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Academic and literary correspondence of Professor Alastair Fowler, with some drafts of works and press cuttings.
This accession is one of several in the National Library of Scotland covering mainly incoming correspondence, but also containing copies of some outgoing letters and other literary material.
Acc.12015/57 gives biographical details on individual correspondents.
Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
Collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
Correspondence and papers relating to publications and exhibitions of Hamish Whyte and the Mariscat Press.
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.
Editorial papers of "Gairm" magazine and Gairm Publications, Glasgow.
Further papers and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.
Further papers of Gordon Jarvie.
The papers comprise: (1) draft, 2013, of "Bessy Bell", a collection of poems by Gordon Jarvie, (2) drafts and correspondence relating to 1st and 2nd editions of "Climber`s Calendar" (2001, 2007), with correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Jarvie`s Scottish mountain climbing and `Munro-bagging`, (3) finding list for Jarvie`s literary works.
Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.
Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.
Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle, with a few of Mary Carlyle Aitken, afterwards Carlyle.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Whyte, including diaries and journals, correspondence, notes for lectures on Scottish literature, and manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, fiction and critical works.
Literary manuscripts, correspondence and related papers of Jessie Kesson.
Literary papers and correspondence of Alexander Hutchison.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Literary papers of Ruth Thomas.
Literary papers, c.1990-2012, of Ruth Thomas comprising digital archive, print-outs, notebooks and business correspondence.
Literary papers of Stewart Conn.
Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).
Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.