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Papers of Alexander Hunter.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9560
Scope and Contents

Includes two diplomas, 1835 and 1844, of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and address, 1861, from friends on Hunter`s leaving Melbourne.

Dates: 1835-1861.

Papers of and concerning Dr John W Oliver.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9120
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of lectures, addresses and radio broadcasts, mostly on Scottish literature.

Dates: 1938-1958.

Papers of and concerning Joseph Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7080
Scope and Contents

Including notes, sketches, typescripts of broadcast talks, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and concert and opera programmes.

Dates: 1900-1975.

Papers of and concerning Lord Boyd Orr.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6545
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of speeches, lectures, articles, reviews, broadcast talks, and memorandums, with correspondence and associated printed items.

Dates: 1938-1971.

Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11309
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.

Dates: 1904-1988.

Papers of and concerning Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, and his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6604/1-3
Scope and Contents

Letters and papers of randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway and his wife Countess Harriet Blanche, 1834-73, consisting mainly of political and family letters.

Including circa 90 letters, containing social and political news and comment.

With a draft of a parliamentary speech on the Colliery Bill, 1842.

Dates: 1826-1871.

Papers of and concerning the Horsburgh family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4290
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. pedigree, 19th century, of the Horsburgh family

2. transcripts of, and extracts from, charters and letters concerning members of the Horsburgh family

3. presentation, 1836, of the Reverend David Gairdner to the Church and Parish of Skirling

4. presentation, 1831, of the Reverend Dr George Burns to the Church and Parish of Tweedsmuir.

Dates: 19th century.

Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19245-19250
Scope and Contents

A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.

Dates: 1891-1925.

Papers of and relating to Harry Lauder.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13330
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1900-1935, of and relating to Sir Harry Lauder. Includes scripts of `patter`, songs and music by Lauder and other writers; draft of `Immortal Memory` speech given by Lauder in Boston, USA, 1915; letter, 1917, of Hannen Swaffer, editor of `The Weekly Dispatch`, praising Lauder`s appearance on the London stage after his son`s death in action in France in December 1916.

Dates: Circa 1900-1935.

Papers of Andrew Cameron relating to the Scottish National Party.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14292/1-6
Scope and Contents Andrew Cameron became active in politics and a card-carrying member of the Scottish National Party from the 1950s. His activities ranged from collecting signatures for the National Covenant to attending public meetings in support of the Yes campaign in the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. He was founding Chairman and Minutes Secretary of the Glasgow Kelvingrove Branch of the SNP, 1956-1958, and Chairman of the Blairgowrie Branch of the SNP, 1977-78, for whom he also attended party...
Dates: 1956-1986.

Papers of Arthur Woodburn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6276
Scope and Contents

Concerning his Parliamentary Bill to facilitate the formation of a common European language.

Dates: 1962-1963.

Papers of David Cairns.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9326
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of articles, addresses, and poems, transcripts of diaries and correspondence.

Dates: 1926-1986.

Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates: 2012-2014

Papers of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10155/1-98
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, articles, broadcast talks and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1902-1974 and undated.

Papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10193
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, articles, reviews and talks, and letters.

With photocopies of three letters to Janet H Caird of Sorley MacLean and Robert Garioch.

Dates: 1935-1987 and undated.

Papers of James B Caird, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, essays, articles and talks; and letters to Caird on literary matters.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.262- is now part of Acc.10193.
Scope and Contents

Among the letters to Caird are two of Sorley Maclean, one of George Scott-Moncrieff, two of Edwin Morgan, three of Edwin Muir, three of Sydney Goodsir Smith, one of Douglas Young, and four, 1967-1978, of C M Grieve.

Dates: 1946-1975.

Papers of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6975
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of literary work, and family and personal correspondence.

With papers of Susan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, including typescripts of essays and addresses, and correspondence.

Dates: 1894-1940.

Papers of John L Broom and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10802
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.

Dates: 1912-1992.

Papers of John W Stewart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9921
Scope and Contents

Concerning Stewart`s service in Gambia.

Dates: 1939-1953.

Papers of Joseph F Duncan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5601
Scope and Contents

Largely concerning his work as General Secretary of the Scottish Farm Servants Union, and his political interests.

Dates: circa 1914-1963 and undated.

Papers of Major General James Scott Elliot.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11499
Scope and Contents Papers of Major General James Scott Elliot, 1920-1990Major General James Scott Elliot was born in 1902 into a military family, his father being Lt Colonel W. Scott Elliot DSO. Scott Elliot was educated at both Wellington College and Sandhurst and went on to have an impressive military career. This included service in Egypt, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and India. During the Second World War, Scott Elliot was sent to France where he contributed to battles in Lille and Le Havre. In 1942,...
Dates: circa 1920-1990

Papers of Moultrie R Kelsall.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7716/1-328
Scope and Contents

Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.

Dates: 1931-1977.

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Correspondence. 70
Manuscripts. 53
Typescripts. 52
Letters. Correspondence. 42
Notes. 37
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 34
Articles. 32
Photographs. 31
Copies. Derivative objects. 28
Poetry. 28
Drafts. Documents. 20
Lectures. 20
Diaries. 18
Lists. 13
Notebooks. 12
Accounts. 11
Essays. 11
Photocopies. 10
Memorandums. 9
Microfilms. 9
Minutes. Administrative records. 9
Excerpts. 8
Reports. 8
Documents. 7
Obituaries. 7
Plays. 7
Biographies. 6
Journals. Accounts. 6
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 6
Novels. 6
Reviews. Document genre 6
Short stories. 6
Transcripts 6
Certificates 5
Declarations. 5
Financial records. 5
Fragments. 5
Histories. 5
Legal documents. 5
Orders. Records (documents). 5
Printed materials. Object genre. 5
Reports 5
Charters 4
Genealogies. 4
Indexes. Reference sources. 4
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Letter books. 4
Pamphlets. 4
Proceedings. Reports. 4
Proofs. Printed matter. 4
Publications. 4
Scripts. Documents 4
Songs. Musical compositions. 4
Transcripts. 4
Travel journals. 4
Abstracts. Summaries. 3
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 3
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Postcards. 3
Receipts. Financial records. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Sermons 3
Sketches 3
Testimonials. 3
Treatises. 3
Warrants. Permissions. 3
Account books. 2
Advertisements. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Annotations. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
Autobiographies. 2
Autographs (manuscripts). 2
Burgess tickets. 2
Calculations. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Catalogues. 2
Certificates. 2
Commentaries. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Dedications. Documents. 2
Deeds. Legal documents. 2
Depositions. Testimonies. 2
Diplomas. School records. 2
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Extracts. 2
Homiliaries. 2
Inventories. 2
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Manifestoes. 2
Memorials. Legal documents. 2
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Military records. 2
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Language
English 146
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Latin 4
Multiple languages 1
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Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 6
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Scottish National Party 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
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Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 3
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 2
British Broadcasting Corporation 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 2
Church of Scotland 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Smith, David Nichol, literary scholar, 1875-1962 2
Steel, David Martin Scott, Baron Steel of Aikwood (politician, Liberal MP, leader of the Liberal Party) 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Anstruther-Gray, Clayre Jessie Tennant, 1872-1958 (justice of the peace and wife of William Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, Monica Helen Lambton, 1915-1985 (justice of the peace and wife of William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William John St Clair, Baron Kilmany, 1905-1985 (soldier and politician) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William, 1859-1938 (soldier and politician) 1
Arbuckle, Sir William Forbes, Knight, Secretary, Scottish Education Department, 1902-1966 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
Barbour, Sir Robert Alexander Stewart, Knight, Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Aberdeen, b 1921 1
Barnwell, Henry Thomas, Professor of French Language and Literature, b 1920 1
Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989 (English printmaker, graphic designer, and illustrator) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Bishop, John B, Inspector, Western Bank of Scotland, fl 1848 1
Blackadder (family) 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan, author and mountaineer, b 1934: recipient 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 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
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Cameron, Andrew, 1929-2022 (SNP activist) 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campbell, Jean Helen St Clair, Baroness Stratheden of Cupar and Campbell of St Andrews, nee Anstruther-Gray, d 1956 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Colquhoun, Humphrey, covenanter, d 1669 1
Craig, Robert, Principal of University of Rhodesia, 1917-1995 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Dalrymple, John, 2nd Earl of Stair, 1673-1747 1
Davidson, Andrew Nevile, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, 1899-1976 1
Drummond, Robert James, Minister of Lothian Road United Free Church, Edinburgh, 1858-1951 1
Duncan, Joseph Forbes, Trade Union Secretary, 1879-1964 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club 1
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894–1972 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone, novelist, 1782-1854 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Gairdner, David, assistant to John Alpine, Minister of Skirling, d 1837 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760: recipient 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gibson, Sir Alexander Drummond, Knight, conductor, 1926-1995 1
Gladstone, William Ewart (statesman) 1
Gonnella, Ronald, fiddler and composer, d 1994 1
Graham, James, of Airth, Judge Admiral, d 1753: recipient 1
Gray (family, of Carntyne and Anstruther ) 1
Gray (family, of Kilmany ) 1
Gray, Gordon John, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, 1910-1993 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, Knight, General, 1853-1947 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
Hearst, William, Sir, 7th Premier of Ontario, 1864-1941 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 1
Holms, William, spinner and politician, b 1827 1
Honeyman, Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1891-1971 1
Honeyman, Thomas, father of Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, fl 1877-1934 1
Horsburgh, family 1
Hunter, Alexander, surgeon, fl 1835-1861 1
Hunter, Alexander, surgeon, fl 1835-1861: recipient 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Irvine, James Eccles Malise, Circuit Judge, 1925-2007 1
Johnson, Don, writer of account of a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, fl 1994 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kemp, Robina Jane, kinswoman of William Strathhenry Kemp, Rector of Falkirk Grammar School, fl 1897-1904 1
Kemp, William Strathhenry, Rector of Falkirk Grammar School, d 1873 1
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