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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, 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.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, 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 of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, 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, 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.

Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21072-21096
Scope and Contents

John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.

Dates: 1877-1928.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.

Dates: 1948-1987.

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Correspondence. 33
Speeches. Documents. 19
Typescripts. 17
Drafts. Documents. 14
Notes. 14
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Articles. 12
Diaries. 12
Manuscripts. 11
Notebooks. 10
Scripts. Documents 10
Letters. Correspondence. 8
Poetry. 7
Lectures. 6
Publications. 6
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Ephemera. 5
Minutes. Administrative records. 5
Obituaries. 5
Photocopies. 5
Documents. 4
Financial records. 4
Legal documents. 4
Literature (writings). 4
Maps. Cartographic materials. 4
Reviews. Document genre 4
Audiocassettes. 3
Essays. 3
Novels. 3
Pamphlets. 3
Periodicals. 3
Plays. 3
Postcards. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Reports 3
Reports. 3
Scrapbooks 3
Short stories. 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Videocassettes. 3
Account books. 2
Biographies. 2
Certificates. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Lists. 2
Memorandums. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Offprints. 2
Paintings. Visual works. 2
Personal papers. 2
Posters. 2
Programmes 2
Programmes. 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Scripts. Documents. 2
Sketches 2
Testimonials. 2
Travel journals. 2
Accounts. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Administrative records. 1
Agendas. Administrative records. 1
Albums. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Bibliographies. 1
Booklets. Information artefacts. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Catalogues. 1
Cello music. 1
Charts. Graphic documents. 1
Choral music. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Constitutions. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Diplomas. School records. 1
Divertimentos. Musical compositions. 1
Documentaries. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Family papers. 1
Folklore. 1
Fragments. 1
Fugues. Musical compositions. 1
Genealogies. 1
Golf. 1
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 1
Invitations. 1
Landscapes. Representations. 1
Letter books. 1
Letters. Legal documents. 1
Logs. Records. 1
Memoirs. 1
Memorabilia. 1
Memoranda Book. 1
Menus. 1
Mining. 1
Music books. 1
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Language
English 41
Undetermined 5
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
Multiple languages 2
German 1
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Swedish 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
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
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Ayr Burns Club 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
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, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 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
Fifth Estate Theatre Company 1
Fraser, Alexander Campbell (philosopher) 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macarthur, Edith, actor, b. 1926 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Mackenzie, Robert F, Headteacher, Braehead Secondary School , 1910-1987 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLean, Lex, comedian, 1907-1975 1
Mitchell, Lord Robert MacGregor, lawyer, judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University rector, 1875-1938 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 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
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
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