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Archives of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, consisting of incoming correspondence, lectures and papers read to the Society; including the original manuscript, 1871, of the essay of Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Intermittent Lights'.
The papers comprise two distinct yet related groups, giving in all quite a comprehensive account of the Society's history, and spanning more than a century of rapid scientific and technological achievement.
Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including papers and printed material of the Scottish National Party, PEN International and other political and cultural bodies.
Including manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and lectures.
With letters of and to various correspondents, including James Bridie, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison, and Edwin Muir.
And documents and correspondence concerning the SNP, PEN, the Saltire Society, and other organisations.
Correspondence and papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, Professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and Member of Parliament for Berwick and East Lothian, 1966-1974, 1974-1978.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Drafts of lectures, notes, and other papers on ecclesiastical subjects by John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.
Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.
Literary papers, a political notebook and letters of Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Politician and Author [1845-1937]. With three letters to Gavin Maxwell.
The main interest of the papers lies in the manuscripts and proofs of some of Sir Herbert’s many literary works including `Robert the Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence`, 1897, `The Chevalier of the Splendid Crest`, 1900, `A Century of Empire, 1801-1900`, 1909, `Inter-alia : A Scottish Calendar of Crime and other historical essays`, 1924, and `Evening Memories`, 1932.
Literary papers and speeches of Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond.
Notes and correspondence of James R Anderson, concerning a bibliography of Philip Doddridge's ‘Life of Colonel Gardiner’.
Papers and correspondence of literary figures.
Includes:
inaugural lecture, 1913, of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch as Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University
"El Tango Argentino", 1913, of R B Cunninghame Graham
"The Satire of Rage", 1913, of H W Nevinson
With 24 letters, 1890-1942, to Sir Sydney Cockerell from Quiller-Couch (16), Cunninghame Graham (3) and Nevinson (5).
Papers, including correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of sermons, lectures, reviews, and reports, of the Reverend Prof John Foster.
Papers of and concerning Lord Boyd Orr.
Including manuscripts and typescripts of speeches, lectures, articles, reviews, broadcast talks, and memorandums, with correspondence and associated printed items.
Papers of and relating to Sir David Young Cameron, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of Arts, including sketches, manuscripts of lectures and addresses, correspondence and printed items.
Papers of David M Black.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, articles, reviews lectures, with associated correspondence.
Papers of Professor Andrew Dewar Gibb, Queen`s Counsel, including diaries, notes, correspondence, and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of unpublished works, lectures, addresses, memoranda and broadcast talks, with related printed items.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Papers of Thomas Johnston.
Including notebooks, sketchbooks, correspondence, and manuscripts of lectures and addresses.
Papers of William Johnstone.
Includes correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of books, articles, and lectures.
Papers of William Will.
Including manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and 68 letters from, among others, John Buchan, Sir Ian Hamilton and Neil Munro, on literary and personal matters.
Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.