Reports.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing presentations of facts or the record of some proceeding, investigation, or event.
Found in 1065 Collections and/or Records:
Files relating to the linking of the Gude Cause project to the Edinburgh Peace and Justice Centre., 2007-circa 2010.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/117-120
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
2007-circa 2010.
Financial and legal papers for Lochgelly and Melgund estates., 1599-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.13294
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous estate accounts and receipts for Lochgelly and Melgund, 1808-1813 (folio 1); (ii) Memoranda, miscellaneous legal papers, reports, etc., for Lochgelly, 1599, 1655, 1663, 1682, 1704-1746 (folio 69), and for Melgund, 1726-1746 (folio 206).
Dates:
1599-1813.
Financial papers, and papers of and concerning the Commercial Department., 1806-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11608-11613
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:
1806-1813.
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, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
Financial papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire., 1725-1847, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10890
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: account-book, 1807-1816 (folio 1); miscellaneous accounts, 1726-1847 (folio 30); miscellaneous memoranda, petitions, reports, etc., 1725, 1834, undated (folio 143).
Dates:
1725-1847, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly eighteenth to nineteenth century, of the Grahams of Airth.
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Airth estate papers.
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Papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire, particularly on the carse, but including material relating to the reconstruction of Stirling Bridge in 1823.
Financial papers concerning William Nassau Elliot as Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany., 1761-1764.
File
Identifier: MS.12888
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Treasury letters, 1764, relating to demands by the House of Commons to see papers concerning the supply of goods to the army in Germany (folio 1); (ii) Commissariat statements, 1761-1762 (folio 7); (iii) Commissariat statements and reports to Sir James Cockburn and the Prince of Brunswick (folio 27); (iv) Miscellaneous commissariat papers, 1762 (folio 41); (v) Miscellaneous accounts and receipts, 1761-1762 (folio 50).
Dates:
1761-1764.
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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Nassau Elliot of Wells.
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Correspondence and papers of William Nassau Elliot of Wells as Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany.
‘First general report’, October 1773, of Robert Ainslie to Thomas Graham, ‘for putting [Balgowan] on a better footing, improving the fields and cultivating the genius of the people for the happiness of both proprietor and tenant, an increase of wealth to both and a beauty to the country’., 1773.
Item
Identifier: MS.16280
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Some letters, particularly in the first section of correspondence (MSS. 16198-215), also refer to more general political, military and social events.
Dates:
1773.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Reports, memoranda and papers chiefly of or to Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, or Robert Graham, concerning estate improvements, valuations and rentals, and general administration.
'First [Second, Third] Report from the Select Committee on Sites for Churches (Scotland)', ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 29 March [26 April, 5 July] 1847, with a few annotations., 1847.
File
Identifier: MS.19197
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.
Dates:
1847.
Folder, 'Room 13 report, IDEC 2004', of Room 13., 2004.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 39(12)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Also included is a report 'Starwork 2003', and a 2007 calendar issued by Aseema. The box is an artwork of clothe fragments, with a centrepeice of the Lochyside RC Primary School emblem cut from a school jersey. The inside of the box is lined with the same jersey clothe, with two more examples of the Lochyside RC school emblem.
Dates:
2004.
Further papers of Jim Mearns.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14357/1-10
Scope and Contents
Papers documenting Jim Mearns's involvement in the 1994 Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, which he attended as the delegate from the Glasgow Maryhill Constituency Labour Party [CLP]. The collection is mostly comprised of material relating to Mearns's role in the debate over Composite Motion 57, proposed by the Glasgow Maryhill CLP in defence of Clause IV of the Labour Party's constitution, and against proposals to rewrite the party's aims and values put forward by Tony Blair. This...
Dates:
1994-1995.
General and East Lothian papers., 1541-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14750-14756
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1541-1891, undated.
General correspondence, 1746, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with anonymous correspondents, including reports on the Rebellion and scrolls of Lord Milton's circulars to sheriffs, magistrates, etc., 1746.
File
Identifier: MS.16639
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the letters are to Lord Milton; there are some to other members of his family (especially Lady Milton and his son Andrew) and some to others which for various reasons came into his possession (including intercepted rebel letters during the '45); there are also a number of scrolls and copies of his replies.The correspondence reflects all Lord Milton's many activities, especially in his public offices and his capacity as friend and agent of the 3rd Duke of...
Dates:
1746.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Correspondence of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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General correspondence, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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General correspondence, 1746, chiefly of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton, with correspondents with surnames from A-Z.
General correspondence, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, with some letters and papers of other members of the Brown family., 1789-1867.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.1847-1854
Scope and Contents
The letters include the correspondence of Major-General John Brown, Royal Staff Corps, uncle of Sir George, regarding engineering works in Ireland and the false report of his nephew George's death at Bladensburg, 1789-1814; and a report on the Moray floods, compiled in 1829 by Peter Brown for Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's ‘Account of the Great Floods’ (Edinburgh, 1830) (MS.1847). The correspondence of Sir George Brown relates, among other things, to Army administration at the Horse...
Dates:
1789-1867.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of the family of Brown, chiefly of Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, and of his nephews, George, John and Francis William Brown, sons of Peter Brown (residing at Linkwood, Elgin), all three of whom served in the Army in India.
General correspondence, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, with some letters and papers of other members of the Brown family., 1789-1847.
File
Identifier: MS.1847
Scope and Contents
At the beginning are genealogical and general notes on the relationships of the Brown family.
Dates:
1789-1847.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence of the family of Brown, chiefly of Sir George Brown, Knight Commander of the Bath, and of his nephews, George, John and Francis William Brown, sons of Peter Brown (residing at Linkwood, Elgin), all three of whom served in the Army in India.
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General correspondence, chiefly of General Sir George Brown, with some letters and papers of other members of the Brown family.
General organisation, including war, of the World Mission and Unity Department, Church of Scotland., 1925-1980, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10903/1-7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Chiefly relating to links with Women's Guilds at home and centenary celebrations, but also with material relevant to the history of Women's Forrign Missions. There is also a large number of play scripts in this accession.
Dates:
1925-1980, undated.
'General State of the disputed Votes at the Election of Sir Gilbert Elliot for the County of Roxburgh'., 1780.
File
Identifier: MS.13361
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1780.
Government of Bengal: political report regarding Congress activities subsequent to the Delhi Settlement of March 5 1931., 1931.
File
Identifier: Acc.9260/43
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.
Dates:
1931.
Half yearly report for James P Keenan of the Edinburgh Royal Institution., 1927.
File
Identifier: Acc.13643/138
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity which has been operating in Edinburgh since 1835. The Deaf and Dumb Congregation in Edinburgh began meeting together in 1830 following the establishment in the city of schools for deaf children. Braidwood’s Academy for the Deaf was established in 1760 and the Edinburgh Institution [later the Edinburgh Royal Institution] for the Deaf and Dumb in 1810.The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established in 1835 to assist deaf people in...
Dates:
1927.
Henry Mackenzie's copy of the "Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian" (Edinburgh, 1805), drawn up by himself; with a few corrections and additions in his hand.
Item
Identifier: MS.2613
Scope and Contents
The corrections and additions occur on pages iii-iv, 46, 71-72, 82, 102, and Appendix, page 76.
Dates:
1805.
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.
'Informations' regarding the Highlands: a report to the Duke of Newcastle., [Circa 1750.]
File
Identifier: MS.98, folios 39-40
Scope and Contents
The writer gives a list of officers of the Irish Brigades in the French service who, though attainted in 'the late rebellion [1745], have been in Scotland for some months past on the business of recruiting', and of other attainted persons now in Scotland; speaks of Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, who refuses to surrender certain money to the Chevalier; dwells on the maintenace of Popery, by 'trafficking priests'; and ascribes to the leases given by the chiefs and the lack of 'mechanicall trades'...
Dates:
[Circa 1750.]
Intelligence reports on the progress and aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745., 1745-1747, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.17514
Scope and Contents
These are in the form of reports, original and copies, notes by Lord Milton, and letters (mostly anonymous) to Lord Milton and others, including some intercepted Jacobite letters.
Dates:
1745-1747, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Intelligence reports on the progress and aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, 1745-1747.
File
Identifier: MS.17514 (part 1)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These are in the form of reports, original and copies, notes by Lord Milton, and letters (mostly anonymous) to Lord Milton and others, including some intercepted Jacobite letters.
Dates:
1745-1747.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
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Intelligence reports on the progress and aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Intelligence reports on the progress and aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745, 1745-1747.
File
Identifier: MS.17514 (part 2)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These are in the form of reports, original and copies, notes by Lord Milton, and letters (mostly anonymous) to Lord Milton and others, including some intercepted Jacobite letters.
Dates:
1745-1747.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
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Intelligence reports on the progress and aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
Inter-departmental Childcare Review, entitled 'Delivering for Children and Families', produced in collaboration by the Department for Education and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, HM Treasury, Women and Equality Unit, and the Strategy Unit, UK Government., 2001.
File
Identifier: Acc.13806/80
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection reflects Dr Esther Breitenbach's feminist activism from the 1970s onwards. This includes papers reflecting her contributions to the Women’s Legal and Financial Independence Campaign, the Radical Scotland Women’s Group, and the European Forum of Socialist Feminists, as well as papers relating to the activities of the Women's Co-ordination Group, which advanced the demand for 50:50 gender representation. The collection includes assorted annotated pamphlets, conference papers,...
Dates:
2001.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Dr Esther Breitenbach.
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Papers of Esther Breitenbach relating to her work for the Women and Equality Unit, of the Cabinet Office, afterwards of the Department of Trade and Industry, UK Government.
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Assorted reports and papers of other organisations on women's issues collected by Esther Breitenbach during the course of her work for the Women and Equality Unit.