Summaries.
Subject
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Found in 245 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers concerning schools in Minto and Ashkirk., 1792-1897.
File
Identifier: MS.13329
Scope and Contents
The correspondence and papers concern Minto School, 1792-1897 (folio 1), Clarilaw School, Wilton, 1884-1885 (folio 215), and Ashkirk Female School and Ashkirk School Board, 1873-1875 (folio 234).
Dates:
1792-1897.
Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, concerning the Grant trust., 1929-1944.
File
Identifier: MS.24722
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Further Grant Trust correspondence and papers, 1940-1944 (folio 1);
(ii) Copy, agreement and deed of trust between the trustees of the National Library, and Sir Alexander Grant and his trustees, January 1929 (folio 93);
(iii) Copies of supplementary agreements (2) between the same parties, March-April 1933 and August-September 1935 (folio 103);
(iv) Copy, memorandum by Lord Clyde on the Grant Trust, 24 June 1939 (folio 121);
(v) Manuscript draft and...
Dates:
1929-1944.
Correspondence of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1582-late 19th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
1582-late 19th century.
Daily record of matters brought before the Resident at Baroda, May 1805-April 1807, including summaries of discussions with Sitárám and others., 1805-1807.
File
Identifier: MS.13670
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:
1805-1807.
Diaries and autobiography of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1833-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9261-9263
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:
1833-1860.
Diaries of John Dunlop of Gairbraid., 1833-1860.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9261-9262
Scope and Contents
The diaries chiefly concern John Dunlop’s work in the Temperance movement and the earlier entries describe scenes of debauchery in Edinburgh, and visits to police courts. There are also reports on Temperance meetings and notes of conversations with individuals.In addition to these diaries, there are summaries of some of Dunlop's letters, extracts from his reading, and notes on various subjects. Numerous press-cuttings and other papers, mostly concerning the Temperance movement,...
Dates:
1833-1860.
Diary of Stephen Lawson, a civil engineer from Edinburgh, during his work on the Konza to Magadi railway in Kenya, 1912, with summaries of his activities to April 1914.
Item
Identifier: MS.19983
Scope and Contents
Stephen Lawson's main interest was in game shooting, and the diary contains relatively little concerning the railway itself.
Dates:
1912-1914.
Documents, chiefly copies, and papers in the claim to the ancient earldom of Levenax, or Lennox, drawn up about 1772-1774 (but not brought to the House of Lords) by George Cockburn Haldane of Gleneagles.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20001-20003
Dates:
?1195-1844, undated.
Draft manuscripts of an article, ‘Observations on the Nature of Hysterical States’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with related correspondence and manuscript notes., 1953.
File
Identifier: MS.50201
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically.1953.Letter, 1953, of O Alldridge, as Assistant Secretary of the Authors’ Club, to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The letter would appear to relate to arrangements concerning accommodation for Fairbairn in connection with a meeting of the Medical Section of the British Psychological Society, 28 October 1953. At the meeting Fairbairn read his paper, ‘Observations on the Nature of Hysterical States’. Folio 1....
Dates:
1953.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
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Lectures and articles of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.
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Articles and lectures of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.
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Draft and final versions of an article, `Observations on the Nature of Hysterical States`, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, with related manuscript notes and correspondence.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13941
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13942
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13943
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13944
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13945
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13946
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13947
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13948
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Draft of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13949
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 1805.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Various drafts of MSS.13939-13940: Historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Duplicate copy of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'., [Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Item
Identifier: MS.13940
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The summary ends circa 1805 and appears to have been copied and amended circa 1825. It may have been intended at one stage as a contribution to the debate on the East India Company's charter.
Dates:
[Circa 1805, circa 1825.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of and collected by Alexander Walker for proposed publications.
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Two copies and various drafts of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
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Original and duplicate copies of an historical summary of the 'progress and transactions of the East India Company from their first institution to the present day'.
Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich., 1834-1921, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15152-15169
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.
Dates:
1834-1921, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Estate finance books., 1861-1931.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15160-15163
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.
Dates:
1861-1931.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate books, being a number of partly printed bound volumes relating in various ways to the Ellices’ estates in Glengarry and Glenquoich.
Fair copies, drafts and other papers concerning 'Jadee Jathu’, an account of the castes in Malabar by Alexander Walker., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13810-13815
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:
?1st quarter of 19th century.
Fair copies, drafts, notes and chapter summaries of Alexander Walker's history of Malabar., ?1st quarter of 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13797-13809
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:
?1st quarter of 19th century.
Fee-book of Richard Burdon Haldane., 1883-1886.
Item
Identifier: MS.20050
Scope and Contents
The volume contains notes of fees received 1883-1886 (folio 4 verso) preceded by a summary, presumably from an earlier fee-book which has not survived, of fees received between 1879, when Richard Burdon Haldane was called to the bar, and 1883 (folio 1).
Dates:
1883-1886.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
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Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911.
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Correspondence and papers chiefly of Richard Burden Haldane.
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Fee-books of Richard Burdon Haldane, covering the period 1879-1908.
Financial papers of the Scottish Craft Centre., 1985-1990.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10729/41-46
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Includes papers concerning the closure of the Scottish Craft Centre, the move from Acheson House in 1990, and the proposed Scottish Craft Council, 1991.
Dates:
1985-1990.