| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000551 | Brewster, Sir David | nd |
| MM/10/176 | 'Results respecting the Composition of Polar Light, and the lines in the Spectrum', by David Brewster | 15 January 1831 |
| IM/000552 | Brewster, Sir David | nd |
| MS/743/1/48 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 17 August 1860 |
| MM/12/69 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews, to C R Weld | 20 December 1852 |
| MM/10/174 | 'General Results of Experiments on the Polarisation of Light', by David Brewster | 30 November 1829 |
| MM/10/177 | 'A notice of some experiments on light', by David Brewster | 1831 |
| MM/10/175 | 'On the Polarisation of Light by Metals', by David Brewster | 9 January 1830 |
| MS/743/1/49 | Letter from David Brewster, Allerly by Melrose, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 3 October 1860 |
| MS/743/1/38 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 15 December 1859 |
| MS/743/1/33 | Letter from David Brewster, St Leonard's College, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 21 February 1859 |
| MS/743/1/40 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 30 January 1860 |
| MS/743/1/50 | Letter from David Brewster, Duncliffe, Edinburgh to [John Hall] Gladstone | 15 March 1861 |
| MS/743/1/45 | Letter from David Brewster, View Bank, Trinity, Edinburgh, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 30 March 1860 |
| MS/743/1/46 | Letter from David Brewster, View Bank, Trinity, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 17 May 1860 |
| MS/743/1/41 | Letter from David Brewster, View Bank, Trinity, Edinburgh, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 7 March 1860 |
| MS/743/1/53 | Letter from David Brewster, Allerly, Melrose, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 2 May 1862 |
| MS/743/1/59 | Letter from David Brewster, Allerly, Melrose, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 25 April 1863 |
| MS/743/1/64 | Letter from David Brewster, 24 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 27 January 1864 |
| MS/743/1/173 | Copy letter from Thomas Colby to Robert Stevenson | 1 November 1821 [1860?] |
| IM/Maull/000553 | Brewster, Sir David | nd |
| PT/8/12/2 | Plate, 'First set of rings' by unknown artist | [1813] |
| MDA/A/16/31 | Letter from David Christie Martin to Thomas Ralph Merton, The Royal Society | 11 November 1954 |
| MC/2/249 | Letter from David Brewster to John William Lubbock, 29 Eaton Place, Belgrave Square | 15 April 1834 |
| NLB/62/462 | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Assistant Secretary of the British Association | 17 February 1922 |
| PT/74/3/11 | Drawing, lens of whales and seals by R K [Robert Kaye] Greville | [1835] |
| MS/426/45 | Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Sir David Brewster | 11 March 1842 |
| MS/426/39 | Copy letter from the Royal Society; to Sir David Brewster | 12 February 1842 |
| MS/426/43 | Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Sir David Brewster, St. Leonard's, St. Andrews | 5 March 1842 |
| MS/426/433 | Copy letter from S [Samuel] Hunter Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Lloyd; to [George Biddell] Airy; to Sir D [David] Brewster; to J [John Frederick William] Herschel; to Prof [James David] Forbes; W H [William Hallowes] Miller; Baden Powell; and Dr Thewell | 16 November 1850 |
| MS/426/311 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir David Brewster | 7 February 1848 |
| MS/426/40 | Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Sir David Brewtser, St. Leonards, St. Andrews | 24 February 1842 |
| MS/426/22 | Copy letter from [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society; to David Brewster, St. Leonards Street | 25 November 1841 |
| MC/1/184 | Letter from [Sir David] Brewster, Allerby, Melrose, to the Royal Society | 19 December 1829 |
| RR/1/30 | Referee's report by Peter Mark Roget, on a paper 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly that of the cod' by David Brewster | 4 July 1833 |
| MS/743/1/32 | Letter from David Brewster, St Leonard's College, St Andrews, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 1 January 1859 |
| PT/73/16/3 | Drawing, magnified lamina of cod eye by [Robert Kaye Greville] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/2 | Drawing, lamina of cod eye by R K [Robert Kaye] Greville | [1833] |
| EC/1815/15 | Brewster, Sir David: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/000550 | Brewster, Sir David | nd |
| MS/743/1/52 | Letter from David Brewster, Allerly, Melrose, to [John Hall] Gladstone | 5 June 1861 |
| PT/74/3/10 | Drawing, lens of elephant by [Robert Kaye Greville] | [1835] |
| MS/426/663 | Copy letter from B C [Benjamin Collins] Brodie; President of the Royal Society; to the Earl of Portsmouth [Isaac Newton Wallop] | 26 February 1859 |
| PT/8/22 | Paper, 'Results of some recent experiments on the properties impressed upon light by the action of glass raised to different temperatures and cooled under different circumstances' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks | 8 April 1814 |
| MC/3/173 | Letter from David Brewster to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 June 1841 |
| PT/8/11/1 | Manuscript, 'On the affections of light transmitted through crystallised bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy | [1813] |
| PT/8/13/2 | Plate, diagrams of various light and refraction experiments with glass plates by unknown artist | 24 November 1813 |
| PT/8/12/1 | Manuscript, draft of 'On the affections of light transmitted thro' various crystallised bodies' in a letter from David Brewster to Sir H [Humphry] Davy | 10 September 1813 |
| PT/8/11/2 | Plate, diagrams showing the structure of crystals by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/11/4 | Plate, diagram of rings of light shining through agate by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/12/5 | Plate, 'Third set of rings' by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/12/3 | Plate, alternate view of 'First set of rings' by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/13/1 | Manuscript, 'On the polarisation of light by oblique transmission through all bodies whether crystallised or uncrystallised' by David Brewster in a letter to Taylor Combe Esq | 24 November 1813 |
| PT/8/11/5 | Plate, draft of diagram of rings of light shining through agate by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/11/6 | Plate, diagram of rings of light shining through moving agate by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/11/3 | Plate, views of topaz through a plate of agate by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/12/4 | Plate, 'Second set of rings' by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/9/9/2 | Plate, diagrams of refracted light rays by unknown artist | 11 February 1815 |
| PT/8/12/6 | Plate, 'Fourth set of rings' by unknown artist | [1813] |
| PT/8/20/1 | Manuscript, 'On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | [1814] |
| PT/9/3/2 | Plate, 'Luminous sectors exhibited by oil of mace' by unknown artist | 22 October 1814 |
| PT/8/20/2 | Plate, diagrams showing light reflecting off of mother of pearl by unknown artist | [1814] |
| PT/9/18/1 | Manuscript, 'On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareous spar' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 1 May 1815 |
| PT/9/1/2 | Plate, drawing of three unannealed glass drops by unknown artist | 8 April 1814 |
| PT/10/4 | Paper, 'On the properties of heat as exhibited in its propogation along plates of glass' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | [1815] |
| PT/9/9/1 | Manuscript, 'On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 11 February 1815 |
| MC/1/185 | Letter from [Sir David] Brewster, Allerby, Melrose, to Captain Edward Sabine, Secretary of the Royal Society | 27 December 1829 |
| PT/12/13/3 | Plate, figures 7-14 showing concentric circles of polarised light and refraction through crystals by unknown artist | [1817] |
| PT/13/2 | Paper, 'On the laws which regulate the absorption of polarised light by doubly refracting crystals' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 17 October 1818 |
| PT/13/21/1 | Manuscript, 'On the optical and physical properties of tabasheer' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 2 March 1819 |
| PT/25/1 | Paper, 'On the phenomena of thin plates of solid and fluid substances exposed to polarised light' by Sir David Brewster | 8 April 1841 |
| MC/1/259 | Letter from [Sir David] Brewster, Allerby, Melrose, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society, Bernard Street | 6 December 1830 |
| MC/1/275 | Letter from [Sir David] Brewster, Allerby, Melrose, to Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 15 January 1831 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| PT/9/18/2 | Plate, light refracting through calcareous spar by unknown artist | 1 May 1815 |
| PT/60/9 | Paper, 'On the lines of the solar spectrum' by Sir David Brewster and J H [John Hall] Gladstone | [1860] |
| MC/2/175 | Letter from Sir David Brewster, Belleville by Kingussie, to John William Lubbock, [Treasurer of the Royal Society] | 7 June 1835 |
| PT/73/13/11 | Diagrams, concentric arches and curvilinear reflections by [David Brewster?] | [1830] |
| RR/4/20 | Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'On the lines of the solar spectrum' by David Brewster and John Hall Gladstone | 30 April 1860 |
| PT/60/9/1 | Manuscript, 'On the lines of the solar spectrum' by Sir David Brewster and J H [John Hall] Gladstone | [1860] |
| PT/60/9/2 | Plate, lines of solar spectrum by unknown artist | [1860] |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/1 | Letter from L. A. Necker, Prince of Wales Coffeehouse, Leicester Place, to the Royal Society | 2 January 1839 |
| MC/3/175 | Draft letter from [Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society] to David Brewster | c. June 1841 |
| MC/3/189 | Letter from Sir David Brewster, St Leonards, St Andrews, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 9 October 1841 |
| PT/12/13/1 | Manuscript, 'On the laws of polarisation and double refraction in regularly crystallised bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 1 June 1817 |
| MS/257/1/229 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews to Edward Sabine | 5 June 1860 |
| PT/8/11 | Paper, 'On the affections of light transmitted through crystallised bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to Sir Humphry Davy | [1813] |
| PT/9/9 | Paper, 'On the laws which regulate the polarisation of light by reflexion from transparent bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 11 February 1815 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| MS/426/144 | Copy letter from C R W [Charles Richard Weld], the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to A [Augustus] De Morgan Esq. | 20 September 1845 |
| PT/8/20 | Paper, 'On new properties of light exhibited in the optical phenomena of mother of pearl, and other bodies to which the superficial structure of that substance can be communicated' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | [1814] |
| PT/74/4/6 | Paintings, lenses of cows, sheep, and horses by [David Brewster?] | [1837] |
| PT/9/1/1 | Manuscript, 'Additional observations on the optical properties, and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 8 April 1814 |
| PT/73/5/13 | Paintings, cod eye lens under polarised light by [David Brewster] | [1816] |
| PT/73/5/3 | Drawings, optical effects observed during experiments on the heat treatment of glass by [David Brewster] | [1815] |
| PT/12/13/2 | Plate, figures 1-6 showing concentric circles of polarised light and refraction through crystals by unknown artist | [1817] |
| PT/74/3/6 | Drawing, perspective view of globe of fish eye by [Robert Kaye Greville] | [1835] |
| PT/74/3/8 | Drawing, surface of lens of eyes of Mammalia by R K [Robert Kaye] Greville | [1835] |
| PT/74/3/9 | Drawing, lens of turtle by [Robert Kaye Greville] | [1835] |
| PT/74/3/5 | Drawing, spheroidal lens of salmon by R K [Robert Kaye] Greville | [1835] |
| PT/74/3/7 | Drawing, surface of lens of eyes of Mammalia by R K [Robert Kaye] Greville | [1835] |
| MC/5/92 | Letter from D [David] Brewster, St Leonard's College, St Andrews, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 21 March 1853 |
| MS/257/1/227 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews to Edward Sabine | 30 August 1856 |
| MC/5/319 | Letter from A [Antoine] Claudet, Chateau de La Roche, Amboise, near Loire, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 29 November 1857 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| PT/13/21/2 | Plate, enlarged pores on a prism of tabasheer by [David Brewster] | 2 March 1819 |
| MC/6/123 | Letter from R [Robert] Angus Smith, 20 Grosvenor Square, Manchester, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 4 February 1861 |
| MC/6/124 | Letter from R [Robert] Angus Smith, 20 Devonshire Street and 20 Grosvenor Square, Manchester, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 6 February 1861 |
| AP/9/5 | Unpublished paper, 'Abstract of experiments on light' by David Brewster | 28 July 1815 |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| PT/73/5/4 | Drawings, optical effects observed during experiments on the heat treatment of glass by [David Brewster] | [1815] |
| MC/8/49 | Letter from D [David] Brewster, Allerly, Melrose, to [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 27 May 1867 |
| MC/8/52 | Letter from D [David] Brewster, Allerly, Melrose, to [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 5 June 1867 |
| MC/8/26 | Letter from Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society, Burlington House, London, to Sir David Brewster | 9 March 1867 |
| MC/8/91 | Letter from D [David] Brewster, Allerly, Melrose, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society] | 10 October 1867 |
| PT/10/10 | Paper, 'On the communication of the structure of doubly refracting crystals to glass, muriate of soda, fluor spar and other substances by mechanical compression and dilatation' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | [1816] |
| PT/21/7 | Paper, 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly those of the hare and the salmon' by Sir D [David] Brewster | 14 November 1835 |
| PT/8/13 | Paper, 'On the polarisation of light by oblique transmission through all bodies whether crystallised or uncrystallised' by David Brewster in a letter to Taylor Combe | 24 November 1813 |
| MS/257/1/226 | List of volumes of magnetical observations received by David Brewster | [30 August 1856] |
| MS/257/1/230 | Letter from David Brewster, Allerly, Melrose to Edward Sabine | 21 June 1861 |
| PT/9/18 | Paper, 'On the multiplication of images, and the colours which accompany them in some specimens of calcareous spar' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 1 May 1815 |
| PT/9/5 | Paper, 'On the effects of simple pressure in producing that species of crystallisation which forms two oppositely polarised images, and exhibits the complementary colours by polarised light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 3 January 1815 |
| PT/7/13 | Paper, 'On some properties of light' in a letter from David Brewster to Sir H [Humphry] Davy | 1812-1813 |
| PT/8/12 | Paper, draft of 'On the affections of light transmitted thro' various crystallised bodies' in a letter from David Brewster to Sir H [Humphry] Davy | 10 September 1813 |
| PT/9/3/1 | Manuscript, 'Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal and vegetable bodies, and a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 22 October 1814 |
| PT/32/16 | Paper, 'Different properties of solar radiation producing or preventing a deposit of mercury on silver plates coated with iodine or its compounds with bromine or chlorine, modified by coloured glass media and the vapours of the atmosphere' by A [Antoine Jean Francois] Claudet | [1847] |
| MS/257/1/231 | List of magnetical observations by David Brewster | [21 June 1861] |
| MS/257/1/225 | Letter from David Brewster, St Andrews to Edward Sabine | 11 April 1849 |
| MS/257/1/228 | Letter from David Brewster, Cannes to Edward Sabine | 11 December 1856 |
| PT/9/1 | Paper, 'Additional observations on the optical properties, and structure of heated glass and unannealed glass drops' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 8 April 1814 |
| MS/427/111 | Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to T. Usher Esq. | 17 June 1881 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| PP/8/11 | Paper, 'On the polarisation of light by reflection from the surface of a crystal of Iceland spar' by John Conroy | [1885-1886] |
| RR/1/31 | Referee's report by William Clift, on a paper 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals, particularly that of the cod' by David Brewster | 18 June 1833 |
| PT/10/21 | Paper, 'On the structure of the crystalline lens in fishes and quadrupeds, as ascertained by its action on polarised light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 20 May 1816 |
| PT/12/13 | Paper, 'On the laws of polarisation and double refraction in regularly crystallised bodies' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 1 June 1817 |
| PT/13/13 | Paper, 'On the action of crystallised surfaces upon light' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 12 November 1818 |
| PT/13/21 | Paper, 'On the optical and physical properties of tabasheer' by David Brewster in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 2 March 1819 |
| PT/9/3 | Paper, 'Experiments on the depolarisation of light as exhibited by various mineral, animal and vegetable bodies, and a reference of the phenomena to the general principles of polarisation' by David Brewster in a letter to the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks | 22 October 1814 |
| RR/1/33 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On a remarkable property of the diamond' by David Brewster | 20 March 1841 |
| RR/1bis/26 | Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on two papers, [attributed] 'On the calculation of attractions, and the figure of the earth' by Charles James Hargreave, and 'On the compensations of polarized light, with the description of a polarimeter for Measuring Degrees of Polarization' by David Brewster | 9 June 1841 |
| PT/73/5/10 | Drawings, optical effects in crystalline materials under pressure by [David Brewster] | [1816] |
| PT/73/5/11 | Drawings, optical effects in crystalline materials under pressure by [David Brewster] | [1816] |
| PT/73/5/5 | Drawings, optical effects observed during experiments on the heat treatment of glass by [David Brewster] | [1815] |
| PT/73/5/6 | Drawings, optical effects observed during experiments on the heat treatment of glass by [David Brewster] | [1815] |
| AP/8A/4 | Unpublished letter, 'On a new property of light possessed by the second surfaces of transparent bodies' from David Brewster to Sir Joseph Banks | 9 January 1815 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |