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Corrected typescript drafts and proofs of William Wolfe, "Scotland Lives" (1973).
With associated notes and correspondence.
Correspondence and other papers of John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
Correspondence and papers of Sheila McGregor, largely relating to knitting.
Correspondence of John Philp Wood regarding his edition of 'The peerage of Scotland’ by Robert Douglas, with manuscript notes on proof-sheets.
Most of the writers of the letters and notes are members of the families concerned, supplying information. Some of the Rosebery letters in MS.2252 are on personal matters.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.
There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Literary and academic papers of Dr Angus Calder.
Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Something leather', by Alasdair Gray, with proofs, illustrations and related correspondence.
Manuscript and typescript drafts, research materials, proofs and correspondence concerning 'The book of prefaces', by Alasdair Gray.
Manuscript, first page proofs, and an interleaved proof copy of J A Harvie-Brown, "The Wonderful Trout".
With relevant notes and correspondence.
Microfilm of correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle; and, proof sheets and notes for 'Frederick the Great' by Thomas Carlyle.
Microfilm of ‘M.S. West Highland Tales Vol. V’, being mainly a continuation of the scripts and editorial material for inclusion in ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’, volume 3.
Microfilm of papers relating to 'Translation from an ancient Chaldee manuscript' by James Hogg.
Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.
The contents are as follows:
Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);
Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).
Papers and correspondence of Dudley Sommer concerning his biography of Lord Haldane.
Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.
Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.