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Corrected typescript drafts of `Points in time: an autobiography` by Dr William Johnstone, and related materials.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.332
Dates:
1980.
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, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654
Dates:
1907-1964, undated.
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.
Microfilm of notes in “Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language", revised edition (Paisley, 1912), notebooks and a journal of William Soutar.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1132-1133
Dates:
1912-[Before 1944].
Papers, including literary notebooks and drafts of novels, plays and short stories, of James Kennaway.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5696 Box 1(1)-Box 5(2)
Dates:
1944-1971, undated.
Papers of the Reverend Prof Franz Hildebrandt.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9251
Scope and Contents
Includes sermons, lectures, notes for published works, correspondence, pastoral notebooks and diaries.
Dates:
1926-1985.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10757-10765
Dates:
1854-1873.
Working papers of Margery Clinton relating to the production of pottery, including samples of fired ceramics; with papers relating to her published works and thesis.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12879/1-97
Scope and Contents
Recipes, tests, firing schedules, samples, sketches, and other papers of Margery Clinton relating to the production of pottery, her masters' thesis, and her book, 'Working with lustres'.
Dates:
1963-2005, undated.