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 454 Collections and/or Records:
‘Minutes of Parliament, Council, and Exchequer, collected by Earl Hadington’., 1400-1603.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.2 (I)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The contents are as follows:
(i) Short minutes of the proceedings of Parliament, 1400-1622 (folio 1);
(ii) “Notes furth the books of Secret Council” and “Catalogues of the acts of Secret Council” and “Missive letters in the book of Secret Council” and “Council missives to & from His Majestie”, 1546-1635 (folio 111);
(iii) ‘Minute of the Register of the Chekkers beginnand 16 July 1583 to 17 July 1629’ (folio 527).These notes have originally been written on separate quires...
Dates:
1400-1603.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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‘Minutes of Parliament, Council, and Exchequer, collected by Earl Hadington’, the title in the hand of Sir James Balfour prefacing a volume of copies made for the 1st Earl of Haddington of minutes of Parliament, 1400-1622, of the Privy Council, 1546-1635, and of Exchequer, 1583-1629.
‘Minutes of Parliament, Council, and Exchequer, collected by Earl Hadington’., 1603-1635.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.2 (II)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The contents are as follows:
(i) Short minutes of the proceedings of Parliament, 1400-1622 (folio 1);
(ii) “Notes furth the books of Secret Council” and “Catalogues of the acts of Secret Council” and “Missive letters in the book of Secret Council” and “Council missives to & from His Majestie”, 1546-1635 (folio 111);
(iii) ‘Minute of the Register of the Chekkers beginnand 16 July 1583 to 17 July 1629’ (folio 527).These notes have originally been written on separate quires...
Dates:
1603-1635.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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‘Minutes of Parliament, Council, and Exchequer, collected by Earl Hadington’, the title in the hand of Sir James Balfour prefacing a volume of copies made for the 1st Earl of Haddington of minutes of Parliament, 1400-1622, of the Privy Council, 1546-1635, and of Exchequer, 1583-1629.
Miscellaneous 'antique papers'., 1626-1810, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1915
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Modern list of some of the papers and part of a printed sale catalogue (folio 1);(ii) Contemporary copies of the charges brought by John Selden against the Duke of Buckingham, and of the King's explanation delivered by Buckingham, 1626 (folio 5);(iii) Memorandum, circa 1635, arguing the complicity of the Marquess of Huntly, James Gordon of Letterfourie, and Lady Rothiemay (Katherine Gordon) in the harrying of the lands of...
Dates:
1626-1810, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bannatyne Club, chiefly relating to club publications., 1820-1837, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9356
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1835, between Robert Pitcairn, Thomas Thomson and David Laing, on the publication by Pitcairn of ‘Memorials of transactions in Scotland’ by Richard Bannatyne. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript drafts, with minor corrections, of parts of ‘Davidis Buchanani de scriptoribus Scotis’. The manuscript folios 24-38 equal the printed pages 17-28, and folios 40-66 equal pages 31-39. (Folios 24.)(iii) 'Articles agt. Mr...
Dates:
1820-1837, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to affairs, chiefly Scottish and military, of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries., 1667-1745.
File
Identifier: MS.3741
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Orders and letters of Lieutenant-General Hugh Mackay to Captain Robert Menzies, Younger of Weem (also known as Younger of Menzies and Fiar of Menzies), 1689-1690, relating to the Killiecrankie campaign and to Menzies's command as Lieutenant-Governor of Inverlochy and Fort William. From the Castle Menzies charter-room. They are extensively quoted in D P Menzies, "The 'red and white' book of Menzies" (Glasgow, 1894). (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter...
Dates:
1667-1745.
Miscellaneous memoranda, photographs and other papers concerning the Edinburgh Society of Musicians., 1891-1960.
File
Identifier: MS.21616
Scope and Contents
The contents include evidence submitted by the Edinburgh Society of Musicians to the Scottish University Commission on the teaching of music, 1891 (folio 1); the index of music presented to the Society by J R Grant in 1954 (folio 96); and transcripts, 1934-1939, of radio lectures on Scottish music by Harry Willsher, Henry Farmer, and Ian Whyte (folio 147).
Dates:
1891-1960.
Miscellaneous notes, [circa 1911], of John Purves on poets and poetry including transcripts of letters, 1880-1891, of H L Stevenson., 1880-1891, [circa 1911.]
Item
Identifier: MS.15598
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the notebooks contain notes on a variety of subjects, only the more important of which are mentioned in descriptions.
Dates:
1880-1891, [circa 1911.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves.
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Notebooks chiefly of John Purves containing notes on English language and literature.
Miscellaneous papers and publications., 1915-1974.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12801/76-80
Miscellaneous papers concerning Saltoun estate., [Circa 1240]-1806, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17258
Scope and Contents
The papers concern: the Commissioners of Supply for East Lothian, 1728-1761, undated (folio 1); Saltoun Church and Manse, including transcripts of charters giving the kirklands of Saltoun to the Hospital of Soutra, circa 1240-1805, undated (folio 20); the mortification to Saltoun by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, 1730-1806, undated (folio 70; see also Ch.14747-14748); and the poor, in general and in Saltoun, 1692-1773, undated (folio 188).
Dates:
[Circa 1240]-1806, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Sir Walter Scott, and supplementary material relating to MS.23141., Late 20th century-early 21st century.
File
Identifier: MS.23141(ii)
Scope and Contents
The contents include: (i) typescript transcripts of letters of Sir Walter Scott to Longman Rees and Company (folios 62-89 in MS.23141(i)); (ii) Supplementary material relating to MS.23141(i); (iii) Book sellers blurb and related material.
Dates:
Late 20th century-early 21st century.
Miscellaneous papers of David Thomson., 1932-1996.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13259/71-78
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.
Dates:
1932-1996.
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1945-1981, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26670-26671
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Dates:
1945-1981, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Kirk Dickson chiefly associated with his military career., [Circa 1914]-1939.
File
Identifier: MS.13586
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Photograph of H.M.S. Canopus leaving Valetta, [?December 1914] (folio 1);(ii) Sketch map of naval action in the North Sea, 24 January 1915 (folio 8);(iii) 'Account of the Engagement with the German High Seas Fleet off the Jutland Bank May 31st 1916', by Midshipman Robert Kirk Dickson, dated H.M.S. Benbow, 18 June 1916, with a typescript carbon copy of the same (folio 3);(iv) Unsigned typescript 'Report of...
Dates:
[Circa 1914]-1939.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson (1898-1952) and of his younger brother, Midshipman Archibald Kirk Dickson (died 1916), with some papers of their father, William Kirk Dickson (1860-1949), first Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
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Papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson.
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Personal and naval papers of Robert Kirk Dickson.
Miscellaneous papers of Robert Kirk Dickson, chiefly typescript carbon copies of notes, speeches and other documents associated with his military career., 1941-1951.
File
Identifier: MS.13587
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Typescript carbon copies of official reports, 1942, by Robert Kirk Dickson from H.M.S. Manxman, with 'Chronological summary of the first commission of H.M.S. Manxman, 1941-2, written by R.K.D, in 1944 at the request of the Deputy Director, Operations Division (Mining), Admiralty' (folio 1);(ii) Typescript carbon copy of 'Boil down of Cossac (43) 28. Appreciation and Outline Plan for Operation Overlord', by Captain Robert Kirk Dickson,...
Dates:
1941-1951.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson (1898-1952) and of his younger brother, Midshipman Archibald Kirk Dickson (died 1916), with some papers of their father, William Kirk Dickson (1860-1949), first Librarian of the National Library of Scotland.
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Papers of Rear-Admiral Robert Kirk Dickson.
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Personal and naval papers of Robert Kirk Dickson.
Miscellaneous papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1957-1975, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26188
Dates:
1957-1975, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Camerons of Fassiefern., 20th century, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11137/50-51
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and papers of the family of Cameron of Fassiefern, collected and preserved by Brodrick Haldane Esq, Edinburgh.
The letters are mostly to members of the Fassiefern family, especially to John Cameron of Fassiefern and his son Sir Ewen, 1st Baronet. Also containing some legal documents and business papers. There are also papers pertaining to the Cameron chiefs Sir Ewen and Donald Locheil.
Dates:
20th century, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Dunlop family., 1797-mid 20th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9301-9307
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:
1797-mid 20th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1683-early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8222-8249
Miscellaneous transcripts, chiefly copies of letters to Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, from Viscount Townshend, Professor Hugh Blair, John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury, Professor Adam Ferguson, and Tobias Smollett., 1747-1806, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3464
Scope and Contents
The transcripts were probably intended to be included by Alexander Carlyle in his ‘Autobiography’. A comparison of the characters of Professor Blair and Principal Robertson and some unpublished letters of Alexander Carlyle on the militia are also included.
Dates:
1747-1806, undated.
Miscellaneous writings of Robert Louis Stevenson., 1883-1894, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9893
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of: (i) Extracts from magazines of articles by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1884, undated (folio 1); (ii) Transcripts and printed texts, 1883-1894, undated, of miscellaneous writings of Stevenson (folio 44).
Dates:
1883-1894, undated.
Modern transcript of the minute-book of the Board of Green Cloth of Scotland, 8 July 1650-7 July 1651., 1650-1651.
Item
Identifier: MS.977
Modern transcript of the Register of the Consultations of the Ministers of Edinburgh and some other brethren of the ministry., 1652-1654.
File
Identifier: MS.636A
Modern transcript of the Register of the Consultations of the Ministers of Edinburgh and some other brethren of the ministry., 15 August 1657-1658.
Item
Identifier: MS.637A
Modern transcript of the Register of the Consultations of the Ministers of Edinburgh and some other brethren of the ministry., May 1654-October 1656.
File
Identifier: MS.636B
Modern transcript of the Register of the Consultations of the Ministers of Edinburgh and some other brethren of the ministry., October 1656-14 February 1657.
File
Identifier: MS.636C
Dates:
October 1656-14 February 1657.