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Papers of "Gairm" and of Gairm Publications Ltd.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9367/1-62
Scope and Contents The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates: 1952-1985.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.

Dates: circa 1937-1974.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11260
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and 89 letters and copies of letters.

Dates: 1944-1995 and undated.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12195
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and correspondence.

Dates: 1928-2002.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.8.1.4-8.1.10
Dates: 1794, or after-1822, or after.

Papers of George Chalmers, the antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.9.1-81.9.12
Dates: Late 17th century-?1829.

Papers of George S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8198
Scope and Contents

Including typescript drafts of poems, lectures, articles and reviews.

Dates: circa 1949-1979.

Papers of Hamish Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9762
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of "Hamish Brown`s Scotland" (1988), "Climbing the Corbetss" (1988) and "Speak to the Hills" (1985).

Dates: circa 1980-1988.

Papers of Hamish Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9801
Scope and Contents

Concerning "Hamish`s Mountain Walk" (1974) and "Rhum" (1972)

Dates: 1972-1974.

Papers of Hamish Henderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10157
Scope and Contents

Includes a notebook and drafts of Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Lettere dal Carcere".

With autograph transcriptions, undated, compiled by Robert Garioch for the School of Scottish Studies.

Dates: circa 1947-1987.

Papers of Hamish Henderson

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10788
Scope and Contents

Includes original draft of the introduction to edition of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Carcere", and correspondence, including seven letters of Willa Muir, on ballads, and a letter of Douglas Young, discussing Henderson`s "Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica".

Dates: 1939-1966.

Papers of Hamish Henderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10327
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts of and introduction to Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Calcere", and an annotated copy of the original Italian edition of the work.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers of Hilda Spear relating to 'The contribution to literature of Orcadian writer George Mackay Brown: an introduction and bibliography'.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13229
Scope and Contents

Includes 3 letters of George Mackay Brown to one of the editors, Hilda D Spear; 2 letters of Hilda D Spear; a draft of an introduction with Brown's notes and a list of questions with Brown's answers.

Dates: 1991.

Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24
Scope and Contents Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...
Dates: 1567-1596, and undated.

Papers of Kathleen Jamie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12107

Papers of Keith William Murray.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9691
Scope and Contents

Includes genealogical articles, notes, and transcripts, 1892-1909 and undated, concerning the Murray family.

With drafts for the "Scots Peerage" of Sir James Balfour Paul, with letters pasted in, 1902-1917 and undated. Letter writers include:

James Balfour Paul, John Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, J Maitland Thomson and George Cokayne.

Dates: 1892-1917 and undated.

Papers of Magnus Magnusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates: circa 1948-2006.

Papers of part of the surviving business archive, or relating to the work, of Thomas Telford (1757-1834), engineer.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19969-19978
Scope and Contents The papers consist of business correspondence, draft reports, accounts and other papers relating to Thomas Telford's professional activities for the last decade of his life, as well as correspondence and some drafts relating to the 'Life of Thomas Telford civil engineer' itself. The business papers relate mainly to Scottish undertakings and to harbours, canals and fen drainage, with some personal and professional accounts. The collection is roughly half of the material which survived in John...
Dates: 1795-1838, 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

Papers of Robert Alan Jamieson concerning his novel "A Day at the Office" (1991).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10558
Scope and Contents

Includes five successive manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel and notes by the author on its compilation.

Dates: circa 1991.

Papers of Sir Alexander MacEwen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6113
Scope and Contents

Including corrected typescripts of addresses and broadcast talks, manuscript and typescript drafts of an unpublishedwork on nationalism and political systems, and three letters.

Dates: circa 1931-circa 1940.

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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
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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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