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 928 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and other papers of Heriot’s Benefit Society., 1892-1948.
Series
Identifier: Acc.4274/5-13
Dates:
1892-1948.
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Murdostoun estate, Lanarkshire., 1831-1841.
File
Identifier: MS.2304
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:
1831-1841.
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.
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Correspondence and papers, of the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
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Correspondence, accounts, rentals, and other papers relating to the Murdostoun estate, Lanarkshire.
Correspondence and papers, 1931-1938, of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, relating to the Building Sub-Committee of the National Library trustees, and letters, 1939, relating to the presentation of the Haldane Papers to the Library., 1931-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.24723
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers relating to the Building Sub-Committee of the National Library trustees, begin on folio 1: correspondents include Sir Alexander Grant; Sir Patrick Duff of the Office of Works; and Dr Henry Meikle, Librarian of the National Library. The letters relating to the presentation of the Haldane Papers to the Library begin on folio 184.
Dates:
1931-1939.
Correspondence and papers concerning affairs in Canada., 1782-1886, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15113-15129
Scope and Contents
The seigneury of Anfield, or Beauharnois as it was usually called, was purchased by Edward Ellice (died 1863) from the Marquis de Lotbinière. Most of the papers consist of reports of various agents who administered the estate. Negotiations for the sale of Beauharnois were started in 1839, when the North American Colonial Association of Ireland agreed to purchase, but the huge amounts of money involved protracted the affair, and it was not finally disposed of until 1866.There are...
Dates:
1782-1886, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Correspondence and papers concerning bridges., 1822, 1831-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19969
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Broomielaw, Glasgow, correspondence and accounts, 1833-1834 (folio 1); (ii) Over Bridge, Gloucester, letters, 1832, 1834, and draft reports (folio 73); (iii) Tongland Bridge, Kirkcudbright, letters, 1833 (folio 86); (iv) Printed Act of Parliament relating to the waterworks at London Bridge, 1822, with a letter, 1831, concerning drawings of London Bridges (folio 91).
Dates:
1822, 1831-1834.
Correspondence and papers concerning canals., 1806-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19970
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Aire and Calder, letter, 1833. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Birmingham and Liverpool Junction, letter and accounts, 1833-1834. (Folio 2.)
(iii) Gloucester and Berkeley, report and accounts, 1823-1826. These very detailed accounts are those of Hugh McIntosh the contractor, which were queried by the Canal Company. (Folio 5.)
(iv) Macclesfield, share receipts, and printed circulars and reports, 1826-1834. (Folio 41.)
(v) Middlewich, draft letter of Thomas Telford to Thomas...
Dates:
1806-1834.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the parish of Ashkirk., 1627-1891.
File
Identifier: MS.13326
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:
1627-1891.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1709-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.13321
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:
1709-1843.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Papers on churches and schools in Minto, Ashkirk and parishes in Fife and Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1895-1905.
File
Identifier: MS.13324
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:
1895-1905.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Papers on churches and schools in Minto, Ashkirk and parishes in Fife and Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto.
Correspondence and papers concerning harbours and roads. , 1805-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19971
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i)-(vi) Harbours
(i) Aberdeen, letters and accounts 1830, 1833, and a draft of the section of the ‘Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself’ relating to the harbour. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Courtown, letters and reports, 1830-1833. See also MS.19978. (Folio 15.)
(iii) Dundee, letters, 1860-1861, 1833. (Folio 50.)
(iv) London, St Katharine's Dock, correspondence, report, and share certificates, 1825-1830. (Folio 58.)
(v) Trinity, letter, 1834. (Folio...
Dates:
1805-1834.
Correspondence and papers concerning miscellaneous undertakings., 1795-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19972
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Nene Outfall, report and letter, 1833 (folio 1);
(ii) Eau Brink Cut, letters, 1830, 1832-1834, with a note by Thomas Casebourne on its effects, 1833 (folio 16);
(iii) Chesterfield Railway, report and accounts, 1826 (folio 26);
(iv) St Helens and Runcorn Railway, letters, 1833 (folio 30);
(v) London metropolitan water survey, reports and accounts, 1831-1834, with reports by Thomas Telford on reservoirs in Green Park, 1828 (folio 33);
(vi) Edinburgh...
Dates:
1795-1834.
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 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 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 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 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.