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Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Dates:
1802-mid 20th century, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents
Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, records of consultation, drafts and typescripts of lectures, articles and papers, and personal papers, of and relating to Dr William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13332- is now part of MSS.50100-50251.
Scope and Contents
Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...
Dates:
1896-2006.
Diary of John Ballantyne, printer, containing entries covering the period December 1814 to July 1818.
Item
Identifier: MS.5059
Scope and Contents
Also included are:
(i) Three of John Ballantynes' letters, 1820-1821 (tipped-in at folios 1, 16 and 19);
(ii) Minutes of a meeting, in June 1821, of Ballantynes' trustees (tipped-in at folio 22);
(iii) A letter, 1821, of Ballantynes' brother, James (tipped-in at folio 26).
On the flyleaf is a note concerning the provenance and identity of the volume.
Dates:
December 1814-July 1818, 1821.
Journals, letters, manuscripts, notes, verse and other papers of and relating to Alastair Cram.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13170
Scope and Contents
Alastair Cram was educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh University and started his working life as a solicitor in private practice at the Scottish Bar. In the Second World War he saw service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery and SAS during which time he was taken prisoner and was involved in several successful escapes. Alastair Cram was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. In peacetime, he served as a Judge in Kenya and, in 1965, was Governor-General of Malawi. Alastair Cram was also a...
Dates:
1928-1967, and undated.
Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13021/1-15
Scope and Contents
Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.
Dates:
1845-2008.
Letters, journal and notes of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2981-2983
Dates:
1831-1885.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20314-20316
Dates:
1849-1873.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents
The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates:
1532-18th century, and undated.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents
This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers of James Spence Ritchie (1916-1994.)
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13819/1-68
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1837-1838, 4th quarter 19th century, [1914 and after] ?1920s, 1930-1994.
Papers of Peter McOmish Dott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8531
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, notes and essays on socialism and art history and appreciation. With correspondence of Peter M Dott to Eric Dott.
Dates:
1889-1931.
Papers of Sir Steven Runciman, including correspondence, diaries, photographs, and lectures.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13883
Dates:
1910-2000.
Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12274
Scope and Contents
Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.
Dates:
1946-1982.