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Papers of Peter Ritchie Calder, including lectures, addresses, articles, correspondence, diaries and autobiography.
Papers of Sir Hugh McPherson (1870-1960) and his son Duncan.
From 1891 to 1925, Sir Hugh was in the Indian Civil Service, first in Bengal and from 1912 in Bihar and Orissa. The papers concern his career but also reflect his interest in walking and climbing in the Himalayas, an interest shared by his son.
Papers of Sydney Durward Tremayne (1912-1986), the poet and journalist.
Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including literary and autobiographical notebooks.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including notebooks, typescripts of novels and autobiographical work, and letters from various correspondents, including six from C M Grieve and four from Edwin Muir.
Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.
Personal and literary papers of Wendy Wood, including notes, correspondence, diaries, corrected typescripts of autobiographical work, records of the Scottish Patriots, and associated press cuttings.
Portion of the autobiography of George Miller, bookseller in Haddington and Dunbar, covering the years 1803 to 1818.
Some leaves are missing at the beginning and end of the volume.
Inserted are some letters to George Miller, printed prospectuses, subscription sheets, etc.
Transcript in a contemporary hand, of the ‘Autobiography’ of Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk.
Typescript copy of volume 6 of the 'Scottish Solider' by Douglas N Wimberley.
Consisting almost entirely of family letters, 1890-1945.
Typescripts of diaries and autobiographical pieces of C Meadmore.
Material concerns life in post-war Edinburgh and holidays in Scotland, and includes three letters of Miss Meadmore to her mother.