Annotations.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notes added as comment or explanation, such as those accompanying an entry in a bibliography, reading list, or catalogue intended to describe, explain, or evaluate the publication referred to.
Found in 408 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers of the Unionist Free Trade Club from its foundation in 1904, in which Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot was instrumental, to its dissolution in 1910., 1904-1910.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19549-19550
Scope and Contents
Much of the material consists of annotated printed reports and proceedings, typewritten drafts, letters, and notes in Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot's hand.
Dates:
1904-1910.
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.
‘Much ado about nothing’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1923), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1923.
Item
Identifier: MS.14394
Dates:
1923.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages., 1921-1962.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14379-14400
Dates:
1921-1962.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
Notebook of Nancy Brysson Morrison, containing notes for an unpublished novel, 'Foaghar', later titled 'The moonling'., 1924.
Item
Identifier: MS.27287
Scope and Contents
The notebook is annotated 'My earliest notebook' (folio 1).
Dates:
1924.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).
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Literary papers of Nancy Brysson Morrison.
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Notebooks of Nancy Brysson Morrison, containing notes for an unpublished novel, 'Foaghar', later titled 'The moonling'.
‘Notices of the life of the Rev. John Carstaires’ by William Ferrie (Edinburgh, 1843), with annotations and corrections to the genealogical tables by John Dunlop of Gairbraid and J G Dunlop., 1843, undated.
Item
Identifier: MS.9300
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Much of the collection concerns William Dunlop, Principal of Glasgow University, his son Alexander, Professor of Greek at Glasgow, and his grandson John, Tide Surveyor at Greenock. The papers of William Dunlop include material on the colony of South Carolina, the Darien Scheme, and the affairs of the Church of Scotland, while those of Alexander chiefly concern the University of Glasgow. The collection also includes diaries and literary works of John Dunlop of Gairbraid, the temperance...
Dates:
1843, undated.
Ordnance Survey maps of South Knapdale and East Kintyre with manuscript annotations., [?1974-1987.]
File
Identifier: MS.26751A
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Angus Martin became a personal friend of George Campbell Hay in the 1970s.
Dates:
[?1974-1987.]
[O.S. 6 inch Lanarkshire sheet XX.NE with annotation.] Parish of Carnwath., 1898.
Item
Identifier: MS.27841
[O.S. 6 inch Lanarkshire sheet XXV.SW with annotation.] Parishes of Lanark and Lesmahogo., 1898.
Item
Identifier: MS.27840
[O.S. 6 inch Lanarkshire sheet XXXI with annotation.] Parishes of Carstairs and Carnwath., 1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.27839
[O.S. 6 inch Lanarkshire sheets XXXVIII.SE and XXXIX.SW, joined, with annotation.] Parish of Carmichael., 1912.
Item
Identifier: MS.27842
[O.S. 25 inch Lanarkshire sheet XXV.3 with annotation.] Parish of Carluke., 1858.
Item
Identifier: MS.27838
[O.S. 25 inch Lanarkshire XX.10, 1910 edition, with pencil annotations.] Parish of Carnwath., 1911.
Item
Identifier: MS.27843
[O.S. 1:10560 map, sheet NS 84 NW, published 1958, with annotations.] Parishes of Carluke and Lesmahago., 1958.
Item
Identifier: MS.27844
‘Othello’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1957), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1957.
Item
Identifier: MS.14395
Dates:
1957.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers and correspondence of Professor John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), the Shakespearean scholar.
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Papers concerning the literary and scholarly activities and interests of John Dover Wilson.
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Publications, chiefly written or edited by John Dover Wilson, with manuscript additions chiefly by Dover Wilson.
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New Cambridge edition of nineteen of William Shakespeare's plays, with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson on the interleaved pages.
Outreach and collaborative production files of 'The war in heaven' by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin., 1995-1996, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/192-198
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.
Dates:
1995-1996, undated.
Papers and letters of Ruthven Todd., [1940]-1972.
File
Identifier: MS.26890
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are composite manuscripts formed from various accessions. The source of acquisition of each of the accessions is recorded under the relevant description
Dates:
[1940]-1972.
Papers concerning Justices of the Peace, chiefly in connection with a revision of the lists in 1747, but with a few papers of 1760-1761., 1747, 1760-1761.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17535-17536
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers grouped here are Lord Milton's political papers, reflecting his manifold interests and involvements. There are however some of earlier and later date, generated or collected by other members of the Fletcher family.
Dates:
1747, 1760-1761.
Papers in the claim to the Earldom of Airth by Robert Barclay Allardice of Ury and Allardice (died 1854)., 1835-1839, and undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.1a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1835-1839, and undated
Papers of and concerning Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., 1742-1775.
File
Identifier: MS.11036
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Memorial for the ministers of the Church of Scotland on the window tax, 1757 (folio 1). See also MS.11017, folios 64-65.
(ii) Notes and printed bill concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus, [1758] (folio 3);
(iii) Drafts of speeches to be delivered in the House of Commons on the conduct of the war, with notes on bribery at elections and the swearing of oaths, [1759] (folio 11);
(iv) Memorial for John Forbes of Culloden, 1762 (folio 22);
(v) Notes relating...
Dates:
1742-1775.
Papers of and concerning Sir Walter Scott., [?1622-?1844], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1583
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Writings and notes of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly in his autograph. They include letters to James Bailey, 1812, 1817, 1825, with Bailey's annotations, 1837; fragments of the essay on Pepys published in the ‘Quarterly Review’ for March 1826; two drafts of an address from the Magistrates and Freeholders of Selkirkshire to the House of Commons (see the 'Journal', 7-10 March 1831); a draft letter on the political situation, undated; epitaphs on Colonel...
Dates:
[?1622-?1844], undated.
Papers of Janet Paisley concerning 'Deep rising' and 'White rose rebel'., 1996-2007, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 4(1)-(4)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.
Dates:
1996-2007, undated.
Papers of Sir Herbert Grierson, Sydney Goodsir Smith, and others, collected by Hector MacIver., 1921-1952, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26291
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters to Herbert Grierson and articles by him, 1921-1952, undated (folio l). Most of the letters are from T S Eliot, writing as editor of the ‘Criterion’.
(ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of Sydney Goodsir Smith, 1939-1952, undated (folio 42). Some of these were published in Goodsir Smith's ‘Collected poems’ (London, 1975);
(iii) Typescript of ‘Count Albany’, a play by Donald Carswell, annotated by Hector MacIver for his production, undated (folio...
Dates:
1921-1952, undated.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith concerning the poet Robert Fergusson (1750-1774)., 1950-1974, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26146-26147
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Dates:
1950-1974, undated.
Papers of Tom Pow relating to 'The execution of Mary Timney', a radio play which was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland., 1988.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12233/73-75
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates:
1988.