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31 letters of John Buchan to Lord Beaverbrook.

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Identifier: Acc.7006
Scope and Contents

Mostly on political matters and Buchan`s literary work.

With letter, 1918, of A J Balfour to Beaverbrook, concerning Buchan.

Dates: 1918-1935.

32 letters of Alfred Fairbank to Ruari McLean.

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Identifier: Acc.11071
Scope and Contents

On calligraphic and typographic matters especially concerning Jan Tschichold and McLean`s work on him.

Dates: 1947-1977.

32 letters of Reynolds Stone to Ruari McLean (including two to McLean`s wife).

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Identifier: Acc.11072
Scope and Contents

Concern typography and Victorian book design.

Dates: 1944-1977.

33 letters of and to Archibald McRa, and members of his family.

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Identifier: Acc.6945
Scope and Contents

On social, estate, and personal matters.

Dates: 1792-1853.

33 letters of Douglas Dunn to Douglas Houston.

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Identifier: Acc.9903
Scope and Contents

Concerning literary and personal matters.

With corrected manuscript of an article, undated, by Dunn.

Dates: 1971-1987 and undated.

35 letters, 1859-1860, of John MacKichan to his mother, in Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.6933
Scope and Contents

On voyage to, and during residence in, Antioch.

With his passport, 1859, and a letter, 1844, of his great aunt to his mother from Bellagio, Lake Como.

Dates: 1844-1860.

35 letters, 1971-1978, of Hugh MacDiarmid to Morven Cameron.

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Identifier: Acc.9004
Scope and Contents

Mostly on personal matters.

With letter, 1969, of Benjamin Britten to Cameron, concerning his settings of poems by William Soutar.

Dates: 1969-1978.

35 letters of Kenneth Campbell to his mother at Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.6702
Scope and Contents

Mostly written from South Africa, describing camp life and commenting on the blockhouse system.

Dates: 1901-1902.

36 letters of Agnes Strickland to Mrs William Craufurd of Craufurdland (Jane Esther).

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Identifier: Acc.9391
Scope and Contents

Concering Strickland`s researches on Mary, Queen of Scots.

Dates: 1843-1851.

37 letters to Naomi Mitchison.

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Identifier: Acc.7345
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal, social, and literary matters.

Correspondents including Sir Ernest Barker and Aldous Huxley.

Dates: 1923-1967.

39 letters of Charles Murray to William Will.

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Identifier: Acc.7184
Scope and Contents

On personal and literary matters.

Dates: 1920-1939 and undated.

39 letters of Gavin Ewart to Philip Larkin.

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Identifier: Acc.10877
Scope and Contents

On literary and personal matters. With a copy of letter, 1976, of Larkin to Ewart.

Dates: 1976-1985.

40 letters or copies of letters to, or concerning, Sir James Young Simpson and his family.

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Identifier: Acc.5683
Scope and Contents

With copies of three letters, 1866, of Sir James Young Simpson to Sir Henry Wellwood Moncreiff.

Dates: 1850-1868 and undated.

41 letters and documents, 1656-1667, mostly of General George Monck to Sir Thomas Morgan, Commander of the army in Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.10583
Scope and Contents

Concern miltary arrangements.

With notebook, 1660, of Morgan as governor and later personal accounts, 1680s to 1690s.

Dates: 1656-circa 1699.

43 letters, 1864-1871, of Robert Harvey to his uncle, Robert Smith.

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Identifier: Acc.7961
Scope and Contents

With 34 letters of Alexander S Harvey, also to Robert Smith.

Dates: 1864-1874.

43 letters addressed to David Roberts.

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Identifier: Acc.11760
Scope and Contents

Addressed to Roberts in London, Spain, Egypt and India by correspondents in Scotland and Spain concerning artistic and social matters.

Dates: 1831-1843.

43 letters of Cosmo Innes to E D Dunbar.

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Identifier: Acc.7183
Scope and Contents

Mostly on antiquarian matters.

Dates: 1859-1873.

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Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 109
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 56
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 54
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 41
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 37
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Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 31
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 28
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 23
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 22
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 22
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 20
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 19
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 16
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 15
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 15
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 15
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 14
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 14
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 14
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 14
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 14
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 13
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 13
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 13
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 12
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 12
Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 12
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 12
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 11
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 11
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 11
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 10
Ballantyne, James (printer) 10
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 10
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 10
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 10
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 10
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 10
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 10
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 10
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 10
Soutar, William (poet) 10
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845 10
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 9
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 9
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 9
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 9
Wilson, John, author and journalist, pseudonym Christopher North, 1785-1854 9
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 8
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 8
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 8
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 8
Hume, Joseph, politician, 1777-1855 8
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937 8
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 8
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 8
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 8
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 8
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 8
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 8
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 7
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 7
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 7
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 7
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 7
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 7
Flint, Sir William Russell, Knight, artist, 1880-1969 7
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 7
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 7
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 6
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 6
Faculty of Advocates, Library, Edinburgh 6
Fleming, Maurice, Editor of "The Scots Magazine", b ?1926 6
Gilbert, Eileen M Crerar-, Edinburgh, fl 1981-1992 6
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 6
Hall, Basil, Captain, Royal Navy, 1788-1844 6
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 6
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 6
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 6
Nasmyth, James Hall, engineer, 1808-1890 6
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 6
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 6
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 6
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 6
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 6
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister, fomerly Wesley, 1769-1852 6
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 5
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 5
Brown, George Mackay, poet and writer, 1921-1996 5
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 5
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 5
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 5
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 5
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 5
Elphinstone, George Keith, Viscount Keith, Admiral, Royal Navy, 1746-1823 5
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 5
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 5
Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford, Knight, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 1866-1960 5
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