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Wrappers. containers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Textiles or other materials used as wrappings for parcels, gifts, or articles that need to be put away or carried from one place to another.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence between Lord Byron and Thomas Moore., 1811-1822, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.43485
Scope and Contents The letters of Byron to Moore have been placed before the letters of Moore to Byron. The letters have been further arranged into chronological order within each section.Wrapper with note by John Cam Hobhouse, not dated: folio 1;Copies, in the hand of Lord Byron, of letters of Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 1811: folios 2-7;Letters of Thomas Moore to Lord Byron dated 1811: folios 8-27;Letters of Thomas Moore to Lord Byron dated 1812: folios...
Dates: 1811-1822, undated.

Letters of Lord Byron from the Library of Honresfield House., 1810-1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.50706
Scope and Contents

Letter of Lord Byron, Athens, to John Cam Hobhouse, 28 February 1811. folios 1-2.

Letter of Lord Byron, to Francis Hodgson, regarding bawdy letters by Robert Burns, 14 December 1813. folios 3-5.

Newspaper clipping regarding sale of the above letter of Byron to Hodgson, [1880s-1890s]. folio 6.

Wrapper of a letter addressed to John Cam Hobhouse, franked 21 and 22 November 1810 [letter not present]. folio 7.

Dates: 1810-1813.

Letters of various correspondents to Smith Elder and Company, publishers., 1860-1878

 File
Identifier: MS.32001
Scope and Contents The letters are arranged alphabetically by writer. Where two or more letters are held for a writer they are arranged by date.Most of the letters are contained in the orange filing slips that were used commonly by Smith Elder and Company in the administration of its correspondence. Several of these slips are marked "Publication Department".MacDonald, Duncan. Letter, 12 April 1862, concerning a work by MacDonald on British Columbia. Folios 1-4....
Dates: 1860-1878

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Eastwick to Eaton, Charles., 1850-1917.

 File
Identifier: MS.40357
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Eastwick, Edward Backhouse.Letters, 1850, 1852-1858, 1864-1865, 1874-1877, 1879-1881 and 1883, of Edward Backhouse Eastwick to John Murray III and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-106.Folio 9. Wrapper, 2 July 1853, for an unknown item, addressed to John Murray III.Folio 21. Specimen of a page from one of John Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers,...
Dates: 1850-1917.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Harvey Goodwin., 1862-1882.

 File
Identifier: MS.40459
Scope and Contents Letters, 1862-1882, of Harvey Goodwin, probably to John Murray III, with related letters and papers. They concern Goodwin`s works published by Murray, including “The Convocation Prayer Book”, articles for the "Quarterly Review" and sermons. A few letters describe Goodwin`s travels. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1862: folio 1; (1)1878: folios 2-3;1879: folios 4-38; (2)1880: folios 39-50;1881: folio 51;...
Dates: 1862-1882.

Notebook, undated, of Evelyn Stewart-Murray containing Gaelic grammatical notes, exercises and music., Late 19th century-early 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14889
Scope and Contents The grammatical notes and exercises are on folios 1-106, and the music is on folios 107-123.The contents are as follows.(i) Small envelope bearing Evelyn Stewart Murray's address (folio i);(ii) Tale headed ‘An t-seana bhantrach’ (folio 1), and an English translation entitled ‘The poor widow’ (folio 2);(iii) Moral tale headed “Tha irioslachd agus bochdainn a' trearachadh gu neamh” (folio 3) and an English translation, “Humility and poverty lead...
Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Original protective dust bag for the celluloid scrapbook of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes., 1911.

 Item
Identifier: MS.25677 [Original protective dust bag]
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates: 1911.

Scrapbook of Margaret Anna Dalrymple, Lady Newhailes; with original dust bag., 1911.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.25677
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...
Dates: 1911.