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Journals, letters, manuscripts, notes, verse and other papers of and relating to Alastair Cram.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13170
Scope and Contents
Alastair Cram was educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh University and started his working life as a solicitor in private practice at the Scottish Bar. In the Second World War he saw service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery and SAS during which time he was taken prisoner and was involved in several successful escapes. Alastair Cram was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. In peacetime, he served as a Judge in Kenya and, in 1965, was Governor-General of Malawi. Alastair Cram was also a...
Dates:
1928-1967, and undated.
Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13021/1-15
Scope and Contents
Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.
Dates:
1845-2008.
Letter, 11 diaries and six photograph albums of Arthur W Russell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12690
Dates:
1890-1930.
Letters, 1916-1918 and undated, of Cecile Walton to Eric Robertson, and a letter, 1929, of Dorothy Ratcliffe.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11858
Scope and Contents
Includes letters, 1917-1942 and undated, of various correspondents and a transcription of the diary, 1907, of Eric Robertson.
Dates:
1907-1942 and undated.
Letters, 1917-1962, to Margaret Mackenzie Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6035
Scope and Contents
Concerning her literary work, correspondents including Algernon Blackwood, Walter de la Mare, Harold Nicolson and Robert Sutherland.
With a diary, 1946-1947, of Margaret Mackenzie Scott.
Dates:
1917-1962.
Letters and diaries of Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Richard L O Pearson of the 7th Fusiliers, during the Crimean War.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10985-10987
Dates:
1847-1857.
Letters and papers, circa 1806-circa 1861 of Sir Pulteney Malcolm and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8364
Scope and Contents
Including his journal for June to September 1815, and letters, 1713-1780, of the family of Douglas of Cavers.
Dates:
1713-circa 1861.
Letters, journal and notes of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2981-2983
Dates:
1831-1885.
Letters of and to David Roberts from the collection of the late Helen Guiterman, with miscellaneous transcripts of Roberts` diaries etc.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13056
Dates:
Undated
Letters of Dr David MacLagan, Army Medical Service, written to his family from the Peninsular War.
File
Identifier: Acc.11767
Scope and Contents
Includes two diaries giving an account of his service in the campaign.
Dates:
1811-1814.
Letters of members of the Walker family of Dundonald, Ayrshire.
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Identifier: Acc.12085
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from relations in America and one reporting on anti-Catholic riots in Edinburgh 1779, also includes a 19th century transcript (and 20th century typescript copy) of a journal of Josiah Walker, originally written in 1780.
Dates:
circa 1772-1783.
Letters to Raymond Greene from other members of the 1933 Everest expedition.
File
Identifier: Acc.8254
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Hugh Ruttledge, 2 June 1933, Sir Jack Langland, 1970, and Tom Brocklebank, 1975.
With signed transcript of Greene`s diary concerning the establishment of Camp V.
Dates:
1933-1975.
Literary and personal papers of Ruthven Todd.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14015
Dates:
Circa 1926-1972.
Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents
Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.
Dates:
1895-[circa 1945], undated.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20314-20316
Dates:
1849-1873.
Microfilm and photocopies of journals, diaries, and letters of David Livingstone, 1853-1866, with some letters of members of his family, 1860-1874.
Series
Identifier: MS.10775
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(1) Journal, 11 November 1853-26 May 1856. See ‘David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents’ by G W Clendennen and I C Cunningham, page 272, number 4.
(2) Journal, 2 August 1858-9 January 1859. See ‘David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents’ by G W Clendennen and I C Cunningham, page 272, number 6.
(3) Journal, 1 December 1859-11 June 1860, 3 December 1860-23 March 1861.
See ‘David Livingstone: a catalogue of documents’ by G W Clendennen and I C Cunningham,...
Dates:
1853-1874.
Microfilm of journals and memorandum books of, and, letters chiefly of, to, or concerning, Robert Chambers.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.847-849
Dates:
1832-1879.
Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates:
1805-1845.
Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.517-518
Dates:
[?1821-?1908.]
Microfilm of letters, chiefly to, and, private journal of, Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.976-977
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of papers of Sir Thomas John Cochrane, during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1006-1008
Dates:
1842-1847.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Microfilms of 'Rough Journal' and letters of Sir Thomas John Cochrane during his service at the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1010-1013
Dates:
1842-1847.