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Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.

Papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14111/1-19
Content Description

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, notes, photographs, press cuttings and papers of and relating to Emile Joseph Dillon. With notes of and papers collected by Ernest Eugene Laws for his proposed biography of Dillon.

Dates: 1854-1951.

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of Arnold Kemp, Robert Kemp, and relating to the Kemp family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13323
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1960-2002, of Arnold Kemp, with papers and correspondence, circa 1851-1995, relating to Robert Kemp and the Kemp family.

Dates: circa 1851-2002.

Papers of Bernard Fergusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10985
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, photographs, press cuttings and notebooks.

Dates: circa 1928-1980.

Papers of Bet Low, artist.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12177
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Low`s role in the establishment of the Charing Cross Gallery, Glasgow.

Dates: 1948-1984.

Papers of David Angus.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6905
Scope and Contents

Concerning his life and work in South America and Damaraland.

Dates: 1882-1926.

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27438-27445
Scope and Contents

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1896-1980, undated.

Papers of Dr Farquhar Macintosh.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14003
Content Description Correspondence and other papers of and about Dr Farquhar Macintosh, teacher and educationalist and supporter of Gaelic. He was born in Elgol, Isle of Skye, on 27 October 1923, a native speaker of Gaelic, and died in Edinburgh, 18 November 2007. He went to Edinburgh University and Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow, and became headmaster of Portree High School (1962-1966) and Oban High School (1967-1972), and finally Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh (1972 to 1989). He served...
Dates: 1940s-2007

Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9051-9152
Scope and Contents

The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1939, undated.

Papers of Emile Joseph Dillon, containing correspondence, notebooks and literary papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12382/1-67
Scope and Contents

These papers were given to Father Ernest Eugene Laws by Dillon's widow, as research material for a proposed biography of Dillon. Laws transcribed and translated many of the letters and annotated some of the originals.

Dates: 1871-1939, 1951-1955, undated.

Papers of Emma Tennant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9870
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, drafts and corrected typescripts of novels.

With some correspondence, 1978-1987, including letters of Stephen Spender, Ted Hughes and Liz Lochhead.

Dates: circa 1970-1988.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.

Dates: circa 1937-1974.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12195
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and correspondence.

Dates: 1928-2002.

Papers of James H Stewart Lockhart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4138

Papers of James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4698
Scope and Contents

Comprising corrected typescripts and galley proofs of, and correspondence concerning, "Two Voices" (1968), with two manuscript workbooks of poems of Annand.

Dates: 1948-1968.

Papers of James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10803
Scope and Contents

Includes poetry notebooks, typescripts of poems and correspondence.

Dates: 1925-1992.

Papers of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6975
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of literary work, and family and personal correspondence.

With papers of Susan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, including typescripts of essays and addresses, and correspondence.

Dates: 1894-1940.

Papers of John 'Jock' Watt, Speedway reporter, including notebooks, photographs, letters and programmes.

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Identifier: Acc.14486/1-37
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise correspondence, notebooks, photographs and programmes of John ‘Jock’ Watt, a Speedway reporter. Although he was based in Edinburgh, the papers relate to meets across the UK and internationals. The notebooks make up the bulk of this archive and cover details of meets and interviews with riders.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

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Correspondence. 141
Letters. Correspondence. 63
Photographs. 52
Poetry. 50
Typescripts. 50
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Diaries. 46
Manuscripts. 44
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 43
Notes. 26
Articles. 23
Drafts. Documents. 18
Novels. 15
Copies. Derivative objects. 14
Plays. 12
Speeches. Documents. 12
Financial records. 11
Documents. 10
Lectures. 9
Lists. 9
Publications. 9
Accounts. 8
Biographies. 8
Legal documents. 8
Short stories. 8
Autobiographies. 7
Essays. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
Microfilms. 7
Printed materials. Object genre. 7
Reports 7
Scripts. Documents 7
Travel journals. 7
Family papers. 6
Proofs. printed matter 6
Reviews. Document genre. 6
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 5
Catalogues. 5
Literature (writings). 5
Photograph albums. 5
Sermons. 5
Sketches 5
Sketches. 5
Account books. 4
Audiocassettes. 4
Genealogies. 4
Journals. Accounts. 4
Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Personal papers. 4
Photocopies. 4
Translations. Documents. 4
Business records. 3
Excerpts. 3
Histories. 3
Lecture notes. 3
Memoirs. 3
Memorandums. 3
Orders. Military records. 3
Programmes 3
Programmes. 3
Research notes. 3
Reviews. Document genre 3
Sermons 3
Transcripts 3
Transcripts. 3
Travel journals 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Albums. 2
Annotations. 2
Bankbooks. 2
Books 2
Calculations. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Diplomas. School records. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Ephemera. 2
Fair copies. 2
Fiction. 2
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
Invoices. 2
Memorandums. Legal documents. 2
Mountaineering. 2
Music books. 2
Musical compositions. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Obituaries. 2
Photographic prints. 2
Positives. Photographs. 2
Postcards. 2
Prints. Visual works. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Registers (lists). 2
Reports. 2
Scores 2
Scores. 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sketchbooks. 2
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Language
English 148
Undetermined 50
Multiple languages 4
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
Latin 1
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Scots 1
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Names
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 2
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Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') (1854-1933) 2
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 2
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Scottish Mountaineering Club 2
Anderson, Dora, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Anderson, Elizabeth, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blair, Robert, teacher of Latin school, Edinburgh, fl 1677-1705 1
Bone, Phyllis M, sculptor, 1897-1972 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Buchanan, Robert, Professor of Logic, University of Glasgow, 1786-1873 1
Caddy, Peter, Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, 1917-1994 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara (daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast) 1
Chalmers, Sir David Patrick, Knight, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, d 1899 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Crown Court Church, Covent Garden 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crow, W R, Sergeant, Indian Command, Royal Air Force, fl 1944 1
Crow, Walter S, Sergeant, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, d c 1978 1
Dejardin, Lucie, socialist, 1875-1945 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, politician and diarist, 1743-1823 1
Douglas, family 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Durand, Sir Edward Law, 1st Baronet, colonial administrator, 1845-1920 1
Elliot, George Francis Stewart , Hon, 1822-1901 (barrister) 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Evans, Jean Bell Shaw, children's author, pseudonym 'Jane Shaw', née Patrick, 1910-2000 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Field, Isobel, step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, née Osbourne, 1858-1953 1
Findlay, William, Minister of Saline, d 1917: collector 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Fraser, family, of Belladrum 1
Galbraith, family 1
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 1
Garrick, Joseph Alan (lecturer in Engineering and Design, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and mountaineer) (1894-1996) 1
Gladstone, Thomas, 2nd Bart., of Fasque, 1804-1889 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graham, family, of Airth 1
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Guthrie, Sir James, Knight, artist, 1859-1930 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Henderson, R R Gore-Brown-, Balerno, fl 1967: collector 1
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Hornel, Edward Atkinson, artist, 1864-1933 1
Hunter, Charles, Corporal, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, fl 1900-1902 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 1
J and R Glen, highland bagpipe makers 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kemp, Arnold, editor, 'The Glasgow Herald', 1939-2002. 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, family 1
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 1
Laing, Hugh, St Croix, fl 1811-1813 1
Lang, Andrew, historian, 1844-1912: recipient 1
Lang, Leonora Blanche (writer and translator, wife of Andrew, anthropologist, classicist, historian, née Alleyne) (1851-1933) 1
Lawson, family 1
Lawson, family, secession ministers, Selkirk 1
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