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Minutes. Administrative records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records of what was said and done at meetings or conferences.

Found in 966 Collections and/or Records:

Papers concerning the World Federation of Scottish Societies and Individuals.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6639
Scope and Contents

Including minutes, reports and press cuttings.

Dates: 1959-1970.

Papers concerning war and foreign affairs, 1794-1810, undated, with minutes of the proceedings of HMS 'Monmouth' and the Fleet commanded by Sir Edward Hawke in 1759-1760., 1794-1810, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1043
Scope and Contents

The papers concern naval and military operations, chiefly in Europe; negotiations with France, including arrangements for a Royalist rising in Vendée, undated (folio 133); intelligence; treatment of neutral ships; and other matters.

Dates: 1794-1810, undated.

Papers concerning "Writing Together: an International Festival of Writing", Glasgow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10391
Scope and Contents

Includes reports, memoranda, committee minutes and letters from among others, Sorley MacLean, Naomi Mitchison and Edwin Morgan.

Dates: 1990.

Papers for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)., 1990-1999.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/868-890
Scope and Contents From the Series: These papers relate to Magnusson's time working for Scottish Natural Heritage. The organisation was formed in 1992 following the amalgamation of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland. Magnusson served as the Chairman of the organisation from 1992 until 1999. The papers contain minutes from SNH meetings, papers from working groups, such as those relating to the designation of the Cairngorms as a European Heritage Area and a series of papers...
Dates: 1990-1999.

Papers, including material concerning the supply of ordnance, ammunition and stores for the use of troops on Amboina, 1810, and letters of David Burges at Shahabad, Bihar, concerning military roads, 1813., 1808-1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.11604
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1808-1813.

Papers of Aimee Chalmers comprising material produced in relation to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014 by Women for Independence North-East Fife and associated sub-groups.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13607/1-6
Scope and Contents Papers, collated by Aimee Chalmers, relating to two creative projects initiated by Women for Independence North-East Fife in response to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. Includes papers such as agendas, meeting minutes, knitting patterns and technical guidance documents relating to the group’s creative projects ‘Knitting a Nation’ and ‘New Chapter’, as well as papers and materials regarding the exhibiting of the projects.A knitted panel produced by the...
Dates: 2013-2014.

Papers of Alexander Walker during his time in Malabar., [Circa 1772]-1818, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.13601-13629
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: [Circa 1772]-1818, undated.

Papers of and concerning Henry Hart Milman., 1820-1875.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42482-42483
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates: 1820-1875.

Papers of Board of Directors of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', relating to meetings, containing minutes, reports, correspondence, figures for advertising, circulation, bank balances and paper stocks., 1941-1959.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/1-6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1941-1959.

Papers of Colin Fox relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14271/1-6
Scope and Contents

Papers collected by Colin Fox in his capacity as a member of the Advisory Board of Yes Scotland, and during the course of campaigning for independence during the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum.

Dates: 2009-2014.

Papers of Family Care.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11191

Papers of James A A Porteous.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5978
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence and papers concerning the Scottish Convention and Scottish Covenant Association.

Dates: 1941-1961.

Papers of James A A Porteous.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7882
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, memoranda, and minutes concerning the Scottish nationalist movement.

Dates: 1944-1974.

Papers of James Porteous.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7505
Scope and Contents

Including minutes, reports and memorandums concerning the Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention, and the Scottish National Development Council Economic Committee.

With editorial correspondence concerning the periodical, "Today and Tomorrow".

Dates: 1935-1970.

Papers of John Rennie concerning various canals and navigations in places beginning L-W., 1794-1821.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19782
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Lancaster, reports, 1794, and correspondence, 1794, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Lea, reports, 1804, 1807 (folio 34); (iii) Leeds and Liverpool, correspondence, 1798 (folio 42); (iv) London to Portsmouth, including the Croydon Canal, correspondence, 1795, 1802-1804, 1817, 1821, and papers, 1802-1803 (folio 185); (v) Perthshire, instructions for a survey, 1793 (folio 230); (vi) Regent's, correspondence and printed plan, 1811-1812 (folio 232); (vii) Rochdale, dividend...
Dates: 1794-1821.

Papers of John Rennie concerning various canals and navigations in places beginning P-W., 1793-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.19782 (part 2)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The contents are as follows. (i) Lancaster, reports, 1794, and correspondence, 1794, 1817 (folio 1); (ii) Lea, reports, 1804, 1807 (folio 34); (iii) Leeds and Liverpool, correspondence, 1798 (folio 42); (iv) London to Portsmouth, including the Croydon Canal, correspondence, 1795, 1802-1804, 1817, 1821, and papers, 1802-1803 (folio 185); (v) Perthshire, instructions for a survey, 1793 (folio 230); (vi) Regent's, correspondence and printed plan, 1811-1812 (folio 232); (vii) Rochdale, dividend...
Dates: 1793-1821.

Papers of John Rennie relating to various mills., 1787-1831, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19816
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Barclay and Perkins Brewery, estimates and valuations, 1805-1807, 1809, 1813-1816, with a note of all payments made by the brewery to John Ronnie and Sons, from 1794 to 1831 (folio 1); (ii) Billinge's Silk Mill, Twyford, drawings and notes, 1799 (folio 25); (iii) The Earl of Bridgewater's threshing machine at Home Farm, Ashridge, 1811-1813 (folio 31); (iv) Cement mill at Loftus, Yorkshire, letters, 1811 (folio 58); (v) Claverton Mill, plan of water levels,...
Dates: 1787-1831, undated.