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15 letters and cards of Annie French to Elinor Black.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8792
Scope and Contents

With an account by Dr Black of their meeting.

Dates: 1938-1952.

20 letters and cards, 1990-1996, of Ronald Stevenson to Michael Lister, on musical and personal matters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11318
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1989-1996.

46 letters and cards of John Bellany to Alan Bold.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11078
Scope and Contents

Concern artistic and personal matters.

Also includes six letters to Bold concerning Bellany.

Dates: 1979-1994 and undated.

50 letters and cards of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9758
Scope and Contents A collection of 50 letters and cards, 1900-1937, of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, to various persons as listed below.Rev P M Aldous, 26 January 1933.Sir J L Baird, Bart, 30 November 1922.Vernon Bartlett, 10 March 1936.Frederick Bason, 10 June 1929.J S Billingham, 16 May 1922; 20 July 1925; 30 April 1926.Miss ?Bourdillon, 13 October 1923.A Poyntz Bower, 6 February 1935.Curtis Brown, 7 March...
Dates: 1900-1937.

Card and letter of Constance Gordon-Cumming.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11040
Scope and Contents

Concerns Cumming`s support for Christian missions in China.

Dates: 1897-1901.

Circa 40 letters and cards of and concerning Private A Raeper.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7660
Scope and Contents

Including letters and cards to his mother whilst at camp at Plymouth, 1913-1914, and as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1914-1915. With five letters concerning his death in 1915.

Dates: 1913-1915.

Circa 500 letters of Florence M Russell to Norman McLaren.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10639
Scope and Contents

With cards, drawings and photographs.

Dates: 1951-1976 and undated.

Eighty-four letters and cards of Edwin Morgan to Richard Price; with manuscript of unpublished poem, "The Ropemaker`s Bride".

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13384
Scope and Contents The collection records the affectionate last years of a stimulating literary relationship between Edwin Morgan and the younger, ‘Informationist’ poet, Richard Price. They first met in the 1980s when Price, then a Visiting Professor at Strathclyde University, went to visit Morgan. Both technophiles and both love poets, they struck up a lasting friendship, corresponding from then until the mid 2000s. This collection marks the last period of their correspondence, covering 2003-2006 (for earlier...
Dates: 2003-2006.

Fifteen drawings, 1941-1942, by Jacques Laudy, probably intended as illustrations for an unpublished edition of `Kidnapped`; with 23 original Christmas cards, c.1959-1992.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13291
Scope and Contents Drawings, 1941-1942, and original Christmas cards, c.1959-1992, by Jacques Laudy (1907-1993).The Belgian comic artist Jacques Laudy was one of the artists who worked on the early Tintin series with Hergé and others. Laudy was never as well-known as his Tintin contemporaries Hergé and Jacobs, but he worked as a painter and illustrator throughout a long and productive life.The National Library of Scotland acquired these drawings at auction because they were evidently...
Dates: 1941-1992

Greetings card and letter of Mrs Fanny MacTaggart to Miss Margaret Morton.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14201
Scope and Contents

The greetings card has a print of 'Setting Sun' by Sir William MacTaggart, Fanny's husband. With two portrait photographs of Miss Margaret Morton.

Margaret Morton trained at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, qualifying as a physiotherapist in 1965. She worked at Gilmore Place, the Domiciliary Centre for Rehabilitation, where she met and treated Fanny MacTaggart. Her interests included animals, travel, and horse-riding.

Dates: 1980.

Letters and papers of Robin Spark to his mother, Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11620
Scope and Contents

Includes cards and juvenile drawings, copies of Muriel Spark`s replies and letters of her mother to her.

Dates: 1943-1996.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates: 2012-2014

Papers of Samuel Robin Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13443
Scope and Contents Family and personal papers, circa 1900-2007, of Samuel Robin Spark. Comprising mainly letters of his mother, Muriel Spark, to her son and to her mother, Sarah Camberg. The correspondence includes some letters of Penelope Jardine; also letters of Martin Stannard, Muriel Spark`s biographer. In 1981, Robin Spark began keeping copies of his outgoing letters to his mother; these are filed into the chronological sequence. With family papers, correspondence and documents gathered by Robin Spark in...
Dates: 1961-2006.

Seven letters and cards, 1935-1937 and undated, of Naomi Mitchison to Daniel George.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10730
Scope and Contents

With card, 1977, of Mitchison to John Bunting.

Dates: 1935-1977 and undated.

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Names
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Spark, Samuel Robin, artist, son of Dame Muriel, author, b 1938 2
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 2
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Bernhardt, Sarah Henriette Rosine, actor, 1844-1923 1
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Black, Elinor F E, President of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, 1905-1982 1
Black, Elinor F E, President of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, 1905-1982: recipient 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Bunting, John Reginald, author and educational consultant, 1916-2001 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Camberg, Sarah Elizabeth Maud, teacher of pianoforte, mother of Muriel Spark, author, née Uezzell, 1888-1974 1
Camberg, Sarah Elizabeth Maud, teacher of pianoforte, mother of Muriel Spark, author, née Uezzell, 1888-1974: recipient 1
Cepeda, Maité, correspondent of Janet Caird, ne´e Llona, d 2003: recipient 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, travel writer, 1837-1924 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
French, Annie, illustrator, 1872-1965 1
George, Daniel, author and critic, pseudonym D G Bunting, 1890-1967 1
Gray, Alasdair, author, b 1934 1
Jónsson , Snæbjörn, bookseller, 1887-1978 1
Laudy, Jacques, comic book artist, 1907-1993 1
Lillie, Robert Alexander, art collector, fl 1907-1977 1
Lister, Michael, author, b 1962 1
MacTaggart, Fanny Margarethe Basilier, wife of Sir William, painter, née Aavatsmark, d 1981 1
MacTaggart, Sir William, Knight, painter, 1903-1981 1
Mackenzie, F C H, Major, Royal Artillery, fl 1918: recipient 1
McLaren, William Norman, film director, 1914-1987 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morton, Margaret, 1936-2020 (physiotherapist) 1
Price, Richard John, librarian, poet and editor, b 1966: recipient 1
Raeper, Alexander, Private, 1st Gordon Highlanders, d 1915 1
Russell, Florence M, correspondent of W Norman McLaren, film director, fl 1936-1992 1
Sigmundsson, Finnur, author and editor, 1894-1982 1
Torrance, David (journalist, author, and historian.) 1
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