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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, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Dates:
1884-1936, undated.
Draft letter (beginning missing), 1865, of David Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.9468
Scope and Contents
On possible misinterpretation of his remarks on America.
Includes:
letter, 1857, of Roualeyn Gordon Cumming to Livingstone, acknowledging a copy of his book
photocopy of a poem, 1874, on Livingstone.
Dates:
1857-1874.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5761
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Dates:
1963.
Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents
The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates:
1988-2003.
Editorial papers of Professor Ian A Gordon for an unpublished edition of John Galt`s "The Ayrshire Legatees" based on the 1823 edition.
File
Identifier: Acc.12362
Dates:
1987.
Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26672-26674
Dates:
1955-1987, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true' and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', by Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence and source materials.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10749/1-89
Scope and Contents
Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true', and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', along with finished copies of all three books. There are some files of correspondence concerning the publication of 'Poor things' and 'Ten tales tall and true', as well as some material concerning 'Something leather'.Most files have an A4 sheet inserted at the beginning by Alasdair Gray with a brief summary of the file's...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1896, 1972-1993.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'The ends of our tethers', by Alasdair Gray, with some related cuttings and correspondence.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12609/1-23
Dates:
1995-2003, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of works of Kenneth White, including related correspondence and notes.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10613/1-48
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, short stories, autobiography and travel works.
Dates:
1963-1992, undated.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Series
Identifier: MS.20311
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents
The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.
Dates:
Mid 20th century-1988, undated.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates:
circa 1948-2006.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11154/1-47
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Dates:
1959-1990.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
1818-2011, undated.
Photocopies of draft pages of Doris Anne Goodchild, "East Lothian" (1980) and "Pen Portraits of Edinburgh" (1981).
File
Identifier: Acc.10052
Dates:
circa 1980-1981.
Photocopies of preliminaries and introduction by Sidney Roscoe to his and R A Brimmell`s bibliography of James Lumsden and Son, corrected by the author.
File
Identifier: Acc.9239
Scope and Contents
With photocopies of Lumsden title pages mounted in a loose leaf binder.
Dates:
circa 1980.
Photocopies of rejected drafts of articles intended for or submitted to "The Mirror".
File
Identifier: Acc.4361
Dates:
circa 1779.
Photocopy of a draft address given by Les Murray at Stirling University.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10559
Dates:
1992.
Photocopy of draft letter of David Morrison to Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10887
Dates:
1992.
Photocopy of draft of the Copyright Act, prepared for its second reading.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9745
Dates:
1710.
Photocopy of manuscript draft of song of Robert Burns, "She says She Lo`es Me Best of a`".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8079
Scope and Contents
24 lines in two stanzas, written in pencil.
Dates:
circa 1780-circa 1796.
Photocopy of typescript of "The Stick-Up", a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with autograph emendations and additions by Robin Orr, being a draft of the libretto of his opera "Full Circle".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10670
Dates:
1961.
Research papers, notes and email correspondence of Margaret Elphinstone relating to ‘The Gathering Night’ (Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009), with some printout drafts of sections of the novel.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13731/1-11
Scope and Contents
Like many historical novelists, Margaret Elphinstone carries out extensive research on the subjects on which she plans to write. These papers demonstrate that she pursues her research to academic levels and beyond: corresponding with, and interviewing, experts in very specialised fields; reading widely; attending conferences and courses and - to some extent - trying to experience for herself what her characters’ lives would ‘feel’ like. The file headings alone indicate the depth and breadth...
Dates:
Circa 2007-2008.