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Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10686
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.

Dates: circa 1803-1821.

Manuscript, possibly from Mount Athos, of St Dorotheus and the sermons of Isaias, with an account of the miracle performed by the Virgin at Blachernae.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.5.21
Scope and Contents (i) St Dorotheus: letter (folio 1; ‘Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca’, ‘Auctarium’ 2116z, ‘Patrologia Graeca’, lxxxviii, 1613); beginning of life of St Dositheus, differing from the version below, folio 17 verso (folio 5); teachings 21 (folio 5 verso; ‘Patrologia Graeca’, lxxxviii, 1812), 18 (folio 11; ‘Patrologia Graeca’, lxxxviii, 1804, ‘Oeuvres spirituelles’, 504), 16 (folio 13 verso; ‘Patrologia Graeca’, lxxxviii, 1793, ‘Oeuvres spirituelles’, 488); life of St Dositheus (folio 17 verso,...
Dates: Late 10th century-early 11th century.

Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.658
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Fragment of a Gaelic manuscript, 15th century, containing scholastic texts (Adv.MS.72.1.7);Manuscript, ?14th-?19th century, containing a commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates in Gaelic and Latin (Adv.MS.72.1.10);Medical manuscript, ?16th century, in Gaelic written by Feargus Ó Caiside (Adv.MS.72.1.11);Medical manuscript, 16th century, in Gaelic, consisting chiefly of a treatise on diets and matters ancillary to medicine,...
Dates: ?14th century-?19th century.

Microfilm of heraldic and genealogical material.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.26
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Breviat of the genealogie of the honourable surname of the Lesleyes, Earls of Rothes, sinc ther first arrivall in Scotland to thir dayes, collected out of ancient evidences, manuscripts and histories of the tymes, togither with some of ther cadents’, 17th century, attributed to Sir James Balfour of Denmill, Lyon (Adv.MS.17.2.4); Gordons of Craichlaw (Adv.MS.27.5.28);Letters, 1618-1712, to members of the Oswald family of Fingaltoun. Some...
Dates: Late 16th century- early 19th century.

Microfilm of papers of James Augustus Grant and his family.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.928
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Legal, financial and other papers, [?1827-?1913], concerning James Augustus Grant (MS.17933);'Private Copy' of 'Memoranda' (no publisher, undated) by James Augustus Grant, [1880, or after] (MS.17940);Pedigrees of James Augustus Grant's family and others (Chisholm, Cuthbert, Fraser, Mackintosh, etc.) connected to it by marriage, written in an unidentified hand, with notes by Grant himself, ?19th century (MS.17941);...
Dates: 19th century-[?1913].

Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);

Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).

Dates: [1548-1550, 1827, or before].

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].

Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8551
Scope and Contents

Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1980-1983.

Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11309
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.

Dates: 1904-1988.

Papers of and concerning the Rev Dr Murdoch Mackenzie, missionary in China.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12056
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of letters, tributes and biographical note and photographs.

Dates: 1918-1939.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of Maurice Lindsay.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11506
Scope and Contents

Papers concern "Francis George Scott and the Scottish Renaissance" (Edinburgh, 1980), "Scottish Poetry" and the "Scottish Review".

Dates: 1974-1991.

Papers of Professor John Erickson concerning the `Edinburgh Conversations`.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13596
Scope and Contents Correspondence, memoranda and related papers, 1974-1997, concerning the ‘Edinburgh Conversations’ and Professor John Erickson`s involvement in them.John Erickson (1929-2002) was a British military historian and the West’s leading authority on the Soviet military during and after the Second World War. During the ‘Cold War’ he was one of the very few academics to earn the trust of both sides and a key channel for contact between the Soviets and the Americans.After...
Dates: c.1970s-1994

Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).

Dates: 1959-1990.

Photocopies of biography, 1603, of James VI and I, (Archiviolo b. 208, ff 12) and two other documents.

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Identifier: Acc.9897
Scope and Contents

Includes:

instructions, 1538, to a Papal nuncio on visiting Scotland (Archiviolo b. 158, ff 323-324)

letter, 1593, of James VI to the King of Poland concerning the Grand Duke of Tuscany (Scaffalatura 69/51/23).

Dates: 1538-1603.

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Letters. Correspondence. 28
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Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 2
Arthur, Sir George Compton Archibald, 3rd Baronet, Private Secretary to Earl Kitchener, 1860-1946 1
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Baker, Helen Mary, missionary, 1908-1988 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bonar, James, Solicitor of Excise, 1757-1821 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Campbell, Patrick William, Writer to the Signet, 1850-1922 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Erickson, John, military historian, 1929-2002 1
Fawcett, Benjamin, engraver and colour printer, 1808-1893 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Foster, Margaret, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Scottish Academy, fl 1925-1995 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964: recipient 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hart, Francis Russell, author, 1868-1938 1
Henderson, George Francis Robert, Director of Military Intelligence, South Africa, 1854-1903 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Home, John, of Ninewells, 1709-1786: recipient 1
Home, Joseph, of Ninewells, d 1832: recipient 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Insh, George Pratt, historian, b 1883 1
Irving, Alexander, army officer in the Swedish service, d 1659 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916 1
Knapton, John, bookseller, c 1696-c 1770 1
Lindsay, Maurice (poet and writer) 1
Macdonell, Alasdair William, Minister of Tarves with Barthol Chapel, b 1927 1
Mackay, Colin, poet, 1951-2003 1
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 1
Mackenzie, Murdoch, missionary in China, b 1858 1
Matheson, Alexander, Hudson's Bay Company, fl 1889-1894 1
Matheson, Duncan, Factor, Hudson's Bay Company, fl 1864-1921 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McLean, Antonia Maxwell, wife of Ruari, typographer and author, née Carlisle, 1919-1995 1
McManus, Michael Noel, author, b 1967 1
Medici, Ferdinando I de', Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609 1
Murison, David D, lexicographer, 1914-1997 1
Murray, Arthur Cecil, 3rd Viscount Elibank 1
Murray, Malcolm, writer on Alexander Irving, army officer in the Swedish service, fl 1976-1986 1
Murray, Sir Gideon, Lord Elibank, Senator of the College of Justice, c 1560-1621 1
Nichol, Donald W, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland, fl 1978-2008 1
Pick, Gene, wife of John Barclay, writer, fl 1946-1972 1
Pick, John Barclay, writer, b 1921 1
Ross, Alfred William, Deputy Chief Scientist (Navy), Ministry of Defence, 1914-1991 1
Royle, Trevor Bridge (broadcaster and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) (b 1945) 1
Strachan, Michael, writer, b 1919 1
Vasa, Sigismund III, King of Poland, 1566-1632: recipient 1
Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester, 1698-1779 1
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