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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:
Correspondence and papers concerning schools in Minto and Ashkirk., 1792-1897.
File
Identifier: MS.13329
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers concern Minto School, 1792-1897 (folio 1), Clarilaw School, Wilton, 1884-1885 (folio 215), and Ashkirk Female School and Ashkirk School Board, 1873-1875 (folio 234).
Dates:
1792-1897.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., [Circa 1800]-1847.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12219-12220
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates:
[Circa 1800]-1847.
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Confidential papers chiefly printed for the use of members of the Cabinet.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto as Military Secretary., 1883-1886.
File
Identifier: MS.12550
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Correspondence relating to the raising of Canadian troops for imperial service, 1885 (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers relating to the North-West Rebellion, 1885-1894. This includes material concerning the events of the rebellion itself, and later correspondence and printed historical notes on Sir Frederick Middleton's part in the campaign. For an account of the background to the sentencing and execution of Louis Riel, see MS.12507 (folio 51);
(iii)...
Dates:
1883-1886.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to Canada.
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Papers relating to the 4th Earl of Minto's service as Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada.
Correspondence and papers, concerning the administration of the College at Fort William., 1808-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11637-11638
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.
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.
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Papers on coinage concerning the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Cadet College, Barasat, and the College at Fort William.
Correspondence and papers concerning the Faculty of Advocates Library buildings.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/46
Dates:
1824, 1832, 1846, 1896-1900.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan, chiefly relating to proposals for a National Library for Scotland., 1914-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.25269
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) 'Miscellaneous correspondence', 1914-1924, relating to National Library proposals with Sir James M Dodds and Sir John Lamb, successively Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the Scottish Office, and others (folio 1);
(ii) Papers, 1914-1924, concerning the management, finance, staffing and accommodation of the Advocates' Library and the proposed National Library (folio 55);
(iii) Letters and papers, 1923, concerning Hugh Pattison Macmillan's purchase of the...
Dates:
1914-1924.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station., 1813-1815.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2326-2349
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:
1813-1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Knight Commander of the Bath.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto concerning various military expeditions., 1810-1811.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11683-11685
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:
1810-1811.
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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Correspondence with and papers concerning the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras, and other territories east of the Cape.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with various Governors and others.
Correspondence and papers of and to members of the Haldane family., [Circa 1735]-1948, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20260 (Part 1)
Dates:
[Circa 1735]-1948, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Stuart, then a member of the Bengal Council, and later a professor of Oriental Languages at the East India College, Haileybury.
File
Identifier: MS.9368
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of private letters from Charles Stuart to Henry Dundas, lst Viscount Melville, and to his friend William Dundas, the latter's nephew, with extensive enclosures, largely minutes and reports by Stuart, and copies of official correspondence and dispatches. The private correspondence contains particular detail on fiscal policies and the internal politics of the Bengal administration.
Dates:
1784-1792.
Correspondence and papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan chiefly concerning the establishment of a National Library for Scotland., 1922-1934.
File
Identifier: MS.25268
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters from prominent Scots, chiefly sponsors of Hugh Pattison Macmillan's public memorial, "A National Library for Scotland: Proposal to Establish a Scottish National Library on the Basis of the Advocates' Library", (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence and papers, 1922-1925, 1934, concerning the Scottish National Library Endowment Trust established on the basis of the Proposal. Correspondents include: James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde; Sir John Lamb and Lord Novar...
Dates:
1922-1934.
Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15342-15350
Scope and Contents
Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates:
1793-1797, 1801-1804, 1807, 1818, undated.
Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, mostly relating to various societies and activities., 1928-1996, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/207-243
Dates:
1928-1996, undated.
Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, relating to exploration and exploration societies., 1931-1996.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/217-226
Dates:
1931-1996.
Correspondence and papers of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour., 1805-1821.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19798-19802
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1805-1821.
Correspondence and papers of John Rennie concerning Waterloo Bridge., 1810-1818, 1934, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19776-19777
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1810-1818, 1934, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.
Includes photographs, articles and printed books.
Dates:
1909-1969, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Atlantic Monthly Press and Ruthven Todd., 1956-1959.
File
Identifier: MS.26889
Scope and Contents
This is the publisher's side of the correspondence with Ruthven Todd, and is related to MS.26819. It includes papers about the publication of Todd's story for children, ‘Tan's fish’, and letters and readers' reports on other proposed publications such as poems, essays on London in the Thirties, and a memoir and biography of Dylan Thomas.
Dates:
1956-1959.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning Charles Roberts and the Scottish Historical Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/58
Dates:
1882.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning Gaelic manuscripts.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e(ii)
Dates:
1863-1925.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the Balcarres papers.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/61
Dates:
1909.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning the printing of the Library’s catalogue.
File
Identifier: F.R.341
Dates:
1819-1879.
Correspondence and papers of the secretary and treasurer of the Scottish Association for Mental Health, Edinburgh, of and concerning affiliated local voluntary organisations., 1930-1975, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7170/[Boxes] 4(1)-9(11)
Correspondence and papers of William K Dickson, Keeper of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning Americana missing from the Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/45
Dates:
1916.
Correspondence and papers of William Nassau Elliot of Wells as Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany., 1761-1764.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12886-12898
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
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.