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Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: 1895-2012.

Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents

The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

Dates: 1955-2014.

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, 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.

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198

Papers of and concerning Joseph Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7080
Scope and Contents

Including notes, sketches, typescripts of broadcast talks, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and concert and opera programmes.

Dates: 1900-1975.

Papers of Neil M Gunn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.209

Papers of Sir William O Hutchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6898
Scope and Contents

Including sketchbooks, manuscripts and typescripts of addresses and talks, and over 100 letters to Hutchison, mostly concerning his paintings.

With associated printed items and photographs of paintings.

Dates: 1928-1960.

Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Personal and political papers of Eustace George Willis, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, with some photographs and memorabilia.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13208
Scope and Contents Personal and political papers, memorabilia and photographs, 1911–1976, of Labour politician Eustace George Willis (1903–1987). Willis was educated at the City of Norwich Secondary School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1919 until 1930. He was a bookseller and lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges from 1932 until 1964. Willis was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North in the 1945 General Election but was defeated in 1950. He contested again Edinburgh...
Dates: 1911-1976.

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Correspondence. 23
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 18
Diaries. 10
Typescripts. 10
Notes. 9
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Lectures. 6
Manuscripts. 6
Notebooks. 6
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Drafts. Documents. 5
Letters. Correspondence. 5
Minutes. Administrative records. 5
Obituaries. 5
Poetry. 4
Reports. 4
Documents. 3
Reviews. Document genre 3
Accounts. 2
Essays. 2
Financial records. 2
Lists. 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Memorandums. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Pamphlets. 2
Postcards. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Publications. 2
Scripts. Documents 2
Account books. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Administrative records. 1
Agendas. Administrative records. 1
Annotations. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Biographies. 1
Booklets. Information artefacts. 1
Calculations. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Catalogues. 1
Certificates 1
Certificates. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Constitutions. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Documentaries. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Ephemera. 1
Exercise books. 1
Fragments. 1
Genealogies. 1
Hong Kong. Asia - China. Semi-independent political entity. Longitude: 114.1667. Latitude: 22.2500. 1
Interleaves. 1
Interviews. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Letter books. 1
Literature (writings). 1
Memoranda Book. 1
Menus. 1
Mining. 1
Nigeria. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 8.0000. Latitude: 10.0000. 1
Novels. 1
Optical discs. 1
Periodicals. 1
Photocopies. 1
Photograph albums. 1
Plays. 1
Portfolios. Groups of works. 1
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Prefaces. 1
Prints. Visual works. 1
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Registers (lists). 1
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Rules. Instructions 1
Scrapbooks 1
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Scrolls. Information artefacts. 1
Sermons 1
Short stories. 1
Sketchbooks 1
Sketches 1
Sketches. 1
Slides. Photographs. 1
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Solomon Islands. Oceania. Nation. Longitude: 159.0000. Latitude: -8.0000. 1
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Names
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Ayr Burns Club 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
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Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Holms, William, spinner and politician, b 1827 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 1
Small, William, Lanarkshire miners' leader, founder member of Scottish Labour Party and Independent Labour Party, d 1903 1
Social Democratic Party, political party 1
Steel, David Martin Scott, Baron Steel of Aikwood (politician, Liberal MP, leader of the Liberal Party) 1
Taylor, Wilfred (journalist and author) 1
The Robert Burns World Federation Limited 1
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 1
Watt, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-, Knight, developer of radar, 1892-1973 1
Willis, Eustace George, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, 1903-1987 1
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