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Correspondence and papers of H H MacTaggart.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8755
Scope and Contents

Concerning MacTaggart`s family and the executry of his father William McTaggart.

Dates: 1877-1972.

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 the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates: 1815-1967, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Tom Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11750/1-122
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

Dates: 1950-1995.

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, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.

Dates: 1894-1977, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents

Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1745-1961.

Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13400
Scope and Contents

Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).

Dates: 2001-2012.

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.

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.

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 papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of Tom Bryan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13566
Scope and Contents Tom Bryan (1950- ) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, but has long been resident in Scotland, his mother’s country. A widely-published and broadcast poet and writer, he has published six collections of poetry, three non-fiction books, two collections of short stories and a novel. Tom Bryan has held a number of residencies and Royal Literary Fellowships, and was the sixth Brownsbank Writing Fellow. He co-edited `Northwords` magazine, founded `The Eildon Tree` and has edited other literary...
Dates: Circa 1981-2014.

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Correspondence. 37
Photographs. 24
Typescripts. 17
Notes. 14
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Diaries. 12
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Letters. Correspondence. 6
Publications. 6
Scripts. Documents 5
Autobiographies. 3
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Financial records. 3
Journals. Accounts. 3
Literature (writings). 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Speeches. Documents. 3
Travel journals. 3
Accounts. 2
Biographies. 2
Books 2
Catalogues. 2
Documents. 2
Essays. 2
Histories. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Lectures. 2
Librettos. Documents for music. 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Minutes. Administrative records. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Novels. 2
Obituaries. 2
Photograph albums. 2
Postcards. 2
Reviews. Document genre 2
Rules. Instructions 2
Short stories. 2
Sketches. 2
Transcripts 2
Translations. Documents. 2
Travel journals 2
Albums. 1
Alps (mountain system). Europe. Longitude: 010 00 00 E. Latitude: 46 25 00 N. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Audiocassettes. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Bibles. 1
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Cookbooks. 1
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Dances. Musical compositions. 1
Diplomas. School records. 1
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Exercise books. 1
Fair copies. 1
Folklore. 1
Fugues. Musical compositions. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Genealogies. 1
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 1
Indexes. Reference sources. 1
Kenya. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 38.0000. Latitude: 1.0000. 1
Lists. 1
Logs. Records. 1
Magazines. periodicals. 1
Marches. Musical compositions. 1
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Microfilms. 1
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Newsletters. Serials. 1
Offprints. 1
Operas. Musical compositions. 1
Orations (speeches). 1
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Paintings. Visual works. 1
Parliamentary papers. 1
Parts. Scores. 1
Periodicals. 1
Personal papers. 1
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Language
English 39
Undetermined 12
Multiple languages 3
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
Scots 1
 
Names
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
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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
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Dejardin, Lucie, socialist, 1875-1945 1
Dillon, Emile Joseph, 1854-1933 (philologist, author and journalist; pseudonym, "E B Lanin") 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graham, Sir George, Knight, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association, 1892-1974 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Henderson, Constance Joan, weaver, fl 1931-1939 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Lillie, Robert Alexander, art collector, fl 1907-1977 1
Lorimer, James, Professor of Public Law, University of Edinburgh, 1818-1890 1
Lorimer, John Henry, 1856-1936 (painter) 1
Lorimer, family, of Kellie 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
MacCallum, Neil Robb, poet and political activist, 1954-2002 1
MacTaggart, Hugh Holmes, mechanical engineer, fl 1872-1925 1
MacTaggart, Sir William, Knight, painter, 1903-1981 1
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 1
Macintosh, Farquhar, 1923-2007 (Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh) 1
Mackenzie, Robert F, Headteacher, Braehead Secondary School , 1910-1987 1
McIlvanney, William Angus (novelist, poet and journalist) 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McTaggart, William, painter, 1835-1910 1
Murray, James Robert Erskine-, physicist, 1868-1927 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, Knight Colonial Governor, 1781-1826 1
Reith, George Murray, Minister of St Cuthbert’s United Free Church, Edinburgh, 1863-1948 1
Roberts, William Edward (poet and mountaineer, pseudonym Michael Roberts) 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Scottish Covenant Association 1
Scottish Football Association, governing body 1
Scottish National Party 1
Smail, Adam C, Edinburgh, bookseller and temperance campaigner, 1871-1930 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
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