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Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General William Taylor and his family.

 File
Identifier: MS.15981
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Family correspondence of Charles J Taylor with some letters to his wife, 1835-1877, undated, including letters from General Taylor to his son after Charles left India as a child (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers, 1845-1866, of General Taylor (folio 76); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1898, undated, chiefly concerning Kenneth N Innes Taylor who died in Argentina in 1898 (folio 156).

Dates: 1855-1898.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander Gray.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11897
Scope and Contents

Includes journals, broadcast scripts and tapes.

Dates: circa 1918-1975.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Henry Lindsay Bethune.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8959
Scope and Contents

Concerning Bethune`s military career in Persia.

Including instructions, firmans (royal mandate or decree), commissions and bills.

Dates: 1813-1851.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Campbell family of Inverneill.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14395
Content Description

The archive of the Campbell family of Inverneill formerly kept in Canna House, Isle of Canna. It comprises correspondence and papers mainly of the 18th century, including he the business correspondence of various family members in military or government positions. There is also a component of estate papers concerning estates around Kintyre.

Dates: 18th-19th century, the bulk dating from the 18th century.

Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.11001-13496
Scope and Contents The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 17th century-20th century.

Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the Copyright Acts and Bill.

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Identifier: F.R.339e/48
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of legal opinions on the Copyright Acts 1860-1861; Copyright Commission 1876-1880; Copyright Bill 1898.

Dates: 1860-1861, 1876-1880, 1898.

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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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