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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.

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.

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 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 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.

Editorial correspondence and papers of Derick S Thomson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11418
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Thomson`s "Companion to Gaelic Scotland" and "Gairm" magazine

Dates: circa 1952-1992.

Galley proofs of "A Symposium on the After War Religion", unpublished work edited by Denis Saurat, and including an essay of Hugh MacDiarmid.

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Identifier: Acc.9410
Scope and Contents

With five letters to Robert S Silver, three from Saurat and one each from MacDiarmid and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1946-1952.

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.511-518
Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates: 1821-1870, undated.

Literary papers, a political notebook and letters of Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Politician and Author [1845-1937]. With three letters to Gavin Maxwell.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13262
Scope and Contents

The main interest of the papers lies in the manuscripts and proofs of some of Sir Herbert’s many literary works including `Robert the Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence`, 1897, `The Chevalier of the Splendid Crest`, 1900, `A Century of Empire, 1801-1900`, 1909, `Inter-alia : A Scottish Calendar of Crime and other historical essays`, 1924, and `Evening Memories`, 1932.

Dates: 1884-1937, 1945, undated

Literary papers of R B Cunninghame Graham.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9237
Dates: circa 1915-circa 1936.

Marked proof, undated, of "Carmina Gadelica", corrected by J C Watson and William Matheson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8223
Scope and Contents

With marked proof, undated, of J L Campbell, "Edward Lhuyd in the Scottish Highlands", corrected by Angus Matheson, with letters, 1962, of Campbell to Matheson on the book.

Dates: 1962 and undated.

Microfilm of proof-sheets, [1827, or before], of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott; and, letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.54
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Proof-sheets of 'The life of Napoleon Buonaparte' by Sir Walter Scott, volume v, pages 225-240, with autograph corrections by Scott, [1827, or before] (MS.496);

Letters and papers, [1548-1550], chiefly addressed to Raimond, Baron de Fourquevaux, concerning his mission to Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland (MS.2991).

Dates: [1548-1550, 1827, or before].

Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8002
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems and critical work, with 86 letters from correspondents, including Ronald Bottrall, Lawrence Durrell, William Empson, and Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1948-1978.

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Proofs. Printed matter. 15
Poetry. 12
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English 15
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Multiple languages 2
French 1
 
Names
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Arthur, Sir George Compton Archibald, 3rd Baronet, Private Secretary to Earl Kitchener, 1860-1946 1
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Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Campbell, John Lorne, scholar of Scottish Gaelic folklore, 1906-1996 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
Empson, Sir William, Knight, poet and literary critic, 1906-1984 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980: recipient 1
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) 1
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916 1
MacDonald, George, poet and novelist, 1824-1905 1
MacDonald, Greville, writer, 1856-1944 1
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Matheson, Angus, 1912-1962 (Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures, University of Glasgow) 1
Matheson, William, Reader Emeritus in Celtic, University of Edinburgh, 1910-1995 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 1
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 1
Rae, Gilbert, poet, 1875-1955: recipient 1
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 1
Saunders, Robert Crombie, poet and Editor, 1914-1991. 1
Saurat, Denis, writer, 1890-1958 1
Scotia Review, literary journal 1
Silver, Robert Simpson (James Watt Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow) 1
Thompson, Sylvia, friend of W S Graham, b 1934: former owner 1
Thomson, Derick Smith, Emeritus Professor of Celtic, University of Glasgow, 1921-2012 1
Walker, Mary, correspondent of Margaret Carlyle Aitken, niece of Thomas Carlyle, fl 1920: recipient 1
Watson, James Carmichael, Professor of Celtic, University of Edinburgh, 1910-1942 1
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