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Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Further literary papers and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.
Typescript copy of 'Green days in forests. Some recollections and reflections of a timber merchant' by James Begg, with original photographs.
The volume contains photographs, pasted in, of loggers and timber merchants and their horses and machinery at work in and around Glasgow; farm animals and birds; landscapes and scenery encountered in the course of Begg's work; and a portrait photograph of the author's father.