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115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.511-518
Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates: 1821-1870, undated.

Literary papers, a political notebook and letters of Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Politician and Author [1845-1937]. With three letters to Gavin Maxwell.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13262
Scope and Contents

The main interest of the papers lies in the manuscripts and proofs of some of Sir Herbert’s many literary works including `Robert the Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence`, 1897, `The Chevalier of the Splendid Crest`, 1900, `A Century of Empire, 1801-1900`, 1909, `Inter-alia : A Scottish Calendar of Crime and other historical essays`, 1924, and `Evening Memories`, 1932.

Dates: 1884-1937, 1945, undated

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8002
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems and critical work, with 86 letters from correspondents, including Ronald Bottrall, Lawrence Durrell, William Empson, and Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1948-1978.

Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8022
Scope and Contents

With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.

Dates: 1839-1920 and undated.

Small collections of literary material.

 Series
Identifier: MS.15941

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Names
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1