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Copies, early 18th century, of autobiographies and other works of covenanters.
Copy, dated June 16 1727 (page 178), of the autobiography of William Veitch, minister of Dumfries, which was written (in the third person) apparently in 1714 (page 171).
The text ends at page 171: the following pages contain passages intended for previous insertion.
Copy of James Hog, minister of Carnock’s autobiography, `Memorial written by Philomathes and addressed to his surviving Friends`.
The work is written in the third person in eleven chapters, most of which concern Hog’s spiritual life.
The hand is probably the same as that of Adv.MS.32.3.9(i).
Copy of ‘The Life of Sir Robert Sibbald, M.D.’, made by William Gibb, writer, for the Advocates` Library, 1805, from the original manuscript, 1695, which has apparently been lost.
Corrected typescript drafts of `Points in time: an autobiography` by Dr William Johnstone, and related materials.
Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
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.
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’.
Fragments of the manuscript of Henry Cockburn, "Memorials of His Time", with many unpublished and variant passages.
Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
Literary papers of Wendy Wood.
Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of autobiographical work and stories.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of autobiography of Maurice Lindsay, "Thank You for Having Me".
Manuscript and typescript of an autobiography, "The Buzzing Fly" by Fanny Susan Copeland.
Concerns Copeland`s life in Slovenia and wartime internment in Italy. Includes poems and biographical notes.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescript of autobiography of Naomi Mitchison, "All Change Here", covering the years 1910-1918.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of autobiographical work of Naomi Mitchison, "Small Talk" (1973).
With corrected typescripts of three autobiographical articles.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of Naomi Mitchison, "You May Well Ask".
Being a volume of autobiography covering the years 1918-1940.
Manuscript of part of the ‘Autobiography’ of Mrs Eliza Fletcher (1770-1858), chiefly in the hand of the author.
`Memoriall Written by Philomathes and addressed to his Surviving friends` by James Hog, minister of Carnock. A copy of the preface and first five chapters of Hog`s autobiography.
The volume originally contained theological notes in shorthand, most of which have been cut out.
Microfilm of manuscript of part of the ‘Autobiography’ of Mrs Eliza Fletcher (1770-1858), chiefly in the hand of the author.
Papers of Alexander Scott.
Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.
Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.
Papers of Archibald J Cronin.
Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.