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Photocopy, 1969, of Peter Kane, "Catholic Socialist".

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Identifier: Acc.9368
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Biographcial sketch of John Wheatley.

With four photographs, 1930, of Wheatley`s funeral.

Dates: 1930-1969.

Photocopy, 1970, of a typescript of reminiscences, 1909, of John Gilray, entitled "Early Days of the Socialist Movement in Edinburgh".

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Identifier: Acc.4965
Scope and Contents The period described is circa 1884–18 93. Early socialist organisations mentioned include a Republican Society, affiliated to the Democratic [later Social Democratic] Federation; Edinburgh University Socialist Society; the Socialist League; the Scottish Land and Labour league; the Scottish Labour Party, and Labour Party; the Independent Labour Party; and the Fabian Society. The narrative is based on a talk given originally at the 17th Annual Conference of the Independent Labour Party,...
Dates: 1970.

Photocopy of a diary of the Reverend Duncan Macleod.

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Identifier: Acc.9460
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Concerns temporary ministry among Lewis and other Highland emigrants in Megantic County, Quebec.

Dates: 1901.

Photocopy of a diary of William R Ramsay.

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Identifier: Acc.10227
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Details a journey from Greenock, Scotland to Melbourne, Australia.

With photocopy of transcript and other documents.

Dates: 1854.

Photocopy of a letter, 1877, of Margaret Goddard to her half-brother in North Queensferry.

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Identifier: Acc.7907
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With photocopy of a letter, 1981, explaining the family background.

Dates: 1877, 1981.

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Letters. Correspondence. 255
Typescripts. 61
Correspondence. 52
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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 31
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 14
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 12
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 9
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 7
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Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 7
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 7
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 6
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 6
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 5
Graham, Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame, Knight, of Gartmore, Admiral, 1893-1981 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 4
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 4
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 3
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 3
Gunn, Neil Miller, author, 1891-1973 3
Hornel, Edward Atkinson, artist, 1864-1933: recipient 3
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 3
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Mitchell, James Leslie, author, pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1901-1935 3
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 3
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 3
National Library of Scotland 3
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 3
Soutar, William (poet) 3
Baxter, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1848-1919 2
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 2
Blake, William, engraver, artist and poet, 1757-1827 2
Boswell, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet, of Auchinleck, 1775-1822 2
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 2
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 2
Edgeworth, Maria (novelist) 2
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 2
Faculty of Advocates, Library, Edinburgh 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Forward, Glasgow, newspaper 2
Fraser, Simon, piper, Warrnambool, Australia, d 1934 2
Galt, John (novelist) 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Gordon, Edward Strathearn, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, 1814-1879 2
Heelis, Helen Beatrix, author, née Potter, 1866-1943 2
Henley, William Earnest, poet, 1849-1903 2
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 2
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873: recipient 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
McGregor, family 2
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 2
Murray, John (publisher (III)) (1808-1892) 2
Neilson, George, historian and antiquary, 1858-1923 2
Ogilvy, John, Inshewan, fl 1966 2
Owens, Agnes (author) (1926-2014) 2
Pughe, William Owen, antiquary and lexicographer, pseudonym Idrison, 1759-1835: recipient 2
Scott, Walter, Writer to the Signet, 1729-1799 2
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, 1427-1496: recipient 2
Smith, David Nichol, literary scholar, 1875-1962 2
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, Knight, explorer, formerly Rowlands, 1841-1904 2
University of Glasgow 2
Aall, Jacob, Norway, politician and author, 1773-1844 1
Abbey of St James, Ratesbon: former owner 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
Aitken, Mary Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, historian and essayist, fl 1877-1932 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Field-Marshal, 1891-1969 1
Allan, Archibald, Minister of Channelkirk, d 1924 1
Allan, Thomas Ward-, Superintendent of the Chulsa and Bagracote Tea Company Ltd, Dooars, India, 1888-1950 1
Alston, Charles, scientific writer, 1685-1760 1
Alston, James Maxwell, pathologist, b 1900 1
Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett, politician and journalist, 1873-1955 1
Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett, politician and journalist, 1873-1955. 1
Amory, Hugh, author of "Bibliography and the Book Trades", 1930-2001 1
Anderson, David, International Brigader, Spanish Civil War, b 1912 1
Anderson, George, 1865-1925 (sheep farmer, Falkland Islands) 1
Anderson, George, East Kilbride, fl 1914-1984 1
Angus, William, prebendary and sacristan of the Chapel Royal, Stirling, fl 1590 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Anne, Queen Consort of James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1574-1619 1
Archer, William, critic and dramatist, 1856-1924 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion 1
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, folklorist, 1812-1885: recipient 1
Atherstone, Edwin, author, 1788-1872 1
Bach, Albert Bernhard, Edinburgh, vocalist, 1844-1913 1
Bain, Harry, Pipe Major, fl 1980 1
Baird, John Logie, inventor of television, 1888-1964 1
Baird, Malcolm Henry Inglis, Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada, son of John Logie, inventor of television , b 1935: collector 1
Baker, Sir Samuel White, Knight, traveller, 1821-1893: recipient 1
Balfour, Lewis, Minister of Colinton, 1777-1860: recipient 1
Balfour, Michael Leonard Graham, historian and public servant, 1908-1995 1
Balfour, Rhoda, wife of Sir Thomas Graham, author, née Brooke, fl 1896-1944 1
Balfour, Robert, 2nd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (succeeded 1619), d 1663: recipient 1
Balfour, Sir William, Knight, of Pitcullo, Lieutenant-General, d 1660 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Balvaird, W, Paris, fl 1815 1
Bannerman, Sir Henry Campbell-, Prime Minister, 1836-1908 1
Barleus, Caspar, theologian, 1584-1648: recipient 1
Barnard, Henry, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Common Schools, 1811-1900: recipient 1
Barnard, Michael, visitor to Scotland, fl 1965-2003 1
Basden, Eric Bernard, local collector and bibliographer, 1913-1984 1
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