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Literary manuscripts and notes of William M Parker.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5893
Scope and Contents

Concering Sir Walter Scott, John Scott, and other subjects.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1970.

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

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

Literary papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1931-1989.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

Literary papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27446-27464
Scope and Contents

Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.

Dates: 1953-1981, undated.

Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of autobiographical work of Naomi Mitchison, "Small Talk" (1973).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5942
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescripts of three autobiographical articles.

Dates: 1973.

Manuscript of "Articles of Reminiscence" of Robert Barclay Thomson, Minister of Tighnabruaich East.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12044
Scope and Contents

Includes copies of articles published in "The Badenoch Record", concerning climbing in the Cairngorms.

Dates: 1927-1933, undated.

Manuscript poems of Forbes Macgregor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10549
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts and typescripts of three articles, 1932 and undated, of Macgregor.

Dates: 1921-1990 and undated.

Manuscript scores of Gaelic and Scots songs for the clarsach, by Jean Campbell.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11770
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of article (English translation) by Ank Van Campen on Jean Campbell.

Dates: 1959, 1972-1973 and undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of notes and articles of Iain F Anderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5768
Scope and Contents

Concerning Scottish history and topography.

Dates: circa 1949-circa 1956.

Manuscripts and typescripts of Tom Leonard concerning "Nora`s Place" and "Situations Theoretical and Contemporary".

 File
Identifier: Acc.11402
Scope and Contents

Includes four prose articles.

Dates: 1986-1994 and undated.

Manuscripts notes for and drafts of reviews and articles of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7675- is now MSS.26180-26187.
Scope and Contents

Mostly on artistic subjects.

Dates: circa 1960-circa 1967.

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Manuscripts. 85
Typescripts. 54
Correspondence. 39
Poetry. 32
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Drafts. Documents. 14
Letters. Correspondence. 14
Notes. 14
Diaries. 13
Photographs. 13
Notebooks. 11
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 11
Reviews. Document genre 11
Essays. 10
Short stories. 10
Lectures. 9
Reviews. Document genre. 8
Copies. Derivative objects. 7
Plays. 7
Proofs. Printed matter. 7
Novels. 6
Autobiographies. 5
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Accounts. 4
Histories. 4
Photocopies. 4
Printed materials. Object genre. 4
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Translations. Documents. 3
Annotations. 2
Biographies. 2
Decisions. Judicial records. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
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Financial records. 2
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Pamphlets. 2
Prefaces. 2
Sketches 2
Travel literature 2
Account books. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annals. Histories, without comment. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Bankbooks. 1
Cairngorm Mountains. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. mountains. Longitude: -3.8333. Latitude: 57.0667. 1
Calculations. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Charts. Graphic documents. 1
Christmas cards. 1
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Comedies. 1
Cookbooks. 1
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Dictionaries. 1
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Lecture notes. 1
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Narratives. Document genres. 1
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Novellas. 1
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Optical discs. 1
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Parliamentary papers. 1
Periodicals. 1
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Language
English 60
Undetermined 23
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Multiple languages 3
Latin 1
 
Names
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
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Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 2
Scottish National Party 2
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 2
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Althaus, Friedrich, Professor at University College, London, 1829-1897 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Campbell, Jean, harpist and teacher, fl 1959-1973 1
Campen, Ank Van, harpist, 1932-2010 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham, poet, b 1942 1
Ferguson, William, Reader Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, b 1924 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Haldane, Louisa Kathleen, wife of John Scott, physiologist and philosopher, née Trotter, 1863-1961 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Home, Henry, Lord Kames, Senator of the College of Justice, 1696-1782 1
Houston, Douglas, poet, b 1947: recipient 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Lamont, Archie, geologist and nationalist, 1907-1985 1
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muirhead, Roland Eugene, Chairman of the Scottish National Party, 1868-1964 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Parker, William Mathie, author, 1891-1973 1
Reid, John M, author, pseudonym 'David Toulmin', 1913-1998 1
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 1
Saltire Society 1
Schlapp, Otto, Emeritus Professor of German, University of Edinburgh, 1859-1939 1
Scott, John, journalist, 1784-1821 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 1
Spence, James Lewis Thomas Chalmers, poet and Scottish nationalist, 1874-1955 1
Spence, James Lewis Thomas Chalmers, poet and Scottish nationalist, 1874-1955: recipient 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949. 1
The Badenoch Record 1
Thompson, John McLean, Professor of Botany, the University, Liverpool, 1887-1977 1
Thomson, Robert Barclay, Minister of Tighnabruaich East, d 1956 1
Walker, William James Stirling, research chemist, 1897-1958 1
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 1
Wells, Robert Preston, California, fl 1977-1980 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010 1
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010: collector 1
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973. 1
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