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25 letters of Tom Scott and two letters of George Macleod of Fuinary.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12064
Scope and Contents

Includes related material.

Dates: 1986-1995.

327 letters of William Maxwell to Mary E Wood.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6283
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal, business, and literary matters, including references to the printing of works of George Bernard Shaw.

With associated printed items.

Dates: 1933-1939.

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.

Cards and letters of Harry Lauder to W. Lockyer.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14019
Scope and Contents

Includes two autographs and one signed photograph (1937) of Harry Lauder; programme of Command Performance at Balmoral Castle, 5 September 1924; some photographs probably of W. Lockyer and members of his family.

Dates: 1923-1929.

Correspondence and papers concerning the Chelsea Reel Club, kept by Hugh Rose Foss.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14532
Content Description

Correspondence, membership and guest lists, ball programmes, dance cards and notebooks, 1934-ca. 1992, concerning the running of the Chelsea Reel Club and its regular dances and balls.

The archive was maintained by Hugh Rose Foss, better known for his war-time career as a code breaker. The Club was founded by friends of Foss's wife in 1935. Foss initially acted as Vice-Chairman, and became Chairman in 1938.

Dates: 1934-1992

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh International Festival Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11779
Scope and Contents

Includes administrative papers and photographs.

Dates: circa 1956-1998.

Correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the Clyde Workers` Committee.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13524
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs and papers, 1913-c 1920s, relating to John W. Muir (1879-1931), trade unionist and Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill, and his involvement in the Clyde Workers’ Committee (CWC). Some of the papers also relate to his wife Catherine Fraser and to other prominent members of the CWC.

Dates: 1913-c.1920s

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Further papers of Captain Archibald D Cochrane

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14119
Scope and Contents

The papers relate to Captain Cochrane's career in politics and as Governor of Burma. They include letters from Cochrane to his wife, Julia Cochrane, 1936-1937; and correspondence between Cochrane and the British naval officers with whom he escaped in 1917 from a Turkish prisoner of war camp, 1921-1958.

Dates: 1921-1958.

Letter of Daniel H M Slessor (adopted son of Mary Slessor) to A B Snodin.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10804
Scope and Contents

Includes printed order of service for commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Mary Slessor`s death.

Dates: 1965.

Letters, theatrical ephemera and copies, sent to and collected by Archie Foley for his research into Graham Moffat.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13437
Scope and Contents The collection relates to Archie Foley`s research into Graham Moffat and his company, which included other members of the Moffat family. Moffat was best-known for his 1911 hit play, `Bunty Pulls the Strings`, which had a long run in London`s West End and on Broadway, and was made into a film in 1921. The collection includes early programmes and copies of promotional photographs for the play, papers relating to other works by Moffat and copies of a few of his letters. The later correspondence...
Dates: 1911-1988

Literary papers and correspondence of Sorley Maclean.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14529/1-8
Scope and Contents

Papers include Maclean's notes on literary and historical figures, correspondence with Maclean following the death of his brother Calum, and letters sent to Maclean's wife, Renee, after his death.

The Papers also contain correspondence, invitations and programmes on various literary awards and events at which Maclean was honoured and in attendence.

Dates: 1932-2000.

`Melange Ridicule`, commonplace book compiled by Rachel Duff

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13543
Scope and Contents

Commonplace Book containing miscellaneous verse, riddles, letters and numerous pasted in cartoons, drawings and press cuttings. Printed items include prints from John Kay`s `Original Portraits`, 1839, a printed programme for the New Concert Hall, Canongate, 1754 and a copy of the `Edinburgh Evening Courant` for 24 September 1745 with an account of the Battle of Prestonpans.

Dates: Undated, 19th century

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Correspondence. 50
Programmes 43
Photographs. 28
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 24
Programmes. 20
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Letters. Correspondence. 13
Minutes. Administrative records. 10
Administrative records. 7
Notebooks. 6
Diaries. 5
Typescripts. 5
Financial records. 4
Lists. 4
Notes. 4
Poetry. 4
Postcards. 4
Posters. 4
Articles. 3
Invitations. 3
Manuscripts. 3
Periodicals. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Reports 3
Scripts. Documents 3
Speeches. Documents. 3
Accounts. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
Copies. Derivative objects. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Personal papers. 2
Photocopies. 2
Professional papers. 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Scores 2
Scores. 2
Scrapbooks 2
Annual reports. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Books 1
Booksellers' catalogues. 1
Brochures. 1
Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Certificates. 1
Christmas cards. 1
Documents. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Ephemera. 1
Essays. 1
Graphs. 1
Hong Kong. Asia - China. Semi-independent political entity. Longitude: 114.1667. Latitude: 22.2500. 1
Invoices. 1
Leaflets. 1
Lectures. 1
Legal documents. 1
Linlithgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - West Lothian. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.6167. Latitude: 55.9667. 1
London. Europe - United Kingdom - England - Greater London. Inhabited place. Longitude: -0.1667. Latitude: 51.5000. 1
Magazines. periodicals. 1
Membership lists. 1
Menus. 1
Minute books. 1
Music books. 1
Musical compositions. 1
Negatives. Photographs. 1
Newsletters. Serials. 1
Newspapers. 1
Nigeria. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 8.0000. Latitude: 10.0000. 1
Obituaries. 1
Order forms. 1
Parts. Scores. 1
Photograph albums. 1
Plays. 1
Positives. Photographs. 1
Proofs. Printed matter. 1
Publishers and publishing. 1
Reports. 1
Research notes 1
Reviews. Document genre 1
Riddles 1
Scripts. Documents. 1
Sculpture 1
Second World War (1939-1945). 1
Sermons 1
Sheet music. 1
Short stories. 1
Sketches 1
Sketches. 1
Slides. Photographs. 1
Solomon Islands. Oceania. Nation. Longitude: 159.0000. Latitude: -8.0000. 1
Songs. Musical compositions. 1
Sound recordings. 1
Subscription lists. 1
Transcripts 1
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Language
English 61
Undetermined 2
 
Names
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 3
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 2
Edinburgh Film Festival 2
Edinburgh International Festival Society 2
Hibernian Football Club, Edinburgh 2
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Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Aitken, Sarah Ross, Gateway Theatre General Manager, 1905-1985 1
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
Bonaventure, Michael, organist and composer, b 1962 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Bunney, Herrick, 1915-1997 (organist of St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh) 1
Burns Club of London, Vernacular Circle 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Chelsea Reel Club 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club 1
East Fife Football Club 1
Edinburgh Film Guild 1
Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society 1
Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958: author 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
Foley, Archie, variety theatre historian, fl. 1985-2013: collector 1
Foss, Hugh Rose, 1902-1971 1
Gateway Theatre (Edinburgh) 1
Gibson, Sir Alexander Drummond, Knight, conductor, 1926-1995 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gray, Marillyn, Scottish stage actor, 1930-2006 1
Green, George (Showman, cinema exhibitor) 1
Hardy, Henry Forsyth (film critic) 1
Henderson, R R Gore-Brown-, Balerno, fl 1967: collector 1
Henschel, Sir George, Knight, musician, formerly Isidor Georg, 1850-1934 1
Jannetta, family, St Andrews 1
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 1
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 1
Lothians Coursing Club 1
Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1848-1939 1
MacCallum, Neil Robb, poet and political activist, 1954-2002 1
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 1
MacKay, Aeneas Thomas, publisher, Stirling, fl 1905-1933 1
MacKenzie, David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943 1
MacKenzie, David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943: recipient 1
MacKenzie, Elizabeth, wife of David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943 1
MacKenzie, Elizabeth, wife of David, army clerk, fl 1939-1943: recipient 1
MacLean, Sorley, 1911-1996 (poet) 1
MacLellan, William MacLaren, publisher, Glasgow, 1915-1996 1
Macarthur, Edith, actor, b. 1926 1
Mackenzie, Agnes Mure, historian and author, 1891-1955: author 1
Macleod, George, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, founder of the Iona Community, 1895-1991 1
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
Maxwell, William, Director, R and R Clark Ltd, printers, 1873-1957 1
McGachie, Arthur, footballer, d 1999 1
Moffat, Graham, author of 'Bunty Pulls the Strings', 1866-1951. 1
Muir, John William, trade unionist and Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill, 1879-1931 1
Nairn, James S (cinema manager,exhibitor, filmmaker) 1
Oriental Rug and Textile Group in Scotland 1
Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo Luigi, Knight, sculptor and printmaker, 1924-2005 1
Peter Lawson and Son, Edinburgh, seed merchants 1
Piobaireachd Society 1
Pollok Socialist Sunday School 1
Primrose, Albert Edward Harry Mayer Archibald, 6th Earl of Rosebery and 2nd Earl of Midlothian, 1882-1974 1
Renton, Ian Paterson (Minister of St Colm's, Edinburgh) 1
Royal Naval Review, 1887, Spithead 1
Rule, V, correspondent of 6th Earl of Rosebery, fl 1942. 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Scottish Film Council (SFC) 1
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 1
Sinclair, John, Sir (1st Baronet of Ulbster) 1
Singleton, George, cinema proprietor, known as 'Mr Cosmo', 1900-1995 1
Slessor, Daniel H M, adopted son of Mary Mitchell, missionary in Calabar, fl 1915-1965 1
Slessor, Mary, missionary in Calabar, 1848-1915 1
Smith, Annie Shepherd Burnett, novelist, pseudonym "David Lyall", née Swan, 1859-1943 1
Stewart, William, of Strath, Lieutenant-Colonel, fl 1821 1
Thomson, Philip D, co-author of "100 Years of Hibs", fl 1992-2005 1
Thomson, Philip D, co-author of "100 Years of Hibs", fl 1992-2005. 1
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 1
Turnbull, Michael T R B, writer and historian, b 1941 1
Waddell School of Music, Edinburgh 1
Wallace, Sir William, Knight, guardian of Scotland, d 1305. 1
Watt, John [Jock] M (Speedway journalist) 1
Wood, Mary E, London, fl 1933-1974: recipient 1
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