Proofs. Printed matter.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to trial sheets of printed matter that are checked against original manuscripts and on which errors can be corrected and alterations made.
Found in 422 Collections and/or Records:
Research notes and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Crusader'., 1991.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/54-55
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Dates:
1991.
Research notes and proof of Nigel Tranter of 'Margaret the Queen', containing jacket cover., 1979.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/30-32
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Dates:
1979.
Research notes and proof of Nigel Tranter of "Warden of the Queen's march"., 1989.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/48-49
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Dates:
1989.
Research notes and proofs of Nigel Tranter of 'Kenneth', containing jacket cover., 1990.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11170/50-53
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.
Dates:
1990.
Scrapbook chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1868-1882.
Item
Identifier: MS.19555
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1868-1882.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices.
Scrapbook chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1882-1892.
Item
Identifier: MS.19556
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1882-1892.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices.
Scrapbook chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1895-1906.
Item
Identifier: MS.19557
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1895-1906.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices.
Scrapbook chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1903-1904.
Item
Identifier: MS.19559
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1903-1904.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
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Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices.
Scrapbooks chiefly relating to Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career but with some printed family notices., 1868-1905.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19555-19560
Scope and Contents
These volumes include newspaper cuttings, proofs for Hansard, electoral addresses, and political cartoons.
Dates:
1868-1905.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Miscellaneous papers covering Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's political career, with a concentration on the Free Trade movements of the 1890s and 1900s.
Script and proof of 'Raonaid' (1981), by Chrissie Dick., 1981.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/59
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1981.
Script and proofs of 'Bìobuill is sanasan-reice' (1965), by Iain Mac a' Gobhainn., 1965.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/46
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1965.
Script, proof and correspondence of 'Bùrn is aran' (1960), by Iain Mac a' Gobhainn., 1960.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/45
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1960.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of "Gairm" and of Gairm Publications Ltd.
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Publication files of Gairm Book Publications.
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Publications, of Iain Mac a' Gobhainn, ie. Iain Crichton Smith, of 'Gairm'.
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Proofs and correspondence of 'Bùrn is aran' (1960), by Iain Mac a' Gobhainn.
Scripts and proofs of 'Odussia Homer' (1976), by John Maclean., 1976.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/42
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1976.
Scripts, proofs and correspondence mostly with scientific collaborators of 'Bith-eolas' [Biology] (1976), by Derick Thomson and Ronald Macleod., 1970-1976.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/58
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1970-1976.
Scripts, proofs and correspondence of 'Rabhdan is Rudan' (1973), by Iain Mac a' Gobhainn and illustrated by Calum Ferguson., 1973.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/48
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1973.
Scripts, proofs and correspondence of "Rannan a' Eilean na h-Oige" (1981), by Donald MacDonald and Domhnall Eirisgeach., 1981.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/37
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1981.
Scripts, proofs, art-work for dust cover and correspondence of 'Gaidhlig ann an Albainn / Gaelic in Scotland' (1976), edited by Derick Thomson., 1976.
File
Identifier: Acc.9367/53
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1976.
Scripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence relating to works of David Thomson., Circa 1929-1987, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-143
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.
Dates:
Circa 1929-1987, undated.
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.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscripts and proofs of works offered for publication to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Manuscript and proofs of ‘Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile’ by John Hanning Speke.
Signed proof paperback copy of 'Reality and Dreams'., 1996.
File
Identifier: Acc.11621/66
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories and a novel, "Reality and Dreams".
Dates:
1996.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers of Muriel Spark.
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Papers concerning the creation and publication of the novel 'Reality and Dreams' by Muriel Spark.
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Proofs, including dust jacket proofs, and published editions of 'Reality and Dreams' by Muriel Spark.
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Proofs, including dust jacket proofs, of 'Reality and Dreams' by Muriel Spark.
'Some terrible letters from Scotland communicated by The Ettrick Shepherd.’
File
Identifier: MS.3810
Scope and Contents
Descriptions, in the hand of James Hogg, of real or imaginary incidents of the cholera plague of 1832 in Lothian, on the West Coast, and in Fisherrow, in letters purporting to have been written to him by Andrew Ker, alias Clapperton, Alexander McAlister, mate of the ‘Jane Hamilton’ of Port Glasgow, and James McL-- respectively.
Also printed proofs of an article by James Douglas, titled, 'The three plagues of Bombay' (folio 11).
Dates:
1832, 1899.
'The Icelandic Sagas' (1999)., 1998-1999.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/35-50
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
1998-1999.
'The Icelandic Sagas' (2002)., 1999-2002.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/51-70
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
1999-2002.
Three sets of proofs, with manuscript corrections by Sir Walter Scott and others, of his Introduction to ‘Trial of Duncan Terig, alias Clerk, and Alexander Bane Macdonald, for the murder of Arthur Davis’., [1831, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.3168
Scope and Contents
The printed work is mainly based on the second set of proofs, all the corrections to which are in Sir Walter Scott's hand, although a few of the alterations made by him to the third set are included.
Dates:
[1831, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Yule collection, chiefly of Scottish manuscripts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but including a Book of Hours and some Persian manuscripts.
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Material extracted from the papers placed in MS.3134 (xi): Letters of Sir Walter Scott to Thomas Thomson and other material relating to Scott.