Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...

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Besides being a most prolific writer of fiction (he produced some fifty-six novels), James Grant wrote on the history, particularly military history, of Scotland. He was a keen supporter of the Volunteer Movement in Edinburgh, and founded, in 1852, the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

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Robert McLellan wrote a number of short stories, chiefly based on his own childhood at Linmill fruit farm in Lanarkshire, many of which were both broadcast and published.

Scope and Contents The manuscript entitled ‘Bride of Lindorf’ is a short story by Letitia Landon that was first published in the ‘Monthly Magazine’, vol.47 in 1836. The story is set in Vienna and follows the love of Ernest, the Count von Hermanstadt, for a mysterious woman who bears a strong resemblance to a painting of Beatrice Cenci.The manuscript consists of 30 folios, with original foliation. The manuscript is incomplete, missing the end of the story. There are some amendments,...

Scope and Contents The manuscript here is for a short story entitled ‘Indian Island’ by Letitia Landon, which was first published as part of ‘Traits and trials of early life’, in 1836. This volume was a book of moral short stories for girls. The story tells of a young brother and sister who are shipwrecked, but survive on a deserted island before being rescued by their father.The manuscript is incomplete, missing the end of the story. There are some amendments, deletions and...

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The journal gives George Scott-Moncrieff's impressions of the country during his travels from New Jersey through the southern states to California and back to Florida and the eastern states. There is also a fragment of a later journal, 1965 (folio 76). The inverted folios contain drafts of articles and a story about America.

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The contents are as follows. (i) Legal and financial papers of and concerning Christian Dalrymple, 1793-1838 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous literary papers and notes, undated. Included are a story by Christian Dalrymple in Lord Hailes's hand beginning ‘Mambrino the Hero of this History was son of Mambrino Gulliver, Merchant of London', undated (folio 60), notes of places visited in England, 1816, 1819 (folio 75).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters of R B Sheridan, undated (folio 1);(ii) Letters of Alexander Wilson, the ornithologist, to Charles Orr, 1799-1802, undated, with a silhouette of Wilson; most of the letters are published in A P Paton, ‘Wilson the Ornithologist’ (London, 1863) (folio 4);(iii) Lord Byron's family: bills of his mother, 1803, and of the poet himself, 1811, and letters of his daughter, 1839, and wife, 1844 (folio 33);(iv)...

Scope and Contents The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Benjamin, Isabella Chloë.Letter, 1820, of Isabella Benjamin to John Murray II. Folios 1-2. Bennet, James Henry.Letter, 1869, of Henry Bennet probably to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.Bennett, Anne Ramsden.Letters, 1844, 1850-1851, [?1853]-1854 and 1862, of Anne Bennett to John Murray III. Folios 5-22.Folios 11-14. Manuscript, [1851], “The inn...

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The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

Scope and Contents The manuscripts were submitted to Smith Elder and Company to be considered for publication. It is uncertain whether any of the submissions were published.That the manuscripts are of genres - poems, short stories, essays - well suited to publication in a magazine might suggest that they were intended for the consideration of the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine". However, as there are no indications on the manuscripts to support this, they have been treated as submissions to Smith...

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

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Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

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Charles Murray's literary output was almost entirely poetic, and he was widely known as 'Hamewith', the title of his most popular collection, first published in 1900. These papers reflect both his literary work and his early travels in South Africa.

Scope and Contents The manuscript entitled ‘An old lady of the last century’ is a short story by Letitia Landon that was first published in the ‘Monthly Magazine’ vol.46 in 1836The story relates memories of a woman named Mrs Lawrence Burgoyne. The narrator reflects on the manners, customs and kindness of the lady and the passage of time on fashion, architecture and personal expectations.The manuscript consists of 6 folios, with original foliation. There are some amendments, deletions...

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Robert Garioch Sutherland worked for the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh University between 1965 and 1974, and some of the transcripts are his work. The material consists of stories and reminiscences recorded from 1953 to 1976.

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Most of the material was written before 1948, but some later book reviews are included.

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The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.

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Manuscript of a short story entitled 'The candle beside the altar' (folio 1); Typescript of a short story entitled 'Small hands' (folio 25).

Both stories are apparently unpublished.