Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...

Scope and Contents Among the writers are: Hugh Blair, writing of Ossian and of University matters, 1762 (folio 1); Robert Burns, part of a letter to Mrs McLehose (Clarinda) (published), 1787 (folio 3); 'An American gentleman', probably the Reverend Heman Humphrey, on the field of Waterloo, 1835 (folio 36); Principal Alexander John Scott, a sonnet, 'Harold complains that mountain-climbers find', ?1844 (folio 58); Lord Dufferin, commending Ebenezer Wyse, who navigated the ‘Foam’ to Iceland, etc., on the voyage...

Scope and Contents Although Mary Haldane is consistently referred to as ‘My patient’ it seems probable that much of the information, if not the narrative came from herself, for it breaks off in mid-sentence at folio 102 verso and ends on a half-sheet of paper found loosely enclosed and since tipped in at the end (folio 103). There are lengthy additions in her hand, dated 1917, at folio 4 verso, 12 verso, 53 verso, 54 verso, and many small pencil corrections throughout, also in her hand.The account...

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The correspondence is largely concerned with family events and personal matters, many of which are connected with evangelical religion, in which both the Haldane and Burdon-Sanderson families were influential.

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The narrative breaks off in mid-sentence (folio 45) part-way through a summary of the visit to Italy in 1868 (cf. MS.20014). At the back (folio 1 inverted) is an account possibly derived from a printed source, of Port Royal and Angelique Arnauld.

A bifolium originally found loosely enclosed is now MS.20016, folio 399.

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The notebook contains some financial accounts at the end of the volume.

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This notebook contains pages 205-250 of the published text, beginning on folio 10 and written on the rectos and then inverted on the versos; folio 1 and the rectos of folios 2-9 contain poems and notes, including material for the autobiography which was used by P H Butter in ‘Edwin Muir: man and poet’, 1966, pages 246-249.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The correspondence is largely concerned with family events and personal matters, many of which are connected with evangelical religion, in which both the Haldane and Burdon-Sanderson families were influential.

Scope and Contents The volume also contains material accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.The papers include :Copies of four letters of Sir Walter Scott, 1824, 1829 (folios 15-22);Information regarding Jonathan Swift supplied by Irish correspondents (folios 33, 70);Maria Edgeworth’s note of the tour which she took with Scott in August 1825 (folio 50);Thomas Moore’s journal, in his hand, of his visit to Abbotsford in 1825, used by Lockhart in his ‘Life...

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A letter of Sydney Goodsir Smith, describing the work and his state of mind, is included (folio l).

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...

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This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'

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This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'

Scope and Contents Alexander Carlyle was engaged on his autobiography at various times during the last five, years of his life but at his death the narrative had reached only 1770. When it was published, in 1860, a supplemental chapter was added by the editor, John Hill Burton, to cover the remainder of Carlyle's life. It is written on the rectos only, with additions, some, quite, lengthy, on the facing versos. A number of passages were deleted by Carlyle: these, were, not printed but the remainder...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Alexander Carlyle was engaged on his autobiography at various times during the last five, years of his life but at his death the narrative had reached only 1770. When it was published, in 1860, a supplemental chapter was added by the editor, John Hill Burton, to cover the remainder of Carlyle's life. It is written on the rectos only, with additions, some, quite, lengthy, on the facing versos. A number of passages were deleted by Carlyle: these, were, not printed but the remainder...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Alexander Carlyle was engaged on his autobiography at various times during the last five, years of his life but at his death the narrative had reached only 1770. When it was published, in 1860, a supplemental chapter was added by the editor, John Hill Burton, to cover the remainder of Carlyle's life. It is written on the rectos only, with additions, some, quite, lengthy, on the facing versos. A number of passages were deleted by Carlyle: these, were, not printed but the remainder...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Alexander Carlyle was engaged on his autobiography at various times during the last five, years of his life but at his death the narrative had reached only 1770. When it was published, in 1860, a supplemental chapter was added by the editor, John Hill Burton, to cover the remainder of Carlyle's life. It is written on the rectos only, with additions, some, quite, lengthy, on the facing versos. A number of passages were deleted by Carlyle: these, were, not printed but the remainder...

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Three leaves cut out after folio 5.

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The end of folio 1 and the beginning of folio 2 have been cut out.

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The volume originally ended in 1769 (folio 46), the remainder beginning a new volume, but the covers and leaves were subsequently stitched inside the back cover. At folio 57 verso is a note on and a list of members of the Young Poker Club.