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168 letters to George Mackay Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4847
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Willa Muir, Iain Crichton Smith and Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: 1947-1969.

192 letters of James Guthrie to or concerning Reginald Hallward.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8833
Scope and Contents

Concerning artistic and personal matters and also the Pear Tree Press.

Dates: 1899-1950.

216 letters on literary matters to Alastair Mackie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11249
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: J K Annand, Duncan Glen, Robert Garioch and Alexander Scott.

Dates: 1964-1995.

235 letters to Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10374
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: George Mackay Brown, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean and Muriel Spark.

Dates: 1964-1990.

264 letters to Alastair Mackie mostly on literary matters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11262
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Duncan Glen, Eric Gold and Alexander Scott.

Dates: 1965-1989.

267 letters of André Raffalovich to Francis H Wright and his family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.5287
Scope and Contents

With 19 letters of John Gray to Wright, and explanatory notes by Sir Norman Wright.

Dates: early 20th century.

284 letters of O H Mavor to Rona Mavor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6707
Scope and Contents

Mainly on personal matters, and mentioning his experiences as an Army medical offices in the Second World War,

With a letter, 1923, of Sir George Adam Smith to R B Mavor, on her forthcoming marriage.

Dates: 1923, 1939-1942, 1950.

327 letters of William Maxwell to Mary E Wood.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6283
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal, business, and literary matters, including references to the printing of works of George Bernard Shaw.

With associated printed items.

Dates: 1933-1939.

880 letters to George Mackay Brown from various correspondents.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10372
Scope and Contents

Letters concern literary and personal matters

Dates: 1974-1987.

About 3400 letters and copies of letters of Angus Calder.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11312
Scope and Contents

Letters concern literary, academic and personal matters.

Dates: 1961-1989.

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.

Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9851/1-66
Scope and Contents

Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.

Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.

Dates: 1960-1988.

Account book, 1837-1859, of Alexander Gilchrist, kept during service in Britain and at Gibraltar.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6971
Scope and Contents

With copy of J L Hilson, "Further Yesterdays in a Royal Burgh" (1917), and associated letters of Hilson.

Dates: 1837-1859, 1917.

Account by John Farwell junior of his visit to the Osage Indians in Kansas in 1870.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6852
Scope and Contents

With copies of associated papers and a covering letter.

Dates: 1942.

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.

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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
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Inventories. 39
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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
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Charters 25
Indexes. Reference sources. 25
Literature (writings). 25
Reviews. Document genre. 25
Autographs (manuscripts). 24
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Sermons. 24
Ephemera. 22
Extracts. 22
Scores 22
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 21
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 21
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First World War (1914-1918). 20
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 20
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Language
English 4167
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
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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