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Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Diaries and biographical memoranda of Archibald Palmer Douglas of Cavers.
Includes accounts of visits to Canada, 1905-1906, and New Zealand, 1906.
Diary of Walter Scott, farmer at Nether Bonchester, Roxburghshire.
The entries date from Walter Scott's acquisition of the property in May 1730, where an account is given of the conditions of the transaction, and break off in March 1743. They consist of memoranda concerning the management of the farm, such as details of the hiring of labour and the sowing and harvesting of crops, transactions with other farmers, and miscellaneous accounts.
Extracts by William Bell Scott from the correspondence, journals, and memorandums of David Scott.
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Military notebooks, memoranda and order books, manuscript and printed, of General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers of James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, concerning administration in Wei Hai Wei, and Chinese art and literature.
Papers of John Blythe Kinross, containing business papers, private correspondence and diaries.
Papers of Professor Andrew Dewar Gibb, Queen`s Counsel, including diaries, notes, correspondence, and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of unpublished works, lectures, addresses, memoranda and broadcast talks, with related printed items.
Papers of Robert Waterston concerning the Waterston family and the printing firm George Waterston and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh.
Seven diaries of Patrick Cadell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland.
Includes memorandum of matters outstanding on his leaving and a copy of a song, composed and sung by Timothy Lawrence, at Mr Cadell`s leaving party in 1990.