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Five letters to Mrs Bowcher, Bristol, from Alexander and John Stronach, and G O Newport.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4990
Scope and Contents

With letters in Chinese and translations of a convert, Lim Se Siu.

Dates: 1864-1875.

Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8468/1-172
Scope and Contents

Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.

Dates: 1330-1915.

Four letters, 1874-1884, of Thomas Stevenson to Peter G Tait, with one, 1886, to Mrs Tait.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8378
Scope and Contents

Includes:

sonnets, 1858, of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, sent to Mrs Tait.

two documents, undated, concerning H S Reid, one being the text of the dedication of a chapel.

Dates: 1858-1886.

Four letters, 1988-1989, of Robert (Robin) Lorimer to Ruari McLean.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11429
Scope and Contents

Letters mostly concern Sydney Goodsir Smith.

Includes a typescript address, 1996, by Sir Robert (Robin) Barbour at Lorimer's funeral.

Also includes two letters, 1970-1979, of Edward Bawden, one to Ruari McLean enclosing two sheets of a letterhead with linocut logo by Bawden for Catriona’s wool shop, Rue St. Honore, Paris.

Dates: 1970-1996.

Further literary papers of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13611
Scope and Contents

Papers and drafts relating to proposed publication of collected minor writings of Patrick Leigh Fermor, including; Peru in 1971, Spain in 1975, Pyrenees in 1978, Hellespont in 1984 and Albania in 2007

Dates: 1971-2001.

Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14023/1-4

Further papers of and relating to the Douglas of Cavers family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13843/1-13
Content Description

Family papers including correspondence, formal documents, commonplace book, genealogical notes, miscellaneous writings, photographs, and estate papers

Dates: 1712-1947, undated.

Further papers of Gordon Jarvie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13398
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise: (1) draft, 2013, of "Bessy Bell", a collection of poems by Gordon Jarvie, (2) drafts and correspondence relating to 1st and 2nd editions of "Climber`s Calendar" (2001, 2007), with correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Jarvie`s Scottish mountain climbing and `Munro-bagging`, (3) finding list for Jarvie`s literary works.

Dates: circa 1999-2013.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13405
Scope and Contents Papers, 1947-1994, of James Douglas Hamilton, Lord Selkirk of Douglas. The collection comprises papers, 1947-1977, concerning the death of Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton; correspondence, 1954-1994, of James Douglas Hamilton with George, 10th Earl of Selkirk; papers, ca. 1980-1994, relating to his death and the future of the earldom; and personal papers and correspondence, ca. 1950-1985, of Lord Selkirk of Douglas.The correspondence includes letters of several statesmen and other...
Dates: 1947-1994.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13440
Scope and Contents

Papers of Lord James Douglas Hamilton concerning his two terms as High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 2012-2013, and to his involvement in the Bicentenary of the Red River Settlement Commemoration, September 2012.

Dates: 2012-2013.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Further political and estate papers of the Anstruther-Gray family of Kilmany, Fife.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14335
Scope and Contents

Comprising the political, military, and personal papers of Lt. Col. William Anstruther-Gray [formerly Anstruther-Thomson] and William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, with family estate records, hunting and game books, and photographs.

Dates: 1791-1985.

Incomplete letter of Robert Gilfillan.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8231
Scope and Contents

Lamenting the deaths of poet friends.

Dates: 1845.

Jacobite Papers.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3412
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1645-1891.

Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7723
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...
Dates: 1836-1863 and undated.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Lauriston Castle collection.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.149-277
Dates: Late 16th century-19th century.

Ledgers, notebooks, literary correspondence and audiovisual and printed material of Alasdair Gray.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13416/1-100
Scope and Contents Literary papers of Alasdair Gray, including ledgers and notebooks used for journal entries, drafts of letters and poems, working notes and illustrations. Literary papers and correspondence include material relating to 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2010) and 'Every short story' (Canongate, 2012). The collection of CDs and DVDs includes scans and drafts for these works as well as 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009).There is also a small collection of printed material, mostly...
Dates: 1909-2012.

Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.14
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...
Dates: Early 17th century.

Legal and political correspondence and papers of Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.9.1.1-9.1.13
Scope and Contents

Included in the papers are letters, 1831-1849, of Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, to Cockburn, and some notes, undated, for Jeffrey`s biography.

The legal papers are concerned mainly with trials in which Cockburn appeared as counsel, and consist largely of briefs drawn up for his instruction, copies of the precognitions of witnesses, and some printed material relating to the cases.

Dates: 1810-1849.

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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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