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11 letters, 1967-1983, to and copies of two letters, 1970-1971, of W R Aitken
With inscribed copies of Robert Bain, "James the First of Scotland" (1921), and William Montgomerie, "A Selection of Three Poems" (1965), each with letters, 1921 and 1965, from the authors.
12 letters to William R Aitken from Helen B Cruickshank (nine), Cedric Thorpe Davie (one) and David Murison (two) on literary matters.
Includes copies of six letters of Aitken.
13 letters to Robert Bruce.
Concerning political and personal matters. Correspondents include Sir Alexander Gray and Sir Stafford Cripps.
With associated testimonials and copies of four letters of Bruce.
15 letters of David Livingstone to Joseph Bevan Braithwaite, with three enclosures to the editor of `The Times`, and various envelopes, copies and other items.
17 letters of Neil Gunn to Naomi Mitchison.
Copy of letter, 1944, of Naomi Mitchison to Neil Gunn, and one other letter, undated, of Mitchison to an unknown recipient.
20 letters and cards, 1990-1996, of Ronald Stevenson to Michael Lister, on musical and personal matters.
Includes:
copies of 23 letters, 1990-1996, of Lister to Stevenson
copy of letter, 1994, of Lister to Alasdair Gray
correspondence, 1989-1996, of Lister, concerning Ronald Stevenson.
31 letters, 1822-1836, of Sir David Wilkie to Sir James Willoughby Gordon.
Mostly on artistic matters.
With copies of three letters, 1828-1839, of Gordon to Wilkie, and an associated memorandum.
39 letters of Gavin Ewart to Philip Larkin.
On literary and personal matters. With a copy of letter, 1976, of Larkin to Ewart.
40 letters or copies of letters to, or concerning, Sir James Young Simpson and his family.
With copies of three letters, 1866, of Sir James Young Simpson to Sir Henry Wellwood Moncreiff.
60 letters to Robert H Lundie and his family.
With copy of letter, 1809, of Sir Walter Scott to Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, enclosing a letter of James Thomson.
73 letters to George Bruce from various correspondents, and copies of 18 letters of Bruce.
On literary matters.
95 letters of André Raffalovich to Charles Ballantyne.
With ten copies of letters, 24 postcards, and two telegrams. Also two letters and a card concerning Raffalovich.
129 letters of C M Grieve to Duncan Glen, on literary matters, and copies of related letters of Glen.
130 Letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay to James F Hendry.
Includes related copy letters of Hendry.
"A Skylight on the Past", copy of a typescript of letters and memoranda of the families of Pemberton in County Durham and Wallace in Nairn, compiled by Nisa Laing.
Contains material concerning India and the First World War.
About 3400 letters and copies of letters of Angus Calder.
Letters concern literary, academic and personal matters.
Additional papers to the collection of John Riddell, the Peerage lawyer.
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.
`Adversaria`, being miscellaneous notes and copies of correspondence of Sir Robert Sibbald, with scholars such as William Nicolson, Edward Lhuyd and John Smith of Durham on Scottish history and antiquities.
African diary, 1885, and copies of letters, 1885-1886, of Dugald McFadyen.
Diaries and letters concern the African Lakes Corporation`s trading station at Mandala, British Central Africa (Malawi). Includes a photograph of McFadyen, undated.
Album of Adam White, the naturalist (1817-1879), entitled on the cover 'Weeds and wild flowers'.
Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
Albums of letters and documents, almost entirely of Scottish interest, written by or relating to historical celebrities, and dealing with public and private affairs.
“Alexander Cummings’s narrative”, a contemporary manuscript, containing copies of letters and other memorials of Sir Alexander Cuming, 2nd Baronet of Culter, Advocate, and Chief of the Cherokee nation, who died in 1775.
Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.