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Speeches. Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of any public address or talk.

Found in 923 Collections and/or Records:

Tape recording of Donald Whyte, "Scottish Emigration to North America", a paper read at the World Conference on Records, Salt Lake City.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6853
Scope and Contents

The reel is in an envelope with the typescript, 'Scottish emigration to North America, by Donald Whyte. Tape recording 5th August, 1969, World Conference on Records, Salt Lake City, UT'.

Dates: 1969.

'The Nature of Scotland' (1991)., 1991-1992.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/26-27
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates: 1991-1992.

Three addresses to the Reverend John Young.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9573
Scope and Contents

Addresses mark the jubilee of Young`s ministry at Trinity United Free Church, Greenock.

Dates: 1912.

Three annotated political addresses delivered at Rothesay, at Millport, and in Edinburgh, in December 1879 and January 1880, by Sir Charles Dalrymple, Edinburgh, 1880., 1879-1880.

 File
Identifier: MS.25646
Scope and Contents From the Series: Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884. Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates: 1879-1880.

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Burma, 17 December 1911 - 8 February 1912; with appendices., 1911-1912

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.85.1.8-85.1.9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1911-1912

Tour diary of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton: Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi, Agra, Ahmedabad, Karachi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Calcutta, 7 December 1909 - 6 January 1910., 1909-1910.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.85.1.3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1909-1910.

Transcript of a speech delivered by Sir William Murrie on the occasion of his 80th birthday, with covering note of Peter Mackay.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14491
Scope and Contents The speech was delivered by Sir William Murrie at a dinner to celebrate his 80th birthday arranged by the Heads of Department in the Scottish Office, held at the Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh. It contains an account of life in the Scottish Office during the interwar period, when it was based in Dover House, Whitehall, London. A covering note by Peter Mackay with biographical profiles of figures mentioned in the text, including Sir Douglas Haddow, Sir Charles Cunningham, Sir William Kerr...
Dates: 16 December 1983.

Transcript of talk given by Ron Gonnella on BBC Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9425
Scope and Contents

Concerns the Drummond Castle manuscript of Scottish fiddle music.

Dates: 1987.

Transcripts and tape copies of a series of six BBC radio talks, "Scotland in Europe".

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6483/1-8
Scope and Contents

A series of talks recorded by BBC (for Radio 4 Scotland) in 1974, examining the relationship of Scotland to the European Community and it’s prospects after a year’s experience of British membership.

Concerning the relationship of Scotland to the European Economic Community.

Dates: 1974.

Two letters, 1746, of Donald McDonald of Trionadrish, one to his wife, the other probably to James Graham of Airth

 File
Identifier: Acc.8152
Scope and Contents

With a copy of McDonald`s speech at his execution, and two letters, 1757, of his brother, Robert, while exiled at Donai, to his sister.

Dates: 1746-1757.

Two speeches of the Reverend Dr Robert J Drummond.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5059
Scope and Contents

Made on the occassion of the Union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.

Dates: 1929.

Typescript, 1991, of a talk on maps delivered by Dorothy, Lady Dunnett at the launch of "The Scot and his Maps" and written by Margaret Wilkes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11696
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of Miss Wilkes`s reply and a note by her, 1998, setting out the background to the Dunnett speech and the occasion of its delivery.

Dates: 1991-1998.

Typescript of an address on Robert Louis Stevenson delivered by R A Knox to the Stevenson Club in 1949.

 File
Identifier: MS.8792
Scope and Contents

The typescript was marked by R A Knox to indicate pauses and points of emphasis.

A letter of Knox to Sir Randall Philip, Sheriff of Ayr and Renfrew, concerning the deposit of the address in the National Library of Scotland, is also included.

Dates: 1949.