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Papers of Hamish Henderson
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10788
Scope and Contents
Includes original draft of the introduction to edition of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Carcere", and correspondence, including seven letters of Willa Muir, on ballads, and a letter of Douglas Young, discussing Henderson`s "Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica".
Dates:
1939-1966.
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24
Scope and Contents
Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...
Dates:
1567-1596, and undated.
Papers of Sir Alexander MacEwen.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6113
Scope and Contents
Including corrected typescripts of addresses and broadcast talks, manuscript and typescript drafts of an unpublishedwork on nationalism and political systems, and three letters.
Dates:
circa 1931-circa 1940.
Papers of Thomas H Collinson, organist of St Mary's (Episcopal) Cathedral and conductor of the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union.
File
Identifier: MS.21880
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Unfinished copy of 'Thou O God art praised in Sion' (Psalm 65) by Thomas H Collinson, an exercise for the degree of Bachelor of Music, Oxford, 1877 (folio 1), followed by drafts of several of the sections (folio 68). The unfinished parts of the scoring have been supplied in pencil, apparently by the composer's son Francis M Collinson. Folios 21-24 appear to be from an earlier copy in the composer's autograph.(ii) Setting for choir and...
Dates:
1877-1928, undated.
Papers of William Archer, the critic and dramatist, and of D S MacColl, the painter and art critic.
File
Identifier: MS.9995
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters, 1878-1924, of William Archer, the critic and dramatist. Many of the letters reflect his interest in the theatre, and concern his reviews and his translations of Ibsen's plays. He criticises various plays and suggests (folio 53) a dramatization of ‘Little Dorrit’ for Sir John Martin-Harvey. There is also (folio 50) the outline of an article, 1919, in reply to Walther Rathenau. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Letters, 1906-1944, of D S MacColl, the painter and art...
Dates:
1878-1944.
Papers on Scottish Devolution collected by Neal Ascherson and sent to the Institute of Governance, University of Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14136/1-4
Dates:
1950-2006.
Papers pasted into Robert Freebairn's printed ‘Proposals for printing by subscription Johannis Majoris Historia Scotiae, &c.’ ([Edinburgh, 1739]).
File
Identifier: MS.1888
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: a letter, or draft letter, undated, of Robert Freebairn to a peer, asking him to patronize the work; printed undertakings to subscribe, two signed, 1739; and a receipt, 1745, for a subscription, signed by Freebairn.
Dates:
1739, 1745, undated.
Papers relating to the early history of the Cameronian (Lord Angus’) Regiment.
File
Identifier: MS.542
Scope and Contents
According to a letter, 1896, of Charles Dalton, editor of ‘English Army lists’ (folio i), the papers throw additional light on the history of the regiment. Included are:(i) Assignation by Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, of the arrears due to him as Colonel of the Scots Regiment in France, 1653 (folio i);(ii) The complaints of some officers and soldiers in the Regiment against the Lieutenant-Colonel William Cleland (draft and copy), 1689 (folios 8-12);...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1653, 1689-1696, 1896.
Peninsular War papers of General Sir Hew Whiteford Dalrymple.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9716
Scope and Contents
Includes letters Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, dispatches, letter books and drafts of his writings.
Dates:
1807-1809.
Photocopy of draft letter of David Morrison to Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10887
Dates:
1992.
Poems and correspondence of Robert Crombie Saunders (born 1914).
File
Identifier: MS.26799
Scope and Contents
Robert Crombie Saunders, was the editor of ‘Scottish Arts and Letters' and the 'Scots Independent’. Many of his poems appeared in literary magazines.The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscripts and typescript drafts of poems, (circa 1940-1969, undated (folio 1). There are several versions of each poem.
(ii) Letters to Saunders from Christopher Murray Grieve, Sydney Goodsir Smith, and others, 1943-1961, undated (folio 70);
(iii) Fair copies of poems, 1969, undated...
Dates:
[Circa1940]-1970, undated.
Poems and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3788-3794
Scope and Contents
All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.
Dates:
1881-1887, undated.
Poems, letters and other papers of the poet William Julius Mickle (1734 or 1735-1788).
Series
Identifier: MSS.15934-15936
Dates:
1722-1788, undated.
Poetical and editorial papers of Robin Fulton (1937- ).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27495-27498
Scope and Contents
Robin Fulton was born in Arran and became a schoolteacher. From 1967 to 1976 he edited the literary magazine 'Lines Review'. His work is mostly poetry, but also includes reviews, translations and literary studies. The papers consist of drafts and proofs of poems (MSS.27495-27497), and editorial papers for 'Lines Review' (MS.27498).
Dates:
1963-1972.
Related material inserted in ‘Our Journall into Scotland, Anno Domini 1629, 5th of November’ by Christopher Lowther (Edinburgh, 1894).
File
Identifier: MS.20755
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Photographs of the original manuscript (folio 1, 2, 5, 6);
(ii) Letters, 1894, 1918, to the publisher, David Douglas, about the edition (folios 3, 7, 10, 18-48);
(iii) A copy with manuscript corrections of pages 73-88 of the ‘Thirteenth report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission’, Appendix, Part VII (London, 1893) (the first publication of Lowther's journal) (folio 11);
(iv) Press cuttings, 1894, containing reviews of the book (folio 50);
(v) A...
Dates:
[1893, or after]-1918.
Single items and small collections of letters and verses of Edwin and Willa Muir.
File
Identifier: MS.19703
Scope and Contents
The papers include letters of Edwin Muir to Janet Adam Smith about poetry and reviewing, with drafts of "Orpheus' Dream", first published as 'Eurydice' in ‘The Listener’, xiv (1951) Page 863; letters of Willa Muir to Tom Scott on literary and personal matters; and a series of letters from both Edwin and Willa Muir to Kathleen Raine.
Dates:
1932-1970.
Single manuscripts and small collections, presented at various times.
File
Identifier: MS.2224
Dates:
1652-1928, undated.
Small collections of correspondence and papers of and to members of the Haldane family.
Series
Identifier: MS.20260 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Dates:
[Circa 1735]-1948, undated.
Transcripts, chiefly, of letters and papers of Sir Hew Campbell of Cessnock and his descendants, and of a few other letters, all of which seem to be connected with the Hamiltons of Silvertonhill.
File
Identifier: MS.1671
Scope and Contents
All are transcripts except drafts of a clause to be added to the Act of Security, circa 1711, and a letter of John Hamilton, 1775, which are originals.
Dates:
1666-1775, undated.
Transcripts, made for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, of four mediaeval manuscripts relating to the ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland, the originals of which were in the Advocates’ Library.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.22.2.1-22.2.4
Dates:
?12th century-1st half of 16th century.
Two collections of writings of Allan Ramsay, in his hand.
File
Identifier: MS.2233
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Drafts of poems, of a prose treatise in defence of the theatre (fragmentary, but not ‘Some Few Hints in Defence of Dramatic Entertainments’), and of a letter to a lady, containing a poem. Some of the poems appear to be unpublished; others differ greatly from the printed version. On folio 10 there are marginal references, apparently contemporary, to the pages of ‘Poems by Allan Ramsay’ (Edinburgh, 1728), volume ii. Some of the leaves are paginated,...
Dates:
Early 18th century.