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Autobiography, diaries, correspondence and printed material of John William Ballantyne.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13189/1-86
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an autobiography written between the years 1910 and 1921 and a diary kept between 1899-1923. Both series of volumes contain letters, photographs and memorabilia pasted in.
Dates:
1861-1926, undated.
Business and personal papers of William Sim, colour manufacturer.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4496/1-19
Dates:
1837-1925.
Correspondence and papers of Arthur Woodburn, including articles, press cuttings, lectures, photographs, glass slides and drafts of an autobiography.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7656 Box 1(1)-Box 44
Scope and Contents
Arthur Woodburn's strong interest in economics, education, European unity, international relations, modern languages and Scottish history and literature are reflected in the papers.
Dates:
1907-1977.
Correspondence and papers of James Clunie, chiefly concerning his association with John Maclean.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.4334/1-5
Dates:
1908-1962.
Correspondence and papers of John Anderson Graham and Katherine Graham, mainly concerning the Kalimpong homes and their missionary work in North India; with correspondence and papers of James Purdie, superintendent of Kalimpong homes.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6039 Box 1(1)-Box 17(2)
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of the personal archive of the Very Rev John Anderson Graham DD, founder of the Kalimpong homes, and much of the general archive of the Homes themselves from the beginning of Graham's ministry there in 1889 until 1972.The importance of the collection lies in the detailed account it gives of the early development and later growth and organisation of one of the Scottish mission centres in India, and in the light it throws on the social and educational problems...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1857, 1880-1972, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, invitations, programmes and other papers of the Reverend Ian Paterson Renton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9212/1-27
Dates:
1940-1990.
Correspondence, journals, accounts and miscellaneous papers of David Anne Bannerman and of her family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6579/1-15
Dates:
1835-1922, undated.
Correspondence, journals, accounts, photographs, maps and miscellaneous papers of Fanny Bullock Workman and Dr William Hunter Workman.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9893/1-94
Dates:
1867-1939, undated.
Correspondence, journals, photographs and other papers of Isabella Plumb, mostly relating to her missionary work at Pune, India and Sialkot, Pakistan.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12680/1-46
Dates:
1862-1956, undated.
Correspondence of Alexander Low Bruce, master brewer, with some personal and financial papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11777/1-41
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning Bruce's directorships of the African Lakes Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company, and to Liberal Unionist organisations and activities in Scotland.
The papers, originally contained in a mahogany filing cabinet with alphabetically labelled drawers, is mostly, but not exclusively, Bruce’s personal, rather than his business correspondence, mainly from 1885-1893 and largely concerned with his political and African interests.
Dates:
1858-1893, undated.
Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Dates:
1895-1965, undated.
First World War papers of James Naughton Dandie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9530/1-54
Scope and Contents
The papers relate to James Naughton Dandie's service with the 51st Highland Division (Artillery) in France during World War I, and some post-war papers.
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript notes and printed material.
Dates:
1914-1919, undated.
Ian Rankin archive.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.50301-50691
Scope and Contents
The archive of Ian Rankin represents the author’s extensive creative output as well as his wide ranging cultural interests. The archive consists largely of literary manuscripts and typescripts for the majority of his works. Some personal papers are also held. Of particular significance are his crime novels, most notably those of the Inspector Rebus series. Also included are more than 100 short stories, most from the early part of his career in the 1980s; assorted other creative works, such...
Dates:
1972-2018.
Journals, notebooks and other papers of Sir James Mann Wordie, polar explorer, mostly relating to his tours and expeditions.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12559/1-99
Scope and Contents
Journals, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, press-cuttings and related papers, 1903-1959, n.d., of and relating largely to the expeditions of polar exploration and scientific discovery, travel and mountaineering activities of Sir James Mann Wordie, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge (1889-1962).
Dates:
1865-1959.
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates:
1941-2022
Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy', but also others of his publications, and with some personal papers.
File
Identifier: MSS.50698-50699
Dates:
1791-1826
Letters, photographs and papers of or concerning the Dallas and Macarthur families of Nairn, and relating chiefly to the activities of the brothers Macarthur in Quebec, Ontario, Iowa and Manitoba.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10623/1-6
Scope and Contents
Chiefly concerning members of the MacArthur family in Canada and the United States of America. Includes photographs and photocopies of press cuttings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1815-1936, 1972, undated.
Letters to Joseph Macleod from various correspondents.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12964/1-19
Scope and Contents
This collection of letters was found by his family long after the National Library of Scotland had acquired the bulk of Joseph Macleod's archive in 1992. It is not quite clear why this correspondence was filed separately by Joseph Macleod, but much of it is personal, from family and friends. Some correspondents have proved unidentifiable during the somewhat hasty compilation of this inventory; any further information or corrections will be gratefully received by the Manuscripts Division,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917-1955, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts of published and unpublished books, articles, stories and poems, with associated correspondence and some genealogical material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6215 Box 1(a)-Box 9(d)
Dates:
circa 1931-1970, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents
At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates:
1885-2019, undated.
Literary correspondence and personal papers of Hubert Peter Morrison, with some related correspondence and editorial papers of Thomas Nelson and Sons, publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6932 Box 1(1)-Box 5(7)
Dates:
1906-1971, 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, mostly correspondence and typescripts, of Michael Brander.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13520/1-68
Dates:
1953-2006.