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Original plans, 1896-1908, of Harry R G Inglis for his "Contour Road Books of Great Britain and Ireland"

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.5132
Scope and Contents

With manuscript revisions, circa 1960, of R M G Inglis of the "Contour Road Book of Ireland".

Dates: 1896-1908, circa 1960.

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 collected and compiled by John Francis Campbell.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8168
Scope and Contents

Mainly concerning the history and genealogy of the Campbells.

Dates: circa 1617-1873

Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7684
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.

Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.

Dates: 1964-1967.

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, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.

Papers of Alan Bissett relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13720/1-2
Scope and Contents

Includes typed and handwritten drafts of articles and spoken word pieces relating to the Scottish Indepdence Referendum 2014; polling card for 18 September 2014; and letter relating to National Collective's 'Cultural Ambassador' scheme.

Dates: [?2012-?2014]

Papers of Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".

Dates: 1979-1990 and undated.

Papers of Alexander Huchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10158
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and translations, correspondence and artwork.

Dates: 1972-1990.

Papers of and concerning Deacon Brodie.

 File
Identifier: MS.3284
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:Statement of Deacon Brodie's affairs (folio 1);Letter of Captain John Dent, of the ship in which Deacon Brodie attempted to escape, recommending 'Mr. John Dixon' (Brodie) to a friend at Ostend (folio 3);Report of Groves, messenger-at-arms, on his visit to Ostend in pursuit of Brodie in June (folio 5);Draft of a statement, pleading guilty, which George Smith intended to make, said to be in Smith's hand (folio 9);...
Dates: 1788.

Papers of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9803
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of three plays and a short story.

Dates: 1988.

Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates: 2012-2014

Papers of Denys Hay.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10251
Scope and Contents

Comprises scripts of radio broadcasts on the Renaissance, correspondence concerning and drafts of "British Historians and the Beginnings of the Civil History of World War II".

Dates: 1963-1976.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4690
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscript drafts and typescripts of five poems, with galley proofs, typescripts and correspondence concerning "Akros".

Dates: 1967-1968.

Papers of Emma Tennant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9870
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, drafts and corrected typescripts of novels.

With some correspondence, 1978-1987, including letters of Stephen Spender, Ted Hughes and Liz Lochhead.

Dates: circa 1970-1988.

Papers of Gael Turnbull.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10256
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry and prose, together with scripts of dramatizations for radio.

Dates: 1953-1990.

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Drafts. Documents. 432
Manuscripts. 145
Typescripts. 131
Correspondence. 110
Poetry. 107
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Letters. Correspondence. 98
Notes. 80
Novels. 49
Copies. Derivative objects. 48
Notebooks. 47
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 41
Plays. 33
Articles. 28
Short stories. 28
Lists. 26
Photocopies. 26
Microfilms. 24
Photographs. 23
Proofs. printed matter 22
Histories. 20
Speeches. Documents. 20
Legal documents. 19
Diaries. 18
Accounts. 17
Lectures. 17
Biographies. 15
Essays. 15
Memorandums. 15
Minutes. Administrative records. 15
Reports. 15
Scripts. Documents 13
Songs. Musical compositions. 13
Financial records. 12
Printed materials. Object genre. 12
Proofs. Printed matter. 12
Drafts. Documents 11
Excerpts. 11
Fragments. 11
Scores 11
Documents. 10
Drawings. Visual works. 10
Illustrations. Layout features. 10
Memoirs. 10
Reports 10
Research notes 10
Genealogies. 9
Reviews. Document genre. 9
Transcripts. 9
Letter books. 8
Professional papers. 8
Scores. 8
Transcripts 8
Translations. Documents. 8
Audiocassettes. 7
Dictionaries. 7
Autobiographies. 6
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 6
Contracts. Agreements. 6
Fair copies. 6
Inventories. 6
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 6
Pamphlets. 6
Publications. 6
Receipts. Financial records. 6
Scripts. Documents. 6
Abstracts. Summaries. 5
Autographs (manuscripts). 5
Deeds. Legal documents. 5
Ephemera. 5
Family papers. 5
Lecture notes. 5
Musical compositions. 5
Personal papers. 5
Petitions. 5
Reviews. Document genre 5
Sketches. 5
Account books. 4
Agreements. Legal instruments. 4
Business records. 4
Cashbooks. 4
Dispatches. 4
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 4
Indexes. Reference sources. 4
Instructions. Document genre. 4
Librettos. Documents for music. 4
Prefaces. 4
Publishers and publishing. 4
Research notes. 4
Sketchbooks. 4
Summaries. 4
Surveys. Documents. 4
Travel journals. 4
Travel literature 4
Wills. 4
Albums. 3
Annotations. 3
Bibliographies. 3
Calculations. 3
Catalogues. 3
Certificates 3
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Language
English 304
Undetermined 127
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 7
Multiple languages 4
Latin 3
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Names
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 9
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 6
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 6
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
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Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 4
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 4
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 3
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 3
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 3
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 3
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 3
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 3
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 3
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 3
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 3
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Basden, Eric Bernard, local collector and bibliographer, 1913-1984 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 2
Crawford, Robert Caldwell, composer, 1925-2012 2
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 2
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 2
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Gairm Publications 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 2
Harper, Edward, composer, 1941-2009 2
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 2
Lingard, Joan, author, b 1932 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 2
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 2
Mirror, Edinburgh, newspaper 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
National Library of Scotland 2
Riddell, Alan, poet and editor, b 1927 2
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 2
Soutar, William (poet) 2
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 2
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Adam, Robin J, Professor of Medieval History, University of St Andrews, fl 1960-1998 1
Aitken, Thomas, Medical Superintendent, District Asylum, Inverness, fl 1867-1880 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Ballantyne, John, artist, 1815-1897 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Bisset, Alan (writer.) 1
Blackadder, John, cartographer, fl 1793-1830 1
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928: collector 1
Blair, Robert, Minister of Athelstaneford, 1699-1746 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet, author) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948: recipient 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Cadell, Thomas, publisher, the Younger, 1773-1836 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 1
Campbell, Duncan, schoolmaster and newspaper editor, 1827-1916 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885: collector 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
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