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Draft of a letter of Janet Milne Rae to George Douglas Brown and the original of his reply, 1902.
File
Identifier: Acc.3618
Scope and Contents
With letter, 1949, of James Veitch to Miss Lettice Milne Rae, and three newspaper cuttings concerning to George Douglas Brown.
Dates:
1902, 1949.
Draft of an article, undated, of Elizabeth S Haldane, "The Circulating Book Van"
File
Identifier: Acc.9016
Scope and Contents
With two letters, 1948, of William Power to R D Macleod, concerning his own literary work.
Dates:
1948 and undated.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5761
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Dates:
1963.
Drafts and corrected typescripts of "The Seven Deadly Sins: a Mask", libretto by Robert Nye, music by James Douglas.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6241/1-5
Scope and Contents
With manuscript score of the music, and correspondence concerning the work and its performance at the Stirling Festval, 1973, and Edinburgh International Festival, 1974.
Dates:
1973-1974.
Drafts and manuscripts of Rawdon Goodier`s contributions to "The Mountain Spirit" (New York, 1979, London, 1980) and "The Cairngorms" (1990).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10380
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on the publications.
Dates:
1973-1990.
Drafts and notes of and for the two volumes of ‘The life and letters of James Hogg’ by Alan Lang Strout, Professor of English in the Texas Technological College.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10492-10497
Dates:
1800-1832, 1933-1937, 1946, undated.
Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents
The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates:
1988-2003.
Drafts of lectures, notes, and other papers on ecclesiastical subjects by John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3555-3563
Dates:
Late 19th century-[before 1911].
Drafts, proofs, notes, and research materials of Tom Pow, including related correspondence and other literary papers.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12950/1-59
Dates:
[1915]-2007, undated.
Editorial correspondence and papers of Ian Cunningham concerning "The Nation Survey`d: the Maps of Timothy Pont" (East Linton, 2001).
File
Identifier: Acc.12027
Dates:
1998-2001.
Editorial papers of "Gairm" magazine and Gairm Publications, Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11028
Dates:
1991-1993.
Examples of lettering and correspondence of the calligrapher Edward Johnstone (1872-1944).
Series
Identifier: MSS.21398-21399
Dates:
1899-1929, undated.
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 and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14026
Dates:
Circa 1946-2014.
Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14023/1-4
Dates:
Circa 1980-1995.
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 concerning his book "The Truth about Rudolf Hess" (1993).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10748
Scope and Contents
Includes scripts.
Dates:
circa 1992-1993.
Incomplete letter of Robert Gilfillan.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8231
Scope and Contents
Lamenting the deaths of poet friends.
Dates:
1845.
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
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.
Letter, 1634, to William Drummond of Hawthornden, and draft, undated, of part of Drummond`s `History`.
File
Identifier: Dep.329
Dates:
1634.
Letter, 1965, of Compton Mackenzie to D A Gordon, and draft of letter, 1969, of Gordon to Mackenzie.
File
Identifier: Acc.7264
Scope and Contents
With copies of three letters, 1969, of D A Gordon, concerning Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell.
Dates:
1965-1969.
Letter of Alasdair A MacGregor to Gerald Curtler, with draft reply.
File
Identifier: Acc.7846
Scope and Contents
Concerning the anti-vivisection movement.
Dates:
1966.