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:
Manuscript copies of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo., December 1813-June 1814.
File
Identifier: MS.24617
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The reports and notes may have been compiled for someone who was abroad at the time, possibly James B Burnett. A number of pages are missing.
Dates:
December 1813-June 1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo other than Lord Monboddo.
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Series of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo, chiefly taken from newspapers, and cover foreign and national news as well as including a few items of social and local interest.
Manuscript copies of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo., June-December 1814.
File
Identifier: MS.24618
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The reports and notes may have been compiled for someone who was abroad at the time, possibly James B Burnett. A number of pages are missing.
Dates:
June-December 1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo other than Lord Monboddo.
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Series of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo, chiefly taken from newspapers, and cover foreign and national news as well as including a few items of social and local interest.
Manuscript copies of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo., 1815.
File
Identifier: MS.24619
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The reports and notes may have been compiled for someone who was abroad at the time, possibly James B Burnett. A number of pages are missing.
Dates:
1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo other than Lord Monboddo.
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Series of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo, chiefly taken from newspapers, and cover foreign and national news as well as including a few items of social and local interest.
Manuscript copies of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo., 1816-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.24620
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The reports and notes may have been compiled for someone who was abroad at the time, possibly James B Burnett. A number of pages are missing.
Dates:
1816-1817.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799) and his family.
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Papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo other than Lord Monboddo.
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Series of reports and notes of political and other events, compiled by the Burnett family of Monboddo, chiefly taken from newspapers, and cover foreign and national news as well as including a few items of social and local interest.
Manuscript of an apparently unpublished article, 'The Pythagoreans' by Arthur Christopher Benson., 1885-1900.
File
Identifier: MS.4764
Scope and Contents
The article was written sometime between 1885 and 1900.
Also included is a report on the article in the hand of Alexander Allardyce, Blackwood's reader.
Dates:
1885-1900.
Manuscript report, 'East coast of Sutherland', by Henry Charles Otter; with five letters of Otter to the 2nd Duke of Sutherland., 1848-1849, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.14226/2
Scope and Contents
The report, [1848], gives details of piers, harbours, towns and the landscape along the coastline.
The letters, 1848-1849, relate to Otter's survey.
Dates:
1848-1849, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript entitled, 'Description of the north coast of Scotland' [cover], in which is recorded a survey by Captain Henry Charles Otter of the coastline, landscape and localities; with related letters of Otter to the Duke of Sutherland, and a manuscript report on the east coast of Sutherland.
Manuscripts from the Wordie Collection of printed books, being correspondence and papers of Sir James M Wordie, together with manuscript material owned by him.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9501-9568
Dates:
1875-1959, undated.
Manuscripts of various poems by Robert Hogarth Patterson., [?1875-?1876, circa 1882.]
File
Identifier: MS.4861
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Manuscripts of two apparently unpublished poems, 'Bismark, 1875' (folio 1) and 'Disraeli, 1876' (folio 3) by Robert Hogarth Patterson;
(ii) Manuscript, circa 1882, of an apparently unpublished a cycle of poems, 'Within the valley and shadow' by Patterson (folio 7), with a report on it by Alexander Allardyce, Blackwood's reader (folio 19).
Dates:
[?1875-?1876, circa 1882.]
Material, chiefly printed, concerning Nyasaland., 1875-1903, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7904-7905
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Livingstonia Mission was founded in 1875 and directed for more than fifty years by the Reverend Dr Robert Laws.
Dates:
1875-1903, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
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Correspondence and papers concerning the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland.
Material, chiefly printed, concerning Nyasaland., 1886-1903, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.7905
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Livingstonia Mission was founded in 1875 and directed for more than fifty years by the Reverend Dr Robert Laws.
Dates:
1886-1903, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Foreign mission records of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches.
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Foreign mission records of the United Free Church of Scotland, incorporating records of the United Presbyterian Church and the Free Church of Scotland.
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Foreign mission records of the Free Church of Scotland (after 1900, the United Free Church of Scotland).
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Correspondence and papers concerning the Livingstonia Mission of the Free Church of Scotland.
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Material, chiefly printed, concerning Nyasaland.
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
File
Identifier: MS.6297
Scope and Contents
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
Dates:
1875-1949.
Meetings attended by James Johnston while a student at Royal College of Defence Studies., 1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.13818/186-187
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These papers related to the 1 year course studied by James Johnston during 1985 on high level strategy and politics. This fits between his 2 command positions within the British Army of the Rhine in his career chronology. The course was deisgned only for the most senior Ministry of defence personnel. The dates reflect the pre- and post course correpsondence.
Dates:
1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Major-General James Johnston
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Papers relating to the military career of James Johnston.
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Papers relating to James Johnston as a staff officer and in higher command.
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Papers relating the post-graduate course taken by James Johnston at Royal College of Defence Studies in military strategy and international politics.
Memoir and miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1806-1809, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11720-11721
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence and papers include material concerning Bencoolen, Goa, Iran, Sind, Indonesia, Afghanistan and Tahiti, various surveys, and literary and scientific subjects.
Dates:
1806-1809, undated.
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 correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto as Governor-General of India.
'Memoir respecting the office of Auditor of Excise in Scotland', by John Philp Wood, 1827., 1797-1827, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3106
Scope and Contents
Inserted at the end are: memorial of John Philp Wood, 1806 (page 177); copy of report of the Barons of the Exchequer in Scotland to H M Treasury on the office of Auditor of Excise, 1812 (page 179); account of the establishment of the Auditor's office in 1797, by Wood, 1821 (page 185); account of sums recovered and saved for the Revenue by Wood, undated (page 187); history of the office, by Wood, with copies of correspondence relating to previous auditors, undated (page 195); copy of patent...
Dates:
1797-1827, undated.
Memoranda and report on A Conceptual Review of Wild Land in Scotland., 1992-1997.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/1151
Scope and Contents
To explore the factors contributing to the many existing perceptions and definitions of wild land.
Dates:
1992-1997.
Memoranda and reports relating to coal., 1772, 1792, 1823-1904.
File
Identifier: MS.13306
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates:
1772, 1792, 1823-1904.
Memoranda, copies of correspondence and reports on military and administrative topics., [?1808-?1830.]
File
Identifier: MS.13847B
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:
[?1808-?1830.]
'Memoranda of conversation with Setaram', consisting of reports from Alexander Walker and Captain Greenwood., [Circa 1809.]
File
Identifier: MS.13710
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 1809.]
Meteorological records, mostly concerning Scotland and England, collected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Mossman and others.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10069/1-114
Dates:
1731-1908.
Mhairi Chalmers, 'Comparative Research on Women's Organisations', University of Edinburgh, Department of Politics Student Placement Scheme Report., 1999.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13806/37
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:
1999.
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 on women's issues and gender equality for the Scottish Office and the Scottish Executive Equality Unit.
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Papers relating to the Women in Scotland Consultative Forum, Scottish Executive.
Microfilm of Alexander Nimmo’s copy of his account of the survey made by him in the summer of 1806 of the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Inverness-shire, which he undertook on Telford’s recommendation, whilst rector of Inverness Academy, for the parliamentary commission appointed to fix the county boundaries of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1395
Dates:
1806.
Microfilm of "Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385., 1786-1793.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.987
Dates:
1786-1793.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of official correspondence sent by Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, of Inverneil, to Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, volume 1; and, "Appendix to Lord Cornwallis's letters to Mr. Dundas", containing the documents sent by Cornwallis attached to letters in MS.3385.
Microfilm of correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1117
Dates:
1812-1816
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Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 1., [?2nd half of 18th century-?early 20th century.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1398-1417
Dates:
[?2nd half of 18th century-?early 20th century.]