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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Kilberry book of piobaireachd: papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus.
Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.
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'.
Letters and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery.
Letters and papers of Thomas Carlyle, with a few of his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle and others.
Letters of David Livingstone written to James MacLehose, Glasgow, and Mrs Sewell, shortly after he went out to Africa, describing his work and adventures in Bechuanaland.
The letters are preceded by a descriptive note, 1937, and typescripts of the letters.
Letters, typescripts of lectures, diagrams, notes, and miscellaneous papers of Sir Patrick Geddes, Sociologist and Town Planner, and of his son Dr Arthur Geddes.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Microfilm of Kilberry book of piobaireachd. Papers concerning piobaireachd, being the results of researches into the history of piobaireachd, the quality of the texts available, and problems of performance, compiled by Archibald Campbell, with the assistance of Colonel John P Grant of Rothiemurchus, numbers 148-290.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Papers of Naomi Mitchison.
Including:
1. typescript of note, undated, of Elizabeth S Haldane, on lady doctors
2. typescripts, 20th century, of works of fiction and essays on feminisim of Naomi Mitchison, with books
3. 2 letters, 1915, of Mary E Haldane to Naomi Mitchison.
Seven letters of Eric Linklater.
On literary matters.
With typescript notes of Linklater, for a projected television programme on Sir Walter Scott.
Small collections of correspondence and papers of and to members of the Haldane family.
‘The Ogilvies of Boyne’ by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (Aberdeen, 1933), containing inserts; with further letters and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
Typescript, 1920, of ‘The Gordons of Craichlaw’ by William MacMath, with corrections and prefatory notes by the author.
A letter about the work from E A Hornel, 1921, and a copy of Macmath's reply have been inserted (folio i).
Typescript copy of report, 1920, of expedition of Alexander M Kellas to ascend Kamet in the Himalayas.
With presentation note and letter, 1921, to Dr Ernest L Kennaway.
Typescript notes on and correspondence concerning Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley novels.
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescript notes of James Hogg Macdonald, concerning the Waverley novels (folios 1-5);(ii) Notes on text of Waverley Novels by Isabel Brown, with associated correspondence, 1955, of W L Renwick (folio 6)