Surveys. Documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documentation of examinations or inspections conducted in order to achieve a comprehensive view, as of a place, a group of related items, or to ascertain condition or value. For detailed lists of items on hand, or of items in a given category, use ""inventories""For sets of questions submitted to a number of persons to obtain information, use ""questionnaires"" .
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
6th Marquess of Tweeddale papers., 1755-1775.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10961-10963
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1755-1775.
Alexander Nimmo`s copy of his account of the survey made by him in the summer of 1806 of the northern, eastern and southern boundaries of Inverness-shire, which he undertook on Telford`s recommendation, whilst rector of Inverness Academy, for the parliamentary commission appointed to fix the county boundaries of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.4.20
Scope and Contents
The copy is in Nimmo’s own hand, written up in the form of a journal, from the notes which he took in his pocket-book whilst engaged upon the survey. It is written on the rectos of the leaves, the versos being left for maps (folios 11 verso, 12 verso), notes, bearings, and additions to the text. It appears to be incomplete, for it ends rather abruptly (folio 50). It is followed by an explanatory letter to John Rickman, who at the time was secretary to the commissions for making roads and...
Dates:
1806.
Audience survey of various theatres and locations, containing completed forms., 1984.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/358-364
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1984.
Correspondence and papers concerning miscellaneous undertakings., 1795-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.19972
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Nene Outfall, report and letter, 1833 (folio 1);
(ii) Eau Brink Cut, letters, 1830, 1832-1834, with a note by Thomas Casebourne on its effects, 1833 (folio 16);
(iii) Chesterfield Railway, report and accounts, 1826 (folio 26);
(iv) St Helens and Runcorn Railway, letters, 1833 (folio 30);
(v) London metropolitan water survey, reports and accounts, 1831-1834, with reports by Thomas Telford on reservoirs in Green Park, 1828 (folio 33);
(vi) Edinburgh...
Dates:
1795-1834.
Correspondence and papers of Professor Sir Robert Grieve.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10922
Dates:
1939-1988.
Correspondence and papers on various actual and projected lead or copper mines in Scotland., 1751-1774.
File
Identifier: MS.12875
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
With letters and reports on the lead mines of Islay, 1771-1785.
Dates:
1751-1774.
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 John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
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Correspondence and papers concerning Admiral John Elliot's mining ventures in Perthshire and southern Scotland for copper and lead deposits.
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Correspondence and papers on various actual and projected lead or copper mines in Scotland.
Correspondence of Hew Morrison, with papers concerning his edition of ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ by Rob Donn., 1882-1903, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14955
Scope and Contents
Material connected with Hew Morrison’s edition of Rob Donn’s ‘Songs and poems in the Gaelic language’ (folios 1-12), and general correspondence (folios 13-21), of which only Alexander MacKay’s letter concerns the poems.The contents are as follows.(i) Photographs and a map (folio 1);(ii) Farther copies of some of the press cuttings in MS.14954 (folio 4);(iii) The surname controversy: notes and a survey (folio 6);(iv) Letter to Hew...
Dates:
1882-1903, undated.
Correspondence of various members of the Brown family., 1769-1825.
File
Identifier: MS.3258
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence deals in large part with surveys, leases, and other business relating to estates in Morayshire and elsewhere in Scotland. Sir George Brown's letters refer to regimental matters and to general affairs in the places where he is stationed - London, various Mediterranean stations, 1822-1836, Ireland, 1825, 1837, and the Crimea, 1854. Among the correspondents are: William Leslie, the eccentric Minister of Lhanbryde, 1811, 1816, undated; William Young Sellar and his relatives,...
Dates:
1769-1825.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of the Brown family, Linkwood, with some of the family of William Leslie, Minister of Lhanbryde.
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Correspondence, chiefly of George Brown, Provost of Elgin, Major-General John Brown, Regional Support Command, General Sir George Brown, and Peter Brown, Linkwood.
Drafts of chapters 1-7 of volume 4 of `Caledonia` by George Chalmers., 1817, or after-1822, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.8.1.8
Scope and Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction (folio 3);
Chapter 2: Buteshire (folio 28);
Chapter 3: Stirlingshire (folios 47, 84);
Chapter 4: Clackmananshire (folio 71);
Chapter 5: Kinrossshire (folio 117);
Chapter 6: Fifeshire (folio 132); and,
Chapter 7: Argyllshire (folio 170).
Written on paper watermarked 1817-1822.
Dates:
1817, or after-1822, or after.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
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Drafts of the `Topographical Dictionary`, and of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
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Drafts of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
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Drafts of parts of volume 4 of `Caledonia` by George Chalmers.
Drafts of chapters 8-11 of volume 4 of `Caledonia` by George Chalmers., 1822, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.8.1.9
Scope and Contents
Chapter 11: Elginshire (folio 1);
Chapter 9: Aberdeenshire (folio 22);
Chapter 10: Banffshire (folio 51);
Chapter 8: Perthshire (folio 70).
Written on paper watermarked 1822.
Dates:
1822, or after.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
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Drafts of the `Topographical Dictionary`, and of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
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Drafts of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
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Drafts of parts of volume 4 of `Caledonia` by George Chalmers.
Drafts of parts of volume 2 of `Caledonia`, by George Chalmers., 1799, or after.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.8.1.7
Scope and Contents
Chapter 5: Edinburghshire (folio 1);
Chapter 4: Haddingtonshire (folio 43);
Chapter 3: Berwickshire (folio 88).
Written on paper watermarked 1799.
Dates:
1799, or after.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
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Drafts of the `Topographical Dictionary`, and of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
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Drafts of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
Drafts of parts of volume 4 of `Caledonia` by George Chalmers., 1817, or after-1822, or after.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.8.1.8-8.1.9
Dates:
1817, or after-1822, or after.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
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Drafts of the `Topographical Dictionary`, and of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
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Drafts of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers.
Drafts of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers., 1799, or after-1822, or after.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.8.1.7-8.1.9
Dates:
1799, or after-1822, or after.
Drafts of the `Topographical Dictionary`, and of parts of volumes 2 and 4 of ‘Caledonia’, by George Chalmers., 1794, or after-1822, or after.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.8.1.4-8.1.9
Dates:
1794, or after-1822, or after.
Drawing, 1819, copied from survey, 1784, of Mylne - Lands belonging to Captain McDonald - Edinburgh, Powderhall., 1819.
Item
Identifier: MS.5849 (51)
Dates:
1819.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Edinburgh, London Road-Ey.
Drawing - Survey and sections of improved lines of road at Cleugh leading to Ford - Kirk Kettle Ford, Angus - surveyed by Robert Stevenson., 1820.
Item
Identifier: MS.5854 (47)
Dates:
1820.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with K.
Drawing - Survey and sections of mills - West Barns, East Lothian - surveyed by R Stevenson., 1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.5864 (2)
Dates:
1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with W-Z.
Drawing - Survey of bank, with soundings - Skelmorlie, Renfrew - surveyed by D and T Stevenson., 1873.
Item
Identifier: MS.5862 (92)
Dates:
1873.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with S.
Drawing - Survey of bay showing sites of proposed breakwater - Stonehaven, Kincardine - surveyed by D and T Stevenson., 1884.
Item
Identifier: MS.5862 (122)
Dates:
1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with S.
Drawing - Survey of mills - West Barns, East Lothian - surveyed by R Stevenson., 1814.
Item
Identifier: MS.5864 (1)
Dates:
1814.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with W-Z.
Drawing - Survey of mouth at Musselburgh - Esk, River, South, Midlothian - surveyed by Robert Stevenson and James Ritson., 1835.
Item
Identifier: MS.5849 (134)
Dates:
1835.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Edinburgh, London Road-Ey.
Drawing - Survey of river - Lune, River - surveyed by Robert Stevenson., 1838.
Item
Identifier: MS.5875 (38)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.
Dates:
1838.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in England and overseas beginning with L.
Drawing - Survey of village with proposed new road - Lasswade, Midlothian - surveyed by Robert Stevenson., 1815.
Item
Identifier: MS.5855 (5)
Dates:
1815.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with L.
Drawing - Trigonometrical survey of National Gallery ground - Edinburgh, Mound - surveyed by D and C Stevenson., 1893.
Item
Identifier: Ms.5849 (22)
Dates:
1893.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Edinburgh, London Road-Ey.