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Letter of Sir John Steell to John MacLaren.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11009
Scope and Contents

Concerns Steell`s statue of Burns destined for the United States.

Dates: 1880.

Letters of David Barnett, Lady Stair`s House Museum, Edinburgh, to May Merkley, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, on matters relating to Robert Burns.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12119
Scope and Contents

Includes a lock of the hair of Burns`s widow Jean Armour and a copy of the deed relating to the Glenriddell Manuscripts.

Dates: 1918-1936, undated.

Letters of, to and concerning David Octavius Hill.

 File
Identifier: MS.23636
Scope and Contents Among the subjects covered are Hill`s role in the Royal Scottish Academy, developments in photography, and his role in producing `The Land of Burns`.Also included is the Diploma admitting Hill as ordinary fellow to the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts.Includes letters between Ian H Macdonald and Katherine Michaelson relating to the use of the letters for an exhibition, and an inventory of all items contained in the file.Five Letters of Ian H Macdonald to...
Dates: 1828-1899.

Manuscript poem of Robert Burns, "Answer to a Tiviotdale Farmer`s Wife`s Epistle".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7748
Scope and Contents

Containing textual variations from the version published in James Kinsley`s edition of "The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns".

Dates: 1787.

Miscellaneous items of or concerning Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.308
Scope and Contents

Framed declaration, 1786, by Elizabeth Paton regarding her child by Robert Burns;

Exciseman`s notes by Robert Burns;

Four letters, 1816-1829, of Sir Walter Scott to Joseph Train;

Volume containing a manuscript copy, 1896, of `Brief sketch of a correspondence with Sir Walter Scott commencing in the year 1814` by Joseph Train;

Printed book, `The Homes and Haunts of Sir Walter Scott` (1897) by George G Napier.

Dates: 1786-1897.

Notes on Robert Burns by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9370
Scope and Contents

With accompanying letter from George Thomson.

Dates: 1831.

Papers of James Logie Robertson.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6578/1-3
Scope and Contents James Logie Robertson was born in Milnathort, Kinross-shire in 1846 and educated at Orwell Parish School and Edinburgh University. He was assistant master at Heriot’s Hospital and George Watson’s College before joining the staff at Edinburgh Ladies’ College in 1876. His writings, some under the pen-name of ‘Hugh Haliburton’, include English text-books, essays and poetry. Robertson died in 1922. 1. corrected manuscript, circa 1880, of "Orellana: a Poem"2. corrected...
Dates: [Circa 1880]-1889.

Papers of John McVie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4813
Scope and Contents

Mainly concerning his work as a Burns scholar.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers of S Marshak.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3945
Scope and Contents

Including, chapter of autobiographical novel, "At the Beginning of Life", two poems and translations of poems of Burns and others.

Dates: 20th century.

Photocopy of letter of Robert Burns to William Cruikshank.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11053
Scope and Contents

Includes the verses "Written in Friar`s Carse Hermitage".

Dates: ? 1788.

Photocopy of manuscript draft of song of Robert Burns, "She says She Lo`es Me Best of a`".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8079
Scope and Contents

24 lines in two stanzas, written in pencil.

Dates: circa 1780-circa 1796.

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Letters. Correspondence. 28
Poetry. 26
Manuscripts. 13
Photocopies. 7
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 2
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 2
Currie, James (physician) 2
Dunlop, Frances Anna (of Dunlop, née Wallace ) 2
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Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 2
Riddell, Robert, of Glenriddell, d 1794 2
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, antiquary, 1781-1851 2
Amelia, Hill, 1820-1904 (née Paton, Sculptor, wife of David Octavius Hill) 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Begg, Isabella, 1807-1886 (daughter of Isabella, sister of Robert Burns, poet) 1
Bell, Henry Glassford, 1803-1874 (writer and sheriff) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 1
Boston Burns Club 1
Bridges, Robert Seymour (poet) 1
Brown, John, 1784-1858 (minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Theologian) 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) 1
Carnegie, Andrew, philanthropist, 1835-1919 1
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780–1847 (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Craig, James Thomson Gibson-, Writer to the Signet, 1799-1886. 1
Craig, Robert, Beith, fl 1898 1
Crawford, Thomas, author of "Burns: a Study of the Poems and Songs", b 1920 1
Croker, John Wilson (politician) 1
Cruikshank, William, Master, Royal High School, Edinburgh, d 1795 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, 1837-1924 (travel writer) 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, travel writer, 1837-1924 1
Daniel, George, compiler of album including note by Robert Burns, fl 1850: collector 1
Dick, Robert, c 1733-1824 1
Faed, John, painter, 1819-1902 1
Ferrier, Jane, daughter of James, Writer to the Signet, 1767-1846 1
Gillespie, John, Captain, fl 1790 1
Graham, Robert, 12th of Fintry, 1749-1815: recipient 1
Grose, Francis, antiquary, 1731-1791 1
Hill, Ann, 1804-1841 (née Macdonald, wife of David Ocatvius Hill) 1
Hill, David Octavius, photographer, 1802-1870 1
Keats, John, poet, 1795-1821 1
Law, Alfred (mill owner) 1
Law, Alfred Joseph, Sir (Knight, politician) 1
Law, William (mill owner, and bilbliophile) 1
Lorimer, Robert Lewis Campbell, publisher, 1918-1996 1
MacKay, Aeneas Thomas, publisher, Stirling, fl 1905-1933 1
Macdonald, Ian H, fl 1968-1974 1
Macdonald, Jane, fl 1840-1853 1
Marshak, Samuil Iakovlevich , poet and translator, 1887-1964 1
McCandlish, John (Manager of the Scottish Union Insurance Office, Edinburgh) 1
McLehose, Agnes (née Craig, pseudonym 'Clarinda', correspondent of Robert Burns, poet) 1
McVie, John, Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, 1888-1967 1
Merkley, E May, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, fl 1918-1936: recipient 1
Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1st Baronet, 1829–1896 (painter) 1
Miller, Patrick, of Dalswinton, banker and inventor, 1731-1815 1
Moffat, Robert, missionary, 1795-1883 1
Motherwell, William, poet, 1797-1835 1
Muir, Robert (wine and spirit merchant) 1
Nasmyth, James Hall, engineer, 1808-1890 1
Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, Knight (poet) (1862-1938) 1
Niven, William, merchant in Maybole, 1759-1844 1
Renton, J C, correspondent of Robert Chambers, publisher, fl 1851: recipient 1
Renton, John, of Lamerton, fl 1787: recipient 1
Riddell, Maria (poet, née Woodley, then Riddell, then Fletcher) (1772-1808) 1
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 1
Royal Scottish Academy 1
Ruthven, Mary Hamilton, 1789-1885 (née Campbell, wife of 7th Lord Ruthven) 1
Scott, William, Edinburgh, bookbinder, fl 1775-1787 1
Severn, Walter, President of the Dudley Gallery Art Society, 1830-1904: recipient 1
Shaw, Sir James, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, 1764-1843 1
Sim, Adam, of Coulter, 1805-1868.: former owner 1
Sloan, Thomas, correspondent of Robert Burns, floruit 1789-1791 1
Smith, James, draper, b.1765 1
Somerville, John, Edinburgh, writer, fl 1791 1
Staig, David, Provost of Dumfries, 1740-1824 1
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, Knight, explorer, formerly Rowlands, 1841-1904 1
Steell, Sir John Robert, Knight, Sculptor, 1804-1891 1
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 1
Stothard, Thomas, artist, 1755-1834 1
Stuart, John Sobieski Stolberg, Count D'Albanie, (Jacobite Pretender) 1
Syme, John (Writer to the Signet) 1
Thomson, Joseph, 1858–1895 (explorer in Africa) 1
Train, Joseph, antiquary, 1779-1852 1
Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee, historian and lawyer, 1747-1813 1
Tytler, William, of Woodhouselee, lawyer and historian, 1711-1792 1
Waddell, Peter Hately, independent divine, 1817-1891 1
Wallace, Sir William, Knight, guardian of Scotland, d 1305 1
Walsh, James, author and poet, fl. 1903. 1
Winton, Andrew S, art teacher, 1917-2001 1
Wright, Ronald William Vernon Selby, Minister of the Canongate, Edinburgh, 1908-1995 1
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