Guide to the Collections held by the National Library of Scotland (as filmed by the AJCP), 1696-1950

Summary

Collection number:

M1158-M1168, M1961-M1965

Creator:

National Library of Scotland

Extent:

364 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Papers 1785-1817 of Henry and Robert Dundas, Viscounts Melville, referring to Thomas Muir, T.F. Palmer and other Scottish political prisoners, transportation of convicts, trade in Far East, and Prince of Wales Island.

Papers 1849-1892 of writer Thomas Carlyle, including letters of Charles Gavan Duffy, Sir Henry Parkes and G.W. Rusden.

Papers 1805-1812 of John Leyden of Penang.

Letters 1846-1856 of Lieut. Col. Robert Wynyard in Australia and New Zealand.

Papers 1824-1856 of Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane and Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, including letters of Sir James Brooke.

Journals and logs 1794-1819 of William Scott in Penang.

Papers 1803-1831 of Sir Walter Scott, including letters of John Leyden, Lachlan Macquarie, Ebernezer Knox, Sir Thomas Brisbane and Andrew Murray.

Records 1822-1895 of Blackwoods, Publishers, including letters of Sir David Munro of Nelson and Sir Edward Braddon.

Journals and papers 1800-1838 of Lieut. Col. William Mackenzie on HMS Calcutta.

Papers 1836-1858 of George Combe, including letters of Alexander and Mary Maconochie.

Papers 1817-1828 of Lord Stuart referring to Matthew Flinders and French interest in Australia.

Papers 1911-1915 of Alexander Murray, Baron Murray, concerning discussion with Keith Murdoch on the Dardanelles Campaign and Murdoch's Gallipoli letter.

Letter-books 1845-1851 of Admiral Charles Graham written from Java, Auckland, Kawakawa River. Wellington and Sydney dealing with the operations of HMS Castor against Maori chiefs in the Bay of Islands.

Papers 1910-1932 of Robert L. Turner, regarding tribal fighting in New Guinea, and paper entitled 'The Ethnology of Papua'.

Papers 1856-1861 of Sir Charles W. Pasley referring to Maori War, and Australian railways.

Correspondence 1808-1847 of Earls of Minto. Subjects include: return of William Bligh and 102nd Regiment to England; expedition to Java; Dutch in Borneo and Sumatra; fighting among the Chinese in Singapore; Stamford Raffles; journey by Lady Franklin and H. Elliot from Port Phillip to Sydney; work of Hobart Observatory; and J.C. Ross' Antarctic expedition.

Papers 1915-1950 of Rear Admiral Robert K. Dickson, including account of the landing of Allied troops at Gallipoli in April 1915 and Dickson's travels in the Pacific in 1921-1923.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8033090] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

National Library of Scotland. George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Collection reference: N.L.S. Catalogues 1-5 and 7-10. MSS 1-7393 and 8023-15000. For further information, see Manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland. (https://www.nls.uk/collections/manuscripts/archives)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Permission to publish any part of these papers must be sought from the Librarian, National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW, Scotland.

Where material from this microfilm is used in published works, acknowledgement should be made to the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales, directing authorities of the Australian Joint Copying Project, with reference as necessary to the institution holding the microfilm used.

A negative microfilm is held by the National Library of Australia to which application should be made where use of the negative is required.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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