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Letters, cards and drawings of W. S. Graham to Margaret "Biddy" Crozier and her daughters; with related printed material.
Letters of Norman McLaren to Florence Russell, including painted and etched films; with papers collected by Florence Russell, comprising press cuttings, a sound recording, articles and printed material, concerning the work of Norman McLaren.
Letters of W S Graham and his wife Nessie to Sylvia Thompson; with photographs and artwork.
Sylvia Thompson became friendly with the Grahams in the 1980s. From a nursing background, she became a great source of practical help to the couple during W S Graham`s last years, which were dogged by ill-health. The great affection in which she was held by the Grahams is evident in the letters, and in the various gifts of photographs and drawings.
Letters of William Lockhart with a pen and ink drawing relating to the San Jacinto sugar plantation in Peru.
The collection consists of fifteen letters mostly from William Lockhart, administrator of San Jacinto sugar plantation in Peru from 1876 to 1882, with some from other correspondents and a pen and ink drawing showing the plantation works.
Most of the letters are addressed to his Robert Lockhart in Dunoon. The correspondence deals with the daily affairs of the plantation, Peruvian politics and general family matters.
Letters of W.S. Graham to Ruth Hilton; with poetry manuscripts and typescripts, artwork, related correspondence and published items.
Letters, poems, notebook and drawings of W.S. Graham.
Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.
Manuscript copy of 'British Butterflies' by James Duncan, vol. 10 of the 'Naturalist's Library' series, with illustrations.
Manuscript copy dated 1840 with coloured illustrations and enclosures. The manuscript shows signs of water damage.
Manuscript entitled 'Dissertatio de Gravitate et Discensu corporum’, containing observations on Newton's laws, apparently written in Italy in 1754.
There are some mathematical drawings on folio 183.
Manuscript of the English text of the `Atlas Scoticus, or Description of Scotland ancient and modern` by Sir Robert Sibbald; with maps.
Manuscript of William Strang, "A Book of Giants", with extra drawings and poetry.
Manuscripts collected by William Lee Ferguson, Edinburgh.
Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family.
Manuscripts of the Reverend George Low, the naturalist.
Material relating to Learmont Drysdale, the composer.
Included are Learmont Drysdale's certificates for drawing and musical composition, reports on his progress at the Royal Academy of Music, 1889-1890, some drawings (folios 6-7), and a photograph of Ladislao Zavertal with the Pollokshields Musical Society, 1875 (folio 10). There are two letters, 1927, 1949, concerning the material (folio 1); and the Lucas Memorial and Bronze medals of the Royal Academy (awarded 1890) are boxed with the collection.
`Melange Ridicule`, commonplace book compiled by Rachel Duff
Commonplace Book containing miscellaneous verse, riddles, letters and numerous pasted in cartoons, drawings and press cuttings. Printed items include prints from John Kay`s `Original Portraits`, 1839, a printed programme for the New Concert Hall, Canongate, 1754 and a copy of the `Edinburgh Evening Courant` for 24 September 1745 with an account of the Battle of Prestonpans.
Microfilm and photographic slide copies of the correspondence, papers and drawings of James Bruce of Kinnaird.
Microfilm of album containing pencil drawings, water-colours, and poems by Edward Lear.
Microfilm of drawings of Sir Robert Sibbald, correspondence of Robert Adam, architect, and designs of interior decoration and furniture.
The contents are as follows:
Collection of original drawings, 2nd half of 17th century, by Sir Robert Sibbald, of fish, birds, plants, etc. (Adv.MS.6.1.14);
Correspondence, 1789-1791, of Robert Adam the architect and his Edinburgh clerk of works, John Paterson (MS.19992);
Book, late 18th century, of designs of interior decoration and furniture, in the classical style. (MS.2876).
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, [1563-1670]; drawings, 2nd half of 17th century, by Sir Robert Sibbald; and, Indexes, [1801, or after], to the Chartularies of various Scottish religious houses, etc., by George Chalmers.
The contents are as follows:
Miscellaneous papers, [1563-1670], mostly Scottish, many relating to ecclesiastical affairs. (Adv.MS.6.1.13);
Collection of original drawings, 2nd half of 17th century, by Sir Robert Sibbald, of fish, birds, plants, etc. (Adv.MS.6.1.14);
Indexes, [1801, or after], to the Chartularies of various Scottish religious houses, etc., by George Chalmers. (Adv.MS.6.1.15).