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Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Whyte, including diaries and journals, correspondence, notes for lectures on Scottish literature, and manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, fiction and critical works.
Literary and personal papers of Ruthven Todd.
Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).
Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.
Literary papers and notebooks of Kathleen Jamie.
Literary papers and speeches of Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond.
Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.
Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Literary papers of George Blake.
Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction. Also includes notes on Blake, copies of articles by him and correspondence and papers of Christopher Dalgleish accumulated in the course of an uncompleted dissertation.
Literary papers of Hugh Provan Crosbie.
Includes correspondence, diaries, photographs and press cuttings concerning his service in World War II.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Manuscript volume of Ernest Alexander Maclagan [Sandy] Wedderburn, entitled 'Mountain days and other scraps'.
Manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey.
The collection consists of manuscripts on a wide variety of subjects, many copied from manuscript or printed works, and chiefly dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Among them are some account-books, diaries, and other manuscripts of family interest (including a few concerning the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, father of the 6th Marchioness of Lothian), but very few letters.
Manuscripts from the Wordie Collection of printed books, being correspondence and papers of Sir James M Wordie, together with manuscript material owned by him.
Maxwell of Monreith family papers.
Including rentals, 1700-1726, natural philosophy notes, circa 1700, archaeological notes, commonplace books, and literary manuscripts, circa 1882-1930, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Memorandum book of Sir John Archibald Murray.
Memorandum book for 1848, including printed calendars. The manuscript diary contains references (12 and 27 September) to Frederick Chopin, who visited Scotland in September 1848. Other composers are also mentioned.
Meteorological records, mostly concerning Scotland and England, collected by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robert Mossman and others.
Microfilm and photocopies of journals, diaries, and letters of David Livingstone, 1853-1866, with some letters of members of his family, 1860-1874.
Microfilm of a diary of David Livingstone covering the final period of his Zambezi Expedition.
Microfilm of algebra lecture notes, 1723; and, documents, 1745, concerning the defence and surrender of Edinburgh in the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Microfilm of correspondence, poetry, journals and other papers of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, poems and other papers, [?1833-?1895] (MS.2981);
Journals, 1831-1853 (MS.2982).