Archives & MSS @nlsarchives
News, views and interesting observations from the Archives & Manuscript Collections of the National Library of Scotland. nls.uk Edinburgh Joined January 2015-
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We can't wait to receive your proposals for "Esther Inglis in contexts and culture", 19th-20th October 2024! All the details can be found in this blog post libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/estheringlis/2… ... and in the call for papers below. Please do share with all who may be interested!
During a visit to Scotland, @PresidentISL, @elizajreid and Icelandic Minister for Culture @liljaalfreds visited @natlibscot to view some of the cultural items from Iceland held in its collection.
"The books and writers I was already reading now make up the contents of the archives it’s my job to care for." Read about how Colin McIlroy became our Curator of Modern Literary Manuscripts > theauditorium.blog/2024/04/03/pat…
Following on from our exciting @HeritageFundUK and @HeritageFundSCO news, it means we are now recruiting for an archivist PM - find out all about this exciting role below: bit.ly/CSCMPM
Last week we ran our symposium, The Sociability of Scottish Women Writers. Thank you so much to all our speakers for their rich & insightful papers & to attendees for their enthusiasm. Thank you too to the @natlibscot for providing such a wonderful manuscript display (1/2)
Fascinating to learn more about the Alasdair Gray archive at today’s @ARAScot gathering, inc. the Poor Things items 👏 @natlibscot #ScottishArchivesDay
I wrote this blog on the fascinating Elcho-Wemyss reciept book (NLS MS 3031) for @WomensHistNet. Thank you to @nlsarchives for letting me use this photo and for carefully preserving these unique items for us to enjoy, ponder, and mine for information! 📚 womenshistorynetwork.org/ane-good-recei…
A gilded start to the day @natlibscot with MS 3058
Now live on website "Books & Borrowing: Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830" there's a fabulous new database now able to be readily accessed (borrowing.stir.ac.uk) - & link on Leighton Library website leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-borr…. It's in trial & test phase.../🧵👇
Jimmy Donnelly has given @OurStoryScot a wonderful oral history interview for archive @nlsarchives At a time when his sexuality was regarded as crime, illness & sin, he found support through Glasgow venues, @questlgbti and 50 precious years with James Morrow the love of his life.
Thrilled to welcome our four new editors with a trip to @natlibscot to view material from the Scottish National Dictionary archive. We can't wait to get started!
Have you seen ‘Poor Things’? Explore the archive of renowned author, artist and playwright, Alasdair Gray, which includes the manuscript and early screenplay drafts for ‘Poor Things’, at the National Library of Scotland.
25 Jan, free online Curators & librarians from @natlibscot & Glasgow’s Mitchell Library discuss the print collections, manuscripts, & letters of Robert Burns, & offer insights into the formal & informal sides of Scotland’s national poet eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-public-a…
Please view our website for our festive opening hours > nls.uk/using-the-libr… Ask about our collections and services > auth.nls.uk/contact/ask-a-… We'll be taking a break from social media until 4 January. Our best wishes for the festive season.
A visit to @natlibscot by our Franco-British Young and Local Leaders this morning to find out more about the local history between France and Scotland - the Auld Alliance
Bleak midwinter in Scotland just now, so here's a one-line poem about a flower. Taken from a saying by Thomas Stevenson and printed by his son, Robert Louis Stevenson and RLS's stepson Lloyd Osbourne, on a toy printing press in Davos, Switzerland. NLS: RB.s.2896
We've acquired the #archives of Alasdair Gray, James Kelman and George Mackay Brown — but we need your help to to catalogue and curate these important documents. Learn more and support us at nls.uk/writers-archiv…
'The Blavatnik Honresfield Library: saved for the nation' was launched last night in the historic rooms of John Murray, where Byron 1st met Scott in 1815. Perfect place to celebrate @FNL313 's purchase of the entire collection & donation of every item to c70 libraries across UK.
Can heartily recommend celebrating your birthday/sheltering from the storm in the @natlibscot with @LoisMBurke 🫶🏻 thanks to @nlsarchives for accommodating us in the consultation room
Did you see #Union with @DavidOlusoga last night? Items from our collections, inc. flag designs and the Darien subscription book feature in it and it's an absolutely fascinating series! If you didn't see it, watch it via BBC Iplayer > bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Did you see #Union with @DavidOlusoga last night? Items from our collections, inc. flag designs and the Darien subscription book feature in it and it's an absolutely fascinating series! If you didn't see it, watch it via BBC Iplayer > bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
National Library of S.. @natlibscot
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Glasgow City Archives @GC_Archives
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NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot
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Shetland Library @ShetlandLibrary
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Highland Archives @HLHArchives
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NorthLan Heritage @NL_Heritage
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ARA Scotland @ARAScot
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Laura Doak @lauraidoak
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Kate Ferrier @ferrier_kate
222 Followers 302 Following sgsah funded PhD • letters & literary networks of the Scottish novelist Susan Ferrier • Aberdeen & Edinburgh💫 she/her
The Glasgow Academy A.. @TGAArchive
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Esther Inglis 2024 @EstherInglis24
129 Followers 120 Following A project from @CRC_EdUni, celebrating the quatercentenary of Esther Inglis (c.1570-1624) through an online exhibition (Autumn 2024) and engagement programme
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Hildegarde Berwick @BetLowCreates
61 Followers 27 Following 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Glasgow artist Bet Low. Join this conversation to celebrate her art in 52 tweets. All works by Bet Low © Bet Low Trust.
Cowal Heritage Societ.. @CowalHeritage
181 Followers 300 Following Welcome to the Cowal Heritage Society...a forum for meetings and discussions about the rich #history and heritage around stunning #Cowal in #Argyll #Scotland
Kate Brown @KateElizabethB1
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Robert Morrison @rjhmorrison
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Zefi Kavvadia @ZKavvadia
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David Kenning @davjlk
70 Followers 150 Following Archives & Special Collections Assistant (@UofGlasgowASC) | British Romanticism and Book History | He/Him
Kim Jones @KimJones200
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Marcelo Luis Mendonç.. @felix_valloton
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Dr. Felicia J. Fricke.. @felicia_fricke
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637 Followers 973 Following Queer zine creator since 1992, queer zine archivist since 2003, sexuality educator since 2008. Grinnellian since the mid 1980s. He/his & they/them 🌈🤟🏽
Laura, ae, fem. (she/.. @Ciocia
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TargetClydeside @TargetClydeside
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NonConformist1 @johnsyk80368875
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Claire Allan @clairenothelen
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National Library of S.. @natlibscot
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The National Archives @UkNatArchives
177K Followers 725 Following Official archive of the UK government. Discover our online collections, research guides and educational resources, spanning 1000 years of history.
Edinburgh Museums @EdinCulture
29K Followers 1K Following Nine Museums & Galleries | 200 Monuments | 250,000 Objects | Owned by @Edinburgh_CC we share Edinburgh’s stories and more with over 800,000 visitors each year.
SCRAN @Scranlife
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ScotlandsPeople @ScotlandsPeople
11K Followers 2K Following With over 100 million records, the ScotlandsPeople website is one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information.
Glasgow City Archives @GC_Archives
23K Followers 1K Following The City Archives are housed in the Mitchell Library and include the official records of various local authorities and a large number of private collections.
NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot
13K Followers 488 Following National Records of Scotland. Preserving the past | Recording the present | Informing the future.
Shetland Library @ShetlandLibrary
22K Followers 2K Following Free, fun, informative and educational - public and school library services for Shetland. Used to have a blue tick. 01595 743868 [email protected]
NLS Map Collections @natlibscotmaps
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National Museums Scot.. @NMSlibraries
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National Museums Scot.. @NtlMuseumsScot
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Highland Archives @HLHArchives
6K Followers 815 Following We preserve the documentary heritage of the Scottish Highlands. Visit us and be inspired by over 700 years of history.
NorthLan Heritage @NL_Heritage
4K Followers 1K Following Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
Association for Scott.. @scotlit
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Am Baile - Highland H.. @HighlandHistory
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History Scotland @HistoryScotland
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ARA Scotland @ARAScot
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Walter Scott Research.. @CentreWalter
772 Followers 851 Following The University of Aberdeen’s specialist research centre dedicated to Walter Scott studies and home to the Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott’s Poetry (EEWSP).
Esther Inglis 2024 @EstherInglis24
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Warwick MRC @MRCWarwick
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Dr Ella Hawkins @EllaMcHawk
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Stories of Scotland P.. @StoriesScotland
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Alison Stevenson @AlisonStevensn
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PGRNScot @PGRNScotland
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Women's History Netwo.. @WomensHistNet
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Mila Daskalova @MilaDaskalova
742 Followers 2K Following Curious for a living. Luckily not a cat. Freelance history researcher into 19-century literature, medicine and culture.
RESP Archive Project @RESP_Archive
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Burns Scotland @Burns_Scotland
904 Followers 303 Following Burns Scotland partners hold a priceless collection of manuscripts, books, relics, art and memorabilia relating to Robert Burns, Scotland's National Poet.
National Centre for W.. @WritersCentre
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Dr Francis Osis @f_osis
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Andy Clark @AndyClark22
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Meghan Constantinou @mrconstan
670 Followers 453 Following Private rare book curator. LIS PhD student @SimmonsSLIS. Personal book collecting, women book owners, library catalogs, Grolier Club Librarian 2011-2022.
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CULTIVATE MSS @cultivate_mss
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Nan Shepherd Prize @NanPrize
6K Followers 707 Following A biennial non-fiction literary prize from @canongatebooks for underrepresented voices in nature writing. Shortlist out now! Winner announced 15 November 2023
EDI in Scottish Herit.. @EDIinSH
200 Followers 232 Following @ahrcpress Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Scottish Heritage project. Partners: @MuseumsGalScot @socantscot @InstituteArch
ScottishWriters @ScottishWriters
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Incunabula @incunabula
105K Followers 398 Following Bibliophile. The history of writing and of the book - across ALL cultures - from cuneiform tablet to papyrus scroll to codex to Kindle. Слава Україні! 🌻
Our Heritage Our Stor.. @OHOS_NatColl
259 Followers 282 Following Our 3-year @nat_collection project will link & explore community-generated collections across the UK, connecting cultural artefacts & historical archives.
lyoninmourning @lyoninmourning
571 Followers 774 Following #DigitalHumanities project by @LeithDavis and @DHIL_SFU to analyze #jacobite #manuscript by Robert Forbes held in National Library of Scotland @scottishsfu
Steven Harvie @Steve2603
424 Followers 1K Following @SGSAH PhD at @UofGlasgow in collaboration with @natlibscot on the work and writing practices of Muriel Spark.
Scottish Labour Histo.. @ScotLabHistory
864 Followers 339 Following An independent organisation promoting the study and discussion of labour and working-class history in Scotland. Founded in 1966.
Scottish Jewish Herit.. @SJHC_Glasgow
480 Followers 170 Following Increasing access to Scotland’s Jewish and Holocaust-era history, working with @TheSJAC and Garnethill Synagogue. Book a tour or school visit today!
Jaime Valentine @OurJaime
135 Followers 131 Following Co-founder of OurStory Scotland, collecting, archiving and presenting LGBTQ+ life stories since the start of the century.
Robinson Speccoll @ncllibspeccoll
1K Followers 346 Following Home of Newcastle University’s unique, rare and distinctive archive and book collections. Supporting original learning, teaching and engagement for all.
Gillian Mapstone @gillmap
562 Followers 730 Following Deputy Director Information and Record Services at the National Records of Scotland. she/her
Andrew Riley @AndrewRiley_
855 Followers 3K Following Archivist. Works on modern political papers. (The views I express here are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.)
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4K Followers 5K Following A fab library in the historical school of Charles Darwin. Follow us for news, events and information, and the odd joke too! Tour: https://t.co/tsrkjkbhxyWe can't wait to receive your proposals for "Esther Inglis in contexts and culture", 19th-20th October 2024! All the details can be found in this blog post libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/estheringlis/2… ... and in the call for papers below. Please do share with all who may be interested!
During a visit to Scotland, @PresidentISL, @elizajreid and Icelandic Minister for Culture @liljaalfreds visited @natlibscot to view some of the cultural items from Iceland held in its collection.
"The books and writers I was already reading now make up the contents of the archives it’s my job to care for." Read about how Colin McIlroy became our Curator of Modern Literary Manuscripts > theauditorium.blog/2024/04/03/pat…
Fascinating day @natlibscot exploring connections between India & Scotland through the prolific work of George Watt. In his retirement, Watt shaped the gardens @CrichtonTrust immeasurably; his rock gardens, enjoyed by patients & staff, est 1924. Next stop @TheBotanics #Archives!
Following on from our exciting @HeritageFundUK and @HeritageFundSCO news, it means we are now recruiting for an archivist PM - find out all about this exciting role below: bit.ly/CSCMPM
Last week we ran our symposium, The Sociability of Scottish Women Writers. Thank you so much to all our speakers for their rich & insightful papers & to attendees for their enthusiasm. Thank you too to the @natlibscot for providing such a wonderful manuscript display (1/2)
Fascinating to learn more about the Alasdair Gray archive at today’s @ARAScot gathering, inc. the Poor Things items 👏 @natlibscot #ScottishArchivesDay
I wrote this blog on the fascinating Elcho-Wemyss reciept book (NLS MS 3031) for @WomensHistNet. Thank you to @nlsarchives for letting me use this photo and for carefully preserving these unique items for us to enjoy, ponder, and mine for information! 📚 womenshistorynetwork.org/ane-good-recei…
A gilded start to the day @natlibscot with MS 3058
Now live on website "Books & Borrowing: Analysis of Scottish Borrowers’ Registers, 1750-1830" there's a fabulous new database now able to be readily accessed (borrowing.stir.ac.uk) - & link on Leighton Library website leightonlibrary.org.uk/books-and-borr…. It's in trial & test phase.../🧵👇
Jimmy Donnelly has given @OurStoryScot a wonderful oral history interview for archive @nlsarchives At a time when his sexuality was regarded as crime, illness & sin, he found support through Glasgow venues, @questlgbti and 50 precious years with James Morrow the love of his life.
Holy smokes, nice work @natlibscot @nlsarchives on your recently revised manuscripts catalogue! It’s super-speedy and breadcrumb links are back up and running again for nested accessions. Search is much improved, too. Thanks so much for working on this! manuscripts.nls.uk
Thrilled to welcome our four new editors with a trip to @natlibscot to view material from the Scottish National Dictionary archive. We can't wait to get started!
Have you seen ‘Poor Things’? Explore the archive of renowned author, artist and playwright, Alasdair Gray, which includes the manuscript and early screenplay drafts for ‘Poor Things’, at the National Library of Scotland.
25 Jan, free online Curators & librarians from @natlibscot & Glasgow’s Mitchell Library discuss the print collections, manuscripts, & letters of Robert Burns, & offer insights into the formal & informal sides of Scotland’s national poet eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-public-a…
A visit to @natlibscot by our Franco-British Young and Local Leaders this morning to find out more about the local history between France and Scotland - the Auld Alliance
Bleak midwinter in Scotland just now, so here's a one-line poem about a flower. Taken from a saying by Thomas Stevenson and printed by his son, Robert Louis Stevenson and RLS's stepson Lloyd Osbourne, on a toy printing press in Davos, Switzerland. NLS: RB.s.2896
We've acquired the #archives of Alasdair Gray, James Kelman and George Mackay Brown — but we need your help to to catalogue and curate these important documents. Learn more and support us at nls.uk/writers-archiv…
'The Blavatnik Honresfield Library: saved for the nation' was launched last night in the historic rooms of John Murray, where Byron 1st met Scott in 1815. Perfect place to celebrate @FNL313 's purchase of the entire collection & donation of every item to c70 libraries across UK.
Can heartily recommend celebrating your birthday/sheltering from the storm in the @natlibscot with @LoisMBurke 🫶🏻 thanks to @nlsarchives for accommodating us in the consultation room
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