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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14842-14847
Scope and Contents

Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.

Dates: 1792-mid 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, governor of Dominica and MP for Grampound, chiefly concerning his financial and legal affairs.

 File
Identifier: MS.9049
Scope and Contents Andrew Cochrane Johnstone was involved in various speculative and fraudulent activities, and, on his expulsion from Parliament in 1814, he returned to the West Indies. Many of the papers concern lawsuits arising from the sale of his sugar and coffee estates in Dominica, and his attempts to transport chattel slaves from Dominica to Demerara. There are also letters concerning the shipping of wool and sheep from Spain to North America, 1810-1812, and his claims for money against the British and...
Dates: 1804-1832.

Correspondence and papers of Arthur Woodburn, including articles, press cuttings, lectures, photographs, glass slides and drafts of an autobiography.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7656 Box 1(1)-Box 44
Scope and Contents

Arthur Woodburn's strong interest in economics, education, European unity, international relations, modern languages and Scottish history and literature are reflected in the papers.

Dates: 1907-1977.

Correspondence and papers of Cecil Hopkinson, containing bibliographies relating to Louis-Hector Berlioz and Giuseppe Verdi, and other related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9732/1-54
Scope and Contents

Concerning Hopkinson`s bibliographies of Berlioz and Verdi.

Dates: 1947-1975 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents

Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).

Dates: 1915-1987.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15001-15195
Scope and Contents

The collection consists chiefly of correspondence and papers relating to politics, especially colonial matters, and to estate and family affairs. Both Edward Ellice and his son were influential Liberal Members of Parliament who owned substantial estates in Scotland, Canada, America and the West Indies.

Dates: 1757-1934, undated.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.26
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns Arlington in his capacity of Secretary of State, particularly with reference to French and Dutch affairs, and much of it is dated 1669. The correspondence contains letters from foreign statesmen and diplomatists such as the Marquis de Louvois and Baron von Lisola, English politicians such as Sir Richard Temple and Sidney Godolphin, and a number of unsigned letters reporting on events in Europe, probably from Arlington`s agents. There are a few memoranda on...
Dates: 1662-1678.

Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.2(I)-(VIII)
Scope and Contents

Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.

Dates: 1680-1728.

Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15342-15350
Scope and Contents Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates: 1793-1797, 1801-1804, 1807, 1818, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General William Taylor and his family.

 File
Identifier: MS.15981
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Family correspondence of Charles J Taylor with some letters to his wife, 1835-1877, undated, including letters from General Taylor to his son after Charles left India as a child (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers, 1845-1866, of General Taylor (folio 76); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1878-1898, undated, chiefly concerning Kenneth N Innes Taylor who died in Argentina in 1898 (folio 156).

Dates: 1855-1898.

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 or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

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British Broadcasting Corporation 16
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 11
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 9
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 9
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 9
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Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 8
Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary) 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 7
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 7
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 7
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 7
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 6
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 6
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 5
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 5
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 5
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 5
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 5
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 5
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 4
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 4
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 4
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 4
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 4
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 4
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 4
Sutherland Estates 4
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 4
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 3
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 3
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 3
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Church of Scotland 3
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 3
Dalrymple, James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 3
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 3
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 3
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 3
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 3
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 3
Gordon, family, of Halmyre and Gordonstoun 3
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 3
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 3
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 3
Justinian I, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 3
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 3
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 3
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 3
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 3
National Library of Scotland 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Scottish National Party 3
Soutar, William (poet) 3
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 3
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 3
Thorkelin, Grímur Jónsson (Scholar) 3
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 3
United and Incorporated Trades of St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh 3
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 3
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 2
Basden, Eric Bernard, local collector and bibliographer, 1913-1984 2
Boog, Robert (Minister of Paisley Abbey) 2
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 2
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 2
Christie, family, of Stenton 2
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 2
Crawford, Robert Caldwell, composer, 1925-2012 2
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 2
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894–1972 2
Erskine, Thomas Alexander, 6th Earl of Kellie, composer, 1732-1781 2
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 2
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 2
Gairm Publications 2
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 2
Galt, John (novelist) 2
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 2
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Harper, Edward, composer, 1941-2009 2
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 2
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