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Correspondence, autobiographical papers, and sermons of the Very Reverend Donald Macleod, Doctor of Divinity (1831-1916), minister of The Park parish, Glasgow from 1869 to 1909, and editor of the periodical ‘Good words’ from 1872 to 1905.
Most of the correspondence concerns Donald Macleod's editorship of ‘Good words’, including many letters from contemporary authors and men of letters, with some letters of his brother, Dr Norman Macleod, minister of The Barony parish, Glasgow, and the first editor of ‘Good words’.
Fragments of the manuscript of Henry Cockburn, "Memorials of His Time", with many unpublished and variant passages.
Further literary papers and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
'Green days in forests. Some recollections and reflections of a timber merchant' by James Begg.
The author, James Begg, belonged to a Glasgow firm of saw millers.
Reproduced from typescript with a few manuscript corrections.
Journals and an autobiography of Alexander Murray, a farmer of Blackhouse, Peterhead.
Journals and papers of David Stephen, composer and organist.
The collection contains journals and some other papers of David Stephen (1869-1946), organist and composer in Dundee, Arbroath and St Andrews, and from 1903 music director of the Carnegie Trust, Dunfermline.
Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
Literary papers of Wendy Wood.
Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of autobiographical work and stories.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of autobiography of Maurice Lindsay, "Thank You for Having Me".
Manuscript and typescript of an autobiography, "The Buzzing Fly" by Fanny Susan Copeland.
Concerns Copeland`s life in Slovenia and wartime internment in Italy. Includes poems and biographical notes.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescript of autobiography of Naomi Mitchison, "All Change Here", covering the years 1910-1918.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of autobiographical work of Naomi Mitchison, "Small Talk" (1973).
With corrected typescripts of three autobiographical articles.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of Naomi Mitchison, "You May Well Ask".
Being a volume of autobiography covering the years 1918-1940.
Manuscript of part of the ‘Autobiography’ of Mrs Eliza Fletcher (1770-1858), chiefly in the hand of the author.
Memoir of George Romanes in the form of a letter to his son Professor George Romanes.
Memoir covers some Romanes family history, George Romanes` early life in Edinburgh, his early work as a civil engineer in Egypt and Calgary and war service with the Royal Engineers from 1917-1919. Includes transcript.
`Memoriall Written by Philomathes and addressed to his Surviving friends` by James Hog, minister of Carnock. A copy of the preface and first five chapters of Hog`s autobiography.
The volume originally contained theological notes in shorthand, most of which have been cut out.
Microfilm of autobiography, 1858, and journal, 1838-1839, of George Combe.
The contents are as follows:
Journal, 1838-1839, of George Combe while in America (MS.7416);
Journal, 1839, of George Combe while in America (MS.7417);
Autobiography, 1858, of George Combe (MSS.7433-7434).