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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Robert Murdoch Smith.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9569
Scope and Contents

Concerning Murdoch Smith`s archaeological and diplomatic activities, as used by W K Dickson in his "Life" (1901).

Dates: 1855-1902.

Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.

Dates: 1894-1977, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, records of consultation, drafts and typescripts of lectures, articles and papers, and personal papers, of and relating to Dr William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13332- is now part of MSS.50100-50251.
Scope and Contents Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...
Dates: 1896-2006.

Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents

Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1745-1961.

Journals, 1916-1917, of Mary Lee Milne, kept while serving with a unit of the Scottish Women`s Hospitals in Russia and Romania.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6318
Scope and Contents

With article, 1918, of Milne, "The Dobruja Retreat".

Dates: 1916-1918.

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

Literary papers of George Blake.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11930
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction. Also includes notes on Blake, copies of articles by him and correspondence and papers of Christopher Dalgleish accumulated in the course of an uncompleted dissertation.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of David Cairns.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9326
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of articles, addresses, and poems, transcripts of diaries and correspondence.

Dates: 1926-1986.

Papers of Hamish Macmillan Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13940

Papers of Isobel W Hutchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5509
Scope and Contents

Comprising diaries, typescripts of articles, and correspondence.

Dates: 1914-1956.

Papers of Jessie M King.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6740
Scope and Contents

Comprising drawings, sketchbooks, manuscripts of books and articles, diaires, and correspondence, with letters of Gordon Bottomley and Cecile Walton.

Dates: circa 1899-1949.

Papers of John L Broom and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10802
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.

Dates: 1912-1992.

Papers of Peter McOmish Dott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8531
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, notes and essays on socialism and art history and appreciation. With correspondence of Peter M Dott to Eric Dott.

Dates: 1889-1931.

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Correspondence. 24
Typescripts. 18
Manuscripts. 13
Photographs. 13
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 12
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Notebooks. 9
Notes. 9
Letters. Correspondence. 7
Speeches. Documents. 7
Poetry. 6
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Drafts. Documents. 5
Publications. 5
Short stories. 5
Financial records. 4
Lectures. 4
Plays. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 3
Novels. 3
Essays. 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Photocopies. 2
Reports. 2
Reviews. Document genre 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Transcripts 2
Accounts. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Administrative records. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Books 1
Calculations. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Catalogues. 1
Cookbooks. 1
Documents. 1
Excerpts. 1
Exercise books. 1
Fragments. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Magazines. periodicals. 1
Memoirs. 1
Memorandums. 1
Mountaineering. 1
Newsletters. Serials. 1
Obituaries. 1
Optical discs. 1
Paintings. Visual works. 1
Pamphlets. 1
Photograph albums. 1
Portraits 1
Prefaces. 1
Printers. 1
Prints. Visual works. 1
Proofs. Printed matter. 1
Reports 1
Research notes 1
Research notes. 1
Romania. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 25.0000. Latitude: 46.0000. 1
Rules. Instructions. 1
Russia. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 47.0000. Latitude: 60.0000. 1
Scores 1
Scripts. Documents 1
Sketchbooks 1
Sketches. 1
Slides. Photographs. 1
Snapshots. 1
Songs. Musical compositions. 1
Stationers. 1
Travel journals 1
Travel journals. 1
Travel literature 1
Travel sketches. 1
Treatises. 1
United States. North and Central America. Nation. Longitude: -98.0000. Latitude: 38.0000. 1
Videocassettes. 1
Wrangel Island. Asia - Russia - Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Island. Longitude: -179.5000. Latitude: 71.0000. 1
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English 28
Undetermined 6
 
Names
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
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Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Darling, Frank Moss Fraser, Sir, Knight (ecologist) 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Dott, Eric F, physician and conscientious objector, 1898-1999: recipient 1
Dott, Peter McOmish, Edinburgh, art dealer, 1856-c 1935 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Milne, Mary Lee, Scottish Women's Hospitals, ne´e Bowden, 1873-1948 1
Murray, James Robert Erskine-, physicist, 1868-1927 1
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 1
Scottish Mountaineering Club 1
Scottish Women's Hospitals 1
Small, Alexander Cunninghame Douglas (schoolmaster and climber) (1909-1995) 1
Smith, Sir Robert Murdoch, Knight, Major-General, 1835-1900 1
Stewart, family, of Murdostoun 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 1
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949. 1
Tolmie, Frances, folklorist, 1840-1926 1
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 1
Waterston, Robert, of George Waterston and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1878-1969 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
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