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22 notebooks, 1942, containing the corrected manuscript of A J Cronin, "The Keys of the Kingdom".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9873
Scope and Contents
With a copy of the novel inscribed by Cronin and a letter, 1950, of Cronin.
Dates:
1942-1950.
Account books and other business records of T and T Clark, publishers, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.247
Dates:
1848-1962.
Autograph scores of original compositions and arrangements of William Bowie, organist and music teacher at the Royal High School, Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21875-21877
Dates:
1958-1969, undated.
Books and papers of John Riddell, the peerage lawyer.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.8.1-26.7.37
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates:
1511-1860.
Collection of manuscript material transferred from printed theses collection, 1637-late 19th century, chiefly consisting of German academic papers, but including a small cache of Scottish legal papers, 19th century.
Series
Identifier: Acc.3591
Scope and Contents
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.
Dates:
14th century-19th century.
Corrected typescript drafts of `Points in time: an autobiography` by Dr William Johnstone, and related materials.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.332
Dates:
1980.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-51.2.7
Dates:
1841-1885.
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 the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9771-9807
Dates:
1798-1927, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.3430-3518
Dates:
1637-1873, undated.
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 of the antiquary, John Pinkerton, with papers and notes accumulated by him in connection with works which he published or projected.
Series
Identifier: MSS.1709-1721
Dates:
1776-1838, undated.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654
Dates:
1907-1964, undated.
Correspondence, teaching materials and papers of Tom Gourdie, mostly concerning the teaching and promotion of handwriting.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12817/1-94
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1783, [1930]-2004, undated.
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.
Drafts, proofs, notes, and research materials of Tom Pow, including related correspondence and other literary papers.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12950/1-59
Dates:
[1915]-2007, undated.
Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10707-10756
Dates:
1792-1874, undated.
Letters, manuscripts, notebooks and printed items of and concerning David Gray, of Kirkintilloch.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8463-8481
Scope and Contents
David Gray is known particularly for his major poem 'The Luggie'.
Dates:
1845-1964.
Letters, notebooks and manuscripts of and concerning Hugh Miller, geologist.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.7516-7527
Dates:
1650-1872.
Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26116-26162
Scope and Contents
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Dates:
1922-1980, undated.
Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs and notebooks of Archibald Philip Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8365/1-45
Dates:
Circa 1870-circa 1920, undated.
Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents
Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.
Dates:
1878-1980.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates:
1971-2001.
Literary papers of James B Caird.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.
Dates:
1931-1989.