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Microfilm of correspondence, poetry, journals and other papers of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.930
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, poems and other papers, [?1833-?1895] (MS.2981);
Journals, 1831-1853 (MS.2982).
Dates:
1831-[?1891].
Microfilm of journals and memorandum books of, and, letters chiefly of, to, or concerning, Robert Chambers.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.847-849
Dates:
1832-1879.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates:
1805-1845.
Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.517-518
Dates:
[?1821-?1908.]
Microfilm of letters, chiefly to, and, private journal of, Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.976-977
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1006-1008
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Microfilms of 'Rough Journal' and letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1010-1013
Dates:
1842-1847.
Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents
The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates:
1532-18th century, and undated.
Office records of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.301
Dates:
1726-1888.
Papers, 1955-1971 and undated, of Louis Baume.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11022
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries and correspondence mostly concerning the South Georgia Survey Expedition of 1955-1956
Also included papers, 1924-1927, of Robert W Lloyd with lectures and correspondence on Alpine mountaineering.
Dates:
1903-1971 and undated.
Papers and correspondence of James Miller.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9484/1-44
Scope and Contents
With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.
Dates:
1782-1986.
Papers and correspondence of Naomi Mitchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10753
Scope and Contents
Includes letters, 1915-1917, of Mitchison`s brother John B S Haldane, part of a typescript diary of a visit to Russia, literary typescripts and papers, 1967-1969, concerning Botswana.
Dates:
1915-1969 and undated.
Papers and photographs of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st viscount Haldane, and of the Haldane family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13595
Scope and Contents
Papers and photographs, 1858-1937 and undated, relating to Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928), politician, lawyer and philosopher, and to the Haldane of Cloan family.
Dates:
1858-1937
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents
This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers, circa 1915-1981, of Alice V Stuart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9043
Scope and Contents
Includes poems, diaries, notebooks and correspondence.
With papers, 19th to 20th century, of her family.
Dates:
19th century to 20th century.
Papers, including literary notebooks and drafts of novels, plays and short stories, of James Kennaway.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5696 Box 1(1)-Box 5(2)
Dates:
1944-1971, 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 Norman Douglas.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11365
Scope and Contents
Includes letters, 1917-1951 and undated, and photographs, 1943-1971 and undated, of Norman Douglas, and papers, 1954-1957, of John Davenport concerning a proposed biography of Douglas. These papers formerly formed part of the collection of John Sanderson.
Dates:
1917-1971 and undated.
Papers of and concerning Robert James Batchen Sellar, containing tpescripts of plays and short stories, associated correspondence, and other related material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8802/1-124
Dates:
1912-1978.
Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
1925-1981, undated.