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Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8002
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems and critical work, with 86 letters from correspondents, including Ronald Bottrall, Lawrence Durrell, William Empson, and Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1948-1978.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.

Dates: circa 1937-1974.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11260
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and 89 letters and copies of letters.

Dates: 1944-1995 and undated.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of James B Caird, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, essays, articles and talks; and letters to Caird on literary matters.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.262- is now part of Acc.10193.
Scope and Contents

Among the letters to Caird are two of Sorley Maclean, one of George Scott-Moncrieff, two of Edwin Morgan, three of Edwin Muir, three of Sydney Goodsir Smith, one of Douglas Young, and four, 1967-1978, of C M Grieve.

Dates: 1946-1975.

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 Richard Dark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3617/1-17
Dates: 1815-1st half of 20th century.

Papers of Richard J McLeish.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9576
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems and short stories, and also two letters of Neil Gunn, on literary matters.

Dates: 1913-1962.

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 Sir William O Hutchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6898
Scope and Contents

Including sketchbooks, manuscripts and typescripts of addresses and talks, and over 100 letters to Hutchison, mostly concerning his paintings.

With associated printed items and photographs of paintings.

Dates: 1928-1960.

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 W S Graham, originally from the collection of Alan Clodd.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12468
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and letters, mostly to Alan Clodd.

Dates: circa 1937-1981.

Papers of William Will.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7534
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and 68 letters from, among others, John Buchan, Sir Ian Hamilton and Neil Munro, on literary and personal matters.

Dates: 1919-1939.

Papers relating to the climb featured in and the publication of 'Eiger Direct', by Dougal Haston, Peter Gillman and Chris Bonington.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14376/1-16
Scope and Contents The records here all relate to the climb made in 1966 of the north face of the Eiger. The purpose of the climb had been to establish an alpine style, direct route up the north face of the mountain. A team of British and American climbers (Chris Bonington, Mick Burke, Peter Gillman, John Harlin, Dougal Haston, Layton Kor and Don Whillans) attempted the climb in March 1966. The climb was troubled by bad weather and tragedy when a rope broke, sending Harlin to his death.There was...
Dates: 1966-2018.

Personal and professional papers of Edith Simon

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13772/1-325
Scope and Contents The papers of writer and artist Edith Simon relate to both strands of her artistic life, documenting her prolific output as an author of contemporary novels, historical novels, and histories, as well as a pioneering artist across multiple forms.The papers contain both personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, research material, and news cuttings concerning her writing career; alongside photographs, news cuttings, art diaries and...
Dates: Majority of material found within circa 1932-2008

Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8022
Scope and Contents

With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.

Dates: 1839-1920 and undated.

Photostats of manuscripts of Edmund Castell, the Semitic scholar.

 File
Identifier: MS.3589
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Photostats of manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge, illustrating Edmund Castell's use of shorthand, namely, Dd.xi.39, page 5 and odd scraps; Dd.vi.4, pages 2-3, 30-45, 52-53, 60-63, 66-87, 90-101, 114-115, 118-121, 130-131, 136-145, 148-157, 164-169, 172-173, 176-181, 206-207, 366-367, 370-377, 382-421, 424-429, 431-432, 436-461. The pages after page 206 are with some exceptions inverted in the original, and the photostats have been...
Dates: 1651-1672.

Poem, 1956, of Joseph Macleod.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8647
Scope and Contents

With letter, 1983, of Macleod to George Bruce, enclosing a typescript poem.

Dates: 1956-1983.

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.

Poetry notebooks and other papers of Robert Crawford (1877-1931).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26023-26026
Scope and Contents

Robert Crawford, who was a miner in Ayrshire and later in Stirlingshire, published three collections of poems and also wrote philosophical essays.

Dates: 1920-1931, undated.

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Manuscripts. 265
Poetry. 70
Copies. Derivative objects. 67
Notes. 56
Typescripts. 48
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Autographs (manuscripts). 22
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Histories. 18
Excerpts. 17
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Articles. 14
Photographs. 14
Speeches. Documents. 13
Genealogies. 12
Accounts. 11
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Printed materials. Object genre. 11
Publications. 10
Diaries. 9
Essays. 9
Instructions. Document genre. 9
Legal documents. 9
Notebooks. 9
Songs. Musical compositions. 9
Translations. Documents. 9
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Stats. Copies. 8
Transcripts 8
Transcripts. 8
Treatises. 8
Albums. 7
Illuminated manuscripts. 7
Memorandums. 7
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Indexes. Reference sources. 6
Novels. 6
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Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 3
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English 153
Undetermined 120
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 8
Latin 8
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Names
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 4
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
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Bowring, Sir John, Knight, politician, diplomatist and author, 1792-1872: recipient 2
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Andrews, Cicily Isabel, Dame, author, née Fairfield, pseudonym 'Rebecca West', 1892-1983 1
Ballantine, James, glass-painter and song-writer, c 1807-1877 1
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Blacklock, Thomas, poet and writer, 1721-1791 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bonington, Christian John Store, Sir, Knight (mountaineer, writer and photographer) 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, Knight, conductor, 1889-1983 1
Bowman, Walter, tutor and antiquary, 1699-1782 1
Brodie, William, sculptor, 1815-1881: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Caulfield, John, Archdeacon of Kilmore, d 1816 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975. 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle, Knight, bibliographer, 1867-1962: recipient 1
Cook, Elizabeth Crosby, Hassocks, Sussex, fl 1979-1981: recipient 1
Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-, Knight, novelist and literary scholar, 1863-1944 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Dares Phrygius 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Davidson, John, poet, 1857-1909 1
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir (author) 1
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham, poet, b 1942 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
Empson, Sir William, Knight, poet and literary critic, 1906-1984 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980: recipient 1
Geoffrey of Monmouth (Bishop of St Asaph and chronicler) 1
Gillman, Peter (journalist and mountaineer) 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 1
Hamilton, Robert, theatre company manager, fl 1793-1794 1
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, Knight, General, 1853-1947 1
Haston, Duncan Curdy McSporran (mountaineer) 1
Houston, Douglas, poet, b 1947: recipient 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Innes, Cosmo, antiquary, 1798-1874 1
Jeffrey, Margaret W J, wife of William, poet, née Graham, fl 1946-1975 1
Jenkin, Anne (née Austin, wife of Henry C. Fleeming Jenkin, engineer) 1
Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming (engineer) 1
Keating, Geoffrey (Seathrún Céitinn), ca. 1580-ca. 1644 1
Kerr, Roderick Watson, poet and author, d c 1973 1
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 1
Leigh, Vivien, actress, 1913-1967 1
Lindesay, Robert, of Pitscottie, historian, c 1532-c 1586 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Liston, family 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Logan, Patrick (schoolmaster in Lurgan, Co. Armagh) 1
MacDonald, Charles, priest in Moidart, 1835-1894 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacNicol, Donald, Minister of Lismore, 1735-1802 1
MacNicol, Dugald, 1791-1844 (Gaelic poet and song collector) 1
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 1
Macfie, Ronald Campbell, physician and writer, d 1931 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991: recipient 1
Mackenzie, Agnes Mure, historian and author, 1891-1955 1
Mackie, Albert David, poet, 1904-1985 1
Maitland, William, historian and topographer, c 1693-1757 1
Malcolm, Charles Adolf, Chief Conservator of Forests, Central Provinces, India, 1879-1948 1
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 1
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965 1
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