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Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Microfilm of papers of Sir Charles Elliot concerning his office as H M Plenipotentiary in China.
Miscellaneous collection of music, and of lectures and writings (many fragmentary) on music, and on Scottish music in particular, by Francis George Scott.
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
Miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to engineering.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Notes and drafts by Harry Pirie-Gordon of Buthlaw on the history of Dumbarton Castle, Celtic rulers of Strathclyde, and other topics in Highland history and genealogy.
Notes and drafts of articles by David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan.
Notes for and drafts of the Lyell Lectures delivered in 1965 by Prof William Beattie.
With bibliographical notes.
Notes, mainly on geometry, by James Moor, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University.
Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.
Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.
Papers concerning the administration of the estate of Thomas Carlyle.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.
Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary, comprising drafts and notes for `The History of the Life and Reign of James the Third, the King of Scots, 1460-1488`; and, ‘An Historical Account of Printing in Scotland from 1507 to 1707.`
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
Papers of Keith William Murray.
Includes genealogical articles, notes, and transcripts, 1892-1909 and undated, concerning the Murray family.
With drafts for the "Scots Peerage" of Sir James Balfour Paul, with letters pasted in, 1902-1917 and undated. Letter writers include:
James Balfour Paul, John Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, J Maitland Thomson and George Cokayne.