers are in the hand of Chalmers’s nephew James: several of these are queries with answers on the same leaves from George Chalmers`s correspondents; other papers include extracts from contemporary printed sources.

Dates: 1799-1803.

Second corrected proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke, including the conclusion and appendices. , [1863, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.4874
Scope and Contents The proofs have been heavily corrected by John Hanning Speke and by John Hill Burton, the editor of the work.Also included are further proofs of pages 1-15, 20-54, 56-62, 74-81, 155, and 597-658 (folios 24, 47, 67, 83, 136, 394, 412, and 441); the manuscripts of part of the conclusion, in Burton's hand, and Appendix E, in Speke's hand (folios 410 verso, 476); and two leaves of the ‘Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society’, volume iv (1860), containing a printed letter of...
Dates: [1863, or before.]