Testimonials.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing affirmation of person's character or the value of a thing. Specifically, written declarations stating an individual's achievements or the usefulness of a product or service, such as a letter of endorsement.
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Davies, A. to Davis, H., 1812-1916.
File
Identifier: MS.40318
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Davies, Arthur Charles Fox-.Letters, 1915 and undated, of Arthur Charles Fox-Davies to John Murray IV. Folios 1-3.Davies, Caroline Mary.Letter, 1861, of Caroline Mary Davies to John Murray III. Folios 4-9.Folios 6-9. Letter, August ?1793, in French of an unknown correspondent in Paris, possibly to Francis Drake. The letter is annotated with ‘No....
Dates:
1812-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Dicksee to Dilke., 1830-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.40333
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Dicksee, Francis Bernard.Letter, 1898, of Sir Francis Bernard Dickson to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Dickson, Mrs.Letter, 1891, probably of Mrs Dickson to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.Dickson, Helen Loveday.Letters, 1924, between Helen Loveday Dickson and John Murray IV. Folios 5-13.Folio 5. Testimonial, 1924, of Jessie Amy...
Dates:
1830-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Holland, J. to Holland, T., 1816-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40567
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Holland, J. F.Letter, undated, of J. F. Holland, possibly to John Murray IV. Folio 1.Holland, James.Letter, 1816, of James Holland to John Murray II. Folio 2.Holland, James.Letter, 1822, of James Holland to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.Holland, Jane.Letters, 1835, 1846, 1863 and undated, of Jane Holland to...
Dates:
1816-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Landreth to Lanfrey., 1820-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.40669
Scope and Contents
This manuscript includes letters, 1820-1838 and uncertain dates, of John Landseer and his sons, Edwin and Thomas, to John Murray II.It mainly includes letters, 1828-1862 and uncertain dates, of Richard Lane to John Murray II and John Murray III. These letters concern his work as an engraver and lithographer, including reference to works of his brother, Edward William Lane.All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. Further...
Dates:
1820-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Lang to Langhome., 1770-1922.
File
Identifier: MS.40670
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lang, Andrew.Letters and envelope, 1890, 1892, 1895-1897, 1900-1904 and 1909, of Andrew Lang to John Murray IV. Folios 1-65.Folios 8-9. Copy of a letter, 1895, of John Murray IV to Andrew Lang.Folios 15-16. Article, 1895, of the Illustrated London News entitled ‘The Old Quarterlies’ by Andrew Lang, with a compliment slip of Durrant’s Press Cuttings....
Dates:
1770-1922.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Laspee to LaTrobe., 1820-1906.
File
Identifier: MS.40672
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Laspee, Henry de.Letters, 1852, of Henry de Laspee to John Murray III. Folios 1-6.Latham, Albert George.Letter, 1891, of Albert George Latham to John Murray III. Folios 7-9.Folio 9. Testimonials, ?1891, in support of Albert George Latham. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1891, of Albert George Latham to John Murray III, folios 7-8....
Dates:
1820-1906.
'List of applicants for situations in the Edinburgh Academy, 1824'; with letters and testimonials of some of the applicants, addressed to Sir Walter Scott as one of the Committee of Management of the new school.
File
Identifier: MS.2519
Scope and Contents
The testimonials are supplememtary to the printed testimonials, Sir Walter Scott's copies of which are in the Department of Printed books.
Dates:
1824.
Microfilm of testimonial for Sir James Balfour of Denmilne by the English College of Arms, followed by the signatures and mottoes of the various heralds and pursuivants below paintings of their own arms.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.197
Dates:
1628.
Military testimonial in favour of Lieutenant Thomas Patrick Ballingall, MC, Machine Gun Corps, and his discharge papers.
File
Identifier: Acc.12902
Scope and Contents
Includes a copy of "Peary: In Memoriam" an elegy on the death in action of James Pearson, late of George Watson`s [Boys] College. Edinburgh, [by G. N. Ballingall].
Dates:
1915.
Miscellaneous educational, cultural and literary papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 1758-1867.
File
Identifier: MS.15508
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers concerning the classical, literary and historical education of Patrick Chalmers (died 1824) (folio 1);
(ii) Notes of Patrick Chalmers, Advocate, on Roman law (folio 31);
(iii) Papers concerning the legal career of Patrick Chalmers, including his admission papers to the Inner Temple (1758) and the Faculty of Advocates (1762-1763; admitted 1764) (folio 54);
(iv) Miscellaneous classical exercises (folio 76);
(v) Testimonials in favour of, and academic...
Dates:
1758-1867.
Miscellaneous items: passport, testimonials, bank book of Council for Prevention of War., N.d.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4886/13
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, and his family., 1670-[circa 1890].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19399-19405
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates:
1670-[circa 1890].
Miscellaneous papers of Florence Marian McNeill., 1842-1961, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26256-26259
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.
Dates:
1842-1961, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Florence Marian McNeill including testimonials, newspaper cuttings about contemporary women authors, and other material., 1899-1961, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26256
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.
Dates:
1899-1961, undated.
Miscellaneous personal charters relating to the Dundas family., 1706-?1865.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.1340-1349
Scope and Contents
Included are: burgess tickets; an election return, 1722; a patent, 1854, concerning the manufacture of cannon; and, a public testimonial, ?1865, to George Dundas, later Lieutenant-Governor of St Vincent, from the inhabitants of Prince Edward Island.
Dates:
1706-?1865.
Papers, circa 1852-1872, of William Strathhenry Kemp.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9427
Scope and Contents
Includes historical and literary lectures and essays, and addresses to pupils at Falkirk Grammar School and Glasgow High School.
With papers, 1897-1904, of Robina Jane Kemp, including certificates and testimonials.
Dates:
circa 1852-1904.
Papers concerning Hector MacIver's career., 1934-1961.
File
Identifier: MS.26279
Scope and Contents
The papers include material on Hector MacIver's naval service, 1941-1945, testimonials and applications for teaching posts.
Dates:
1934-1961.
Papers concerning Hew Morrison's formal qualifications, his post as librarian and his own library., 1887-ca. 1935.
Series
Identifier: Acc.14317/12-16
Content Description
From the Collection:
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates:
1887-ca. 1935.
Papers concerning Hugh MacLeod's role in the 1745 rebellion., 1745.
File
Identifier: MS.19296
Scope and Contents
Included in the papers are testimonials for him and his father, Donald, 1st of Geanies, copies of letters of Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Lord President of the Court of Session, and an ‘Account of the Skirmish at Inverurie’, all of 1745.
Dates:
1745.
Papers concerning Widows Fund, Annuitants, Poor relief, and other financial papers of the Faculty of Advocates.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/9
Dates:
1703-1856.
Papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1835-[circa 1840.]
File
Identifier: MS.12064
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Notes and papers, 1836-1839, concerning naval operations against the slave trade from West Africa (folio 1);
(ii) The Countess of Minto's list of dinners given at the Admiralty, 1835-1839, with names of guests (folio 62);
(iii) Copy of a circular, January 1838, regulating the entry of 1st Class Volunteers to the Navy (folio 68);
(iv) Reports and other papers, 1835-1836, relating to the Russian Fleet and its naval establishments on the Black Sea, and to the...
Dates:
1835-[circa 1840.]
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, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Political and diplomatic correspondence and papers of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto as First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, with further correspondence and papers on Admiralty and general naval affairs, 1822-1856.
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Admiralty papers and some associated correspondence on various subjects, of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Papers of David Angus.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6905
Scope and Contents
Concerning his life and work in South America and Damaraland.
Dates:
1882-1926.
Papers of David Angus, civil engineer, relating to his life and work in South America and Damaraland, 1882-1926, with some later material; and miscellaneous papers and diaries of Nancy Angus, his daughter, 1907-1960.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.257- is now Acc.6905 and Acc.12365.
Dates:
1882-1960.