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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents

William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.

Dates: 1778-1961, undated.

Corrected typescript drafts and proofs of William Wolfe, "Scotland Lives" (1973).

 File
Identifier: Acc.9537
Scope and Contents

With associated notes and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1973.

Correspondence and papers concerning Richard M D Grange, "A Short History of the Scottish Dress" (1967).

 File
Identifier: Acc.9822
Scope and Contents

With typescript and illustrations, 1970, for Grange`s unpublished, "What to see on Mull".

Dates: 1967-1970.

Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents

Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).

Dates: 1915-1987.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

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.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

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Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.

Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

Documents concerning Thomas de Quincey during his residence in Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: MS.972
Scope and Contents

The documents include 3 letters of Thomas de Quincey, 1838, 1841; books of accounts for rent, etc., incurred when he lodged with the Misses Miller in the Holyrood sanctuary, 1836-1841; and papers in a process at law with Robert Bauchope about monies due by de Quincey, 1837-1838; with an essay based on these documents by Tinsley Pratt, undated (typed), and a letter regarding them, 1881.

Dates: 1836-1841, 1881.

Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5761
Scope and Contents

With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.

Dates: 1963.

Drafts and corrected typescripts of "The Seven Deadly Sins: a Mask", libretto by Robert Nye, music by James Douglas.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6241/1-5
Scope and Contents

With manuscript score of the music, and correspondence concerning the work and its performance at the Stirling Festval, 1973, and Edinburgh International Festival, 1974.

Dates: 1973-1974.

Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates: 1988-2003.

Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16

Letters and papers of John H Balfour-Browne, Kings Counsel (1885-1921).

 File
Identifier: MS.19609
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1846-1919, undated, chiefly addressed to John H Balfour-Browne. They had been kept as a collection of autographs and include fragments of letters and signatures (which have not been indexed). The correspondence mostly concerns Balfour-Browne's literary work and legal matters. (Folio 1.)(ii) Typescript with manuscript corrections and newspaper cutting of 'A Criticism and a Reminiscence' by Balfour-Browne, published in the...
Dates: 1814-1919, undated.

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Correspondence. 83
Manuscripts. 66
Drafts. Documents. 51
Speeches. Documents. 40
Letters. Correspondence. 36
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Poetry. 35
Articles. 32
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 29
Photographs. 27
Notebooks. 24
Notes. 24
Copies. Derivative objects. 21
Novels. 16
Diaries. 15
Plays. 14
Essays. 12
Photocopies. 12
Lectures. 11
Translations. Documents. 11
Documents. 10
Short stories. 10
Proofs. Printed matter. 9
Reviews. Document genre 9
Scripts. Documents 9
Accounts. 8
Biographies. 7
Memorandums. 7
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 6
Financial records. 6
Illustrations. Layout features. 6
Legal documents. 6
Lists. 6
Proofs. printed matter 6
Transcripts. 6
Literature (writings). 5
Obituaries. 5
Reports. 5
Reviews. Document genre. 5
Autobiographies. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 4
Excerpts. 4
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 4
Pamphlets. 4
Research notes. 4
Scripts. Documents. 4
Administrative records. 3
Audiocassettes. 3
Genealogies. 3
Histories. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Microfilms. 3
Minutes. Administrative records. 3
Portraits. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Publications. 3
Reports 3
Sketches. 3
Stats. Copies. 3
Transcripts 3
Wills. 3
Account books. 2
Declarations. 2
Descriptions. Documents. 2
Documentaries. 2
Engravings. Prints. 2
Ephemera. 2
Extracts. 2
Fragments. 2
Graphs. 2
Instructions. Document genre. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Memoirs. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Offprints. 2
Periodicals. 2
Personal papers. 2
Prefaces. 2
Professional papers. 2
Programmes 2
Receipts. Financial records. 2
Rules. Instructions. 2
Sermons. 2
Sketches 2
Slides. Photographs. 2
Snapshots. 2
Travel literature 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Albums. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Bibliographies. 1
Business records. 1
Calculations. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Caricatures. 1
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Cashbooks. 1
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Language
English 85
Undetermined 30
French 1
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
Multiple languages 1
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Swedish 1
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 5
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
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Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Akros, literary magazine 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Cameron, John, of Fassifern, c 1699-1785 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Church of Scotland, Itu Leper Colony, Nigeria 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Grange, Richard Manisty Demain, author of "A Short History of the Scottish Dress", fl 1967-1970 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, Knight, General, 1853-1947 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994: recipient 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Irving, Alexander, army officer in the Swedish service, d 1659 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macdonald, Andrew Buchanan, Superintendent of the Itu Leper Colony, 1892-1970 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Mackenzie, Evan, missionary in Tibet, b 1868 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morison, Stanley, typographer, 1889-1967 1
Muir, Charles Augustus Carlow, author and journalist, 1892-1989 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Percival Horace, antiquarian bookseller, 1894-1979 1
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 1
Murray, Malcolm, writer on Alexander Irving, army officer in the Swedish service, fl 1976-1986 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Pirie-Gordon, Charles Harry Clinton, journalist, naval intelligence officer and genealogist, 1883-1969 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Scottish National Party 1
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 1
Scottish Unionist Association, political association 1
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 1
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