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Correspondence and papers of Lord Macleod of Fuinary.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9084
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning the Iona Community.
Dates:
1935-1969.
Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents
There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.
Dates:
1833-1925, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20037-20079
Scope and Contents
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Dates:
1809-1937, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Priscilla, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, and some papers of John, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1945-1978; with a speech, 1935, of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.337- This deposit is is now part of Acc.11884.
Dates:
1935, 1945-1978.
Correspondence and papers of Salis Daiches, including some of his wife Flora, son Lionel, and other members of the Daiches family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12278/1-61
Dates:
Circa 1880-?2003.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Graham Balfour, and material collected by him for his ‘The life of Robert Louis Stevenson’.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9891-9911
Dates:
1870-1960, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents
A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates:
1815-1967, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents
The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.
Dates:
1796-1991, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.142- is now Acc.4850.
Dates:
1963-1969.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Dates:
Circa 1903-1982, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
1905-1946, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents
This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates:
1800, 1934-2013, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents
Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.
Dates:
1894-1977, undated.
Correspondence, drafts, photographs and other personal and literary papers of Michael Roberts.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13860/1-58
Dates:
1891-2015, undated.
Correspondence, notes, literary papers and other papers of the Cunninghame Graham family, mostly of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham; and financial and administrative papers relating to Gartmore and Ardoch.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11335/1-227
Dates:
1757-1991.
Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8801-8824
Dates:
1895-1962, undated.
Correspondence of Alfred J Smith with Lord Cameron of Balhousie.
File
Identifier: Acc.11689
Scope and Contents
Includes press cuttings and photographs.
Dates:
1977-1985
Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents
Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates:
1882-1930, undated.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1895-2012.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and publicity materials relating to the publication of books by Argyll Publishing.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14049 Box 1(1)-Box 12(7)
Dates:
1975-2014.
Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents
The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
Dates:
1955-2014.
Correspondence, photographs and antiquarian collections on Pictish symbol-stones, of Cosmo Gordon.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.272- is now Acc.12803.
Dates:
20th century.
Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents
Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.
Dates:
1745-1961.
Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.