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Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

Literary papers of Alexander Law.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11490
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly concern studies of Scottish schools and school books, education in Edinburgh, and the works of Allan Ramsay. Includes correspondence and papers of Burns Martin and John Walter Oliver on earlier editions of the works of Ramsay.

Dates: circa 1930-1990.

Literary papers of Alexandra Stamp.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12455

Literary papers of Alison Stewart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12326
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, verses and short stories.

Dates: circa 1930-1960.

Literary papers of George Blake.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11930
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction. Also includes notes on Blake, copies of articles by him and correspondence and papers of Christopher Dalgleish accumulated in the course of an uncompleted dissertation.

Dates: 20th century.

Literary papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1931-1989.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

Literary papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of Joseph Chiari.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13331
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, circa 1937-1989, of Joseph Chiari; includes manuscripts of poetry, prose, plays and non-fiction work, with some correspondence.

Dates: Circa 1937-1989.

Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27446-27464
Scope and Contents

Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.

Dates: 1953-1981, undated.

Literary typescripts of Naomi Mitchison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10772
Scope and Contents

Includes a play, article and poetry.

Dates: circa 1930-1970.

Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of autobiographical work of Naomi Mitchison, "Small Talk" (1973).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5942
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescripts of three autobiographical articles.

Dates: 1973.

Manuscript of "Articles of Reminiscence" of Robert Barclay Thomson, Minister of Tighnabruaich East.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12044
Scope and Contents

Includes copies of articles published in "The Badenoch Record", concerning climbing in the Cairngorms.

Dates: 1927-1933, undated.

Manuscript poems of Forbes Macgregor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10549
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts and typescripts of three articles, 1932 and undated, of Macgregor.

Dates: 1921-1990 and undated.

Manuscript scores of Gaelic and Scots songs for the clarsach, by Jean Campbell.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11770
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of article (English translation) by Ank Van Campen on Jean Campbell.

Dates: 1959, 1972-1973 and undated.

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Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 3
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Language
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Multiple languages 5
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Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 6
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 5
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 4
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
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Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 3
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 3
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 3
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Scottish National Party 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Akros, literary magazine 2
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 2
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
MacNeacail, Aonghas, poet, b 1942 2
MacTaggart, Sir William, Knight, painter, 1903-1981 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 2
Scotia Review, literary journal 2
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 2
Akros Publications 1
Althaus, Friedrich, Professor at University College, London, 1829-1897 1
Anderson, George, 1865-1925 (sheep farmer, Falkland Islands) 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Ardern, L L, Librarian, College of Technology, Manchester, fl 1953-1988 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Boag, William G F, Assistant to the Keeper, Scottish United Services Museum, 1923-1992 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boyes, John, Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery, University of Edinburgh, 1913-1985 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, James, Minister of Colmonell, b 1896 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burness, Robert, translator, fl 1948 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Cadell, Henry Moubray, geologist, 1860–1934: recipient 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Campbell, Archibald, jurist, piper, 1877-1963 1
Campbell, Jean, harpist and teacher, fl 1959-1973 1
Campbell, Steuart, science writer, b 1937 1
Campen, Ank Van, harpist, 1932-2010 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Chiari, Joseph, author and critic, 1911-1989 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Cokayne, George Edward, formerly Adams, genealogist, 1825-1911 1
Colquhoun, Ross 1
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 1
Cox, J Randolph, Editor of "Dime Novel Round-Up", b 1936 1
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Darling, Frank Moss Fraser, Sir, Knight (ecologist) 1
Davidson, Sir John Humphrey, Knight, Major-General, 1876-1954 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Dott, Eric F, physician and conscientious objector, 1898-1999: recipient 1
Dott, Peter McOmish, Edinburgh, art dealer, 1856-c 1935 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham, poet, b 1942 1
Edinburgh Active Citizenship Group. EACG 1
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 1
Edinburgh Film Festival 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Egerton, Granville George Algernon, Major-General, 1859-1951 1
Elder, R Ian, Rector, Webster's High School, Kirriemuir, fl 2000-2002 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 1
Ferguson, William, Reader Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, b 1924 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
FitzPatrick, William John (Irish biographer) 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Fraser, George Macdonald, journalist, novelist and screen-writer, 1925-2008 1
Free Inquiry, New York, secular humanist journal 1
French, Gilbert James, biographer, 1804-1866: collector 1
Fulton, Robin, poet, b 1937 1
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 1
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