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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Description by Sir William Burrell of a tour made by him, chiefly in Scotland.
Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
Journal, 1729, of George Skene, containing ‘An Account of a Journey to London, with the particular rout by Thomas Burnett of Kirkhill, George Skene of that ilk, and David Skene his brother german'.
Journal of J Ker, Surgeon in the Royal Navy.
The Naval log is illustrated by sketches of ships, scenery, antiquities, etc., and accompanied by several poems and a dissertation on the putrid fever of St Lucia (folio 27). The scenes and incidents described include the West Indies, 1778-1779; Denmark and Zetland, 1780; the loss of the ‘Royal George’, 1782; and the battle of Cape St Vincent.
Journal of Sieur de la Croix, as secretary to the French embassy to the Ottoman Empire.
Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.
Journals and notebooks of and relating to various members of the family of Douglas of Tilquhillie.
Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.
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.
Manuscripts of a French Officer named La Rochette, who appears to have been acting, at least in 1763, in the services of the Duc de Nivernais, then Ambassador at St James, in connection with Acadian and other French prisoners.
Microfilm of assorted papers of the Committee for Equipping Ships of the Darien Company, the Gibson family, Robert Stevenson and Alexander Graham Dunlop.
Microfilm of journals, notebooks, and draft letters of George Combe.
Microfilm of letters and papers of, to, and concerning James Augustus Grant and family.
Microfilm of manuscripts of Alexander Walker intended for publication.
Microfilm of papers, 1762-1811, received by Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, and his son Robert, concerning the Islands of the Malay Archipelago and Pacific; journals kept by William Scott in Penang and Scotland; and, letters, [?1797-?1826], of and concerning John Leyden.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
'North of England & Scotland. Journall, 1704.'
Papers, including travel diaries, typescripts of short stories, poems, plays, articles and talks, of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Papers of and concerning the Holden family of Baldovie; with a document concerning Thomas Greig, and with genealogical notes on the Guthries of Guthrie.
Photocopy of a journal of a tour in Sutherland, 1955, of David Cairns; with a photocopy of an address of David Cairns, 1969, to the Aberdeen Branch of the Saltire Society, entitled 'Annals of a Sutherland parish".
Three journals of Sir Patrick Walker, Advocate, describing a `Tour to the West of Scotland from Edinburgh to Arran by Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Saltcoats and Return to Edinburgh by Greenock. From July 24th to 13 Sept. 1797 inclusive`.
Each volume has an index and itinerary of the tour, with notes on the weather.