Autobiographies.
Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of 'Parte of the life of Lady Margaret Cunningham, Daughter to the Earle of Glencairn yt she had wt her first husband the master of Evandale. The just and true account yrof as it was first written wt her oun hand’, 1608, with letters and her will, 1607, 1622.
Microfilm of the Ashestiel manuscript, which contains Sir Walter Scott’s fragmentary autobiography, with associated papers.
Microfilm of typescript copy of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith.
The contents are as follows:
Typescript copy of chapters i-xv (MS.23191);
Typescript copy of chapters xvi-xxvi (MS.23192).
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
"Mr. James Murray's Diary, or, a succinct record of quhat was remarkable with relation to him for ye glory of God & of his own shame & downcasting"; James Murray was Minister of Penpont, Dumfriesshire, 1693-1735.
The work, which is more of an autobiography than a diary, James Murray's life until about 1717. It includes 'A short account of quhat was memorable in ye life, especially at ye death, of Agnes Gilchrist, spouse to Jo. Duncan in Penpont' (folios 60-64).
Papers and correspondence of James Miller.
With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.
Papers of Alexander Scott.
Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.
Papers of and concerning Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haldane, Royal Engineers.
The manuscript consists of:
Letters, 1796-1797, 1805 to Henry Haldane concerning his applications to retire from the army (folio 1);
Haldane’s account, circa 1821, of his military career (folio 17);
Letters, 1825, concerning the award of a pension to Haldane’s children (folio 23);
Legal papers, 1798-1848, concerning Haldane’s family (folio 30);
Genealogical papers, ?1796, undated, concerning the Haldane family (folio 42).
Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.
Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.
Papers of and concerning T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including corrected typescripts of novels and autobiographical work; and five letters of C M Grieve to Mary MacDonald.
Papers of Andrew B Macdonald.
Including typescript of his autobiography, lectures, radio scripts, and correspondence.
Papers of Archibald J Cronin.
Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.
Papers of Duncan Glen.
Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, a novel, autobiography, essays and articles.
Papers of General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane.
Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).
George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.
Papers of John Herdman.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, autobiography articles, essays and reviews.
Papers of Peter Ritchie Calder, including lectures, addresses, articles, correspondence, diaries and autobiography.
Papers of S Marshak.
Including, chapter of autobiographical novel, "At the Beginning of Life", two poems and translations of poems of Burns and others.
Papers of Sir Hugh McPherson (1870-1960) and his son Duncan.
From 1891 to 1925, Sir Hugh was in the Indian Civil Service, first in Bengal and from 1912 in Bihar and Orissa. The papers concern his career but also reflect his interest in walking and climbing in the Himalayas, an interest shared by his son.
Papers of Sydney Durward Tremayne (1912-1986), the poet and journalist.
Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including literary and autobiographical notebooks.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including notebooks, typescripts of novels and autobiographical work, and letters from various correspondents, including six from C M Grieve and four from Edwin Muir.
Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.
Papers of the Shaw family, Corgarff.
Including five school books, a collection of verse, and the autobiography, circa 1860, of Alexander Shaw.