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Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents

Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).

Dates: 1915-1987.

Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11050
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.

Dates: circa 1955-1976.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates: 1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and of his own and allied families: Hays, Thomsons, Tods, Lothians.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3116-3123
Scope and Contents

A table of the relationships of the various families has been placed in MS.3116, folio i.

Dates: 1714-1905, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10328
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Rudyard Kipling, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Evelyn Waugh.

Dates: 1920-1972.

Correspondence and papers of Hector Hugh Mackenzie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12175
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly concern Highland history and music, including some papers relating to Frances Tolmie.

Dates: circa 1926-1984.

Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.2(I)-(VIII)
Scope and Contents

Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.

Dates: 1680-1728.

Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15560-15901
Scope and Contents John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...
Dates: Mid 14th century-[before 1962], undated.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of Sir John Dalrymple, 4th Baronet.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9928
Scope and Contents

Includes papers on inventions and a series of caricatures Dalrymple planned with James Gillray.

Dates: 1793-1810 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

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Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir William Maxwell, President of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11650
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Albert, 4th Earl Grey, and Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery.

Dates: circa 1880-1920.

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Notes. 1168
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Photographs. 95
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Genealogies. 89
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Diaries. 72
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Photocopies. 43
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Indexes. Reference sources. 42
Treatises. 42
Documents. 37
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Memorandums. 34
Minutes. Administrative records. 32
Printed materials. Object genre. 31
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Novels. 29
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Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 15
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English 773
Undetermined 561
Latin 52
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 34
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 13
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 7
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 6
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 6
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
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Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 5
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 5
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 4
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) 4
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 4
National Library of Scotland 4
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 3
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 3
Church of Scotland 3
Free Church of Scotland 3
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 3
Scottish National Party 3
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, antiquary, 1781-1851 3
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 3
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 2
Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 2
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 2
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 2
Erskine, John, of Carnock, Professor of Scots Law, University of Edinburgh, 1695-1768 2
Fairley, John A, local historian, fl 1900-1929 2
Forrester, Colin David Ian G, Clan Secretary and Historian, Clan Forrester Society, fl 1967-1992 2
Geikie, Mary, novelist, fl 1908-1948 2
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 2
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Hall, Sir James, 4th Baronet, geologist and chemist, 1761-1832 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 2
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 2
MacEwen, Andrew B W, Stockton Springs, Maine, fl 1975-1977 2
Maidment, James, antiquary, d 1879. 2
Martin, Burns, author of "Allan Ramsay: a Study of His Life and Works", fl 1900-1945 2
McGregor, family 2
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 2
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Pilkington, Charles, mountaineer, b 1850 2
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 2
Ramsay, Allan, poet, 1684-1758 2
Ronaldson, family 2
Scott, Robert Falcon, Captain, Royal Navy, Antarctic explorer, 1868-1912 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Stuart, Malcolm (Michael) Moncrieff, 1903-1991 (civil servant in India and Pakistan) 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
University of Edinburgh 2
Watt, Donald Elmslie Robertson, historian, 1926-2004 2
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Abbott, Minnie, illegitimate daughter of James Nasmyth, engineer, née Russell, then Richardson, c 1858-1940: recipient 1
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Adam, Robin J, Professor of Medieval History, University of St Andrews, fl 1960-1998 1
Agnew, Swanzie, wife of Sir Fulque Melville Gerald Noel, 10th Baronet of Lochnaw, née Erskine, 1916-2000 1
Aldis, Harry Gidney, bibliographer, 1863-1919 1
Alexander, Alastair, sports radio commentator, b 1937 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Allen, Frederick Denison Campbell , Member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, d.1964 1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1871-1913 1
Anderson and Woodman Library, Strichen, Aberdeenshire 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Anderson, James, author of "Sir Walter Scott and History", b 1918 1
Anderson, John, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867 1
Anderson, John, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867: former owner 1
Anderson, Margaret, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867 1
Anderson, Margaret, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867: former owner 1
Anderson, William James, Senior Curate, St Mary's, Chelsea, 1894-1972 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Angus, Archibald, son of David, civil engineer, fl 1904-1916 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926: recipient 1
Angus, Mary, wife of David, civil engineer, née Wilson, fl 1904-1939 1
Angus, Mary, wife of David, civil engineer, née Wilson, fl 1904-1939: recipient 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Angus, Stewart, son of David, civil engineer, fl 1904-1916 1
Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Ardern, L L, Librarian, College of Technology, Manchester, fl 1953-1988 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Gordon Highlanders, 1st Battalion 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1
Atlee, Dr Edwin Augustus, 1776-1852 1
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 1
Baine, John, teacher and astronomer, b 1754 1
Baker, Jane, scriptwriter, fl 1968-1970 1
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