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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 chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.
On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.
Includes:
letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book
photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.
Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true' and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', by Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence and source materials.
Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of works of Kenneth White, including related correspondence and notes.
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, short stories, autobiography and travel works.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Papers concerning the Lord High Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
The papers contain a large number of photocopies of documents dating back to the 17th century.
Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).
A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.
Papers of James B Caird.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, articles, reviews and talks, and letters.
With photocopies of three letters to Janet H Caird of Sorley MacLean and Robert Garioch.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Photocopies and translation of letter and examples of calligraphy of Marie Presot.
Photocopies of letters of and to, and other documents concerning, David Livingstone.
Photocopies of manuscripts of speeches at, and correspondence concerning, the dinner honouring David Nichol Smith on his 70th birthday.
Photocopies of papers concerning the Omay family.
Comprising:
1. Paper, 1750, in a case between Duncan Omay of Kilchumkill and the 3rd Duke of Argyll
2. Letter and account, 1801, of John Forbes to Messrs Moddy and Omay, concerning collection of debts of a Scottish business in the United States
3. Letter, 1813, of Hector Macneill to Samuel Omay
4. 19 letters, 1813-1836, of John Galt to Samuel Omay.
Photocopies of papers of John Buchan.
Including:
1. corrected manuscripts of "Green Mantle" (1916), "The Three Hostages" (1924), "Montrose" (1928), "Memory-Hold-the-Door" (1940)
2. manuscript and typescript of "The Mountain", an unfinished novel
3. manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, 1904-1937
4. commonplace book, circa 1896
5. 30 letters, 1893-1940, of and to various correspondents, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, T E Lawrence, and Ezra Pound.
Photocopies of ten letters (some fragmentary) of Madame Tussaud from Edinburgh and Glasgow.
With translations.