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13 letters, 1911-1917, of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with other unassociated papers.

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Identifier: Acc.4987
Scope and Contents

Including:

letter, 1866, of Henry Reeve

letter, 1943, of Sir Charles A Malcolm

document, 1664, concerning Burntisland.

Dates: 1664, 1866, 1911-1917, 1943.

13 letters and postcards to James K Annand.

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Identifier: Acc.7293
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Correspondents include R B Cunninghame Graham and J Ramsay MacDonald.

Mostly concerning the University of Edinburgh Rectorial Election of 1929.

Dates: 1928-1929.

13 letters of Alastair Reid to John Main, with collection of typescript poems of Alastair Reid.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13393
Scope and Contents

With one letter, 1994, of Alastair Reid to John Main, enclosing a copy of an article of Reid's from 'The New Yorker'.

Dates: 1948-1951.

13 letters of John Barr.

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Identifier: Acc.13901
Content Description

On Barr's imprisonment and experiences during and following the Radical uprising of 1820.

Dates: 1817-1822.

13 letters of John Buchan to Frederick Britten Austin.

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Identifier: Acc.7151
Scope and Contents

On military and literary matters.

Dates: 1915-1919.

13 letters of Sir Francis Grant.

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Identifier: Acc.7678
Scope and Contents

On artistic matters.

Dates: 1871 and undated.

13 letters of Thomas Carlyle to David Hope.

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Identifier: Acc.9654
Scope and Contents

With associated letters of J A Carlyle and Mary Carlyle Aitken, and others concerning the Hope family.

Dates: 1820-1854.

13 letters to Robert Bruce.

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Identifier: Acc.8587
Scope and Contents

Concerning political and personal matters. Correspondents include Sir Alexander Gray and Sir Stafford Cripps.

With associated testimonials and copies of four letters of Bruce.

Dates: 1933-1940.

14 letters and two discharges concerning the Scottish Church, Rotterdam, collected by Rev Dr William Steven.

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Identifier: Acc.13027
Scope and Contents

Includes letter, 1844, of Bell and Bradfute, to William Steven concerning his "Memoir of George Heriot" with a copy of his reply and his account with the firm, 1848-1856.

Dates: 1632-1856.

14 letters of Frederick Bailey to Robert Bell.

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Identifier: Acc.7442
Scope and Contents

Concerning affairs of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

Dates: 1894-1908.

14 letters to William Bell Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.7292
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From the British Museum, Aberdeen Art Gallery, and other institutions, concerning donations by Scott of paintings and books.

Dates: 1878-1887.

15 letters, 1845-1848 and undated, of the Reverend Dr Alexander Duff.

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Identifier: Acc.9447
Scope and Contents

Includes 13 letters to Sir John W Kaye.

With a letter, 1935, of R Henderson Smith, gifting the Duff letters to Sir George Adam Smith.

Dates: 1845-1848, 1935 and undated.

15 letters and cards of Annie French to Elinor Black.

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Identifier: Acc.8792
Scope and Contents

With an account by Dr Black of their meeting.

Dates: 1938-1952.

15 letters of Alexander Buchan to W H Dunlop.

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Identifier: Acc.8430
Scope and Contents

On weather observations.

Dates: 1875-1883.

15 letters of Douglas Young to R E Muirhead.

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Identifier: Acc.6401
Scope and Contents

With a copy of a petition on behalf of Douglas Young.

Dates: 1940-1959.

15 letters of Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie to Giuseppe Buonamici.

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Identifier: Acc.9698
Scope and Contents

Concerning musical matters.

With one letter, 1898, of Mackenzie to Giuseppe Martucci.

Dates: 1884-1912.

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Letters. Correspondence. 3775
Correspondence. 1778
Manuscripts. 519
Poetry. 431
Notes. 417
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Photographs. 408
Typescripts. 407
Copies. Derivative objects. 362
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 350
Photocopies. 304
Microfilms. 275
Diaries. 229
Drafts. Documents. 200
Notebooks. 199
Accounts. 174
Minutes. Administrative records. 173
Articles. 169
Financial records. 169
Legal documents. 168
Documents. 137
Lists. 133
Speeches. Documents. 111
Reports 92
Administrative records. 89
Memorandums. 86
Transcripts 85
Reports. 84
Publications. 80
Printed materials. Object genre. 78
Genealogies. 73
Transcripts. 70
Novels. 68
Plays. 67
Family papers. 66
Lectures. 64
Histories. 63
Translations. Documents. 60
Drawings. Visual works. 59
Biographies. 58
Proofs. printed matter 58
Albums. 56
Excerpts. 55
Short stories. 54
Essays. 53
Research notes 53
Postcards. 52
Minute books. 48
Fragments. 47
Memoirs. 47
Pamphlets. 46
Estate records. 44
Account books. 43
Programmes 43
Inventories. 39
Letter books. 39
Scripts. Documents 39
Personal papers. 38
Proofs. Printed matter. 38
Annotations. 37
Sketches 37
Autobiographies. 36
Travel journals. 35
Reviews. Document genre 34
Songs. Musical compositions. 34
Business records. 33
Sketches. 33
Photograph albums. 32
Journals. Accounts. 31
Petitions. 31
Books 30
Catalogues. 30
Professional papers. 30
Publishers and publishing. 30
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 30
Maps. Cartographic materials. 29
Treatises. 29
Receipts. Financial records. 28
Audiocassettes. 27
Engravings. Prints. 27
Instructions. Document genre. 27
Inscriptions. 26
Obituaries. 26
Portraits. 26
Charters 25
Indexes. Reference sources. 25
Literature (writings). 25
Reviews. Document genre. 25
Autographs (manuscripts). 24
Certificates 24
Sermons. 24
Ephemera. 22
Extracts. 22
Scores 22
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 21
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 21
Plans (orthographic projections). 21
First World War (1914-1918). 20
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 20
Memorials. Legal documents. 20
Programmes. 20
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Language
English 4167
Undetermined 1271
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 42
Multiple languages 38
Latin 16
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 130
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 69
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 64
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 47
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 43
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Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 35
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 33
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 32
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 26
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 25
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 25
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 24
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 21
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 19
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 19
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 18
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 18
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 18
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 18
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 18
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 17
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 16
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 16
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 16
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 16
Saltire Society 16
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 16
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 15
Gray, Alasdair (author) 15
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 15
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 15
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 14
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 14
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 14
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845 14
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 14
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 13
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 13
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 13
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 13
Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 13
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 13
Ballantyne, James (printer) 12
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 12
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 12
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 12
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 12
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 11
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 11
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 11
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 11
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 11
Wilson, John, author and journalist, pseudonym Christopher North, 1785-1854 11
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 10
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 10
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 10
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937 10
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 10
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 10
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 10
Soutar, William (poet) 10
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 9
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 9
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 9
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 9
Flint, Sir William Russell, Knight, artist, 1880-1969 9
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 9
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 9
Scottish National Party 9
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 9
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 8
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 8
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 8
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 8
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 8
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 8
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 8
Hume, Joseph, politician, 1777-1855 8
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 8
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 8
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 8
National Library of Scotland 8
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 8
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 8
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 8
Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 8
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 8
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 7
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 7
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 7
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 7
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 7
Church of Scotland 7
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 7
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 7
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 7
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 7
Lindsay, Maurice, poet and writer, 1918-2009 7
Lines Review, Scottish poetry journal 7
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