Memoirs.
Found in 366 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Sir Henry Craik, with correspondents with surnames from J-W., 1865-1926.
At the end of the volume are some miscellaneous papers relating to Sir Henry Craik, including a memoir of a meeting with Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in 1891.
‘Crawfurd’s genealogical collections’, containing memoirs and scattered notes of families by George Crawfurd, in his own hand.
Description of his ascent of Mont Blanc in 1825, by Markham Sherwill.
Diary, two letters and typescript reminiscences of Sergeant Harry Hawthorne, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
Draft and notes towards the autobiography of Lady Lucinda Mackay, entitled 'My Life as an Artist', 2022
Draft manuscript of the introduction and book I, chapters 1 and 2 of `Forty-three Years at the Cathedral Perth 1883-1926` by the Reverend George T S Farquhar, Dean of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
Draft memoir of the life of Jasvant Rao Holkar., [Circa 1821.]
Drafts and typescript of 'Belonging', Willa Muir's memoir of her life with Edwin Muir., 1964, [1968, or before.]
Fair copy of the text printed as ‘Memoirs of the secret services of John Macky’, without the introduction.
Family Papers of Lucinda Mackay, 1941-2022
This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'
Family papers of Sir Alexander Gray., 19th century-mid 20th century.
"Fifty Years a Reader: Memories of the National Library" by Donald Whyte.
Includes bibliography of works written from research in the National Library of Scotland.
Final manuscript version of 'George Scott Moncrieff and a few friends: a brief memoir' by Morley Jamieson., [1987.]
Final typescript of “Joan Miró”: a fragmentary and personal memoir' by Ruthven Todd., 1973.
The typescript is accompanied by the film commentary (folio 103) but not by the Spanish translation mentioned on the title-page.
"Forty Years Ago" a manuscript memoir by Alexander Simpson.
Describes life in Johnshaven and Benholm, Kincardineshire.
Genealogical and other papers of Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux., 1742-1801, undated.
The papers include a supposed memoir, 'Histoire de Mr Le Grand', submitted to the ‘Lady's Magazine’ (folios 18, 12) and notes on Scottish history with particular reference to the Grant family (folio 29).
Genealogical material relating to various families in Scotland.
'Genealogical Memoirs of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun' and of related families., [Circa 1780.]
'Genealogical Memoirs of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun' and of related families., 1796.
The text is an amended and amplified version of MS.17859.
Genealogies, notes, formal documents and other papers of and concerning the Elphinstone family of Lopness.
'Historical notices of Guzerat and a life of Jaswant Rao Holkar'., [Circa 1821.]
The manuscript includes (pages 73 and 337) extracts from a history of Gujarat by Ali Mahommed Khan, Diwan of Ahmedabad, in a translation by S A Greenwood (see MS.13916 and the ‘Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum’, volume 1, pages 288-289).
The volume also contains (page 173) extracts from the life of Sultan Ghiass ul dein Khilchee, Emperor of Malwa, in the Tubruckat Ackberi, see MS.13915, and (page 193) a memoir of the life of Jaswant Rao Holkar.
'History of the Clan Chisholm, being genealogical and historical memoirs of the chiefs and cadets of this ancient Highland family'., 1840-1860, undated
References on folios 41 and 81 show that the manuscript was written in 1840. More recent additions in another hand are made at intervals, one on folio 48 verso referring to a date in 1860. There are indexes on folios 138-143.