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Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);

Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).

Dates: [1548-1550, 1827, or before].

Notes, circa 1840-circa 1865, of Peter Cunningham, on English actresses.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5583
Scope and Contents

With corrected proofs, 1833, of Cunningham`s "Life of William Drummond of Hawthornden".

Dates: 1833, circa 1840-circa 1865.

Page-proofs of ‘History of St Andrews’ by the Reverend Charles J Lyon, with numerous corrections and additions by the author, related notes and miscellaneous papers.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.30
Scope and Contents

The ‘History’ was first published in one volume in 1838; the 1843 edition was considerably enlarged in two volumes. Only a small number of the corrections on these proofs appear in the 2nd edition; the remainder, with the additions and insertions, were probably intended for a 3rd edition.

Dates: ?1831-?1843.

Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8551
Scope and Contents

Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1980-1983.

Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Papers of and concerning Olive Wyon.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.5468
Scope and Contents

Including devotional notes, notes on Kierkegaard, recollections by her sister, and proofs of "Olive Wyon: A Chronicle".

Dates: 20th century.

Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates: 17th century-1972.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11170/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1957-1993 and undated.

Papers of Paul Henderson Scott.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13505/1-79
Scope and Contents Paul Henderson Scott was born and educated in Edinburgh, attending Edinburgh’s Royal High School and then moving on to study at Edinburgh University. It was at university that he first became involved with the Saltire Society. Shortly after this Scott was called up to serve in World War Two. He began his training as an army officer driving a lorry. However, through contact with diplomats from the foreign office he decided to take the examination and soon became a diplomat. A long diplomatic...
Dates: 1976-2001

Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13476/1-319
Scope and Contents John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1929-1978) was a political scientist, professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and a Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian (1966-1974, 1974-1978). He was pro-Europeist and pro-devolutionist and campaigned in favour of a yes vote during the 1979 Referendum on a Scottish Aseembly.The material consists of the personal and academic papers detailing Mackintosh’s political and academic career. The papers document his many academic ventures including his...
Dates: 1927-1978, undated.

Proof copy of a reprint of "Jones’s directory or, useful pocket companion, for the year 1786", interleaved and heavily annotated by John Buchanan, 'Glasguensis'.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2558
Scope and Contents

There are some proof corrections on the title-page by James MacLehose, the publisher, and on the fly-leaf his signature and a note by his son, the donor.

Dates: 1863.

Proof copy of Morley Jamieson, "Ten Poems".

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Identifier: Acc.7300
Scope and Contents

With manuscript notes of Jamieson concerning the poems.

Dates: 1978.

Proof-sheets of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’s edition of James Kirkton’s 'Secret and true history of the Church of Scotland'.

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Identifier: MS.540
Scope and Contents There are many notes and corrections in the autograph of the editor, Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, which were embodied in the published text, and some instructions to the printer in the hand of James Ballantyne.Inserted are three letters of Walter Scott to the editor, 1817, 1829 (folios ii—vii); and Sharpe’s application to the Curators of the Advocates’ Library for the use of Wodrow’s copy of Kirkton’s manuscript at his own house, 1817. Sharpe’s application was granted, [Sir] John...
Dates: 1817, 1829.

Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott.

 File
Identifier: MS.496
Scope and Contents

There is also a note by James Ballantyne (page 237).

Dates: [1827, or before.]

Two sets of rough proofs of Cecil L`Estrange Ewen, "A History of Surnames of the British Isles" (London, 1931).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3841
Scope and Contents

Enclosing the author`s notes for a second edition.

Dates: 1931.

Typescripts, manuscripts, research notes, correspondence and other papers of Duncan Fraser and of Standard Press publishers, Montrose.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8058/1-239
Scope and Contents

Including corrected typescripts and proofs of historical and topographical works, and circa 400 letters and copies of letters.

With papers, 1928-1959, of the Standard Press, Montrose.

Dates: 1765-1983.

Typescripts, proofs, notes and drawings relating to Nigel Tranter`s "The Fortified House in Scotland".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12666
Scope and Contents

Includes sound recordings of this and other works by Tranter.

Dates: circa 1962-1995.

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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Blore, Edward (architect) 1
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Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Cunningham, Peter, author, 1816-1869 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Ewen, Cecil Henry L'Estrange, author, b 1877 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Graham, family, Earls of Menteith 1
Hall, Sir James, 4th Baronet, geologist and chemist, 1761-1832 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Harvie-Brown, John Alexander, naturalist, 1844–1916 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn (political scientist and politician) 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
Monteith, Margaret Berrie, genealogist, fl 1930 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968. 1
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Royle, Trevor Bridge (broadcaster and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) (b 1945) 1
Saltire Society 1
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 1
Standard Press Ltd, Montrose, publishers 1
Stanford, Derek, poet and critic, 1918-2008 1
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 1
Stewart, family, of Monteith 1
Wolfe, William Cuthbertson, Leader of the Scottish National Party, 1924-2010 1
Wyon, Olive, theologian, 1881-1966 1
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