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34 letters to David Morrison of correspondents including George Mackay Brown, Neil Gunn, and Fionn MacColla, all concerning the 'Scotia Review'; with associated typescripts and page proofs of poems and articles.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6839 Box 1(1)-Box 5
Dates:
1970-1974, undated.
115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents
With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.
Dates:
1934-1978.
Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9851/1-66
Scope and Contents
Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.
Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.
Dates:
1960-1988.
Author`s corrected proofs of George MacDonald, "A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul" (1880).
File
Identifier: Acc.8823
Scope and Contents
With associated letter, 1930, of Grevillle MacDonald to Gilbert Rae.
Dates:
1880-1930.
Author's interleaved proof copy of ‘Occasional verses, translations and imitations’ by Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie; with letters and papers to Glenbervie formerly loosely inserted therein.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16493-16494
Dates:
[?1820.]
Business records of R and R Clark Ltd, printers, including six boxes of George Bernard Shaw's letters to the firm, and related printed material by Shaw.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.229
Dates:
1900-1965.
Copy of Sir George Arthur, "Life of Lord Kitchener" (1920), containing author`s letter, ?1921, and proof of Earl Haig`s preface for French edition.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7128
Dates:
1920-1921.
Corrected proofs, undated, of 'Female Wits' of Bill Dunlop; with related correspondence, 1990-1995, to Bill Dunlop from Chris Stewart of Canto Press.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11372/1-2
Dates:
1990-1995, undated.
Corrected typescript drafts and proofs of William Wolfe, "Scotland Lives" (1973).
File
Identifier: Acc.9537
Scope and Contents
With associated notes and correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1973.
Corrections and additions by the first Earl of Cromer in an advance proof of a speech he afterwards delivered on Free Trade and Protection to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Unionist Free Trade Club on 10 January 1908.
File
Identifier: MS.2250
Scope and Contents
Also included are three letters to the donor, James MacLehose, the Glasgow printer (including one from Lord Cromer accompanying the corrected proof), the final printed copy of the speech and the menu and toast list of the luncheon at which the speech was delivered.
Dates:
[1908, or before.]
Correspondence and other papers of John Dowden, Bishop of Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.171
Dates:
1858-1940, and undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning the "Scottish Literary Journal".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11340
Dates:
1989-1995.
Correspondence and papers, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs, of Professor Alexander Norman Jeffares, English literature scholar.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9271/1-1137
Dates:
1957-1986.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.50.1.1-51.2.7
Dates:
1841-1885.
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 Alastair Fowler.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9030
Scope and Contents
Concerning his literary work, including his edition of "Paradise Lost".
Dates:
1961-1979.
Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11050
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.
Dates:
circa 1955-1976.
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates:
1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.
Correspondence and papers of Prof Derick S Thomson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11047
Scope and Contents
Includes proofs concerning the publication of George Campbell Hay`s "Mochtar is Dughall" (Glasgow, 1982).
Dates:
1982-1983.
Correspondence and papers of Sheila McGregor, largely relating to knitting.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12343
Dates:
1973-2003, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19420-19571
Scope and Contents
Arthur Elliot was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Minto and his papers form a valuable supplement to the Minto collection. Included here are papers of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Emma, Lady Hislop, the grandmother of Arthur Elliot. Particularly well represented is Elliot's mother, Nina, Countess of Minto, her papers being especially rich in her correspondence and literary manuscripts. As an active Member of Parliament over a period of...
Dates:
1828-1956, undated.
Correspondence and proof-sheets of James J Guthrie (1874-1952), the artist and printer who established the Pear Tree Press.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19624-19625
Dates:
1949-1952, undated.
Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates:
1981-1996, 2010.
Correspondence of John Philp Wood regarding his edition of 'The peerage of Scotland’ by Robert Douglas, with manuscript notes on proof-sheets.
Series
Identifier: MSS.2251-2252
Scope and Contents
Most of the writers of the letters and notes are members of the families concerned, supplying information. Some of the Rosebery letters in MS.2252 are on personal matters.
Dates:
1785, 1794-1813, 1836.
Correspondence of Ruari McLean and Robin Lorimer.
File
Identifier: Acc.11370
Scope and Contents
Concerns the design of W L Lorimer`s "New Testament in Scots", including related papers and proofs.
Dates:
1982-1983.