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Scrap-book containing correspondence of and related printed items concerning William Sulzer, counselor at law and sometime Governor of New York.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.2
Scope and Contents The correspondence, which consists mostly of incoming letters dated 1920-1922, together with a few dated 1916-1917, relates to the aftermath of his political career, which was virtually terminated by his impeachment and removal from office as Governor of New York in October 1913, after less than a year in office; to his investments (mostly in mining shares), and to matters of personal interest.The printed items, which consist of contemporary press-cuttings and small pamphlets,...
Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century.

Scrapbook concerning plans to re-build the chapel of Holyrood House.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14089
Content Description A scrapbook documenting Lord Leven's proposal to re-build the chapel of Holyrood House, Edinburgh, and his bequest of a large sum of money assigned to this purpose. According to the terms of the will, the work depended on the approval of two executors, who in 1906 decided not to let it go ahead. The scrapbooks contains press cuttings of obituaries and death notices of the Earl of Leven, some printed documents and reports, and newspaper articles and letters to the editors. With a...
Dates: ca. 1908

Scrapbook concerning the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8438
Scope and Contents

Containing reports, press cuttings, programmes and correspondence.

Dates: Undated

Scrapbook of Ralph Richardson.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8253
Scope and Contents

Concerning the South African War.

Including correspondence from his brother, Mervyn, press cuttings and pamphlets.

Dates: 1899-1902.

Scrapbooks of correspondence and papers of Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach").

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13587
Scope and Contents Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach", 1860-1928) is the author of `Story and Song from Loch Ness-side` (Inverness 1914) and of a Gaelic poetry collection of his own, `Còinneach `us Coille` (Inverness 1895). After the appearance of his poetry collection he continued to contribute songs composed or edited by himself to newspapers, but these were not subsequently collected into a second volume. He also wrote a large number of articles on Gaelic- and Highland-related matters in journals...
Dates: 1878-ca. 1925

Scripts, programmes and other papers of Marillyn Gray, Scottish actor and theatre director, mostly relating to the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12942/1-124
Scope and Contents

Papers of Scottish actor and theatre director Marillyn Gray (1930-2006), chiefly relating to the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh, in which she was a regular performer. The Gateway papers came into her care at some point after the theatre closed possibly entrusted to her by, or after the death of, Sadie Aitken (1905-85) Gateway Theatre General Manager, some of whose papers are in the collection.

Dates: 1925-1997.

Ten letters between John Hill Watson and Duncan C Mactavish.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9452
Scope and Contents

With two press cuttings and Watson`s bookplate concerning a copy of the 1694 edition of the Psalms in Gaelic.

Dates: 1928-1932.

Three letters of George Tancred of Weens tipped into a copy of his ‘Rulewater and its people’ (Edinburgh, 1907), presented by him to J Lindsay Hilson.

 File
Identifier: MS.9044
Scope and Contents

The letters are tipped in on guards inside the front cover. On one of the letters is pasted a signed photograph of George Tancred of Weens.

There is a presentation note, 1907, on the flyleaf of the book.

Tipped in inside the back cover is a cutting from the ‘Jedburgh Gazette’, dated 11 January 1908, containing a review of the book.

Dates: 1907-1909.

Two letters, 1835, of Marion Trotter of Blackford to Margaret Douglas.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8314
Scope and Contents

With associated press cutting, 1938.

Dates: 1835, 1938.

‘Two Theban queens’ by Colin Campbell (London, 1909); the author's copy.

 File
Identifier: MS.9048
Scope and Contents The volume contains Colin Campbell’s signature on the flyleaf, a sketch at page 84, and a few pencil notes in his hand dispersed through the printed text. Inside the front cover are pasted a cutting from a bookseller's catalogue (folio 1) and a cutting from an unidentified newspaper containing a review of the book (folio 2).Two letters, 1925, to Campbell from Professor Francis Ll. Griffith in search of a copy of the book, which were formerly loosely enclosed at the title page,...
Dates: 1909.

Typescript articles of James Mark Craigen, circa 1988-2009, correspondence with trade union and political leaders, 1973-1980, and related news-cuttings, 1971-1986.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13072
Scope and Contents The collection comprises original typescripts of mostly published material including several articles, circa 1988-2009, on trade union history, politics and the co-operative movement. It also includes a small file of correspondence, 1973-1980, between James Craigen and several political and trade union leaders including ex-Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, Lord Shinwell, former TUC secretaries Lord Citrine, Lord Feather and Sir Vincent Tewson, and John Henry, Deputy General Secretary of the...
Dates: 1971-2009.

Typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence of David Thomson, author and radio producer.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-179
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.

Dates: [1923]-1988.

Typescripts, manuscripts, research notes, correspondence and other papers of Duncan Fraser and of Standard Press publishers, Montrose.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8058/1-239
Scope and Contents

Including corrected typescripts and proofs of historical and topographical works, and circa 400 letters and copies of letters.

With papers, 1928-1959, of the Standard Press, Montrose.

Dates: 1765-1983.

Typescripts of talks of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9426
Scope and Contents

With two letters of the Reverend Thomas M Donn to Thomson, and cuttings.

Dates: 1965-1969 and undated.

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Correspondence. 247
Photographs. 126
Letters. Correspondence. 106
Typescripts. 62
Notes. 60
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Manuscripts. 50
Poetry. 45
Diaries. 43
Notebooks. 43
Articles. 41
Minutes. Administrative records. 33
Drafts. Documents. 32
Speeches. Documents. 31
Publications. 24
Reports 22
Pamphlets. 21
Copies. Derivative objects. 20
Administrative records. 17
Financial records. 17
Obituaries. 16
Memorandums. 15
Programmes 15
Scripts. Documents 15
Albums. 14
Ephemera. 14
Photocopies. 14
Printed materials. Object genre. 14
Reports. 14
Lectures. 12
Reviews. Document genre. 12
Accounts. 11
Literature (writings). 11
Short stories. 11
Sketches. 11
Documents. 10
Leaflets. 10
Legal documents. 10
Lists. 10
Novels. 10
Drawings. Visual works. 9
Maps. Cartographic materials. 9
Photograph albums. 9
Plays. 9
Programmes. 9
Proofs. Printed matter. 9
Reviews. Document genre 9
Audiocassettes. 8
Autobiographies. 8
Catalogues. 8
Essays. 8
Personal papers. 8
Posters. 8
Research notes 8
Biographies. 7
Newsletters. Serials. 7
Periodicals. 7
Postcards. 7
Proofs. printed matter 7
Travel journals. 7
Fragments. 6
Minute books. 6
Negatives. Photographs. 6
Politics. 6
Portraits. 6
Scrapbooks 6
Certificates 5
Excerpts. 5
Histories. 5
Journals. Accounts. 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Transcripts 5
Translations. Documents. 5
Videocassettes. 5
Agendas. Administrative records. 4
Autographs (manuscripts). 4
Books 4
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 4
Certificates. 4
Exhibition catalogues. 4
Family papers. 4
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 4
Genealogies. 4
Memoirs. 4
Musical compositions. 4
Scores 4
Sermons 4
Sketches 4
Songs. Musical compositions. 4
Telegrams. 4
Transcripts. 4
Travel journals 4
Account books. 3
Annotations. 3
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Business records. 3
Drafts. Documents 3
Engravings. Prints. 3
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 3
Illustrations. Layout features. 3
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Language
English 273
Undetermined 73
Multiple languages 8
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 6
Danish 1
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Names
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 5
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 4
Scottish National Party 4
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Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 2
Edinburgh International Festival Society 2
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 2
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
MacGilleMhoire, Dòmhnall R (poet and shopkeeper, Scalpay, Isle of Harris) 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
McTaggart, William, painter, 1835-1910 2
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 2
Murray, David, journalist, writer and broadcaster, fl 1934-1972 2
Murray, Katherine Marjory Stewart-, wife of John, 8th Duke of Atholl, née Ramsay, 1874-1960 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
National Party of Scotland 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Aitken, Sarah Ross, Gateway Theatre General Manager, 1905-1985 1
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Allan, J G M, nurse, fl 1938-1942 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Askew, Gilbert, 1893-1950 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Barlow (family) 1
Barns-Graham, Allan, 1874-1957 (landowner) 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 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
Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900-1984 (painter, wood engraver, scholar, and writer of belles lettres) 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Boraston, John Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1885-1969 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Bottomley, family 1
Boyd, family 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Thomas Craig, Provost of Selkirk, 1844-1922: recipient 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976: recipient 1
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 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
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns Club of London, Vernacular Circle 1
Byrne, John (Scottish playwright and artist) 1
Cameron, Neil, Baron Cameron of Balhousie, 1920-1985 1
Campbell, William Kilpatrick, director, Mainstream Publishing, b. 1951. 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan (author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts) 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999: recipient 1
Carrick, John Charles, Minister of Newbattle, 1860-1914 1
Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Prime Minister) 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
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Citrine, Lord Walter Maclennan, 1st Baron Citrine, Trade unionist, 1887-1983 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938 1
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938: former owner 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crosbie, Hugh Provan, novelist, pseudonym 'John Carrick', 1912-2003 1
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