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Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.
Indluding:
1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland
3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated
4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated
5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.
Correspondence and papers of Sir William Craigie (1867-1957), the philologist and lexicographer.
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.
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 Donald Mackenzie to Maurice Fleming.
Includes photocopies of typescripts of two plays, "All Change" and "Simone".
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.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Papers and correspondence of Douglas Charles Parker.
Papers of Dr George Pratt Insh, mostly concerning his unpublished biography of Thomas Muir of Huntershill.
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.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
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 typed transcripts of letters of Sir William Gordon to his sister.
Concerning the Crimea and India.
Photocopies of typed transcripts of letters of Violet Emily Cragg to her mother.
Written while in Nigeria.
Photocopies of typescript extracts from 32 letters of Neil Gunn.
Photocopies of typescripts of a letter, 1889, of Charles Stuart, missionary in Nyasaland, to his mother, and a journal, 1915-1916, of his wife Margaret.
Photocopies of typescripts of letters to William Watson, from relatives in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire.
Photocopy of corrected typescript of "MacDiarmid`s Disciple" by Henry Mair.
Includes photocopies of related correspondence and reviews.
Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).
Research papers of John McGill.
Research papers of John McGill primarily related to his research for his books `A History of the House of Loudoun and Associated Families`, 1995 and `On Pursuit of William Wallace`, 1999.
The collection consists of copies of original documents, various typescripts, correspondence with a wide range of heritage institutions and several files of photographs of places in Scotland associated with William Wallace.