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Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning Edward Sang.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10780
Scope and Contents

Includes mathematical tables.

Dates: 1821-1942.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14842-14847
Scope and Contents

Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.

Dates: 1792-mid 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, governor of Dominica and MP for Grampound, chiefly concerning his financial and legal affairs.

 File
Identifier: MS.9049
Scope and Contents Andrew Cochrane Johnstone was involved in various speculative and fraudulent activities, and, on his expulsion from Parliament in 1814, he returned to the West Indies. Many of the papers concern lawsuits arising from the sale of his sugar and coffee estates in Dominica, and his attempts to transport chattel slaves from Dominica to Demerara. There are also letters concerning the shipping of wool and sheep from Spain to North America, 1810-1812, and his claims for money against the British and...
Dates: 1804-1832.

Correspondence and papers of Arthur Woodburn, including articles, press cuttings, lectures, photographs, glass slides and drafts of an autobiography.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7656 Box 1(1)-Box 44
Scope and Contents

Arthur Woodburn's strong interest in economics, education, European unity, international relations, modern languages and Scottish history and literature are reflected in the papers.

Dates: 1907-1977.

Correspondence and papers of Cecil Hopkinson, containing bibliographies relating to Louis-Hector Berlioz and Giuseppe Verdi, and other related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9732/1-54
Scope and Contents

Concerning Hopkinson`s bibliographies of Berlioz and Verdi.

Dates: 1947-1975 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents

Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).

Dates: 1915-1987.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15001-15195
Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1757-1934, undated.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.26
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns Arlington in his capacity of Secretary of State, particularly with reference to French and Dutch affairs, and much of it is dated 1669. The correspondence contains letters from foreign statesmen and diplomatists such as the Marquis de Louvois and Baron von Lisola, English politicians such as Sir Richard Temple and Sidney Godolphin, and a number of unsigned letters reporting on events in Europe, probably from Arlington`s agents. There are a few memoranda on...
Dates: 1662-1678.

Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.2(I)-(VIII)
Scope and Contents

Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.

Dates: 1680-1728.

Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15342-15350
Scope and Contents Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates: 1793-1797, 1801-1804, 1807, 1818, undated.

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Correspondence. 401
Letters. Correspondence. 369
Drafts. Documents. 201
Legal documents. 168
Manuscripts. 144
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Documents. 137
Notes. 135
Typescripts. 117
Copies. Derivative objects. 116
Poetry. 112
Speeches. Documents. 111
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 95
Microfilms. 93
Photographs. 79
Accounts. 75
Financial records. 65
Translations. Documents. 60
Articles. 58
Diaries. 55
Notebooks. 54
Lists. 47
Scripts. Documents 39
Memorandums. 36
Lectures. 33
Genealogies. 32
Printed materials. Object genre. 32
Family papers. 30
Reports. 30
Excerpts. 28
Minutes. Administrative records. 27
Photocopies. 26
Plays. 26
Estate records. 24
Biographies. 23
Histories. 23
Novels. 22
Reports 22
Inventories. 21
Transcripts. 21
Memorials. Legal documents. 20
Petitions. 19
Proofs. printed matter 17
Publications. 17
Short stories. 17
Essays. 16
Instructions. Document genre. 16
Proofs. Printed matter. 16
Songs. Musical compositions. 15
Deeds. Legal documents. 14
Fragments. 14
Sketches. 14
Account books. 13
Charters 13
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 13
Orders. Records (documents). 13
Administrative records. 12
Journals. Accounts. 12
Letter books. 12
Receipts. Financial records. 12
Maps. Cartographic materials. 11
Pamphlets. 11
Reviews. Document genre 11
Reviews. Document genre. 11
Travel journals. 11
Treatises. 11
Audiocassettes. 10
Autobiographies. 10
Business records. 10
Catalogues. 10
Commissions. Permissions. 10
Literature (writings). 10
Memoirs. 10
Minutes. Legal documents. 10
Professional papers. 10
Scripts. Documents. 10
Sketches 10
Transcripts 10
Wills. 10
Abstracts. Summaries. 9
Drawings. Visual works. 9
Obituaries. 9
Personal papers. 9
Autographs (manuscripts). 8
Certificates. 8
Discharges. Legal Documents. 8
Ephemera. 8
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 8
Indexes. Reference sources. 8
Opinions. Legal documents. 8
Transcriptions. Documents. 8
Albums. 7
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 7
Certificates 7
Commonplace books. 7
Declarations. 7
Engravings. Prints. 7
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 7
Illustrations. Layout features. 7
Legal instruments. 7
Memorandums. Legal documents. 7
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Language
English 384
Undetermined 339
Multiple languages 15
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 13
Latin 7
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Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 6
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 6
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 6
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 5
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
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Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 4
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 3
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 3
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 3
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 3
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Christie, family, of Stenton 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Gairm Publications 2
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 2
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Gordon, family, of Halmyre and Gordonstoun 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 2
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 2
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 2
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 2
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Saltire Society 2
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 2
Scottish National Party 2
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Alexander, Donald, documentary filmmaker, 1913-1993 1
Anderson, Andrew, surgeon, fl 1804-1853 1
Anderson, David, Staff Surgeon, ? 1821-1854 1
Anderson, Thomas, surgeon, fl 1804-1853 1
Anstruther-Gray, Clayre Jessie Tennant, 1872-1958 (justice of the peace and wife of William Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, Monica Helen Lambton, 1915-1985 (justice of the peace and wife of William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William John St Clair, Baron Kilmany, 1905-1985 (soldier and politician) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William, 1859-1938 (soldier and politician) 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Ballantyne (family, of Holylee ) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Ballantyne, John, artist, 1815-1897 1
Barbour, Sir Robert Alexander Stewart, Knight, Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Aberdeen, b 1921 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989 (English printmaker, graphic designer, and illustrator) 1
Baxter, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1848-1919 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Bethune, Sir Henry Lindsay, 1st Baronet, Major-General, 1787-1851 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Bloxham, family, Banbury 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) (1803-1881) 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet, author) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan, author and mountaineer, b 1934: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Burnaby, Anne, screenwriter, fl 1952-1957 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
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