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Carmichael and Gordon papers.
File
Identifier: MS.109
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'The nativite of bairnis' of William, 7th Lord Forbes, and his wife Elizabeth Keith, being the names and dates of birth of their sixteen children (folio 1);(ii) Orders issued by Colonel Robert Montgomerie protecting Robert Gordon of Straloch and exempting him from any 'monthly maintenance' in accordance with the decision of the Estates of Parliament, 1649 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Robert Gordon of Straloch to the Marquess of...
Dates:
1649-1779, 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.
Literary papers and notebooks of Ewan Morrison relating to `Close Your Eyes` (2012) and `Tales from the Mall` (2012).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13605/1-64
Dates:
2000-2012.
Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10989/1-280
Dates:
1943-1993.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.823-824
Dates:
1943-1968.