Letters. Correspondence.
Found in 14710 Collections and/or Records:
61 letters of A J Cronin, mostly to Alfred McIntyre, Little Brown and Co.
Concerning Cronin`s novels and their publication.
62 letters of Neil Gunn to Margaret MacEwen.
Mostly concering personal matters.
63 letters and cards of Frances Shand Kydd to William McIlwraith, Ayr.
Includes book and press cutting.
63 letters of the 9th Earl of Argyll to John, Duke of Lauderdale, 1663-1670 (folio 3), preceded by a letter of Alexander Macdonald, the Antiquary, to David Irving, Keeper of the Advocates` Library, ?1829, concerning the letters (folio 1)., 1663-1670, ?1829.
64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.
With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.
Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.
67 letters mainly of Sir David Brewster to James Veitch of Inchbonny.
73 letters of Ralph Abercromby, later 2nd Baron Dunfermline, and his wife Mary, from the Hague, to his parents, Lord and Lady Dunfermline.
73 letters to George Bruce from various correspondents, and copies of 18 letters of Bruce.
On literary matters.
87 letters of Joseph Macleod to William Montgomerie.
Concerning personal and literary matters.
With three letters, 1950-1953, of Macleod to Norah Montgomerie.
89 funeral letters to the family of Scott of Raeburn.
Including three letters of Sir Walter Scott.
95 letters of André Raffalovich to Charles Ballantyne.
With ten copies of letters, 24 postcards, and two telegrams. Also two letters and a card concerning Raffalovich.
104 letters of George Mackay Brown to Patricia Crouden.
115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.
With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.
118 letters to James K Annand.
Concerning literary and personal matters, with associated manuscripts of poems.
Correspondents include: Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid and Albert D Mackie.
129 letters of C M Grieve to Duncan Glen, on literary matters, and copies of related letters of Glen.
130 Letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay to James F Hendry.
Includes related copy letters of Hendry.
137 letters to Edward McGrory, mostly of Adelaide Ross, née Phillpotts.
On personal and literary matters.
141 letters of Neil Gunn to John B Pick and eight letters of Gunn to Gene Pick.
With typescript of Francis Russell Hart and John B Pick, "The Essential Neil Gunn: a Conversation".
145 letters to Alan Bold.
On literary matters.
155 letters of Sir Alexander Gray to Elias Bredsdorff.
Letters concern Danish ballads and translations into Scots.
162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.
Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson`s daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem "To George" by the donor.