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Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of works of Kenneth White, including related correspondence and notes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10613/1-48
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, short stories, autobiography and travel works.

Dates: 1963-1992, undated.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.419
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letters, [1823-1875], of Thomas Carlyle to various persons, with some written to him (MS.1796);Letters, [1833-1868], of Jane Welsh Carlyle to various persons, with some of Geraldine Jewsbury to Lady Amberley and of Margaret Welsh and Dr John Aitken Carlyle to William and Mrs Dods (MS.1797);Articles, notes, and fragments, 1767, [1832-?1871], in Thomas Carlyle’s autograph (MS.1798);‘Thomas Carlyle, Eine biographisch-literarische...
Dates: 1767-[1875].

Microfilm of letters and papers, 1826-1831, undated, of Sir Walter Scott and correspondence, 1831-1846, of his son Walter and Lady Scott, and some other papers.

 Item
Identifier: MS.15555 [Mf.MSS.63]
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott, consisting of notes on Malta, undated, fragments of the manuscript of an article, 'Ancient history of Scotland' in ‘Quarterly review’, volume xli (1828), instructions for his will, 1831, and some letters, 1826, undated. (The letters from this collection which are published in ‘The letters of Sir Walter Scott’, edited by Sir Herbert J C Grierson (London, 1932-1937) or copies of which are included in MSS.1750-1753, are...
Dates: 1826-1846, undated.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents

The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: ?19th century-[?1921].

Notes and correspondence of James R Anderson, concerning a bibliography of Philip Doddridge's ‘Life of Colonel Gardiner’.

 File
Identifier: MS.6156
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of a lecture by James R Anderson, possibly given to Glasgow Bibliographical Society, apparently unprinted (folio 1);(ii) Extracts from an article and subsequent correspondence in the 'Scotsman', September-October 1918, relating to the Battle of Prestonpans and to Colonel Gardiner (folio 22);(iii) Notes, etc., relating to the compilation of the bibliography (folio 28);(iv) Letters, 1918-19, 1925, to...
Dates: 1918-1919, undated.

Notes and papers of John Boyes.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9009
Scope and Contents

Concerning Boyes` researches into the history of medicine and dentistry in Edinburgh.

Dates: circa 1970-1980.

Notes of Dr Alexander Mitchell for a biography of John Gibson Lockhart, taken chiefly from manuscript material in the National Library of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5210-5265
Scope and Contents

The notes fill fifty-four notebooks (MSS.5210-5263).

MSS.5264-5265 contain miscellaneous correspondence and papers concerning John Gibson Lockhart.

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.

Papers, 1908-1971, of and concerning Thomas J Honeyman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9787
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, lectures, speeches, broadcasts and articles.

With papers, 1877-1934, of his father, Thomas Honeyman.

Dates: 1877-1971.

Papers concerning the authorship of the Waverley novels, compiled by Gilbert James French.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8906
Scope and Contents

Includes pamphlets, newspaper articles and letters.

With letters of J G Lockhart and others concerning the controversy and the writings of French, W J Fizpatrick and others, on the subject.

Dates: circa 1840-1857.

Papers concerning the literary magazine, "Akros".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8404
Scope and Contents

Comprising corrected typescripts and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1976-1982.

Papers of Alan Bold, David Morrison, and Tom Scott.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6329/1-9
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles and essays.

With letters of Alan Bold and Tom Scott to David Morrison, on literary matters.



Dates: 1972-1974 and undated.

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10173- is now MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1927-1978.

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Correspondence. 117
Typescripts. 78
Letters. Correspondence. 54
Manuscripts. 52
Poetry. 47
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 41
Photographs. 38
Notes. 36
Diaries. 31
Speeches. Documents. 29
Notebooks. 23
Drafts. Documents. 19
Reviews. Document genre 18
Short stories. 17
Lectures. 16
Proofs. printed matter 12
Copies. Derivative objects. 11
Plays. 11
Reviews. Document genre. 11
Proofs. Printed matter. 9
Publications. 9
Essays. 8
Financial records. 8
Reports. 8
Accounts. 7
Novels. 7
Obituaries. 7
Pamphlets. 7
Printed materials. Object genre. 7
Biographies. 6
Professional papers. 6
Documents. 5
Memorandums. 5
Negatives. Photographs. 5
Photocopies. 5
Scripts. Documents 5
Autobiographies. 4
Microfilms. 4
Minute books. 4
Offprints. 4
Personal papers. 4
Scripts. Documents. 4
Slides. Photographs. 4
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Books 3
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Drawings. Visual works. 3
Excerpts. 3
Fragments. 3
Histories. 3
Legal documents. 3
Magazines. periodicals. 3
Photograph albums. 3
Reports 3
Research notes. 3
Sketches 3
Sound recordings. 3
Transcripts 3
Transcripts. 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Administrative records. 2
Albums. 2
Annotations. 2
Bibliographies. 2
Extracts. 2
Inscriptions. 2
Interviews. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Leaflets. 2
Lists. 2
Lithographs. Planographic prints. 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Minutes. Administrative records. 2
Mountaineering. 2
Newsletters. Serials. 2
Paintings. Visual works. 2
Passports. 2
Periodicals. 2
Petitions. 2
Politics. 2
Prefaces. 2
Prints. Visual works. 2
Programmes. 2
Research notes 2
Rules. Instructions. 2
Sketchbooks 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Telegrams. 2
Travel journals 2
Travel journals. 2
Travel literature 2
Account books. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Agendas. Administrative records. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annals. Histories, without comment. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Audiovisual materials. 1
Bankbooks. 1
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Language
English 128
Undetermined 37
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 5
Multiple languages 3
 
Names
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 4
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 3
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 3
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Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Scottish National Party 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Akros, literary magazine 2
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 2
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 2
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 2
MacNeacail, Aonghas, poet, b 1942 2
MacTaggart, Sir William, Knight, painter, 1903-1981 2
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
Scotia Review, literary journal 2
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Akros Publications 1
Ardern, L L, Librarian, College of Technology, Manchester, fl 1953-1988 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boyes, John, Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery, University of Edinburgh, 1913-1985 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Cadell, Henry Moubray, geologist, 1860–1934: recipient 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Campbell, Steuart, science writer, b 1937 1
Chiari, Joseph, author and critic, 1911-1989 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Darling, Frank Moss Fraser, Sir, Knight (ecologist) 1
Davidson, Sir John Humphrey, Knight, Major-General, 1876-1954 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Dott, Eric F, physician and conscientious objector, 1898-1999: recipient 1
Dott, Peter McOmish, Edinburgh, art dealer, 1856-c 1935 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham, poet, b 1942 1
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 1
Edinburgh Film Festival 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Egerton, Granville George Algernon, Major-General, 1859-1951 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
FitzPatrick, William John (Irish biographer) 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Free Inquiry, New York, secular humanist journal 1
French, Gilbert James, biographer, 1804-1866: collector 1
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 1
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008: recipient 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, nobleman and aviator, 1903-1973 1
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 1
Hendry, James Findlay, poet and essayist, 1912-1986 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Honeyman, Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1891-1971 1
Honeyman, Thomas, father of Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, fl 1877-1934 1
Houston, Douglas, poet, b 1947: recipient 1
Inglis, Euphemia Amy Maria, pseudonym Innes Adair, d 1925 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Lamont, Archie, geologist and nationalist, 1907-1985 1
Law, Alexander, HM Inspector of Schools, 1903-1995 1
Lawson, George McArthur, politician, 1906-1978 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin, writer and photographer, 1899-1970 1
MacKay, Benjamin Skene, trade union organiser, 1883-1930 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
MacTaggart, Fanny Margarethe Basilier, wife of Sir William, painter, née Aavatsmark, d 1981 1
MacTaggart, Hugh Holmes, mechanical engineer, fl 1872-1925 1
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