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Correspondence and papers of the Campbell family of Inverneill.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14395
Content Description

The archive of the Campbell family of Inverneill formerly kept in Canna House, Isle of Canna. It comprises correspondence and papers mainly of the 18th century, including he the business correspondence of various family members in military or government positions. There is also a component of estate papers concerning estates around Kintyre.

Dates: 18th-19th century, the bulk dating from the 18th century.

Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19420-19571
Scope and Contents Arthur Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto and his papers form a valuable supplement to the Minto collection. Included here are papers of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Emma, Lady Hislop, the grandmother of Arthur Elliot. Particularly well represented is Elliot's mother, Nina, Countess of Minto, her papers being especially rich in her correspondence and literary manuscripts. As an active Member of Parliament over a period of...
Dates: 1828-1956, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.8501-8770
Scope and Contents

William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.

Dates: 1898-1955.

Correspondence, autobiographical papers, and sermons of the Very Reverend Donald Macleod, Doctor of Divinity (1831-1916), minister of The Park parish, Glasgow from 1869 to 1909, and editor of the periodical ‘Good words’ from 1872 to 1905.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.9827-9833
Scope and Contents

Most of the correspondence concerns Donald Macleod's editorship of ‘Good words’, including many letters from contemporary authors and men of letters, with some letters of his brother, Dr Norman Macleod, minister of The Barony parish, Glasgow, and the first editor of ‘Good words’.

Dates: 1856-1925, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19329-19405
Scope and Contents Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates: 1645-1897, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, and other papers of and relating to James Robert Hope-Scott (1812-1873), of Abbotsford.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3667-3695
Scope and Contents The papers cover the main interests of James Robert Hope-Scott's life, including the foundation of Trinity College, Glenalmond, the Protestant Bishopric of Jerusalem, his Fellowship at Merton, his travels in Europe, and various religious, ecclesiastical, and legal matters.Among the correspondents are Gladstone, Manning, and Pusey. The letters of these men and of other correspondents are extensively quoted by R Ornsby in his ‘Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott’, 1884. Ornsby also...
Dates: 1824-1873, undated.

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, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20351-20400
Scope and Contents The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates: 1773-1933, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates: 1905-1946, 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, diaries, speeches, library and music inventories, and electronic database of Sir Lewis Robertson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13065/1-76
Scope and Contents The collection reflects Sir Lewis Robertson`s personal and business activities during the later years of his life. The correspondence files, 2003-2008, and letter books, 2004-2008, show his active involvement in many charitable and cultural bodies until his death in November 2008. Of particular interest are several volumes of speeches and interviews, 1989-2003, and three diaries, 1978-1980, dated during his time as Director of the Scottish Development Agency. Sir Lewis Robertson kept an...
Dates: Circa 1940-2008.

Correspondence, diary, verse and other papers of and relating to John Wilson ‘Christopher North’, author and journalist [1785-1854].

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13436
Scope and Contents

The bulk and principal interest of the papers lie in the letters written by John Wilson to his mother, sister Jane and his wife Jane. Many of the letters relate to Wilson’s early life and shed light on his relations with his family, his life as a student in Glasgow and later in Oxford, and also at Elleray in the Lake District.

Dates: 1798-1854, undated

Correspondence, estate, financial, and legal papers of the Hunters of Glencarse and Seaside.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19711-19733
Scope and Contents

The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.

Dates: 1685-1890, undated.

Correspondence, four diaries, two photograph albums and other papers of Rawdon Goodier.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11178
Scope and Contents

Concerns climbing in the UK, the Alps and the Andes.

Dates: circa 1950-1983.

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Diaries. 583
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Photographs. 80
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 58
Manuscripts. 55
Poetry. 47
Copies. Derivative objects. 35
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Photocopies. 26
Travel journals. 24
Accounts. 21
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Photograph albums. 15
Autobiographies. 14
Financial records. 14
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Maps. Cartographic materials. 13
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Drawings. Visual works. 12
Legal documents. 12
Lists. 12
Novels. 12
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Commonplace books. 11
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 11
Memorandums. 10
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Scottish Mountaineering Club 7
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
Cameron, Una May (mountaineer) 3
Gall, James, publisher, 1784-1874 3
Smith, Lilian Adam, 1866-1949 (née Buchanan, wife of Sir George, Knight) 3
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Smith, Sir George Adam, Knight, Old Testament scholar and geographer, 1856-1942 3
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Angus, Elizabeth Siddons, b.1883 (Daughter of Major General John Angus) 2
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 2
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 2
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 2
Beaton, Patrick Grant, merchant in Venezuela, fl 1824-1826 2
Bonar, James, Solicitor of Excise, 1757-1821 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 2
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 2
Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh 2
Dease, William H, farm worker, fl 1816-1818 2
Free Church of Scotland 2
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 2
Graham, Susan Roope, mother of Robert Chellas, Lord of the Barony of Skipness, née Schuyler, 1811-1895 2
Gray, Alasdair (author) 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Hawthorne, Harry, Sergeant, 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, b 1917 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 2
Ogilvie, Iain Hamish (civil engineer) 2
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Robertson, Eric Harald Macbeth, artist, 1887-1941 2
Scott, James, Major, fl 1945-2015 2
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 2
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 2
Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry, Knight, explorer, 1874-1922 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Stewart, family, of Murdostoun 2
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 2
Whyte, Christopher, poet and novelist, b 1952 2
Wright, Ronald William Vernon Selby, Minister of the Canongate, Edinburgh, 1908-1995 2
Allan, Michael, Stirling, fl 1975-1990 1
Amman, Alexander, Polish Army, fl 1939-1942 1
Anderson, Robert Burn, Lieutenant, 1st European Regiment, East India Army, 1833-1860 1
Anita Guthrie Dent, née Williamson, 1868-1948 (daughter of Stephen Williamson MP) 1
Annandale and Eskdale Regiment of Local Militia 1
Annunzio, Gabriele d', poet, 1863-1938 1
Anstruther, Mary Elma (née Hovell-Thurlow, wife of Arthur Wellesley, Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, then Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce) 1
Apthorp, D P, Captain, Royal Norfolk Regiment, fl 1942-1945 1
Armstrong, John , Artist and Author, d. 2003 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 2nd Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Corps of Royal Engineers 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Engineers 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Arundel, Honor, novelist and journalist, 1919-1973 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Baillie, May, music teacher, St Leonards School, St Andrews, fl 1903-1910 1
Barclay, Annie, wife of David Black, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, fl 1943-1948 1
Barclay, David Black, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery, fl 1943-1946 1
Barnet, Alexander Avon, Commander, Royal Navy, 1904-1985 1
Baume, Louis Charles, mountaineer, 1919-1993 1
Beattie, Thomas, Muckledale, fl 1806 1
Bell, Alan Scott, library and literary consultant, 1942-2018 1
Bell, William, architect, b 1881 1
Bethune, John Drinkwater, colonel, historian, formerly Drinkwater, 1762-1844 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821 1
Bienert, Werner, German Language Teacher, 1902-1988 1
Birnie, Arthur, Lecturer in Economic History, University of Edinburgh, b 1890 1
Blackwood, Algernon Henry, writer of supernatural fiction, 1869-1951 1
Blackwood, William, William (publisher) 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bloxham, family, Banbury 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Bogie, David Wilson, Sheriff, 1946-1999 1
Borland, John, 1796-1885 (merchant and emigrant) 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Boyd, James, Edinburgh, schoolboy, fl 1850 1
Brocklebank, Thomas Anthony, mountaineer and teacher, 1908-1984 1
Brodie, James, of Brodie, fl 1671-1673 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Andrew, South Africa, telegraph controller, fl 1899-1905 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Henry, Galashiels, textile manufacturer, d 1885 1
Brown, John, Minister of Whitburn Secession Church, 1754-1832 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician, 1810-1882 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Bruce, John, 1775-1834 (schoolmaster and author) 1
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