Drafts. Documents.
Found in 431 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of the Faculty of Advocates Library to David Irving chiefly concerning lists of books entered at Stationers’ Hall.
Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.
Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle, with a few of Mary Carlyle Aitken, afterwards Carlyle.
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.
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.
Letters of William Buchanan, the Edinburgh art dealer, to David Stewart, his associate in London, 1802-1805, with drafts of Stewart's replies, 1802-1804.
The letters discuss in detail the buying and selling of paintings and their importation, chiefly from Italy. Many of the transactions described are mentioned in ‘Memoirs of painting, with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution’ by William Buchanan (London, 1824). Most of the letters are printed in Hugh Brigstocke, ‘William Buchanan and the 19th century art trade’ (Privately printed, 1982).
Letters to, and draft letters of, David Ogilvy, merchant at the Edinburgh Ropeworks, Leith.
Includes four financial accounts and a letter to Ogilvy`s uncle, Alexander, relating to shipping and merchandise.
Letters to, and drafts of replies of, John Cay, the Convenor of the Finance Committee of the Faculty of Advocates, and other papers.
‘Life of Sir William Lockhart, 1621-1675’ by Alexander Robertson: author's draft, based on material in the Public Record Office, London.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Whyte, including diaries and journals, correspondence, notes for lectures on Scottish literature, and manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, fiction and critical works.
Literary papers and correspondence of Doug Johnstone.
Literary papers and e-mail correspondence, 2008-2011, of Doug Johnstone, mainly relating to "Smokeheads" (London: Faber and Faber, 2011) and "Hit and Run" (London: Faber and Faber, 2012).
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Literary papers and notebooks of Ewan Morrison relating to `Close Your Eyes` (2012) and `Tales from the Mall` (2012).
Literary papers and notebooks of Kathleen Jamie.
Literary papers and speeches of Joseph Grimond, Baron Grimond.
Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.
Literary papers of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` and `The Blue Book`.
Literary papers, c.2009-2011, of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009) and `The Blue Book` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2011).
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Literary papers, circa 1991-2012, of Alison Fell, mainly relating to `Lightyear` (Middlesbrough: Smokestack Books, 2005) `The Element –inth in Greek` (Dingwall: Sandstone Press, 2012).
Literary papers of Andrew Greig.
Literary papers of Andrew Greig, circa 2000-2013, relating mainly to the following works: `Getting Higher`, `At the Loch of the Green Corrie`, `As Though We Were Flying`, `Found at Sea`, `Fair Helen`.
Literary papers of Doug Johnstone.
The papers relate to `Gone Again` (London: Faber and Faber, 2013) and `The Dead Beat` (London: Faber and Faber, 2014).