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Correspondence and papers of Salis Daiches, including some of his wife Flora, son Lionel, and other members of the Daiches family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12278/1-61
Dates:
Circa 1880-?2003.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Graham Balfour, and material collected by him for his ‘The life of Robert Louis Stevenson’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9891-9911
Dates:
1870-1960, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1815-1967, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents
The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.
Dates:
1796-1991, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the National Union of Public Employees, Scottish Region.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.151- is now Acc.4971.
Dates:
1920-1962.
Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12272
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.
Dates:
1860-1930.
Correspondence and papers of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.142- is now Acc.4850.
Dates:
1963-1969.
Correspondence and papers of Tom Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11750/1-122
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
Dates:
1950-1995.
Correspondence and papers of William K Dickson, Keeper of the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning Americana missing from the Library.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/45
Dates:
1916.
Correspondence and press cuttings concerning the Reverend Watler Chalmers Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5958
Scope and Contents
Including letters of W E Gladstone and Robert Browning.
Dates:
1880-1893.
Correspondence and research papers of Janet Adam Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11164
Scope and Contents
Written, collected for and concerning Janet Adam Smith`s "John Buchan: A Biography" (London, 1965).
Dates:
circa 1915-1965.
Correspondence concering Naomi Mitchison, "The Delicate Fire" and "The Moral Basis of Politics".
File
Identifier: Acc.9104
Scope and Contents
With cuttings of reviews, 1938, of "The Moral Basis of Politics".
Dates:
1933-1938.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Dates:
Circa 1903-1982, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
1905-1946, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents
This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates:
1800, 1934-2013, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents
Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
1894-1977, undated.
Correspondence, drafts, photographs and other personal and literary papers of Michael Roberts.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13860/1-58
Dates:
1891-2015, undated.
Correspondence, essays, articles, cuttings and other literary papers of Alexander MacDonald, Gaelic scholar, and his daughter Mairi MacDonald, novelist and playwright.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7708/1-130
Scope and Contents
Papers of Alexander MacDonald, circa 1886-1962, including manuscripts of poems and essays, and associated correspondence. Also present are the papers of his daughter Mairi A MacDonald, 1915-1977, including manuscripts of novels, plays, and articles, with associated correspondence, including letters of Gordon Daviot. The collection also includes a book of poems by Isobel MacDonald, either the sister or mother of Alexander MacDonald; as well as some magazines and journals relating to Scottish...
Dates:
1886-1977.
Correspondence, notes and press cuttings of the Reverend John C Carrick.
File
Identifier: Acc.6081
Scope and Contents
Moslty concerning the Newbattle Chartulary.
Dates:
1895-1896.
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.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11335/1-227
Dates:
1757-1991.
Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8801-8824
Dates:
1895-1962, undated.
Correspondence of Alfred J Smith with Lord Cameron of Balhousie.
File
Identifier: Acc.11689
Scope and Contents
Includes press cuttings and photographs.
Dates:
1977-1985
Correspondence of and papers concerning John Q Pringle.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8643
Dates:
1885-1982.
Correspondence of and relating to Jessie Kesson and her literary agent Andrew Hewson; with some literary papers, radio scripts, reviews and obituaries.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13721
Dates:
Circa 1981-1994.