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Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9045
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, a novel, autobiography, essays and articles.

Dates: 1964-1985.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9243
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, autobiography articles, essays and reviews.

Dates: 1965-1985.

Papers of Sir Hugh McPherson (1870-1960) and his son Duncan.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19611-19618
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1886-1944, undated.

`Some Remarks on Providence and the Lord`s dealings with me in my tender years, and progressively carried on since. Together with some Meditations on various subjects`, by Hugh Camron, a catechist and schoolmaster in Lochbroom.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.30
Scope and Contents

The first 12 chapters are mainly autobiographical. There are two later insertions however, the preface and the section between folios 49 and 53 verso, which deals with later events in his life dating from 1751 to 1763. Chapter 13 is divided into 16 sections taking the form of moralising essays on various aspects of Christian behaviour. The work is apparently unpublished.

Dates: 1746-1763.

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Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Copeland, Fanny Susan, translator and journalist, 1872-1970 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1