Obituaries.
Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers concerning Richard Ford., 1858-late 20th century.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the 1st Earl of Minto., 1753, 1805-1808, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Joe Corrie., 1923-1968, undated.
Joe Corrie worked as a miner in Fife and Ayrshire, and many of his plays and stories are set in mining communities. He was a prolific writer who published a number of plays, several collections of poetry, and two novels, as well as numerous stories and articles in newspapers. Many of his plays were popular with amateur dramatic groups.
Miscellaneous papers of Sir John Richmond., 1885-1927, undated.
Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.
Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Scottish Poetry Library., 2003-2012.
Miscellaneous personal items of Janet Adam Smith., Circa 1912-1998, undated.
Miscellaneous personal papers of Cecilia Combe., 1825-1868, undated.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Miscellaneous printed papers of and relating to Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1854-1914.
Newspaper and magazine obituaries on death of Janet Adam Smith, some photocopies, September 1999, with letters of condolence sent to Andrew Roberts, September-December 1999., September-December 1999.
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.
Notebook containing obituary tributes, to the novelist, Thomas Hardy, and including the manuscript of a tribute by Ramsay MacDonald, January 1928, for the ‘Yorkshire Evening News’ and a cutting of the tribute as printed in the newspaper.
Notebook containing press-cuttings chiefly of obituary notices for William Sharp., 1905-1910.
The papers include a substantial amount of apparently unpublished material and some correspondence.
Notes, copies and transcripts relating to the life of Eric Linklater., circa 1933-1983, undated.
Includes photocopies of correspondence and other papers of and concerning Linklater.
Notes of Janet Adam Smith, containing press cuttings and memorabilia on the life and works of W H Auden., 1932-2007.
Containing:
Printed copy of sermon of W H Auden, given at Westminster Abbey
on 18 October 1966 on the 900th Anniversary Year within ‘A
service for those engaged in science, medicine and technology'.
Obituaries following the death of W H Auden, 29 September 1973.
Obituaries on the death of John Auden, January 1991 [brother of
W H Auden].
Obituaries by Janet Adam Smith, containing press cuttings, correspondence and notes., 1958-1999.
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.
Obituaries for Donald Dewar., 2000-2004.
Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.
Obituaries for Stuart MacGregor., 1973.
Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, plays, poems and short stories, with some correspondence and other writings.
Obituaries, funeral orations and biographical notes of and concerning James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender, his wife and sons, and of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, daughter of Prince Charles Edward.
Includes modern historical notes.
Obituaries of climbers., 1999-2008.
Correspondence, climbing journals, and working papers of Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher; including papers of the Ernest Press.
The journals provide a record of the climbing activities of a keen mountaineer. The correspondence files contain both personal and business letters of Hodgkiss. The book files concern publications of the Ernest Press.
Obituaries of Don MacCaskill and printed programmes and letters of and concerning the Don MacCaskill Memorial Lectures at the University of Stirling., 2000-2003.
Obituary book of the Scottish Iron Moulders' Union., 1911-1933.
Comprising the archives of:
1. Scottish Iron Moulders’ Union (retitled in 1869 Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland)
2. Central Ironmoulders’ Association (retitled in 1926 Ironfounding Workers’ Association)
3. Scottish Iron Dressers’ Union (later Associated Iron, Steel, and Brass Dressers of Scotland)
4. National Union of Foundry Workers.
Obituary notices on Olive Wyon., 1966.
Obituary of John William Ballantyne., 1923.
The collection consists of an autobiography written between the years 1910 and 1921 and a diary kept between 1899-1923. Both series of volumes contain letters, photographs and memorabilia pasted in.