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Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5730-5841
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.

Dates: 15th century-?1935.

Maxwell of Monreith family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7111
Scope and Contents

Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.

Dates: circa 1700-1930.

Miscellaneous collection of items of various dates transcribed by George Paton, the antiquary, circa 1790.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.12
Scope and Contents The principal works are:(i) Copy of ‘Genealogical Account of the Family of Maclean from its first settlement in the Island of Mull and parts adjacent’, undated (folio 2). An earlier version, dated 1716, which corresponds more or less with folios 2-10 of the present manuscript, appears among Walter Macfarlane`s ‘Genealogical Collections’, Adv.MS.35.4.8, volume I, page 175.(ii) Descriptions of several Western Isles (Lewis, Skye, Iona, Tiree etc.) by various authors,...
Dates: 1532-18th century, and undated.

Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20768
Dates: 16th century-1914, undated.

Papers collected by Morley Jamieson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7602
Scope and Contents

Includes:

manuscript, 1915, of R W Campbell, "Private Spud Tamson"

diaries, 1901-1909, concerning tours from Edinburgh to Europe

and a letterbook, 1888-1898.

Dates: 1827-1918 and undated.

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.

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 Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.85.1.1-85.1.14
Scope and Contents

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1907-1913.

Papers of Hamish Macmillan Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13940

Papers of James Lauder Davidson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13567
Scope and Contents The collection comprises several manuscript and typescript diaries which illustrate James Lauder Davidson’s experiences during his time in Burma, before and after WWII, and his military involvement in the conflict. Of particular interest are the earlier and later diaries, as well as the diary charting his escape into China. The collection also includes two photographic albums. The first one (item 2 in the collection) includes original photographs taken by Davidson. Most of them include...
Dates: 1938-1947

Papers of Jessie M King.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6740
Scope and Contents

Comprising drawings, sketchbooks, manuscripts of books and articles, diaires, and correspondence, with letters of Gordon Bottomley and Cecile Walton.

Dates: circa 1899-1949.

Papers of John L Broom and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10802
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.

Dates: 1912-1992.

Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27374-27410
Scope and Contents

The sister of Nancy Brysson Morrison, Margaret M Morrison studied at Glasgow School of Art and trained for the stage before beginning her career in literature.

Dates: 1936-1972, undated.

Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5510-5721A
Scope and Contents After serving his apprenticeship as Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at the courts of Munich, Ratisbon, Berlin, Turin and Madrid, Robert Liston was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid in 1784.After leaving Madrid he was the British Representative at Stockholm, Constantinople, Washington, The Hague, and again at Constantinople.Within each regional section there are two main categories, official and personal. The first contains documents, with instructions or...
Dates: 1756-1832.

Papers of the family of Dunlop of Stevenson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.360
Dates: 18th century-20th century.

Papers of Wendy Wood.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9915
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, memoirs, short stories and articles.

Dates: circa 1930-1980.

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Manuscripts. 55
Correspondence. 33
Typescripts. 23
Notebooks. 16
Notes. 15
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Articles. 13
Photographs. 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 12
Poetry. 10
Letters. Correspondence. 9
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 9
Drafts. Documents. 8
Speeches. Documents. 7
Publications. 6
Lectures. 5
Maps. Cartographic materials. 5
Accounts. 4
Essays. 4
Financial records. 4
Autobiographies. 3
Photocopies. 3
Short stories. 3
Transcripts 3
Travel journals. 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Documents. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Excerpts. 2
Exercise books. 2
Family papers. 2
Fiction. 2
Histories. 2
Letter books. 2
Lists. 2
Memoirs. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Novels. 2
Obituaries. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Reviews. Document genre 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Scripts. Documents 2
Sketches. 2
Stats. Copies. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Account books. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Authors 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Bankbooks. 1
Biographies. 1
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Calculations. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Catalogues. 1
Certificates 1
Claims. Legal documents. 1
Commentaries. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Cookbooks. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Devotional literature. 1
Estate records. 1
Europe. Continent. 1
Excise tickets. 1
Fragments. 1
Genealogies. 1
Illuminated manuscripts. 1
Indexes. Reference sources. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Legal documents. 1
Literature (writings). 1
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Minutes. Administrative records. 1
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Orders. Military records. 1
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Parliamentary papers. 1
Personal papers. 1
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Plays. 1
Prayers. 1
Prefaces. 1
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Proclamations 1
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Language
English 31
Undetermined 25
Chinese 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Cairns, David Smith, Principal, Christ's College, Aberdeen, 1862-1946 1
Campbell, R W, Captain, fl 1915 1
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Carmichael, James, of Hailes, Writer to the Signet, d 1781 1
Davidson, James Lauder, forester, 1916-1992 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Edinburgh Almanack 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 1
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988: collector 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maitland, Sir Frederick Lewis, Knight, Rear-Admiral, 1777-1839 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
Maxwell, family, of Monreith 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Morrison, Margaret Mackie (novelist, writing under the pen name 'March Cost') (1897-1973) 1
Scottish Episcopal Church 1
Scottish Episcopal Church, Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949. 1
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 1
Wilkinson, George Howard, Scottish Episcopal bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, 1833-1907 1
Wordsworth, Charles, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1806-1892 1
Wright, Ronald William Vernon Selby, Minister of the Canongate, Edinburgh, 1908-1995 1
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