OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
National Library of Scotland
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | Another relation with whom she became friendly on this trip, William Dickson
, visited JFLW
in the mid 1870s with his sons, of whom the elder, then in his teens, was William Kirk Dickson
... |
| Friends, Associates | Lady Margaret Sackville | She was one of the circle of artists and intellectuals that gathered at the home of artist John Duncan
(Celtic revivalist and Symbolist), and she was the acknowledged queen (though guest queen) of the unique... |
| names | Lady Margaret Cunningham |
|
| politics | Mary Howitt | MH
's devotion to women's causes lasted her life through. Around 29 January 1879 something moved her to declare her allegiance on a sheet of paper now in the National Library of Scotland
: I... |
| Publishing | Edith Mary Moore | Her full name (Edith Mary Croucher Moore) appears in connection with this book in OCLC WorldCat though not on its title-page. Cassell
advertised it in the TLS repeatedly until early June, TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. (14 January 1909): 11; (3 June 1909): 205; (10 June 1909): 213 |
| Publishing | Edith Mary Moore | Again Cassell
placed advertisements in the TLS, but only for a couple of weeks this time. TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. (21 October 1909): 389 |
| Reception | Sarah Grand | At her death, SG
left all her manuscripts, copyrights, and published works to her step-granddaughter, Elizabeth Genevieve Bernadine Crawford Haldane McFall
, daughter of Haldane McFall
. Kersley, Gillian. Darling Madame: Sarah Grand and Devoted Friend. Virago Press, 1983. 334-5, 100 |
| Reception | Felicia Skene | Although FS
is not widely known today, some of her books have been reprinted in the last twenty years. A selection of her work is available online from the Victorian Women Writers Project
. Willett, Perry, and Perry Willett, editors. “Victorian Women Writers Project”. Indiana University. |
| Reception | Frances Browne | Browne's applications to the Royal Literary Fund
survive in the Fund's archive (available on microfilm), and the National Library of Ireland
has two letters she wrote in 1844. The National Library of Scotland
holds several... |
| Reception | Willa Muir | |
| Textual Production | Catharine Colace Ross | J. Hog
provided a prefatory letter. Manuscripts of her spiritual exercises survive in the National Library of Scotland
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Carolina Oliphant Lady Nairne | The National Library of Scotland
and the National Record Office, Scotland
, each holds some of COLN
's letters and songs. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Alison Cockburn | AC
's papers are held by the National Library of Scotland
. |
| Textual Production | Isabel Pagan | A Collection of Songs and Poems on Several Occasions written by Isobel Pagan
was published at Glasgow: since she was illiterate, she had dictated the text to a friend, William Gemmell
. The British Library |
| Textual Production | Margaret Oliphant | MO
's professional correspondence is at the National Library of Scotland
among the Blackwood's papers. Carson-Batchelor, Rhonda Lea. Margaret Oliphant: Gender, Identity, and Value in the Victorian Periodical Press. University of Alberta, 1998. 66n7 |
Timeline
1508: The first printed books in Scotland appeared...
Writing climate item
1508
The first printed books in Scotland appeared from the Edinburgh press of Walter Chepman
and Androw Myllar
.
“First Scottish Books”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.
1689: The Advocates Library was founded in Edinburgh...
Building item
1689
The Advocates Library
was founded in Edinburgh as a working library for the legal profession.
“A Brief History”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.
“The Advocates Library”. The Faculty of Advocates.
1897: Artisan Phoebe Traquair completed her lavishly...
Building item
1897
Artisan Phoebe Traquair
completed her lavishly illustrated manuscript of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
's Sonnets from the Portuguese.
The National Library of Scotland, where the manuscript is housed, notes that the transcriptions are from Traquair's...
31 October 1910: Frances Olive Underhill, a graduate of Royal...
National or international item
31 October 1910
Frances Olive Underhill
, a graduate of Royal Holloway College
, was appointed by E. W. B. Nicholson
Assistant Librarian at the Bodleian
: the first woman so appointed in England, after considerable infighting and...
25 September 1914: Elizabeth (Elsie) Blackall Knocker and Mairi...
National or international item
25 September 1914
Elizabeth (Elsie) Blackall Knocker
and Mairi Lambert Gooden Chisholm
left for Belgium as part of the Flying Ambulance Column
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
“The Nurse’s Story”. Experiences of War.
7 August 1925: An Act of Parliament established the National...
Building item
7 August 1925
An Act of Parliament established the National Library of Scotland
in Edinburgh.
“The First Reader’s Ticket”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.
30 October 1925: Librarian William Kirk Dickson issued to...
Building item
30 October 1925
Librarian William Kirk Dickson
issued to the Rev. Donald J. Ross
the first reader's ticket for the National Library of Scotland
in Edinburgh.
“The First Reader’s Ticket”. NLS: National Library of Scotland.
Texts
Scott, Sir Walter. “Papers of Sir Walter Scott”. MSS 3278. 102, 3888.20, 3890. 89, 208, 261, National Library of Scotland, 1817.