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61 letters of A J Cronin, mostly to Alfred McIntyre, Little Brown and Co.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9961
Scope and Contents

Concerning Cronin`s novels and their publication.

Dates: 1937-1947.

62 letters of Neil Gunn to Margaret MacEwen.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10326
Scope and Contents

Mostly concering personal matters.

Dates: 1938-1966.

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.

64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7175
Scope and Contents

With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.

Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.

Dates: 1388, 1798-1952.

73 letters to George Bruce from various correspondents, and copies of 18 letters of Bruce.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10998
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1950, 1965-1988.

87 letters of Joseph Macleod to William Montgomerie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9155
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal and literary matters.

With three letters, 1950-1953, of Macleod to Norah Montgomerie.

Dates: 1944-1982.

89 funeral letters to the family of Scott of Raeburn.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7516
Scope and Contents

Including three letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1771-1840.

95 letters of André Raffalovich to Charles Ballantyne.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4630
Scope and Contents

With ten copies of letters, 24 postcards, and two telegrams. Also two letters and a card concerning Raffalovich.

Dates: 1925-1934.

115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

118 letters to James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9624
Scope and Contents

Concerning literary and personal matters, with associated manuscripts of poems.

Correspondents include: Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid and Albert D Mackie.

Dates: 1926-1985.

130 Letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay to James F Hendry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10806
Scope and Contents

Includes related copy letters of Hendry.

Dates: 1945-1985

137 letters to Edward McGrory, mostly of Adelaide Ross, née Phillpotts.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10946
Scope and Contents

On personal and literary matters.

Dates: 1977-1987.

139 letters to George Mackay Brown.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10894/1-3
Scope and Contents Three files of correspondence for the period 1987-1989, mostly concerning works of George Mackay Brown, but with some personal correspondence also included.There are letters from Hugo Brunner, Brown's editor at John Murray, throughout the files, as well as correspondence from Cyril Cusack concerning a proposed stage adaptation of 'Andrina', and several letters from smaller publishers including Celtic Cross Press, The Old Stile Press and Balnain Books. Letters from broadcasters...
Dates: 1987-1989.

141 letters of Neil Gunn to John B Pick and eight letters of Gunn to Gene Pick.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10548
Scope and Contents

With typescript of Francis Russell Hart and John B Pick, "The Essential Neil Gunn: a Conversation".

Dates: 1946-1972.

145 letters to Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10964
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1974-1992 and undated.

155 letters of Sir Alexander Gray to Elias Bredsdorff.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11562
Scope and Contents

Letters concern Danish ballads and translations into Scots.

Dates: 1952-1967.

162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12679
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson's daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem 'To George' by Jenny Robertson.

Dates: 1977-1996.

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Letters. Correspondence. 3777
Correspondence. 1781
Manuscripts. 522
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 351
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Diaries. 229
Drafts. Documents. 201
Notebooks. 200
Accounts. 174
Minutes. Administrative records. 173
Articles. 169
Financial records. 169
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Lists. 134
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Memorandums. 86
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Printed materials. Object genre. 78
Genealogies. 73
Transcripts. 70
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Family papers. 66
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Language
English 4173
Undetermined 1271
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 42
Multiple languages 38
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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
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 29
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 26
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
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 18
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 18
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 17
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 17
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 16
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 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
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
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
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 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
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
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 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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