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Photocopies of papers of John Buchan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6542
Scope and Contents

Including:

1. corrected manuscripts of "Green Mantle" (1916), "The Three Hostages" (1924), "Montrose" (1928), "Memory-Hold-the-Door" (1940)

2. manuscript and typescript of "The Mountain", an unfinished novel

3. manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, 1904-1937

4. commonplace book, circa 1896

5. 30 letters, 1893-1940, of and to various correspondents, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, T E Lawrence, and Ezra Pound.

Dates: 1893-1940.

Volume containing notes and speeches on some questions debated in the Theological and Belles Lettres Society, in the hand of William Lothian, Minister of Canongate Church, Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.8
Scope and Contents

At the end of the volume are additional notes on the `Value and Proportion of Ancient and Modern Coins` and `Signification and Use of some Words` extracted from Johnson`s English Dictionary.

A scrap of paper (pages 201-202) containing draft notes of the debate on polygamy (pages 102-106) which was found loosely enclosed between pages 106 and 107 has been tipped in after page 200.

Dates: 1761-1764.

Volume of speeches, tracts and other papers.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.2
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Part of a speech to the English Parliament on the financial affairs of James I, probably by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ?1610 (folio 1).(ii) Copy, dated 1613, of Salisbury`s speech to Parliament, 15 February 1610. For summaries, see ‘A Life of Robert Cecil’, pages 297-299, and ‘Parliamentary Debates in 1610’, pages 1-9 (folio 4).(iii) Notes on rumoured preparations by Catholic forces, by Mr Foster,...
Dates: Late 16th century-17th century.

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Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Smith, David Nichol, literary scholar, 1875-1962 2
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Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Craig, Robert, Principal of University of Rhodesia, 1917-1995 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, Knight, General, 1853-1947 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Lawson, John Parker, d. 1852 (ecclesiastical historian) 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
North of Scotland Banking Company, Aberdeen 1
Oliver, John Walter, Principal Lecturer in English, Moray House Training College, Edinburgh, 1893-1957 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Scottish National Party 1
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
Will, William, Director of Allied Newspapers Ltd, 1866-1958 1
Will, William, Director of Allied Newspapers Ltd, 1866-1958: recipient 1
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 1
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