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Correspondence, press cuttings and other papers concerning (and including some letters and papers of) James Scott Skinner, with some autograph music by him.

 File
Identifier: MS.22021
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence and papers, 1883, [?1914-?1921], undated, of W Hean Findlay and George Short concerning (and including some letters and papers of) J Scott Skinner (folio 1);

(ii) Autograph music, 1914, undated, by Skinner (folio 154);

(iii) Press cuttings, 1917, 1923-1926, concerning Skinner, most of which are from the People's Friend, February-May 1923, containing an autobiographical account of Skinner (folio 168).

Dates: 1883-1926, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21072-21096
Scope and Contents

John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.

Dates: 1877-1928.

Draft of a letter of Janet Milne Rae to George Douglas Brown and the original of his reply, 1902.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3618
Scope and Contents

With letter, 1949, of James Veitch to Miss Lettice Milne Rae, and three newspaper cuttings concerning to George Douglas Brown.

Dates: 1902, 1949.

Draft poetry and prose of Bill Sutherland.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14020
Scope and Contents

With press cuttings, two audio cassettes and copies of 4 publications by Bill Sutherland: 'A Clydeside Lad' (Clydeside Press, 1990); 'Highflats sonnets and other jokes' (n.p., n.d.); 'The Anatony of Wavie McSurd' (Dumbarton: The Author, n.d.); 'Sonnets of a year' (?Dumbarton: ?The Author, n.d.).

Dates: Circa 1980-2010.

Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13400
Scope and Contents

Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).

Dates: 2001-2012.

Further papers of Jim Mearns.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14357/1-10
Scope and Contents Papers documenting Jim Mearns's involvement in the 1994 Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, which he attended as the delegate from the Glasgow Maryhill Constituency Labour Party [CLP]. The collection is mostly comprised of material relating to Mearns's role in the debate over Composite Motion 57, proposed by the Glasgow Maryhill CLP in defence of Clause IV of the Labour Party's constitution, and against proposals to rewrite the party's aims and values put forward by Tony Blair. This...
Dates: 1994-1995.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13405
Scope and Contents Papers, 1947-1994, of James Douglas Hamilton, Lord Selkirk of Douglas. The collection comprises papers, 1947-1977, concerning the death of Douglas, 14th Duke of Hamilton; correspondence, 1954-1994, of James Douglas Hamilton with George, 10th Earl of Selkirk; papers, ca. 1980-1994, relating to his death and the future of the earldom; and personal papers and correspondence, ca. 1950-1985, of Lord Selkirk of Douglas.The correspondence includes letters of several statesmen and other...
Dates: 1947-1994.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7723
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...
Dates: 1836-1863 and undated.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Letters, 1914-1941, of Lord Alfred Douglas to William Sorley Brown, editor of the ‘Border standard’, concerned chiefly with the publication of Douglas's articles, poems and speeches; with several drafts of letters chiefly written to newspapers for publication.

 File
Identifier: MS.9925
Scope and Contents

Also included are a number of newspaper-cuttings, 1915-1936, undated, by or about Lord Alfred Douglas, and the manuscripts, 1915, undated, of three sonnets. "All's well with England", 'Winston Churchill' and 'A Christmas sonnet', all apparently unpublished.

Dates: 1914-1941.

Letters and papers of John H Balfour-Browne, Kings Counsel (1885-1921).

 File
Identifier: MS.19609
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1846-1919, undated, chiefly addressed to John H Balfour-Browne. They had been kept as a collection of autographs and include fragments of letters and signatures (which have not been indexed). The correspondence mostly concerns Balfour-Browne's literary work and legal matters. (Folio 1.)(ii) Typescript with manuscript corrections and newspaper cutting of 'A Criticism and a Reminiscence' by Balfour-Browne, published in the...
Dates: 1814-1919, undated.

Letters, engraved portraits, printed biographical notes, and other papers, chiefly of generals and admirals who served under Napoleon.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9310-9315
Scope and Contents

The letters, which were collected for their autograph interest, are chiefly on army administrative matters, but a few concern military conditions and contemporary events.

Dates: 1779-1884.

Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13458
Scope and Contents

Literary and personal papers, c. 1966-2013, of Jo Clifford, comprising mainly playscripts, notebooks and journals. With some earlier family papers including: two travel journals by an unidentified family member, to North Carolina in 1828 and a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1829; First World War letters of Bertram Clifford, grandfather of Jo Clifford.

Dates: Circa 1966-2013.

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 Alexandra Stamp.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12455

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Correspondence. 75
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Lists. 7
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Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
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
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Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1871-1913 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Ayr Burns Club 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
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 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
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Dallmeyer, Andrew (playwright, theatre director and actor) 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davidson, Andrew Nevile, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, 1899-1976 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dawn Cine Group (cine club) 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Duncan, Joseph Forbes, Trade Union Secretary, 1879-1964 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 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
Fifth Estate Theatre Company 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, Alexander Campbell (philosopher) 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, Douglas Douglas-, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, nobleman and aviator, 1903-1973 1
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard, deputy of Adolf Hitler, 1894-1987 1
Hewson, Andrew, literary agent, fl. 1981-2016 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Kerr, Roderick Watson, poet and author, d c 1973 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
MacPhail, James Calder, Minister of Pilrig Free Church, Edinburgh, 1821-1908 1
MacPhail, James Robert Nicolson, advocate, Sheriff of Stirling, 1858-1933 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macarthur, Edith, actor, b. 1926 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Mackenzie, Robert F, Headteacher, Braehead Secondary School , 1910-1987 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLean, Lex, comedian, 1907-1975 1
Mearns, Jim, b.1959 (civil servant, archaeologist, and political campaigner) 1
Mitchell, Lord Robert MacGregor, lawyer, judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University rector, 1875-1938 1
Mossman, Robert Cockburn, meteorologist, 1870-1940 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Party of Scotland 1
North British Railway Company 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Rae, Janet Milne, author, née Gibb, 1844-1933 1
Rae, Janet Milne, author, née Gibb, 1844-1933: recipient 1
Rae, Lettice Milne, author, b 1882: recipient 1
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, Knight Colonial Governor, 1781-1826 1
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 1
Reith, George Murray, Minister of St Cuthbert’s United Free Church, Edinburgh, 1863-1948 1
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 1
Royal Academy of Arts 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1
Saltire Society 1
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
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