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Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11050
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.

Dates: circa 1955-1976.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including papers and printed material of the Scottish National Party, PEN International and other political and cultural bodies.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6419 Box 1(1)-Box 108(3)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and lectures.

With letters of and to various correspondents, including James Bridie, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison, and Edwin Muir.

And documents and correspondence concerning the SNP, PEN, the Saltire Society, and other organisations.

Dates: 1890-1973, undated.

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 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 Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde (1863-1944), Lord Justice General and Lord President of the Court of Session (1920-1935), concerning his work for the National Library of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24721-24723
Scope and Contents

The papers relate entirely to Lord Clyde's work for the National Library of Scotland as a member of its Board of Trustees and latterly (1936-1944) Chairman of the Board, and as a trustee on the gift of Sir Alexander Grant for the benefit of the Library's new building (finally completed in 1956).

Dates: 1928-1944.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton concerning his researches into the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.4.2(i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents The correspondence consists of letters to Hutton from various correspondents, many of whom were parish ministers to whom he had written asking for information; the papers consist of transcripts of charters and other formal documents, extracts from cartularies and other registers, and descriptions, sketches, plans and elevations of monasteries and other religious buildings. The greater part of the collection is dated between 1788 and 1790, and between 1809 and 1822 (many of the...
Dates: 1785-1823, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Margaret O W Oliphant and others.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.23209-23219
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters of and to and papers of Margaret Oliphant and members of her family (MSS.23209-23211), her bank pass-book (MS.23212), diaries (MSS.23213-23216) and manuscripts of two of her works (MSS.23217-23219).

Dates: 1754, 1762, 1844-1921, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20037-20079
Scope and Contents

Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.

Dates: 1809-1937, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5901-6109
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.

Dates: 19th century-early 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of Robert Duncan Macleod, editor of the ‘Library review’.

 File
Identifier: MS.10330
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Corrected typescripts and manuscripts of articles by Frederick Niven and others, published in the ‘Library review’, volumes iii-iv (1932-1934), and in ‘Modern Scottish literature’, edited by R D Macleod (Glasgow, 1933), pages 13-16. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence between Macleod and L Stanley Jast, 1930-1944, concerning libraries and Jast's contributions to the ‘Library review’. It includes the manuscript of an article by Jast, 'The man...
Dates: 1930-1944.

Correspondence and papers of the family of Brown, chiefly of or concerning General Sir George Brown.

 File
Identifier: MS.1863
Scope and Contents

The papers include, among other matter: 'Reveries of an officer pent up in a transport ... 1806', being ideas on arms and equipment; letters, 1842, 1845, 1849, on uniforms; correspondence, 1817-1818, about a complaint made against the 85th Foot by the Magistrates of Chester; correspondence, 1865, 1868, about Sir George Brown's letters and papers; and a scheme, undated, for the transport of certain regiments.

Dates: 1806-1868.

Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19420-19571
Scope and Contents Arthur Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto and his papers form a valuable supplement to the Minto collection. Included here are papers of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Emma, Lady Hislop, the grandmother of Arthur Elliot. Particularly well represented is Elliot's mother, Nina, Countess of Minto, her papers being especially rich in her correspondence and literary manuscripts. As an active Member of Parliament over a period of...
Dates: 1828-1956, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Hume family, chiefly of Alexander and William, musicians and songwriters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11764
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of two songs to settings by Alexander Hume.

Dates: 1852-1913 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Murrays of Stanhope.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.1(I)-(VII)
Scope and Contents The great majority of the papers relate to Sir Alexander Murray, the 3rd Baronet (died 1743), and to his brother Charles, Collector of Customs at Bo`ness and de jure 5th Baronet (died 1770), although there are a few of their brother James, of Sir William, the 1st Baronet (died 1689), and of Sir David, the 2nd Baronet (died 1729).The family were Jacobites, and there is some correspondence of Sir Alexander with other participants in the rising of 1715. Apart from this, and from...
Dates: 1676-1769, and undated.

Correspondence and papers of William Winter Hamilton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-124
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.

Dates: 1950-1987.

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Manuscripts. 522
Letters. Correspondence. 293
Correspondence. 265
Typescripts. 173
Poetry. 132
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Copies. Derivative objects. 101
Notes. 101
Drafts. Documents. 58
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 54
Articles. 52
Photographs. 52
Notebooks. 46
Diaries. 41
Speeches. Documents. 39
Lists. 35
Novels. 29
Financial records. 27
Plays. 27
Histories. 26
Autographs (manuscripts). 24
Short stories. 24
Legal documents. 23
Publications. 23
Essays. 22
Excerpts. 21
Microfilms. 21
Lectures. 20
Proofs. Printed matter. 20
Accounts. 19
Documents. 17
Fragments. 17
Genealogies. 17
Printed materials. Object genre. 17
Photocopies. 16
Memorandums. 15
Proofs. printed matter 14
Translations. Documents. 14
Autobiographies. 13
Drawings. Visual works. 13
Transcripts 13
Transcripts. 13
Biographies. 12
Literature (writings). 12
Journals. Accounts. 11
Reviews. Document genre 11
Reviews. Document genre. 11
Songs. Musical compositions. 11
Stats. Copies. 11
Indexes. Reference sources. 10
Minutes. Administrative records. 10
Albums. 9
Family papers. 9
Illuminated manuscripts. 9
Instructions. Document genre. 9
Memoirs. 9
Pamphlets. 9
Treatises. 9
Inventories. 8
Personal papers. 8
Reports. 8
Sermons. 8
Sketches. 8
Administrative records. 7
Estate records. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
Petitions. 7
Reports 7
Audiocassettes. 6
Charters 6
Criticism. 6
Illustrations. Layout features. 6
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 6
Orders. Records (documents). 6
Scripts. Documents 6
Sermons 6
Sketches 6
Annotations. 5
Catalogues. 5
Chronicles. 5
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 5
Inscriptions. 5
Obituaries. 5
Postcards. 5
Prefaces 5
Professional papers. 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Travel journals. 5
Abstracts. Summaries. 4
Account books. 4
Commonplace books. 4
Declarations. 4
Engravings. Prints. 4
Extracts. 4
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 4
Musical compositions. 4
Negatives. Photographs. 4
Proposals 4
Registers (lists) 4
Research notes 4
Scores. 4
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Language
English 323
Undetermined 207
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 11
Multiple languages 11
Latin 10
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 12
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 5
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 4
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 4
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Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 4
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 4
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 4
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 3
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Akros, literary magazine 2
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 2
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 2
Bowring, Sir John, Knight, politician, diplomatist and author, 1792-1872: recipient 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 2
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 2
Maxwell, family, of Monreith 2
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Scottish National Party 2
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Stanford, Derek, poet and critic, 1918-2008 2
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 2
Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Adolphus, John Leycester, barrister and author, 1795-1862 1
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Akros Publications 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Andrews, Cicily Isabel, Dame, author, née Fairfield, pseudonym 'Rebecca West', 1892-1983 1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
Ballantine, James, glass-painter and song-writer, c 1807-1877 1
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Blacklock, Thomas, poet and writer, 1721-1791 1
Blair, family, of Adamton 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bonington, Christian John Store, Sir, Knight (mountaineer, writer and photographer) 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, Knight, conductor, 1889-1983 1
Bowman, Walter, tutor and antiquary, 1699-1782 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brodie, William, sculptor, 1815-1881: recipient 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Cameron, John, of Fassifern, c 1699-1785 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Caulfield, John, Archdeacon of Kilmore, d 1816 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975. 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle, Knight, bibliographer, 1867-1962: recipient 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cook, Elizabeth Crosby, Hassocks, Sussex, fl 1979-1981: recipient 1
Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-, Knight, novelist and literary scholar, 1863-1944 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 1
Dares Phrygius 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Davidson, John, poet, 1857-1909 1
Davis, Albert C, British Council Representative in Scotland, 1910-1992 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir (author) 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham, poet, b 1942 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
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