Scrolls. Information artefacts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Long strips of flexible material used for written documents and rolled for ease of handling and storage. For paintings on either hanging scrolls or handscrolls, use ""scroll paintings."".
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Further papers of George Friel, including a programme, degree certificate and a scroll., 1931-1932, 1973.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9248/13-15
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.
Manuscript family trees rolled into scrolls, containing markers attached to individual manuscripts., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12135/145
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to works by her.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the novel, 'King hereafter'.
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Manuscript family trees rolled into scrolls, relating to research for 'King hereafter' by Dorothy Dunnett.
Minutes of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh., 30 September 1819-17 January 1826.
File
Identifier: MS.221
Scope and Contents
Scroll of minutes included in MS.220.
Dates:
30 September 1819-17 January 1826.
Minutes of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh., 21 July 1826-27 July 1829.
File
Identifier: MS.222
Scope and Contents
Scroll of minutes in MS.220
Dates:
21 July 1826-27 July 1829.
Minutes of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh., 31 January 1838-17 March 1853.
File
Identifier: MS.224
Scope and Contents
Scroll of minutes in MS.223.
Dates:
31 January 1838-17 March 1853.
Miscellaneous papers of the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson., [Before 1928.]
File
Identifier: MS.483
Scope and Contents
The contents include a scroll list of the papers of the Reverend Charles Moncrieff Robertson, and newspaper cuttings relating to Lord Lovat and to the massacre of the Eigg people.
Dates:
[Before 1928.]
Photostat of scroll, 1787, by St Andrews University awarding the degree of Doctor of Laws to Grimur Jonsson Thorkelin., 1787.
Item
Identifier: MS.20768, folio 191
Dates:
1787.
Scroll accounts of David Syme, coalgrieve at Lochgelly., 1741-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.13301
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:
1741-1745.
Scroll bearing an appreciative address, signed by 207 members of the House of Commons and presented to Richard Burdon Haldane on the occasion of his exclusion from the Coalition Government in 1915., 1915.
Item
Identifier: MS.5926
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.
Dates:
1915.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Papers of Richard Burdon Haldane.
Scroll cash-books of the Faculty of Advocates Widow’s Fund.
Series
Identifier: F.R.415-F.R.416
Dates:
1830-1879.
Scroll containing a collection of charms against maladies and evil spirits., 18th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.94
Scroll minutes of the Kirk Sessions of the North Parish and the North-West Parish, afterwards Tolbooth, which then worshipped in St Giles.
File
Identifier: MS.501
Scope and Contents
The minutes consist of brief entries relating chiefly to cases of ecclesiastical discipline.
Dates:
1663.
Scroll presented to John Kirk by the Indians of Zanzibar., circa 1886.
File
Identifier: Acc.9942/50
Scope and Contents
NOT RECEIVED BY NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND.
c.1886. Scroll expressing gratitude of the Indians of Zanzibar. Presented upon Kirk's departure. Includes several hundred signatures.
Dates:
circa 1886.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-3: letters and papers on various topics, chiefly addressed to James VI., 1560-1622, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(iii)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1560-1622, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.