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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:

Typed documents, chiefly copies and extracts of letters, of William Marshall and his family., 1790-1817.

 File
Identifier: MS.15371
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) ‘Connected narrative with extracts from the letters 1790-1815’ being a narrative of the military services of William Marshall's sons with copies and extracts of their letters to one another and their father, covering the years 1790 to 1815 (folio 1); (ii) ‘Letters written when on service, to his friends at home, by William Marshall, 1795-1818’ being transcripts and a few extracts of letters of William Marshall (subsequently Lieutenant-Colonel) to his father,...
Dates: 1790-1817.

Typed transcript of two letters of Thomas Hutchinson, Boston, to William Robertson., 1772.

 File
Identifier: MS.6295, folios 80-81
Scope and Contents

The first letter concerns some papers to be sent as an appendix to Thomas Hutchinson's ‘History of America’. The second concerns Hutchinson's intention to send his son to the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1772.

Typed transcripts, 1956-1957, concerning the Burghs of the Chanonry of Ross, Rosemarkie and Fortrose in the period 1455-1710.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3566/1-2
Scope and Contents

Comprising typed transcripts of the town council minutes and burgh count books of the Burgh of the Chanonry of Ross, 1647-1658, and the Burgh of Fortrose, 1674-1710, and of charters and other deeds concerning the Burghs of the Chanonry of Ross, Rosemarkie and Fortrose, 1455-1661.

Dates: 1956, 1957.

Typed transcripts of audio tapes of chapters of 'The house of Elrig', by Gavin Maxwell., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10555/35-36
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

Dates: Undated.

Typescript copies, 1964, of correspondence of Major-General Kenneth Mackenzie.

 File
Identifier: MS.8028
Scope and Contents

The letters are chiefly of Sir John Moore and Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, to Kenneth Mackenzie. The correspondence refers to service in the Peninsular War and in the Netherlands campaign of 1813-1814.

The typescript was taken from a transcript, made circa 1912 from the original letters, which now seem to have disappeared.

Dates: 1798-1827, undated.

Typescript transcripts by Reginald Foskett of the Zanzibar diaries of John Kirk., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9942/25
Scope and Contents

The transcripts cover the years 1866-1875. The text, which is not complete, was prepared with a view to publication, and in some cases diary entries have been re-arranged in chronological order.

Dates: Undated.

Typescript transcripts of correspondence of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and others., 1809-1840, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.1676
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The letters fall into three divisions. The first (MS.1675, folio 1) contains letters to James Lundie at Leyden and Amsterdam, chiefly from his brother Archibald, Minister of Saltoun, 1708-1710; the second (MS.1675, folio 47), general family correspondence, 1745-1770; the third (MS.1675, folio 80, and MS. 1676), the correspondence of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and others. The writers include many eminent authors and theologians of the time.

Dates: 1809-1840, undated.

Typescript transcripts of correspondence of the descendants of James Lundie, Minister of North Leith, who died in 1696, principally that of his great-grandson, Robert, Minister of Kelso.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.1675-1676
Scope and Contents

The letters fall into three divisions. The first (MS.1675, folio 1) contains letters to James Lundie at Leyden and Amsterdam, chiefly from his brother Archibald, Minister of Saltoun, 1708-1710; the second (MS.1675, folio 47), general family correspondence, 1745-1770; the third (MS.1675, folio 80, and MS. 1676), the correspondence of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and others. The writers include many eminent authors and theologians of the time.

Dates: 1708-1840, undated.

Typescript transcripts of the diaries of John M Reid, with manuscript corrections by Reid, who also cut out some passages., 1946-1956.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26273-26275
Scope and Contents

MS.26275 is a transcript of MSS.26271-26272, omitting the poems. The correspondence in these transcripts has not been indexed.

Dates: 1946-1956.