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63 letters and cards of Frances Shand Kydd to William McIlwraith, Ayr.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12619
Scope and Contents

Includes book and press cutting.

Dates: circa 1997-2004.

Academic and literary correspondence of Professor Alastair Fowler, with some drafts of works and press cuttings.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12015/1-57
Scope and Contents

This accession is one of several in the National Library of Scotland covering mainly incoming correspondence, but also containing copies of some outgoing letters and other literary material.

Acc.12015/57 gives biographical details on individual correspondents.

Dates: [Circa 1971-2000], undated.

Account of time as a nurse at the King George V Seamen`s Memorial Hospital, Malta, of Miss J G M Allan.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11950
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter, press cuttings and a newsletter.

Dates: 1938-1942.

Album of Adam White, the naturalist (1817-1879), entitled on the cover 'Weeds and wild flowers'.

 Item
Identifier: MS.10306
Scope and Contents A draft title-page (folio 24) suggests that in 1850 Adam White was proposing to publish a work on 'Weeds and wild-flowers loved by Wordsworth', and the first part of the album contains a collection of materials towards this purpose: drawings and engravings of wild flowers with some specimens of pressed flowers, newspaper-cuttings, and copies of letters and poems of Wordsworth.The collection of information is then extended to include other poets: Coleridge, Cowper, Southey,...
Dates: Mid 19th century-?late 19th century.

Album of Draycott House, Derbyshire.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3009
Scope and Contents Hugh Scott of Draycott (Draycot, Draycote) House, a Captain in the East India Marine, was a son of Walter Scott of Raeburn (died 1830) and cousin of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford. The album, compiled by Hugh Scott's descendants, contains letters of Sir Walter Scott and members of his family, printed matter relating to the subscription raised to purchase Abbotsford for the Scott family, drawings and photographs of Draycott, notes on family history by William Scott of Raeburn (died 1855),...
Dates: Mid 19th century-1936.

Album of letters to and printed items collected by William Ford, bookseller, Manchester, through his involvement in the Edinburgh book trade.

 File
Identifier: MS.18000
Scope and Contents The album includes letters from several prominent Edinburgh figures of the early 19th century such as Thomas Thomson, Deputy Clerk Register, and Edward W A Drummond Hay, Principal Clerk, Lyon Office. Both men appear to have been in regular correspondence with William Ford. Amongst the printed items is an "Inventory of Work done for the State by his Majesty's Printer in Scotland 1642-1647" (Edinburgh, 1815), edited by Thomas Thomson. There are also a number of newspaper reports of meetings of...
Dates: 1810-1830.

Album of newspaper cuttings collected by Alexander Hutcheson concerning the haunted tower of St Andrews, the cathedral, the castle, and the abbey wall.

 File
Identifier: MS.9608
Scope and Contents

Also pasted into the album are two pamphlets by David Henry about the cathedral and the castle, 1910, and three letters, 1894, 1911, of David Hay Fleming.

Dates: 1894-1911.

Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10893/1-451
Scope and Contents

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1972-1991.

"Bibliography of Thomas Carlyle's writings and ana" by Isaac Watson Dyer (Portland, Maine, 1928), presented by the author to James A S Barrett, with pencil notes and other additions.

 File
Identifier: MS.9852
Scope and Contents

James A S Barrett contributed Section C (a list of the principal portraits, etc., of Carlyle, pages 533-542) to the work.

The volume contains Isaac Dyer's inscription to James Barrett, dated 1928, on the flyleaf, and pencil notes and amendments in Barrett's hand throughout. Press cuttings and a letter, 1930, of Robin Flower, Deputy Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum, doubtless to Barrett, which were loosely enclosed at various places within the volume, have been tipped in.

Dates: 1928-1930.

Bound volume made up for James Simpson Fleming of articles published by him.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.7
Scope and Contents The articles in the volume are: an interleaved copy of the third edition of Fleming’s ‘Scottish Banking’ (Edinburgh, 1877); a reprint from ‘Blackwood`s Magazine’, volume 118 (June 1875), of his “Banking and Mr Goschen`s Bill”; `The Interview between Sir Stafford Northcote and the English Bankers` and `Extension of Scottish Banks into England` from “Bankers` Magazine”, volume 36 (July 1876). Pasted in amongst the binder`s blank endpapers are a collection of press-cuttings,...
Dates: 1875-1877.

Business archive of Mainstream Publishing.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13617
Scope and Contents

The archive covers the company`s independent existence from 1978-2005 and includes some earlier related papers. In 2005 the firm entered into a business arrangement with Random House, and the later archive is now with the parent company.

Dates: Circa 1970-2005.

Copy of G A B Dowar and J H Boraston, "Sir Douglas Haig`s Command".

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7131
Scope and Contents

Containing letter of Dewar, and letter and presentation note of Boraston, and press cuttings.

Dates: 1922.

Correspondence and literary papers, including articles, reviews, lectures and broadcasts, of Janet Adam Smith.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12342/1-203
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence concerning her own writing and her work on John Buchan, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dates: 1930-2005.

Correspondence and other papers, including photographs, newspaper cuttings and a pamphlet, concerning Sailors' Walk House, Kirkcaldy, a sixteenth-century building.

 Series
Identifier: MS.20761 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents

The papers were kept by the donor, Miss Gwendollyn Lendrum, secretary of the committee which prevented the house’s demolition, raised funds for its restoration, and ultimately transferred it to the National Trust for Scotland.

Dates: 1933-1953.

Correspondence and papers concerning Maclean families, collected by Dr James Maclean of Glensanda, Younger.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14454
Content Description Correspondence and papers brought together by Dr. James Maclean of Glensanda, Yr., concerning the history and diaspora of the Clan Maclean, on which he published several books. The papers contain his correspondence with representatives of Maclean families; a collection of papers concerning the Macleans of Kilarrow and Shuna brought together by Alexander Hugh Maclean (d. 1916); a collection of Maclean papers dating from the 18th century; and papers of Sir Harry Aubrey de Vere...
Dates: 18th century-20th century.

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Correspondence. 247
Photographs. 125
Letters. Correspondence. 105
Typescripts. 62
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Poetry. 45
Diaries. 43
Notebooks. 43
Articles. 41
Minutes. Administrative records. 33
Drafts. Documents. 32
Speeches. Documents. 31
Publications. 24
Reports 22
Pamphlets. 21
Copies. Derivative objects. 20
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Financial records. 17
Obituaries. 16
Memorandums. 15
Programmes 15
Scripts. Documents 15
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Ephemera. 14
Photocopies. 14
Printed materials. Object genre. 14
Reports. 14
Lectures. 12
Reviews. Document genre. 12
Accounts. 11
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Language
English 272
Undetermined 73
Multiple languages 8
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Names
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 5
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) 4
Scottish National Party 4
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Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 2
Edinburgh International Festival Society 2
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 2
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
MacGilleMhoire, Dòmhnall R (poet and shopkeeper, Scalpay, Isle of Harris) 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
McTaggart, William, painter, 1835-1910 2
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 2
Murray, David, journalist, writer and broadcaster, fl 1934-1972 2
Murray, Katherine Marjory Stewart-, wife of John, 8th Duke of Atholl, née Ramsay, 1874-1960 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
National Party of Scotland 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Aitken, Sarah Ross, Gateway Theatre General Manager, 1905-1985 1
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Allan, J G M, nurse, fl 1938-1942 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Askew, Gilbert, 1893-1950 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Barlow (family) 1
Barns-Graham, Allan, 1874-1957 (landowner) 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900-1984 (painter, wood engraver, scholar, and writer of belles lettres) 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Boraston, John Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1885-1969 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Bottomley, family 1
Boyd, family 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Thomas Craig, Provost of Selkirk, 1844-1922: recipient 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976: recipient 1
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns Club of London, Vernacular Circle 1
Byrne, John (Scottish playwright and artist) 1
Cameron, Neil, Baron Cameron of Balhousie, 1920-1985 1
Campbell, William Kilpatrick, director, Mainstream Publishing, b. 1951. 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan (author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts) 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999: recipient 1
Carrick, John Charles, Minister of Newbattle, 1860-1914 1
Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Prime Minister) 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara (daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast) 1
Chalmers, Sir David Patrick, Knight, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, d 1899 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Citrine, Lord Walter Maclennan, 1st Baron Citrine, Trade unionist, 1887-1983 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938 1
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938: former owner 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crosbie, Hugh Provan, novelist, pseudonym 'John Carrick', 1912-2003 1
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