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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Transcribed collections of numbers, names, or other text indicating tallies of concepts collocated for any particular purpose.

Found in 1238 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript list of charters relating to the estate and family of Dundas in chronological order, with references to the location of summaries, where they exist, in Adv.MS.80.4.15., ?Late 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.4.16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates: ?Late 19th century.

Typescript list of the names of the correspondents with George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review"., ? Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.42624
Scope and Contents

The list here was created before the John Murray Archive came to the National Library of Scotland. It relates to the letters now held in MSS.42619-42623, listing the names of correspondents. The list differs slightly from the contents of these folders.

Dates: ? Mid 20th century.

Typescript, with manuscript corrections and insertions, of ‘Octobiography’ by Helen B Cruickshank., [1976, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26705
Scope and Contents

The final verses described on page 173 of the published text are not included. There are some additional pages of text which were not used (folio 315) and a list of friends to whom copies were to be sent (folio 319).

Dates: [1976, or before.]

Typescripts of letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Charles IX., 1565-1589, 1839, 1930.

 File
Identifier: MS.572
Scope and Contents

The typescripts of letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Charles IX begin on folio i; there is also correspondence relating to the collection in general and to these typescripts in particular, with a chronological list (folio 41); and letters of Patrick Fraser Tytler, 1839 (folio 69).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1565-1589, 1839, 1930.

Typescripts of poems of Sydney Durward Tremayne probably chosen and arranged for ‘Selected and new poems’., [1973, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26682
Scope and Contents

There are several manuscript and typescript lists of contents, and an author's note (folio 26) which was not published.

Dates: [1973, or before.]

Typescripts, undated, of three short stories by Margaret Noël-Paton., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.27473
Scope and Contents

Three short stories 'Full Circle' (folio 1), 'Immortal Moment' (folio 7) and 'Predicament' (folio 27). There is a manuscript list of alternative titles for the last (folio 26).

Dates: Mid 20th century-late 20th century.

Uncompleted account of living Scottish gentry, in alphabetical order, with names from A to D, by John Philp Wood., [1795, or after.]

 File
Identifier: MS.1876
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.

Dates: [1795, or after.]

'Value of articles bought'., 1825.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2497
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1825.

Various editorial papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1953, [1962, or before], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27081
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Brief pieces written to fill up spaces in magazines, and other short prose writings, 1953, ?1962, undated (folio 1); (ii) Criticisms by Hugh MacDiarmid of work by another writer, undated (folio 77); (iii) Glossaries of Scots words, undated (folio 82); (iv) Introductory note and list of proposed contents for MacDiarmid's ‘Collected poems’ (Edinburgh, 1962) (folio 99). These are followed (folio 112) by suggestions for the contents by M L Rosenthal.

Dates: 1953, [1962, or before], undated.

Various finding aids relating to the papers of General Sir George Murray, with a report on the collection., 1st half of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.46.9.23
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

List of printed books in the collection which have been transferred to the Department of Printed Books (folio 1).

List of non-manuscript maps which have been transferred to the Map Room (folio 4).

Report on the collection by Robert Young, 1914 (folio 17).

Inventory of Murray’s private papers, 1907, including many not in the National Library of Scotland (folio 56).

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.

Various lists of books of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 17th century-19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.17861
Scope and Contents

The contents include a list of legal works, 1629 (folio 3), lists of books on agriculture and horticulture, 1726, 1732, undated (folios 28-32), lists of books belonging to Katherine Bruce, wife of Sir Robert Fletcher of Saltoun (folios 39-42) and to Archibald Fletcher, son of Lord Milton (folios 44-52), the record of a gift of books by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun to Saltoun Church, 1775 (folio 61), and lists relating to the library at Saltoun (passim).

Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Various lists of letters, some with a précis of the subject-matter, of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville., 1785-1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.1078
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Volumes entitled 'Individuals' contain correspondence regarding patronage and other matters of personal interest (requests for employment, promotion, and pensions, complaints of unjust treatment, etc.). These papers frequently give information of a more general kind.

Dates: 1785-1810.

Various miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1939, 1946-1962, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27212
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Lists and notes of addresses, 1939, 1953, undated (folio 1); (ii) Diary notes, chiefly of engagements to speak to societies, Burns Clubs, etc., 1948-1962, undated (folio 45); (iii) Reading lists, 1946-1957, undated (folio 74).

Dates: 1939, 1946-1962, undated.

Various papers and correspondence concerning David Hume., 1746-1766, 1839-1844, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.23163
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Reports and correspondence concerning the acceptance by the Royal Society of Edinburgh of Baron Hume's bequest and the granting of access to the papers to John Hill Burton, 1839-1844. There is a list of these papers, which are not included in the calendar, at the beginning of the volume. (ii) Miscellaneous manuscripts not by David Hume, 1746-1766, undated, including verses, a character of Hume, papers on mathematical principles, and historical statements by...
Dates: 1746-1766, 1839-1844, undated.

Various papers of General Sir George Murray., 1799-1842, and undated.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.9.17-46.9.23
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1799-1842, and undated.