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Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Literary papers of James B Caird.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.
Literary papers of Janet Caird.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Notebook containing transcripts of specifications and articles by various authors relating to a wide variety of small engineering undertakings, owned and chiefly compiled by R Blackadder.
Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.
Papers of John L Broom and his family.
Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.