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Correspondence and literary papers of and concerning George Borrow collected by Sir Angus Fraser, with working papers of Sir Angus Fraser relating to George Borrow.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12091/1-74
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).

Dates: 1794-2001, undated.

Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5139-5164
Scope and Contents

Robert Paul, manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, married Charlotte, the daughter of John Erskine of Cambus, advocate, in 1814. The connection of the Pauls with the Erskines of Alva, and later with the Erskine Murrays, remained strong, and the antiquarian interests of the Reverend Robert Paul, Free Church minister at Dollar, led him to examine many of the Erskine papers. Some of these remained with the Paul’s and now form part of the collection.

Dates: 17th century-1928.

Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12092/1-108
Scope and Contents This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates: Circa 1420-1989, undated.

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

 Fonds
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, 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 of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: 1895-2012.

Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents

The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

Dates: 1955-2014.

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Photographs. 97
Correspondence. 63
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 47
Typescripts. 32
Speeches. Documents. 31
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Notes. 28
Drafts. Documents. 21
Letters. Correspondence. 21
Diaries. 20
Articles. 19
Manuscripts. 18
Notebooks. 16
Legal documents. 15
Poetry. 15
Scripts. Documents 15
Documents. 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 11
Lectures. 10
Translations. Documents. 10
Photocopies. 9
Publications. 9
Financial records. 8
Plays. 8
Lists. 7
Minutes. Administrative records. 7
Essays. 6
Literature (writings). 6
Novels. 6
Obituaries. 6
Printed materials. Object genre. 6
Reports. 6
Reviews. Document genre 6
Scripts. Documents. 6
Accounts. 5
Audiocassettes. 5
Drawings. Visual works. 5
Ephemera. 5
Maps. Cartographic materials. 5
Postcards. 5
Programmes. 5
Sketches. 5
Biographies. 4
Genealogies. 4
Memorandums. 4
Microfilms. 4
Negatives. Photographs. 4
Pamphlets. 4
Proofs. Printed matter. 4
Research notes. 4
Reviews. Document genre. 4
Scrapbooks 4
Short stories. 4
Slides. Photographs. 4
Annotations. 3
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Music books. 3
Musical compositions. 3
Periodicals. 3
Photograph albums. 3
Posters. 3
Professional papers. 3
Programmes 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Reports 3
Scores. 3
Snapshots. 3
Videocassettes. 3
Account books. 2
Administrative records. 2
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 2
Catalogues. 2
Certificates 2
Certificates. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Deeds. Legal documents. 2
Diplomas. School records. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Estate records. 2
Family papers. 2
Fragments. 2
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
Histories. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Memoirs. 2
Memoranda Book. 2
Offprints. 2
Paintings. Visual works. 2
Parts. Scores. 2
Personal papers. 2
Photographic plates. 2
Sketchbooks 2
Sketches 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Testimonials. 2
Transcriptions. Documents. 2
Transcripts. 2
Travel journals. 2
Wills. 2
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Advertisements. 1
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Language
English 77
Undetermined 21
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Multiple languages 3
German 1
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Swedish 1
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Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 3
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
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
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Ayr Burns Club 1
Balfour, James, Surinam, planter, d c 1841 1
Ballantyne (family, of Holylee ) 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Church of Scotland 1
Citizen's Theatre, TAG, Glasgow, theatre company 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Cording, Alastair, actor and playwright, fl 1971-2008 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dunlop, Isobel V S, Secretary of the Saltire Music Group, b 1901 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fifth Estate Theatre Company 1
Fraser, Alexander Campbell (philosopher) 1
Gallus Stage Productions, theatre company 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, family, of Ellon 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Holms, William, spinner and politician, b 1827 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macarthur, Edith, actor, b. 1926 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Mackenzie, Evan, missionary in Tibet, b 1868 1
Mackenzie, Robert F, Headteacher, Braehead Secondary School , 1910-1987 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLean, Lex, comedian, 1907-1975 1
Miller, William, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1838-1923 1
Miller, William, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1838-1923: recipient 1
Mitchell, Lord Robert MacGregor, lawyer, judge, Liberal MP for Perth and University rector, 1875-1938 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Neill and Co Ltd, Edinburgh, printers 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Powell, Reginald (physicist) 1
Ross, Neil, Minister of Laggan, Inverness-shire, Gaelic scholar and poet, 1873-1943 1
Saltire Society 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 1
Skene, family, of Rubislaw 1
Small, William, Lanarkshire miners' leader, founder member of Scottish Labour Party and Independent Labour Party, d 1903 1
Smith, W Gordon (photographer, broadcaster and playwright) 1
Social Democratic Party, political party 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Steel, David Martin Scott, Baron Steel of Aikwood (politician, Liberal MP, leader of the Liberal Party) 1
Strachan, Michael, writer, b 1919 1
Taylor, Wilfred (journalist and author) 1
The Robert Burns World Federation Limited 1
Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh 1
Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933 1
Thub-bstan-rgya-mtsho, 13th Dalai Lama, 1876-1933. 1
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 1
Watt, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-, Knight, developer of radar, 1892-1973 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Willis, Eustace George, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, 1903-1987 1
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