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Journals and notebooks of Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen.

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Identifier: Acc.13420
Scope and Contents Edward Theodore Salvesen (1857-1942) was the son of Christian Frederick Salvesen (1827-1911), the Norwegian born founder of the Salvesen shipping company of Leith. He was educated at Edinburgh University and called to the Scottish Bar in 1880, becoming a Queen’s Counsel in 1899. As a Liberal Unionist candidate, he unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituencies of Leith Burghs in 1900 and Bute in 1905. He was Sheriff of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Selkirkshire from 1901-1905...
Dates: 1873-1900.

Journals, letters, manuscripts, notes, verse and other papers of and relating to Alastair Cram.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13170
Scope and Contents Alastair Cram was educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh University and started his working life as a solicitor in private practice at the Scottish Bar. In the Second World War he saw service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery and SAS during which time he was taken prisoner and was involved in several successful escapes. Alastair Cram was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. In peacetime, he served as a Judge in Kenya and, in 1965, was Governor-General of Malawi. Alastair Cram was also a...
Dates: 1928-1967, and undated.

Legal notebook in shorthand, with references to cases for illustration.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.7.6
Scope and Contents

Inside the notebook on the board is written ‘Mich[s] Term. 12 Geo. II. 1738. C.B.’

Dates: 1738.

Legal notebook ‘on law and practice’ in shorthand.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.3.7
Scope and Contents

Subjects on the margin in ordinary writing, remarks in shorthand in centre of page. No name or date.

Dates: 18th century.

Letters and papers of, and concerning, General Sir George Murray.

 File
Identifier: MS.21192
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1810-1817, of, to, and concerning, General Sir George Murray, including two letters from Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington; with a notebook in Sir George's hand, chiefly concerning the Peninsular War (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and legal papers, 1824-1825, concerning Erskine v Murray (folio 29); (iii) Letter, 1845, of Sir George Murray probably to General Paul Anderson (folio 70).

Dates: 1810-1845.

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 of Isobel Field, née Osbourne, (`Teuila`), step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, to Charles Paine.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12014
Scope and Contents

Includes Isobel Field`s "Precious Book" containing notes on art technique and a photograph of her in old age.

Dates: 1936-1948.

Letters of Willa Muir to her cousins Dora and Elizabeth Anderson.

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Identifier: Acc.11590
Scope and Contents

Includes related family letters and photographs.

Dates: 1948-1970 and undated.

Literary and personal papers of Alastair Mackie, comprising poetry notebooks and manuscripts, translations and journals.

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Identifier: Acc.13233
Scope and Contents Alastair Mackie left his literary remains to his friend, and former pupil, the writer Christopher Rush. The collection was very disordered when Rush received it, and he has carried out extensive work in sorting and listing it, alongside his preparation an edition of Alastair Mackie`s collected poems for publication by Two Ravens Press. The collection primarily consists of draft manuscripts of Mackie`s Scots and English poems, and of his translations of ancient and modern European and Russian...
Dates: 1937-1995.

Literary and personal papers of, and relating to, David Thomson.

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Identifier: Acc.13259/1-78
Scope and Contents

As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.

Dates: 19th century, circa 1916-1996.

Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13458
Scope and Contents

Literary and personal papers, c. 1966-2013, of Jo Clifford, comprising mainly playscripts, notebooks and journals. With some earlier family papers including: two travel journals by an unidentified family member, to North Carolina in 1828 and a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1829; First World War letters of Bertram Clifford, grandfather of Jo Clifford.

Dates: Circa 1966-2013.

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 and art notebooks of Ewan Morrison, mainly relating to `Menage` (London: Cape, 2009).

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Identifier: Acc.13239
Scope and Contents

The collection relates principally to Ewan Morrison`s fourth book, `Ménage` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009), which drew on material and notebooks dating back to the 1990s.

Dates: circa 1990-2009.

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Correspondence. 141
Poetry. 99
Diaries. 77
Manuscripts. 72
Typescripts. 69
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Letters. Correspondence. 62
Photographs. 59
Notes. 54
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 52
Drafts. Documents. 44
Microfilms. 42
Novels. 27
Articles. 26
Copies. Derivative objects. 26
Short stories. 21
Plays. 18
Lists. 17
Accounts. 16
Financial records. 16
Travel journals. 16
Lectures. 15
Legal documents. 14
Biographies. 12
Essays. 12
Lecture notes. 12
Photocopies. 12
Scripts. Documents 12
Speeches. Documents. 12
Genealogies. 11
Publications. 11
Translations. Documents. 11
Account books. 10
Documents. 10
Histories. 10
Sermons. 10
Excerpts. 9
Maps. Cartographic materials. 9
Proofs. printed matter 9
Reports 9
Sketches. 9
Minutes. Administrative records. 8
Personal papers. 8
Printed materials. Object genre. 8
Travel journals 8
Autobiographies. 7
Catalogues. 7
Drawings. Visual works. 7
Family papers. 7
Journals. Accounts. 7
Literature (writings). 7
Memorandums. 7
Photograph albums. 7
Recipes. Instructions (document genre). 7
Research notes. 7
Sermons 7
Sketches 7
Songs. Musical compositions. 7
Transcripts 7
Commonplace books. 6
Inventories. 6
Reviews. Document genre. 6
Watercolours. Paintings. 6
Audiocassettes. 5
Books 5
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 5
Illustrations. Layout features. 5
Indexes. Reference sources. 5
Logs. Records. 5
Memoirs. 5
Obituaries. 5
Research notes 5
Scores 5
Sketchbooks. 5
Business records. 4
Fair copies. 4
France. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 2.0000. Latitude: 46.0000. 4
Orders. Military records. 4
Postcards. 4
Programmes. 4
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 4
Shorthand. 4
Transcripts. 4
Anecdotes. 3
Annotations. 3
Ballads. 3
Bankbooks. 3
Diagrams. 3
Drafts. Documents 3
Exercise books. 3
Fragments. 3
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 3
Mountaineering. 3
Music books. 3
Negatives. Photographs. 3
Programmes 3
Reminiscences. 3
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Reviews. Document genre 3
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Language
English 336
Undetermined 164
Multiple languages 9
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 7
Latin 3
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Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 11
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 5
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 4
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 3
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
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Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 3
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 3
Scottish Mountaineering Club 3
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 2
Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, higher education institution 2
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 2
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 2
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 2
Lawson, family, secession ministers, Selkirk 2
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 2
MacLean, Sorley, 1911-1996 (poet) 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Price, Richard John, librarian, poet and editor, b 1966 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Robertson, Archibald Eneas (minister at Astley Ainsley Hospital, mountaineer) (1870-1958) 2
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Anderson and Woodman Library, Strichen, Aberdeenshire 1
Anderson, Andrew, 1779-before 1871 (mason in Aberfeldy) 1
Anderson, Dora, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Anderson, Elizabeth, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Anderson, William, 1765-1792 (musician) 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Arundel, Honor, novelist and journalist, 1919-1973 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Baird, Mabel Winifred, handspinner and weaver, née Ross, d 1995 1
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blair, Robert, teacher of Latin school, Edinburgh, fl 1677-1705 1
Blair, William, Principal Clerk to the United Free Church General Assembly, 1830-1916 1
Bonar, Ann, daughter of Archibald, Minister of Cramond, 1804-1875 1
Bone, Phyllis M, sculptor, 1897-1972 1
Bourgho, Thomas James de, Edinburgh, fl 1830-1870 1
Boyd, Edward, playwright and scriptwriter, 1916-1989 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Andrew, South Africa, telegraph controller, fl 1899-1905 1
Brown, Dugald Blair, Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel, 1847-1896 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Bruce, John, 1775-1834 (schoolmaster and author) 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Buchanan, Robert, Professor of Logic, University of Glasgow, 1786-1873 1
Bury, Charles Kenneth Howard-, Lieutenant-Colonel, mountaineer, 1883-1963 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Caddy, Peter, Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, 1917-1994 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Campbell, Angus Peter 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Cavalier, Jean, Major-General, 1681-1740 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara (daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast) 1
Chalmers, Sir David Patrick, Knight, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, d 1899 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Crown Court Church, Covent Garden 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Clinton, Margery (ceramist) 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Cook, James, b. 1797 (Ferry-Port on Craig) 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crawfurd, George, genealogist and historian, c 1695-1748 1
Crow, W R, Sergeant, Indian Command, Royal Air Force, fl 1944 1
Crow, Walter S, Sergeant, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, d c 1978 1
Dalrymple, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Borthwick (antiquary) 1
Daudet, Alphonse, novelist, 1840-1897 1
Davie, George Elder, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1912-2007 1
Dejardin, Lucie, socialist, 1875-1945 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
Dobie, Marryat Ross, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1888-1973 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Douglas, Sir George Brisbane, 5th Baronet, of Springwood Park, 1856-1935 1
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