Transcripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written, printed, or typed copies of an original text or of words originally spoken, such as of court proceedings, broadcasts, or oral histories. Transcripts are extremely accurate copies with any editorial explanations or notations clearly distinguished from the original, including indications of misspellings or editorial omissions. For less formal copying, or for short documents or single words such as in a vocabulary, use "transcriptions."
Found in 618 Collections and/or Records:
Copies and notes from official records, relating to the family of Cockburn and their connections., 16th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2996
Scope and Contents
Transcripts and translations of Ch.2045-2047 will be found on folios 14-37. Among the documents copied is the will of Alison Cockburn, author of 'The flowers of the forest' (folio 47).
Dates:
16th century-19th century.
Copies of poems, taken probably from printed works., 1833.
File
Identifier: MS.21760
Scope and Contents
Leaves have been cut or torn out after folios 29, 33, 40, 44 and 48.
Dates:
1833.
Copies of sermons and poetry in English., ca. 1900-1920
File
Identifier: MS.14858
Scope and Contents
A folder containing copies, probably made in the early 20th century, of two sermons in English and small collection of poems in English. The scribe has not been identified. The contents are:Part (i):Sermon in English on Eph. 4: 26, by an unidentified author. According to Mackechnie's catalogue, vol. 1, page 337, this is a copy of Acc.2152/64, now missing, which was dated 4 August 1839. A prayer in English, which formed part of the original, does not form part of this...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1920
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
Copy, late 17th century-mid 18th century, of Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.3(a)
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy of ‘Hamewith’ (London, 1910) by Charles Murray, enclosing a letter of Murray to the publisher William Fordie Forrester concerning a publishing agreement with Constable.
File
Identifier: MS.27286
Scope and Contents
There are transcripts by William Fordie Forrester of Charles Murray's poems "It wasna his wyte" and "The Thraws o' Fate" on the endpapers.
Dates:
?1926
Copy of MS.8421: Transcript of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’., 1780.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8422-8423
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The transcript was attested a true copy by R J Sulivan, Judge Advocate.
Dates:
1780.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair.
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Transcripts of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’.
Copy of MS.8421: Transcript of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December, 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in ... causing to be imprisoned by Military Force ... The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’., 1780.
Item
Identifier: MS.8422
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The transcript was attested a true copy by R J Sulivan, Judge Advocate.
Dates:
1780.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair.
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Transcripts of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’.
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Copy of MS.8421: Transcript of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’.
Copy of MS.8421: Transcript of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’., 1780.
Item
Identifier: MS.8423
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The transcript was attested a true copy by R J Sulivan, Judge Advocate.
Dates:
1780.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart.
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Papers of James Stuart concerning the Pigot Affair.
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Transcripts of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’.
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Copy of MS.8421: Transcript of the proceedings at James Stuart's court-martial, 12 December 1780, on a charge of having 'joined in Mutiny in . . . causing to be imprisoned by Military Force . . . The Person of George Lord Pigot, then President and Governor of Fort St. George...’.
Copy of the 'Recollections' of Alexander Carlyle, in an unknown hand, with notes and additions in the hand of the Very Reverend John Lee., 1805.
Item
Identifier: MS.3463
Scope and Contents
On the first page of the manuscript is a note by John Lee to the effect that 'The following is a literal copy of a Manuscript of Dr Carlyle written a few months before his death in the year 1805'. From the notes in the 1910 edition of the ‘Autobiography’, it appears that John Hill Burton used this or an identical copy. The manuscript records in rambling fashion various events in Alexander Carlyle's life between the years 1723 and 1737. On page 71 there is a supplement to the original...
Dates:
1805.
Corrected typescript of ‘Riddles in Scots’ by William Soutar., [1937, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8584
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.
Dates:
[1937, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and signed typescripts of published poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscript and corrected typescript of ‘Riddles in Scots’ by William Soutar.
Correspondence, 1800-1840, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1788-1840, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3220
Scope and Contents
The Ashiesteel correspondence begins on folio 61. It is preceded by:(i) Miscellaneous papers: 'Flowers of the Forrest', in the autograph of Mrs Cockburn (folio 1); letter of Robert Burns to Patrick Miller of Dalswinton on the lease of Ellisland, 1788, printed in the ‘Kilmarnock Standard’, 14 August 1943 (folio 3); 'The Hag in the Red Cloak', verses ridiculing Matthew Gregory Lewis, in the hand of John Leyden (folio 5); letters of Humboldt, undated (folio 6), and Disraeli, 1865...
Dates:
1788-1840, undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning various peerages on which James Maidment conducted genealogical research.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5266-5270
Dates:
1618-19th century.
Correspondence and papers, including scripts and transcripts, relating to radio and television broadcasts by or involving Lady Tweedsmuir., 1951-1972.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11884/158-175
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
These papers provide a very full and extensive record of the political and public career of Lady Tweedsmuir, particularly of Scottish politics from 1945 to 1974, and of foreign policy in the early 1970s in her areas of responsibility as Minister of State, for example, the 'Cod War' dispute with Iceland. Business papers include some relating to her directorship of the transatlantic Cunard Line, and the construction and launching of RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’. Some papers of Lord Tweedsmuir,...
Dates:
1951-1972.
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description
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:
1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.
Correspondence and papers relating to published and broadcast works of John Mackintosh., 1952-1978, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13476/44-69
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1929-1978) was a political scientist, professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and a Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian (1966-1974, 1974-1978). He was pro-Europeist and pro-devolutionist and campaigned in favour of a yes vote during the 1979 Referendum on a Scottish Aseembly.The material consists of the personal and academic papers detailing Mackintosh’s political and academic career. The papers document his many academic ventures including his...
Dates:
1952-1978, undated.
Correspondence, including transcripts, concerning India and Russia., 1857-1871, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14469
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Transcripts of letters, 1857-1858, undated, to the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale at Simla, being chiefly transcripts of letters in MS.14468, folios 74-375 (folio 1);(ii) Letters, 1859-1871, undated, from India, with correspondents including the novelist, John Lang (folio 120);(iii) Correspondence, 1864-1865, largely topographical, concerning Russia, including letters of Edwin E Bishop and Alexander Keith Johnston (folio...
Dates:
1857-1871, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence of the Hays of Yester.
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Correspondence chiefly of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale, his wife Candida Louise, Marchioness of Tweeddale, and his son William George Montagu, 11th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Correspondence concerning India and Russia.
Correspondence notes and transcripts of letters relating to James Brodie., 1978-1980.
File
Identifier: Acc.9260/13
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.
Dates:
1978-1980.
Correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe concerning his antiquarian and literary interests, and his social life., 1746-1747, 1809-1848, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19406, folios 1-258
Scope and Contents
Most of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’s own letters are in the form of drafts. The correspondence is followed (folio 216) by a collection of poems in different hands and 20th-century transcripts of letters to Alicia Baird of Newbyth, 1746-1747.
Dates:
1746-1747, 1809-1848, undated.
Correspondence of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1620-1680, 1703-1784.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5155-5157
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Although with the Paul Papers through the family connection with the Erskine Murrays these papers are to be considered complementary to the Erskine Murray Papers.
Dates:
1620-1680, 1703-1784.
Correspondence of the painter Sir George Reid and transcripts of letters to Reid.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10996-10996A
Dates:
1878-1912.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
Scope and Contents
The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.
Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).
Dates:
1952-1964, undated.
Correspondence with family of McLeish, regarding publication of play, estimated costs of publication and transcript of interview with Robert Mitchell not used in publication., 1985.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/198
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1985.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Papers and productions of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
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Production files of 'The Gorbals story' by Robert McLeish.
Court book of the Barony of Calder Comitis, 1584-1601; with a modern transcript.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3724-3725
Dates:
1584-1601.
Decisions of the Court of Session (practicks), 1540-1549, 1570-1593, collected, late 17th century, by Alexander Colvill, and John or Henry Sinclair.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.4
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'Sinclair, Maitland, Culroes, decisions MS’, to which Thomas Ruddiman has prefixed a note which informs us that it was a copy from the originals in the library of Sir Alexander Seton of Pitmedden, who has himself explained the collection;(ii) Subjoined to it is ‘a compend of decisions by an uncertain author’;(iii) Transcript of the manuscript inventory of pious donations from James I’s reign to that of James VI....
Dates:
1540-1549, 1570-1593.