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Typescripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.

Found in 2758 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommers., 1952-1964, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20665
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 and papers of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1908, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20025-20029
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1854-1908, undated.

Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, concerning the Grant trust., 1929-1944.

 File
Identifier: MS.24722
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Further Grant Trust correspondence and papers, 1940-1944 (folio 1); (ii) Copy, agreement and deed of trust between the trustees of the National Library, and Sir Alexander Grant and his trustees, January 1929 (folio 93); (iii) Copies of supplementary agreements (2) between the same parties, March-April 1933 and August-September 1935 (folio 103); (iv) Copy, memorandum by Lord Clyde on the Grant Trust, 24 June 1939 (folio 121); (v) Manuscript draft and...
Dates: 1929-1944.

Correspondence and papers of John Wilson, missionary in Bombay., 1826-1875, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8955
Scope and Contents The principal contents are: letters (with typescript copies) of John Wilson as secretary of the Edinburgh Association of Theological Students (folio 1); his plans for missionary work (folio 36); letters to him from various orientalists and politicians (folio 46); papers on George Strachan (folio 116); ninth-century accounts of India (folio 122); notes on Indian history (folio 134); a translation by Aviet Aganoor of Eznik's treatise against the Parsis (folio 159); and a paper (imperfect at...
Dates: 1826-1875, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Michael M Stuart, relating to Scottish Nabobs., 1935-1985, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9260/9-31
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: 1935-1985, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl., 1862-1933, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10195-10205
Scope and Contents From the Series: Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates: 1862-1933, undated.