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Autograph collection of W K Dickson, Keeper of the Advocates' Library and Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, containing letters of political, literary, and other figures.

 File
Identifier: MS.9657
Scope and Contents

A number of the letters are addressed to Alexander Adam, rector of Edinburgh High School, and others to David Dickson, master of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh. There is a small group of naval autographs, 1746-1813 (folio 267) and a manuscript periodical, 'The Glencorse Advertiser', for July 1840 (folio 281).

Dates: 1771-1937.

Copy used for the publication in book form of ‘Life of Mansie Wauch’ by David Macbeth Moir, with other writings.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3054
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Printed pages of “Blackwood's Magazine”, containing the articles corresponding to the 1828 edition, chapters iii-v, viii-x, xii, xvi-xxiii (folios 119-157);(ii) Manuscript of all the matter in the 1828 edition not contained in (i) above, except 'The Curate of Suverdsio' in chapter xi (folios 1-32, 41-55, 75-80, 83-84);(iii) Manuscript of 'The June Jaunt', “Blackwood's Magazine”, December 1828; this forms chapter xxii of the...
Dates: [1822, or after-1839, or before.]

Correspondence and papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10090/1-208
Scope and Contents

Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.

Dates: circa 1930-1988.

Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Eleven monthly parts of the family magazine, 'The Star', written by the Bigg family of Carnwath.

 File
Identifier: MS.9171
Scope and Contents

The issues contain stories, verse, news of family affairs, and a few drawings, in the handwriting of the various contributors. The May issue is missing.

Dates: 1866.

Family magazine 'The Blue Bell', written by various members of the Gibb family of Carnwath.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9169-9170
Scope and Contents

The twelve issues cover intermittently the period October 1855-December 1856, and are written in various hands. The contents include stories, local news, a few photographs and drawings, and other 'newspaper' features.

Dates: 1855-1856.

Incomplete manuscript of a children's magazine, 'The Celt', created by George Mackay Brown.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13906
Scope and Contents

A manuscript magazine written by a young George Mackay Brown, copies of which were distributed among his school friends.

Dates: circa 1930.

Journal of a small antiquarian society.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6285
Scope and Contents

With reports on excursions by Patrick Neill, James Walker and John Stark.

Dates: 1799-1800.

Literary and personal papers of Laura Hird.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14109
Dates: Circa 1988 - circa 2017.

Literary papers, broadcast texts and press cuttings of Robert (Bob) Crampsey.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12980
Scope and Contents

With some manuscripts and papers by Alexia F McAlpine and Anne Valentine.

Dates: circa 1948-1998.

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Magazines. periodicals. 39
Photographs. 22
Correspondence. 21
Periodicals. 21
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 16
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Manuscripts. 14
Journals. Periodicals. 13
Typescripts. 12
Letters. Correspondence. 8
Articles. 6
Annotations. 5
Minutes. Administrative records. 5
Poetry. 5
Administrative records. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 4
Newsletters. Serials. 4
Photograph albums. 4
Accounts. 3
Copies. Derivative objects. 3
Drafts. Documents. 3
Illustrations. Layout features. 3
Notebooks. 3
Notes. 3
Personal papers. 3
Programmes 3
Programmes. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Publications. 3
Publishers and publishing. 3
Reports 3
Books 2
Calligraphy. Visual works. 2
Diaries. 2
Ephemera. 2
Excerpts. 2
Genealogies. 2
Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Memorandums. 2
Minute books. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Oban. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Argyll and Bute. Inhabited place. Longitude: -5.4667. Latitude: 56.4167. 2
Posters. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Scrapbooks 2
Short stories. 2
Sound recordings. 2
Speeches. Documents. 2
Aden. Asia - Yemen - South Yemen. Governorate. Longitude: 45.0500. Latitude: 12.7833. 1
Albums. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annual reports. 1
Architectural drawings. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Audiovisual materials. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Birth certificates. 1
Books. 1
Burgess tickets. 1
Business records. 1
Catalogues. 1
Certificates 1
Certificates. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Compact discs. 1
Cookbooks. 1
Devon. Europe - United Kingdom - England. County. Longitude: -3.8167. Latitude: 50.7333. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Drafts. Negotiable instruments. 1
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Essays. 1
Extracts. 1
Fiction. 1
Financial records. 1
Guide Books. 1
Histories. 1
Hong Kong Island. Asia - China - Hong Kong. Area. Longitude: 114.1833. Latitude: 22.2500. 1
Indexes. Reference sources. 1
Interviews. 1
Invitations. 1
Iona. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Argyll and Bute . Island. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Juvenilia. 1
Kirkliston. United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.4000. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Leaflets. 1
Legal documents. 1
Letter books. 1
Letters patent. Executive records. 1
Lists. 1
Membership lists. 1
Menus. 1
Novels. 1
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Language
English 62
Undetermined 8
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 3
St James's Young Men's Literary Society, Leith 3
Gairm Publications 2
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 2
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Lallans, Scots language literary magazine 2
Leith Congregational Church Literary Association 2
McIntyre, Robert Douglas, President, Scottish National Party, 1913-1998 2
Royal Highland Yacht Club, 1881- 2
Bonar, Andrew Alexander, 1810-1892 (minister of the Free Church of Scotland) 1
Bonar, Eliza Maitland , 1857-1941 (daughter of Horatius Bonar) 1
Bonar, Emily Florence, 1861–1937 (daughter of Horatius Bonar) 1
Bonar, Horatius Ninian , 1860-1930, minister of the Free Church of Scotland 1
Bonar, Horatius, Minister of Chalmers Memorial Church, Edinburgh, 1808-1889 1
Bonar, James, 1852-1941 (civil servant and political economist) 1
Bonar, Jane Catherine , 1821-1884 (née Lundie, wife of Horatius Bonar) 1
Bonar, Marjory, 1855-1918 (daughter of Andrew Bonar, minister of the Free Church of Scotland.) 1
Bonar, Mary E, 1867-1891 (daughter of Andrew Bonar, minister of the Free Church of Scotland.) 1
Bonar, Mary Mewburn , 1862-1908 (née Miller, wife of James Bonar) 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Home Service, public service broadcaster 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 1
Brown, B S, creator of The Orpheus, fl 1835 1
Bryers, Timothy, creator of The Orpheus, fl 1835 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Communist Party, Cultural Committee, Edinburgh Area 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Davison, Emily Wilding, suffragette, 1872-1913 1
Dodds, Mary Lundie, 1844-1930 (née Bonar, daughter of Horatius Bonar) 1
Dunn, Ian Campbell, lesbian and gay rights campaigner, townplanner, 1943-1998 1
Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding, painter, 1921-1963 1
Edinburgh Film Festival 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
Graham, Agnes, wife of William Sydney, née Kilpatrick, 1909-1999: recipient 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Grant, Sir Francis James, Knight, Writer to the Signet, 1863-1953: editor 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Guild, Jean, librarian, University of Edinburgh Library, b.?1927: recipient 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hawarden Preparatory School, Edinburgh 1
Hibernian Football Club, Edinburgh 1
Hird, Laura (novelist and short story writer) 1
Howe, Alexia F, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Scotland, writer, née McAlpine, fl 1948-1951 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Kennedy, Thomas, Kilmarnock, fl 1910 1
Lawson's, department store, Edinburgh 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macintyre, Jane Christian, 1861-1940 (née Bonar, wife of David Martin Macintyre) 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1861-1937 1
Macphail, James Gordon Stewart, Sudan Political Service, 1900-1986 1
Macphail, family 1
Malloy, Jane, shop assistant, Lawson's, department store, Edinburgh, fl 1955-1956. 1
Martyrs Church Literary Society 1
McGaw, William (cinema manager) 1
McGregor, family 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLagan and Cumming, Edinburgh, printers 1
McLaren, William Norman, film director, 1914-1987 1
Neill, Patrick, printer and naturalist, 1776-1851 1
Nettle, George Henry, poet, fl 1894-1939 1
Newbattle Abbey College (adult education institution) 1
Oatts, Isabella Renwick, 1850-1939 (née Bonar, wife of William Murray Oatts) 1
Petrie, David, educationalist, Sudan and Aden, fl 1947-1993 1
Petrie, Jean, educationalist, Sudan and Aden, fl 1947-1966 1
Plumb, Isabella (Church of Scotland missionary) 1
Quaich, McGregor family genealogical journal 1
Richardson, Mary, Carlowrie, Kirkliston, fl.1894-1895 1
Roberts, William Edward (poet and mountaineer, pseudonym Michael Roberts) 1
Royal Scottish Society of Arts 1
Russell, Florence M, correspondent of W Norman McLaren, film director, fl 1936-1992 1
Scots Thistle, magazine 1
Scott, Sir Robert Heatlie, Knight, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale (formerly of Peebleshire), 1905-1982 1
Scottish Film Council (SFC) 1
Scottish Youth Hostels Association 1
Singleton, George, cinema proprietor, known as 'Mr Cosmo', 1900-1995 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Stark, John (printer, Edinburgh) 1
The Bell, Leith, magazine 1
Thomson, Philip D, co-author of "100 Years of Hibs", fl 1992-2005 1
Union Jack Rambler, manuscript magazine 1
Valentine, Anne, writer, fl 1948-1955 1
Walker, James, Bishop of Edinburgh, d 1841 1
Weyman, A J, Glasgow, fl 1881-1883 1
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