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Papers of and concerning Edith Macarthur, actor, including playscripts, production photographs, press cuttings and programmes.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13182/1-88
Scope and Contents

The papers span Edith Macarthur's long career on stage and screen. They include playscripts, photographs, programmes and reviews of many of the plays in which she featured, along with some scripts and other memorabilia relating to her wide range of television work.

Dates: 1942-2006.

Papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay (1881-1919), father of the poet George Campbell Hay.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26793-26796
Scope and Contents

John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.

Dates: 1904-1956, undated.

Papers of and concerning Joseph Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7080
Scope and Contents

Including notes, sketches, typescripts of broadcast talks, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and concert and opera programmes.

Dates: 1900-1975.

Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-General Sir David Henderson and the Royal Flying Corps.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9339
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, 1916-1917, two albums of press cuttings, 1914-1917, and a privately printed memoir, 1931.

Dates: 1916-1931.

Papers of and concerning Sir John Richmond, containing correspondence, professional and related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8921/1-30
Scope and Contents

Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.

Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.

Dates: circa 1885-1980.

Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19245-19250
Scope and Contents

A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.

Dates: 1891-1925.

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 and relating to the artists Beatrice Huntington and William MacDonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14369/1-39
Scope and Contents Beatrice Huntington was born in 1889 in St. Andrews to Dr William Huntington, surgeon, and Charlotte Huntington, née Bowles, daughter of Joseph Bowles of Quebec City. She was educated in St Andrews before attending art schools in Paris and Munich between 1906-1911. She began exhibiting in 1916 and became an active member of the Dundee Art Society and the Society of Scottish Artists. Influenced by Modernist art styles, she experimented with Cubism in her portraits, including 'A Muleteer from...
Dates: 1864-2015.

Papers of Archie Lamont.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9290
Scope and Contents

Includes:

notes, articles and correspondence on geology and zoology

notes, correspondence and press cuttings on the Scottish Nationalist movement

manuscripts of poems.

Dates: 1925-1984.

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 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 General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20247-20259

Papers of George Lawson, Labour politician, including correspondence, articles, lecture papers and press cuttings.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9588/1-94
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers of George McArthur Lawson (1906-78). From 1937 to 1940 he was a full-time National Council of Labour Colleges tutor in the East of Scotland, and served as the West of Scotland National Council of Labour Colleges Organiser from 1940-50 when he was appointed Secretary of Edinburgh and District Trades Council. In 1954 he was elected as Labour MP for Motherwell, and represented Motherwell, and Motherwell and Wishaw, until his retirement in Oct 1974. George Lawson served...
Dates: 1920-1978.

Papers of George Renfrew Wilson relating to his unpublished biography of David Young Cameron.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13488 Box 1(1)-Box 6(3)
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises research papers and typescripts of a biography of Sir David Young Cameron which seemingly was close to publication, probably by Paul Harris, Edinburgh in the early 1980s. The anecdotal evidence is that some kind of disagreement stopped publication.

The papers include typescripts, correspondence, exhibition catalogues and press cuttings.

Dates: c 1944-1980.

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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) (1905-1999) 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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