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==Archives and collections==
The National Library of Scotland has many different collections in varying sizes, though some of the larger ones (with in-depth pages of their own) are listed here:

=== John Murray Archive ===
{{Main|The John Murray Archive}}
The John Murray Archive is one of the larger collections at the National Library of Scotland, consisting of over one million items. It contains various documents, letters, manuscripts, and business papers all related to the [[John Murray (publishing house)|House of John Murray]], a British publisher known for publishing the likes of [[Jane Austen]], [[Herman Melville]], Charles Darwin, and [[Lord Byron]]. Also included within the collection is the Archive of [[Smith, Elder & Co.|Smith, Elder and Company]], as well as the Charles Elliot papers. The Library continues to receive additions to the archive on an ad hoc basis.
[[File:Photo of bhang drinkers, from the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission report, 1893.jpg|thumb|Photograph of bhang drinkers from the '''India Papers''' collection, 1893]]

=== India papers ===
{{Main|The India Papers}}
There are over 4,200 bound volumes (40,000 individual reports) within the India Papers collection. The archive consists of reports, photographs, government correspondence, and various other miscellaneous material related to the [[British Raj]]. The collection is rare and is the largest of its kind in the UK behind the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]]. It contains items related to medicine, travel, the arts, human rights, and military history, as well as many others. One of the bigger sections, the Medical History of British India,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Medical History of British India - National Library of Scotland|url=https://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/|access-date=2021-07-14|website=digital.nls.uk|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812094817/https://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/|url-status=live}}</ref> has been digitised and is available to the public online. One of the highlights from the collection is the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission report.

=== Minto papers ===
{{Main|The Minto Papers}}
The Minto Papers are over 2,000 documents relating to the Elliot family, a British family of aristocrats founded in the 17th century. This collection is a valuable source of study for British politics, Scottish history, and the affairs of 19th-century [[Canada]], [[Italy]], and [[British Raj|British India.]]

=== Patrick Leigh Fermor archive ===
{{Main|The Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive}}
The Patrick Leigh Fermor Archive is a collection of different items related to [[Patrick Leigh Fermor|Patrick 'Paddy' Leigh Fermor]], a British travel writer, adventurer, and veteran. The Archive was purchased by the Library in 2012 from Fermor's estate, using funds from the John R. Murray charitable trust. There are over 10,000 items in the collection including photographs, sketches, films, war reports, books, manuscripts, and postcards.

=== Moving Image Archive ===
{{Main|Moving Image Archive}}
The Moving Image Archive is a collection of over 46,000 moving images (films, television shows, and short video clips). The Library acquired the collection as the Scottish Screen Archive in 2007, though it was renamed in 2015. Over 2,600 items from the collection have been put online and are freely available to the public for viewing in the venue at Kelvin Hall.

=== Lord Hope's Historical Archive ===
[[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead|Lord Hope]] in November 2014 donated legal and personal papers including opinions covering the period of his active legal career.