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:
Copy, circa 2006, of notes of speech by Arthur Woodburn to Women`s Conference in Perth entitled "What Labour has done for Scotland", 1949.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12692
Dates:
circa 2006.
Copy of a speech of Prof Kenneth Varty.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10826
Scope and Contents
Concerns the presentation of his "Festschrift" to Prof H T Barnwell, London.
Dates:
1982.
Copy of 'Heads of Lord Morpeth's Speech on the Finances of the East India Company, 10th July 1806. With an Appendix' (London, 1806). , 1806.
Item
Identifier: MS.11730
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.
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.
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Miscellaneous printed papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
Copy of the Duke of Wharton's address to the people of England, ?April 1729., 1729.
Item
Identifier: MS.3836, folios 9-10
Dates:
1729.
Corporation and citizens of Regina, Saskatchewan., 1900.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10530
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A complete list of these addresses is available.
Dates:
1900.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
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Addresses, honorary diplomas, speeches, etc.
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Addresses, etc, given to the 4th Earl and Countess of Minto during his service as Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India.
Corporation of Madras., Undated, between 1909-1910.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10621
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
A complete list of these addresses is available.
Dates:
Undated, between 1909-1910.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
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Addresses, honorary diplomas, speeches, etc.
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Addresses, etc, given to the 4th Earl and Countess of Minto during his service as Governor General of Canada and Viceroy of India.
Corrected manuscripts of three essays and two broadcast talks of Compton Mackenzie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7911
Dates:
1928, 1961 and undated.
Corrected typescript of a talk 'Spooks, sorcery and superstition' by Nancy Brysson Morrison., 1934.
Item
Identifier: MS.27353
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Notes for and some manuscripts of Nancy Brysson Morrison's books and shorter works.
Dates:
1934.
Corrections and additions by the first Earl of Cromer in an advance proof of a speech he afterwards delivered on Free Trade and Protection to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Unionist Free Trade Club on 10 January 1908.
File
Identifier: MS.2250
Scope and Contents
Also included are three letters to the donor, James MacLehose, the Glasgow printer (including one from Lord Cromer accompanying the corrected proof), the final printed copy of the speech and the menu and toast list of the luncheon at which the speech was delivered.
Dates:
[1908, or before.]
Correspondence and other related papers of Cecil Hopkinson, relating to Giuseppe Verdi., 1957-1975.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9732/8-14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Concerning Hopkinson`s bibliographies of Berlioz and Verdi.
Dates:
1957-1975.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Cecil Hopkinson, containing bibliographies relating to Louis-Hector Berlioz and Giuseppe Verdi, and other related material.
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Papers of Cecil Hopkinson, relating to bibliography of Giuseppe Verdi, containing correspondence, notes, photocopies and other related material.
Correspondence and papers concerning Lord Minto's speeches in the House of Lords on Volunteer matters., 1897-1898.
File
Identifier: MS.13390
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:
1897-1898.
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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Correspondence and papers concerning the militia and volunteers in Roxburghshire.
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Correspondence and papers of the 4th Earl of Minto, chiefly in his capacity as Brigadier-General commanding the Scottish Border Volunteer Brigade.
Correspondence and papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto's management of the impeachment of Sir Elijah Impey, formerly chief Justice of Bengal, for his conduct of the trial of the Maharaja Nand Kumar., 1787-1788.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11199-11202
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:
1787-1788.
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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Political correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto.
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 Edward Arthur Walton., 1891-1925, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19245
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Xerox copies of correspondence between Edward Arthur Walton and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and newspaper cuttings concerning Whistler's portrait of Thomas Carlyle, 1891-1905 (folio 1);(ii) Letters to Edward Arthur Walton, 1900-1911, undated, including letters from Andrew Carnegie and John Singer Sargent (folio 24);(iii) Letters, 1922-1925, to Walton's widow, chiefly letters of condolence on the artist's death, but...
Dates:
1891-1925, undated.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1811-1814.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11696-11697
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Includes correspondence and papers, 1810-1814, of and concerning Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java.
Dates:
1811-1814.
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 and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and the Bengal Government concerning the British invasion and occupation of Java and other Dutch possessions in the East Indies.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Elliot of Wells., 1775-1818, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12899-12927
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates:
1775-1818, 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 chiefly of William Nassau Elliot of Wells (?1736-1775), Barrister (Inner Temple), and of his son, William Elliot of Wells (1766-1818), Member of Parliament.
Correspondence and papers of Arthur Woodburn, including articles, press cuttings, lectures, photographs, glass slides and drafts of an autobiography.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7656 Box 1(1)-Box 44
Scope and Contents
Arthur Woodburn's strong interest in economics, education, European unity, international relations, modern languages and Scottish history and literature are reflected in the papers.
Dates:
1907-1977.
Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.
Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.
Dates:
1938-1973, undated.
Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
Dates:
late 20th century.
Correspondence and papers of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.349
Dates:
1896-1938, and undated.
Correspondence and papers of Janet Adam Smith, containing notes and draft talk about the publication, 'Books in my life', the collections of Janet Adam Smith and Michael Roberts about mountaineering, with a bibliography of her writings by Andrew Roberts., 1988-1989.
File
Identifier: Acc.13861/71
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.
Dates:
1988-1989.
Correspondence and papers of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, his wife Susan Buchan, Lady Tweedsmuir, his brother James Walter Buchan, and sister, Anna Buchan.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11627/1-120
Dates:
1863-1978.
Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1905, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20030-20031
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters are addressed to Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues in connexion with his work and researches: most of the papers consist of talks on science and medicine.
Dates:
1854-1905, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet.
Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1894.
File
Identifier: MS.20030
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of the letters are addressed to Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues in connexion with his work and researches: most of the papers consist of talks on science and medicine.
Dates:
1854-1894.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet.
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Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson.
Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson., 1895-1905, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20031
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of the letters are addressed to Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson by colleagues in connexion with his work and researches: most of the papers consist of talks on science and medicine.
Dates:
1895-1905, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet.
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Correspondence and papers of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson.