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Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates: 1815-1967, 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, 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, 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, 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, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents

Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1745-1961.

Diaries, 1832-1865, chiefly of Colonel James Halkett (1822-1870), Coldstream Guards, son of Hugh, Baron von Halkett, describing his service in Britain, Mauritius, India and the Crimea; with correspondence and related material, 1847-1863, concerning several other members of the Halkett family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14200-14219
Scope and Contents

James Halkett was Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Mauritius, Sir William Gomm, from 1842 to 1847, and to the Commander-in-Chief of India from 1850 to 1854. He was severely wounded in action in November 1854 and the diary for that year gives particular accounts of the battles he witnessed during the Crimean War.

Dates: 1832-1865, undated.

Diaries and notebooks of John Cockburn Ross of Shandwick and Rowchester and of his wife, Jane Ross of Shandwick.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20481-20482
Scope and Contents

The volumes provide a detailed account of everyday life at the family's various residences including Rowchester, Shandwick, Thorpe Arch, Scarborough, Chelsea, Woodville near Dalkeith, Sharpitlaw, and Marchmont House, Berwickshire.

Dates: 1793-1825.

Diaries and notebooks of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick L Maitland.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.353
Scope and Contents This collection includes the fair copy (not autograph) of Maitland’s ‘Narrative of the Principal Occurrences on board HMS Bellerophon’, and journals of his naval service in South America, 1819-20, the Mediterranean 1820-1, and 1828-30, and India, 1837-9. It also includes a number of printed books relating to Napoleon, particularly to the time he spent on St Helena. Some of these were written by Barry O’Meara and dedicated by him to Maitland with whom he had served as surgeon...
Dates: 1815, 1819-1820, 1828-1839.

Diaries and notebooks of Seton Gordon.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10166
Dates: 1971-1975 and undated.

Diaries, logs, official correspondence and other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A C Gordon, MC, RA, mostly relating to the 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8969/1-78
Scope and Contents

The papers mostly concern Gordon`s command of the 11th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and include Battery log books, copies of Battery correspondence, a history of the Battery, photograph album, training materials, notes and engagement diaries.

Dates: 1896-1977.

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Correspondence. 37
Photographs. 19
Poetry. 17
Manuscripts. 16
Typescripts. 14
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 12
Letters. Correspondence. 11
Notes. 11
Articles. 9
Copies. Derivative objects. 7
Drafts. Documents. 6
Maps. Cartographic materials. 5
Financial records. 4
Lectures. 4
Lists. 4
Microfilms. 4
Novels. 4
Photocopies. 4
Plays. 4
Reports 4
Scripts. Documents 4
Sketches. 4
Speeches. Documents. 4
Travel journals. 4
Biographies. 3
Commonplace books. 3
Documents. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Short stories. 3
Sketchbooks. 3
Calculations. 2
Excerpts. 2
Exercise books. 2
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
Inventories. 2
Legal documents. 2
Logs. Records. 2
Mountaineering. 2
Photograph albums. 2
Publications. 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Testimonials. 2
Translations. Documents. 2
Travel journals 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Account books. 1
Accounts. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Alps (mountain system). Europe. Longitude: 010 00 00 E. Latitude: 46 25 00 N. 1
Annotations. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Bankbooks. 1
Business records. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Coats of arms. devices (symbols). 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Damaraland. Africa - Namibia. General region. Longitude: 17.5000. Latitude: -21.0000. 1
Devotional literature. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Diplomas. School records. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 1
Essays. 1
Fair copies. 1
Filmscripts. 1
Fragments. 1
France. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 2.0000. Latitude: 46.0000. 1
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Germany. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 10.5000. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
Greece. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 22.0000. Latitude: 39.0000. 1
Histories. 1
Illustrations. Layout features. 1
Instructional materials. 1
Iraq. Asia. nation. Longitude: 44.0000. Latitude: 33.0000. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Kenya. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 38.0000. Latitude: 1.0000. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Literary works. 1
Literature (writings). 1
Memorandums. Legal documents. 1
Minutes of agreement. Legal instruments. 1
Negatives. Photographs. 1
Newsletters. Serials. 1
Orders. Military records. 1
Palestine. Middle East. Historical region. Longitude: 35.3333. Latitude: 31.9167. 1
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Language
English 54
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Names
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
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Arundel, Honor, novelist and journalist, 1919-1973 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Andrew, South Africa, telegraph controller, fl 1899-1905 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Bruce, John, 1775-1834 (schoolmaster and author) 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Clinton, Margery (ceramist) 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Daudet, Alphonse, novelist, 1840-1897 1
Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') 1
Dillon, Emile Joseph, 1854-1933 (philologist, author and journalist; pseudonym, "E B Lanin") 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Gladstone, Thomas, 2nd Bart., of Fasque, 1804-1889 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Horsman, Katie, potter, 1911-1998 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Jobson, Richard (musician and film-maker) 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Leslie, James Riddoch, Principal of Episcopal Training College, Dalry House, 1844-1913 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1861-1937 1
Maitland, Sir Frederick Lewis, Knight, Rear-Admiral, 1777-1839 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Milne, James Alexander, Minister of Cramond, 1869-1909 1
Morrison, Margaret Mackie (novelist, writing under the pen name 'March Cost') (1897-1973) 1
Muirhead, Roland Eugene, Chairman of the Scottish National Party, 1868-1964 1
Murray, James Robert Erskine-, physicist, 1868-1927 1
Murray, William Hutchison, 1913-1996 (mountaineer, author and environmental campaigner) 1
Ross, Mabel, hand-spinner and weaver, d 1995 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Stewart, Madelena L, travel diarist, fl 1934 1
Stone, Bessie, Broughty Ferry, fl 1903-1907 1
Stuart, Alice V, poet, 1899-1983 1
Thomson, David, author of "Nairn in Darkness and Light", 1914-1988 1
Todd, Ruthven Campbell, poet, 1914-1978 1
Tolmie, Frances, folklorist, 1840-1926 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Whyte, Christopher, poet and novelist, b 1952 1
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