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Commonplace book of Mrs C E R Drummond-Hay, of Seggieden, containing religious verses and transcripts of letters from her son, Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel) James Adam Gordon Richardson Drummond-Hay while on active service.
The thirteen letters, written between February and April 1885, are addressed by James Drummond-Hay to his parents and other members of his family, and recount in diary form his experiences as a member of the Coldstream Guards contingent both on the voyage to the Sudan and on arrival there. There is much detailed description of military activity in the Suakin region.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Commonplace book, undated, compiled by James Glasford (died 1845).
The contents include: extracts from personal letters, biblical commentaries, poems and translations of poems.
Correspondence and papers of Louisa Kathleen Haldane concerning her parents, Coutts and Harriet A Trotter of Dreghorn, and their ancestors.
Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Correspondence, diaries and literary manuscripts of Naomi Mitchison.
Exercise-book, containing 'Lord John, a Fife Tale', a poem, ?1895, by Thomas Swan, handloom weaver, Leslie, Fife.
Other poems (one of circa 1893) and letters with which Thomas Swan sent them to Professors David Masson and John Chiene, 1895, have been inserted at the beginning.
Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.
Leaf of a letter of James Elroy Flecker to Trelawney Dayrell Reed.
Containing manuscripts of two Bathrolaire sonnets.
With a copy of "Bridge of Fire" (1907), in which the above sonnets were published.
Letters and papers of the geologist, Leonard Horner, and of his family.
Letters of Gael Turnbull to Matthew and Ruth Mead.
Includes inscribed copy of "A Perception of Ferns".
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.
Literary papers of Tom Bryan.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
Papers of "Cencrastus".
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.
Papers of "Cencrastus".
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of prose and poetry contributions, editorial correspondence and business records, including accounts and minute books.
Papers of John Maclean, Clydeside agitator, 1909-1923; with material concerning him, 1924-1966.
Papers of the Burns Begg family, being the family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns.
Papers of the Rymour Club, Edinburgh, which existed from 1903 to 1947, its object being the collection of Scottish ballads, popular rhymes, proverbs, and the like.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Printed copy of "The Estate of Poetry" by Edwin Muir.
Includes letters to Willa Muir of (1) T S Elliot, 1962 (2) Helen Sutherland, 1963; with two other Edwin Muir volumes.
Two letters of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk, to John Young.
Acknowledging and commenting on Young`s, "Lochlomond Side and Other Poems" (Glasgow, 1872), and "Pictures in Prose and Verse" (Glasgow, 1877).
Bound with copies of the books.