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Papers of Robert Alan Jamieson concerning his novel "A Day at the Office" (1991).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10558
Scope and Contents

Includes five successive manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel and notes by the author on its compilation.

Dates: circa 1991.

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 Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10426
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems, plays and articles.

Dates: 1939-1961 and undated.

Papers of the Hon William Douglas Home.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11222
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of a play, memoirs and reviews, together with correspondence on theatrical matters.

Dates: 1946-1991.

Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)

Papers of Thomas Aitken.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8839
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts of antiquarian, scientific and medical discourses, many of which were read at meetings of Inverness Scientific and Field Club.

Dates: circa 1867-1880.

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 relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).

Dates: 1959-1990.

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Photocopy of manuscript draft of song of Robert Burns, "She says She Lo`es Me Best of a`".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8079
Scope and Contents

24 lines in two stanzas, written in pencil.

Dates: circa 1780-circa 1796.

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.

Prose writings of Henry Mackenzie.

 File
Identifier: MS.570
Scope and Contents All except (iii) are in Henry Mackenzie's handwriting. The contents are as follows. (i) Specimen of Henry Mackenzie’s writing “when at Mr Cossar’s writing school” (folio 2); (ii) ‘First Draught’ of the ‘last paper’ in the ‘Mirror’ (folio 3). See Henry Mackenzie’s ‘Collected works’, volume v, page 78. (iii) 'On the Succession of Minds' (folio 11). Above the title, in a modern hand, is pencilled '? Adam Smith No'. (iv) Draft of part of the life of John Home, author of 'Douglas' (folio...
Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.251
Scope and Contents

Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.

Dates: 1648-20th century.

Small collections of literary material.

 Series
Identifier: MS.15941

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.

Two notebooks of Naomi Mitchison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9831
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescript drafts of part of "The Oath Takers".

Dates: circa 1987.

Two notebooks of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5831
Scope and Contents

Containing manuscript corrected drafts, 1970, of an unpublished novel, "The Clone Mums", and notes on travels in India.

Dates: 1970.

Typescript drafts of novel of Jessie Kesson, "Where the Apple Ripens" (1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7845
Scope and Contents

With manuscript and typescript of associated short story and radio play, undated.

Dates: 1978 and undated.

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Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 7
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 5
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 5
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 4
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 4
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Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Harper, Edward, composer, 1941-2009 2
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 2
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Aitken, Thomas, Medical Superintendent, District Asylum, Inverness, fl 1867-1880 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928: collector 1
Blair, Robert, Minister of Athelstaneford, 1699-1746 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948: recipient 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1
Cruikshank, George, caricaturist, 1792-1878 1
Davie, George Elder, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1912-2007 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Eveling, Harry Stanley, playwright, 1925-2008 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
Goodier, Rawdon, biologist and mountaineer, b 1931 1
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Home, George, of Wedderburn, Principal Clerk of Session, 1734-1820 1
Home, George, of Wedderburn, Principal Clerk of Session, 1734-1820: former owner 1
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 1
Hunter, Andrew R, Rosyth, fl 1979-1980 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Inglis, Harry R G, Vice-President, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, d 1939 1
Inglis, Robert M Gall, Gall and Inglis, publishers, fl 1939-1970 1
Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club 1
Jackson, Alan, poet, b 1938 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 1
Lindsay, Maurice (poet and writer) 1
Lingard, Joan, author, b 1932 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Mair, Henry, Founder of the Scottish Open Poetry Cup Competition, b 1945 1
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Mirror, Edinburgh, newspaper 1
Musgrave, Thea, composer, b 1928 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Reid, Thomas, horologist, 1746-1831 1
Riddell, Alan, poet and editor, b 1927 1
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Scottish Episcopal Church 1
Scottish Episcopal Church, Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1
Scottish National Party 1
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 1
Sharp, William (author, pseudonym 'Fiona Macleod') 1
Soutar, William (poet) 1
St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth 1
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 1
Stirling Festival 1
Strachan, Michael, writer, b 1919 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 1
Urquhart, William Spence, Principal of Scottish Church College, Calcutta, 1877-1964 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
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