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Papers of Denys Hay.

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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 Dr Donald Smith (1756-1805).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.22
Scope and Contents In 1778 Dr Donald Smith went to America as assistant surgeon of 42nd Highlanders.The contents are as follows.(i) Historical and antiquarian notes with Latin, English and Gaelic expressions. (Folio 1 recto.)(ii) Humorous verses in Latin, English and Gaelic headed: “In St Johns, 1767. Every person admitted to drink the Governor’s health, at supper, on his departure for Europe, was obliged to make a verse on some of the company; this gave rise to the...
Dates: 1767, undated.

Papers of Ernest Nicholson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9373
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of novels, historical works and a report.

Dates: 1983-1990 and undated.

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 Michael M Stuart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9260/1-66
Scope and Contents

Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.

Dates: 1831-1849, 1927-1986.

Papers of the Highland Society of London.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10615/1-135
Scope and Contents

Papers, mostly late 19th to 20th centuries, of the Highland Society of London, covering the interests of the society; cultural, military, charitable, social and historical.

Dates: 1801-1986.

Papers of the Reverend William Matheson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 1(1)-Box 14(10)
Scope and Contents

Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.

Dates: 1707-1977.

Papers of the Sutherland Estates.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.314
Scope and Contents

This deposit comprises special items from the Sutherland archives as listed in the agreement of 19 March 1978.

Dates: 15th century-1814.

Papers relating to the history of the Faculty of Advocates and the Library.

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Identifier: F.R.18c
Scope and Contents

These were among the papers of John Spittiswoode, Advocate (born 1667, died 1728, Keeper of the Advocates Library 1702-1728) in the library at Spottiswoode, Berwickshire.

Dates: 1661-1718, undated.

Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.

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Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).

Dates: 1959-1990.

Pedigrees of families of Scottish baronets.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.21
Scope and Contents The pedigrees are alphabetically arranged beginning with Abercrombie, but going only as far as Dunbar, with several leaves left blank for the intended insertion of the pedigrees of the families recorded at the top of the leaf. Presumably this is a fragment of a projected but unrealized collection of the pedigrees of all the Scottish baronets. The work has been ascribed to Francis Townshend, Windsor Herald, but he died in 1819 and the paper is watermarked 1828: perhaps it was the work of his...
Dates: 1828, or after.

Photocopies, 1967, of notes, 1965, by J O French on the history of the Scottish lodges of the United Operative Plumbers’ Association of Great Britain, predecessor of the Plumbers' Trade Union.

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Identifier: Acc.4339
Scope and Contents

Covers the period 1865-1965. The Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow No.1 and Greenock lodges are described in the typescript.

Dates: 1967.

Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8022
Scope and Contents

With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.

Dates: 1839-1920 and undated.

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Names
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 4
Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary) 3
Sinclair, Henry (Bishop of Ross) 3
St Clair, William, 14th Baron of Rosslyn (Lord Chief Justice of Scotland) 3
Boraston, John Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1885-1969 2
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Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Livingstone, James, son of Angus Cook, Vice-Chairman of the Independent Labour Party, Scotland, fl 1985-1988 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Maitland, William, historian and topographer, c 1693-1757 2
Rafeek, Neil C (author of 'Communist women in Scotland') 2
Sibbald, Robert, Sir (Physician and Geographer) 2
Sibbald, Robert, Sir, Knight (physician and Geographer Royal) 2
Stewart, David, of Garth, Major-General, 1772-1829 2
Stuart, Malcolm (Michael) Moncrieff, 1903-1991 (civil servant in India and Pakistan) 2
Taylor, James, folklorist, Rosehearty, fl 1980-2008 2
Wyntoun, Andrew (Prior of St Serf's, Lochleven) 2
Abbey of St James, Ratesbon: former owner 1
Aberdeen Art Gallery 1
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Allan, J G M, nurse, fl 1938-1942 1
Allan, William, Major-General, 1832-1918 1
Anderson and Woodman Library, Strichen, Aberdeenshire 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Gordon Highlanders, 1st Battalion 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Highland Light Infantry, 1st Battalion 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Lovat Scouts 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Asloan, John (Notary Public) 1
Augustine of Hippo, Saint 1
Baillie, Alexander, of Castlecarie (Antiquary) 1
Baillie, James (minister of Wandel and Lamington) 1
Balfour, James, Sir (antiquary) 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Barret, John 1
Bax, Cyril E O, Captain, fl 1914-1926 1
Bellenden, John (Archdeacon of Moray, writer) 1
Belsis, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Benedictine Cathedral Priory of St Cuthbert (Durham) 1
Biggar, Helen Manson (sculptor, film-maker, theatre designer, and political activist) 1
Blackwood, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Boece, Hector, historian, c 1465-1536 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Scotland 1
Brodie, William, sculptor, 1815-1881: recipient 1
Broughton High School, Edinburgh 1
Brown, Robert, factory owner and Provost of Paisley, 1810-1895 1
Bruce, James, Inverness, fl 1980 1
Buchanites, Irvine, Scotland, religious sect 1
Buckmaster, Stanley Owen, 1st Viscount Buckmaster, Lord Chancellor, 1861-1934 1
Burgess, Alexander, author of "Passport from China", fl 1900-1956 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Catholic Apostolic Church 1
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 1
Charterhouse of Vallis Virtutis (Perth) 1
Chisholm, William (Bishop of Dunblane) 1
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, Knight, statesman, 1874-1965 1
Clan Chattan, confederation of clans 1
Clerk, Sir John, 2nd Baronet, of Penicuik, 1676-1755 1
Clocktower Press 1
Clyde, James Latham McDiarmid, Lord Clyde, Lord President of the Court of Session (app. 1954), 1898-1975 1
Communist Party of Great Britain (1920-1988) 1
Comunn na Clàrsaich 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Cunningham, Ian Campbell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, b 1938 1
Cunningham, Peter, author, 1816-1869 1
Dalrymple, Janet, daughter of James, 1st Viscount Stair, d 1669 1
Dares Phrygius 1
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 3rd Baronet, of Coltness and Westshield, economist, formerly Steuart, 1713-1780 1
Dewar, George Albemarle Bertie, author and editor, 1862-1934 1
Donaldson, Robert, Kepper of Printed Books, National Library of Scotland, fl 1986-1991 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Douglas, Gavin, Bishop of Dunkeld, poet, c 1476-1522 1
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir (author) 1
Drummond, Andrew Alastair Landale, Minister of Eadie, Alva, d 1966 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649: recipient 1
Earle, Peggy, teacher, Port Ellen Primary School, Islay, fl 1972 1
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 1
Fairley, John A, local historian, fl 1900-1929 1
Ferguson, William, Reader Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, b 1924 1
Fleming, David Hay, antiquary, 1849-1931 1
Fowler, Thomas 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
French, J O, writer on Plumbers' Trade Union, fl 1965 1
French, James, possibly author of "History of Crawfordjohn", fl 1904 1
Furse, George Armand, Colonel, b 1834 1
Gairloch Heritage Museum 1
Gardyne, Charles Greenhill-, 4th of Finavon, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1831-1923: recipient 1
Geoffrey of Monmouth (Bishop of St Asaph and chronicler) 1
Gibson, John, junior (Canon of Glasgow) 1
Gibson, John, senior (Rector of Renfrew) 1
Gillies, Donald, author of 'The Annals of Skye', 1881-1973 1
Glasgow Unity Theatre 1
Gordon, Alexander, antiquary, circa 1692-1754 1
Gordon, Anne, local historian, fl 1978 1
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