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Correspondence, notes and press cuttings of the Reverend John C Carrick.
Moslty concerning the Newbattle Chartulary.
Correspondence, notes, literary papers and other papers of the Cunninghame Graham family, mostly of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham; and financial and administrative papers relating to Gartmore and Ardoch.
Correspondence, notes, photographs and audiotapes of Dr Alice G. Vines relating to her book `The MacDonald Women: Margaret and Ishbel`.
Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
Correspondence of and papers concerning John Q Pringle.
Correspondence of John and Margaret Anderson, emigrants in Ontario, Canada, with notes on the histories of the Lindsay and Cameron families, and related papers.
Correspondence of John Philp Wood regarding his edition of 'The peerage of Scotland’ by Robert Douglas, with manuscript notes on proof-sheets.
Most of the writers of the letters and notes are members of the families concerned, supplying information. Some of the Rosebery letters in MS.2252 are on personal matters.
Correspondence of Sir Walter Scott with James Wylie, Writer to the Signet, on the illumination of their house-fronts for the visit of George IV to Edinburgh, and a note of Scott to Wylie regarding the installation of oil gas in their houses.
James Wylie occupied the flat, 41 Castle Street, immediately above Sir Walter Scott.
Correspondence of the Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a bond of Lord Elgin.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Correspondence, photographs and antiquarian collections on Pictish symbol-stones, of Cosmo Gordon.
Correspondence, production files, scripts, cuttings and other papers of John McGrath.
The bulk of the material dates from ca.1979-1990, though there are some earlier and later items. Much of it concerns McGrath’s work outside 7:84, the theatre company which he and others established in 1971.
Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.
“Critique on the ‘Lay of the Last Minstrel.’ A prolusion", by Robert Sym, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, with “Mr. Scott’s remarks in his own handwriting attached”, and an autograph letter of Walter Scott to Robert Sym.
Diary of John Ballantyne, printer, containing entries covering the period December 1814 to July 1818.
Also included are:
(i) Three of John Ballantynes' letters, 1820-1821 (tipped-in at folios 1, 16 and 19);
(ii) Minutes of a meeting, in June 1821, of Ballantynes' trustees (tipped-in at folio 22);
(iii) A letter, 1821, of Ballantynes' brother, James (tipped-in at folio 26).
On the flyleaf is a note concerning the provenance and identity of the volume.
Digital copies of letters of James, Robert and William Low, emigrants in the USA.
Digital copies in pdf format of ten letters, 1871 - 1884, of James, Robert and William Low of Forfar, emigrants in New Jersey, Texas and Chicago, with transcriptions of the letters in word and rich text format and family history notes in pdf format.
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.
Drafts of lectures, notes, and other papers on ecclesiastical subjects by John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Drafts, proofs, notes, and research materials of Tom Pow, including related correspondence and other literary papers.
Drawings of masons' marks, made or collected by Charles S S Johnston, architect, with letters, notes, and excerpts on the subject; the whole arranged by Professor W B Stevenson..
Duplicated typescript material consisting of genealogical studies of branches of the Forrester family.
Essays, probably by Margaret Inglis, a schoolgirl in Edinburgh.
The subjects include themes from literature and history as well as more general topics and descriptions. Also included is a copy of a letter of Margaret Inglis (page 39), and miscellaneous notes and paraphrases.