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12 volumes relating to the peerage of Great Britain collected by James Maidment.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12424
Scope and Contents

Includes cuttings from newspapers and magazines, portraits, broadsides, genealogical tables and notes. Also includes notes on cases on which Maidment was working.

Dates: 18th century to 19 century.

14 volumes of press cuttings compiled by Dr Lachlan Grant concerning social conditions in the Highlands.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12187/1-14
Scope and Contents Dr Lachlan Grant MD (1871-1945) was born in Renfrewshire, spent much of his youth in Argyll, and graduated from Edinburgh University in 1896. He took a Diploma in Public Health in 1911 and in 1921 became a Fellow of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow. He was Medical Officer for Ballachulish and Kinlochleven, bacteriologist to Argyll County Council and consulting medical officer to British Aluminium, Kinlochleven. He came to note nationally as the founder of the Highland...
Dates: 1902-1993.

63 letters and cards of Frances Shand Kydd to William McIlwraith, Ayr.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12619
Scope and Contents

Includes book and press cutting.

Dates: circa 1997-2004.

Academic and literary correspondence of Professor Alastair Fowler, with some drafts of works and press cuttings.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12015/1-57
Scope and Contents

This accession is one of several in the National Library of Scotland covering mainly incoming correspondence, but also containing copies of some outgoing letters and other literary material.

Acc.12015/57 gives biographical details on individual correspondents.

Dates: [Circa 1971-2000], undated.

Account of time as a nurse at the King George V Seamen`s Memorial Hospital, Malta, of Miss J G M Allan.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11950
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter, press cuttings and a newsletter.

Dates: 1938-1942.

Album concerning Thomas Carlyle.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10484
Scope and Contents

Includes press cuttings, photographs and a portrait of Carlyle.

Dates: late 19th century.

Album of letters to and printed items collected by William Ford, bookseller, Manchester, through his involvement in the Edinburgh book trade.

 File
Identifier: MS.18000
Scope and Contents The album includes letters from several prominent Edinburgh figures of the early 19th century such as Thomas Thomson, Deputy Clerk Register, and Edward W A Drummond Hay, Principal Clerk, Lyon Office. Both men appear to have been in regular correspondence with William Ford. Amongst the printed items is an "Inventory of Work done for the State by his Majesty's Printer in Scotland 1642-1647" (Edinburgh, 1815), edited by Thomas Thomson. There are also a number of newspaper reports of meetings of...
Dates: 1810-1830.

Album of miscellaneous printed and manuscript matter.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.20
Scope and Contents

The printed items are mostly newspaper cuttings, from the period circa 1780-circa 1830; they have not been indexed. The manuscript items, a list of which has been added at the beginning of the volume, are mostly Scottish, several relating to Bo`ness and Linlithgow, and date from 1562 to 1826. On folio 44 is a note signed `A.E.N.`

Dates: 1562-circa 1830.

Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10893/1-451
Scope and Contents

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1972-1991.

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Subject
Correspondence. 210
Photographs. 151
Typescripts. 65
Letters. Correspondence. 62
Notes. 47
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Diaries. 46
Articles. 43
Manuscripts. 43
Minutes. Administrative records. 40
Notebooks. 39
Poetry. 39
Speeches. Documents. 31
Administrative records. 28
Drafts. Documents. 27
Reports 27
Programmes 23
Pamphlets. 22
Financial records. 20
Albums. 19
Photocopies. 18
Scripts. Documents 18
Publications. 17
Reports. 16
Ephemera. 14
Lectures. 14
Memorandums. 14
Obituaries. 14
Reviews. Document genre 14
Scrapbooks 14
Copies. Derivative objects. 13
Novels. 13
Posters. 13
Programmes. 13
Short stories. 13
Leaflets. 12
Newsletters. Serials. 12
Photograph albums. 11
Accounts. 10
Audiocassettes. 10
Literature (writings). 10
Minute books. 10
Plays. 10
Reviews. Document genre. 10
Biographies. 9
Catalogues. 9
Drawings. Visual works. 9
Legal documents. 9
Lists. 9
Maps. Cartographic materials. 9
Personal papers. 9
Postcards. 9
Proofs. Printed matter. 9
Research notes 9
Books 8
Printed materials. Object genre. 8
Proofs. printed matter 8
Autobiographies. 7
Essays. 7
Journals. Accounts. 7
Periodicals. 7
Politics. 7
Scrapbooks. 7
Sketches 7
Certificates 6
Histories. 6
Negatives. Photographs. 6
Professional papers. 6
Transcripts 6
Travel journals 6
Account books. 5
Magazines. periodicals. 5
Memoirs. 5
Rules. Instructions 5
Scores 5
Scripts. Documents. 5
Second World War (1939-1945). 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Translations. Documents. 5
Videocassettes. 5
Agendas. Administrative records. 4
Annotations. 4
Business records. 4
Certificates. 4
Drafts. Documents 4
Exhibition catalogues. 4
Genealogies. 4
Illustrations. Layout features. 4
Invitations. 4
Ledgers. Account books. 4
Offprints. 4
Publishers and publishing. 4
Registers (lists). 4
Research notes. 4
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 4
Sermons 4
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Bibliographies. 3
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Cartoons. Humourous images. 3
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Language
Multiple languages 6
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
German 1
Russian 1
Scots 1
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Swedish 1
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Names
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 6
Edinburgh International Festival Society 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) 5
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
Scottish National Party 5
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Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 4
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 4
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 4
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 3
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 3
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 3
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 3
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 3
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 2
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 2
Davidson, Andrew Nevile, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, 1899-1976 2
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 2
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 2
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
MacGilleMhoire, Dòmhnall R (poet and shopkeeper, Scalpay, Isle of Harris) 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
McTaggart, William, painter, 1835-1910 2
Mearns, Jim, b.1959 (civil servant, archaeologist, and political campaigner) 2
Murray, David, journalist, writer and broadcaster, fl 1934-1972 2
Murray, Katherine Marjory Stewart-, wife of John, 8th Duke of Atholl, née Ramsay, 1874-1960 2
Napier, George Glen, miscellaneous writer, fl 1889-1940 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
National Party of Scotland 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Russell, Stanley Livingstone (filmmaker) 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
ASH Scotland, anti-smoking charity 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Aitken, Sarah Ross, Gateway Theatre General Manager, 1905-1985 1
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Allan, J G M, nurse, fl 1938-1942 1
Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland 1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1871-1913 1
Angus, David 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Antonine Productions (Film Production Company) 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Askew, Gilbert, 1893-1950 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Baillie, Oscar, cinema manager, 1909-1992 1
Barlow (family) 1
Barns-Graham, Allan, 1874-1957 (landowner) 1
Baxter, William Edward, traveller and author, 1825-1890 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900-1984 (painter, wood engraver, scholar, and writer of belles lettres) 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Boraston, John Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1885-1969 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Bottomley, family 1
Boyd, family 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Thomas Craig, Provost of Selkirk, 1844-1922: recipient 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976: recipient 1
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 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
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