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 130 Collections and/or Records:
Extract by Henry Mackenzie from a review of ‘The man of ton' [by Sir John Dean Paul], in "Blackwood's Magazine", June 1828., 1828, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.2538
Scope and Contents
Includes Henry Mackenzie's criticism of "Blackwood's magazine" (folio 1), and the remark (folio 6) 'How idle I must have been when I took the trouble of writing out this!'
Dates:
1828, undated.
Extract from `Regstrum Secreti Sigilli` of charter by James VI to James Hamilton, son of John, Marquess of Hamilton, of the abbacy of Arbroath., 11 November 1600.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15094
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
11 November 1600.
Extract from the Book of Adjournal, concerning the trial in 1527 of John Colquhoun of Luss for theft., After 1527.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.22
Dates:
After 1527.
Extract of Blazoning of Coat of Arms of Sir William Murray 1st Baronet, of Ochtertyre., 6 March 1673.
Item
Identifier: Ch.17045
Scope and Contents
This document is fully dated Edinburgh, 6 March 1673.
Dates:
6 March 1673.
'Extract of the collection of Custome and Excyse by James Tarbet'., 1662-1665.
File
Identifier: MS.7039
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:
1662-1665.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Tweeddale; and correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st and 2nd Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Public accounts, presumably connected with the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale's period of office as Commissioner of the Treasury.
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Public accounts, presumably connected with the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale's period of office as Commissioner of the Treasury.
‘Extracts from a Journal written while on service in the Mediterranean in the years, 1828, 1829, 1830, by Captain F L Maitland RN, CB, commanding HMS Wellesley’., 1828-1830.
Item
Identifier: Dep.353/2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates:
1828-1830.
'Extracts from Lord Minto's journal 1821-1822'; fair copies bound by, and in the hand of the 2nd Earl of Minto, of material recorded originally in MSS.11983-11988., 1821-1822.
File
Identifier: MS.11990
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
1821-1822.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Journals of the 2nd Earl and Countess of Minto, and their children.
Extracts from Perth burgh records., 18 July 1692.
File
Identifier: Ch.15320-15321
Scope and Contents
Comprised of: confirmation of all acts in favour of the Hammermen Incorporation of Perth and enactment that no Hammerman`s work in Perth be given to those not freemen and burgesses of the burgh.
Dates:
18 July 1692.
Extracts from printed books., N.d.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4886/20
Extracts from reports on negotiations with Malhar Rao., 1802-1804.
File
Identifier: MS.13642
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates:
1802-1804.
Extracts from the diary concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746., ca. 1880s.
File
Identifier: Acc.14317/30
Scope and Contents
Transcription of passages from the diary that concern the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746, handwritten by Morrison and in a typescript version which is headed "Rebellion of '45 in Sutherlandshire". With a photocopy of the handwritten transcription.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary concerning the Rev. Walter Ross, minister of Tongue (d. 1762). , ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/27
Scope and Contents
Pink exercise book, headed inside "The Minister of Tongue (Mr Walter Ross)". The extracts are of various dates. The Rev. Walter Ross (died 1762), minister of Tongue from 1730, was Murdoch MacDonald's uncle.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary for January to May 1761., ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/28
Scope and Contents
Pink exercise book, headed inside "Mr. McDonald's diary 3d Jany 1761 to 31st May 1761." The extracts concern on a variety of subjects.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary for the year 1740., ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/26
Scope and Contents
Blue exercise book, unheaded, containing extracts from the diary for the year 1740.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts from the diary for the years 1761-1762., ca. 1880s.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14317/29
Scope and Contents
Blue exercise book, headed "M. McDonald's diary" and containing extracts from the years 1761 and 1762.
Dates:
ca. 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
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Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Extracts of office engagement diaries, 1949-1977, also containing holiday diaries of: Italy, 1955; Majorca, 1958; Cote d’Azur, 1957; and English Lakes, 1965., 1949-1977.
File
Identifier: Acc.8699/42
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes...
Dates:
1949-1977.
Extracts transcribed from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald., probably 1880s.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.14317/25-30
Scope and Contents
A set of five notebooks and one folder of loose sheets, containing transcriptions made of parts of the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald.
Dates:
probably 1880s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
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Extracts copied from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness, and associated research papers.
'Gaelic dialect of Arran' by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson, cut from the 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness', volume xxi (Inverness, 1899), with manuscript notes, and folklore notes prefixed, etc., 1899.
File
Identifier: MS.420
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
“An exceptionally accurate and accomplished Gaelic scholar and phonetician, [Charles Robertson] was also for over thirty years a diligent collector of facts relating to Gaelic philology and topography, and — to a less extent — of folk-lore. Much of his work on Gaelic phonetics and dialects has been published in the ‘Celtic Review’ and elsewhere.” (‘Scotsman’, 6 August 1928.)The collection is composed chiefly of notebooks, bound or loose-leaf. Some have many blank pages; only the...
Dates:
1899.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers concerning Gaelic philology and Highland topography, folk-lore, etc., compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson (died 1927), Minister of the United Free Church, Kilchoman, Islay.
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Papers concerning dialects and phonetics compiled by the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson.
Genealogical paper on various branches of the Bruce family., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
File
Identifier: MS.15987
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.
Dates:
Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Genealogical papers on various branches of the Bruce family., Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15986-15987
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.
Dates:
Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]
Guardbook, undated, of Sir Graham Balfour containing typed copies and extracts of letters of Robert Louis Stevenson written chiefly to his mother., Late 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.9898
Scope and Contents
At the front of the volume is a list giving information about the original letters and place of publication.
Dates:
Late 19th century.
Index, 1958-1959, with additions, 1959-1960, 1961, of questions raised by Arthur Murray in the House of Lords, consisting of pages cut from the indexes to Hansard, and containing also some reports of speeches and a few letters., 1958-1961.
File
Identifier: MS.8823
Dates:
1958-1961.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
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Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951.
'Instructions for Sr. William Fleming knt’, superscribed by Charles II., 1650.
Item
Identifier: MS.573, folios 103-108
Dates:
1650.
Journal articles, press cuttings, book reviews and verse of and relating to Hamish Brown, with some letters and typescripts of verse pasted in., 1960-2008.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13060/64-88
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The principal interest of the collection lies in the extensive series of 'Log books', 1961-2008, recording Hamish Brown's endeavours in many fields including his climbing activities and travel, notably to Morocco.Hamish Brown is best known for his climbing and walking expeditions in the Highlands. He has completed multiple rounds of the Munros including tackling all the peaks in one trip using only ferries and a bicycle as transport. Between 1960 and 1972 he was in charge of...
Dates:
1960-2008.
Journal of John Francis Campbell describing a trip to Norway and Finland from July to September 1865, stressing geological features which interested him., 1865.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.50.4.3
Scope and Contents
Other items included in this volume are a letter of Sir Archibald Geikie, 1865 (folio 39), an extract of ‘A Night in a Workhouse’, and extracts from ‘Frost and Fire’ pasted at the end (folios 234 verso-252).
Dates:
1865.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
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Collection of journals and sketchbooks of John Francis Campbell, kept during his travels throughout the world.