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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Literary compositions prepared for publication as an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, encyclopedia, or other work.

Found in 640 Collections and/or Records:

Microfilm of manuscripts of Piobaireachd., [Circa 1916]-1943.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.939
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Photocopy of manuscript of John Grant, ‘Oide Piob Mhor nan Gaidheal’, (Highland Bagpipe Instructor), 1943 (Acc.8271), 219 frames;

G F Ross, ‘Article on Piobaireachd with a collection of 25 Tunes’ (1942) (Acc.8383), 107 frames;

Tunes for the bagpipe, [circa 1916-circa 1918], thought to have been collated by a Black Watch piper (Acc.8498), 75 frames.

Dates: [Circa 1916]-1943.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 5. ‘The quiet heart’, articles for “Blackwoods magazine”, ‘Annals of a publishing house’., [1854, or before-1898 or before.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1214
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [1854, or before], of chapters ix-xxxvii of 'The quiet heart' by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4859);Manuscripts, [1855, or before-1898 or before], of various works of Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4860);Manuscript, [1897, or before], of part of ‘Annals of a publishing house: William Blackwood and his Sons’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, consisting of the first twelve chapters of text, corresponding...
Dates: [1854, or before-1898 or before.]

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 20. Correspondence, articles, ‘The looker on’, letter of Margaret Oliphant to William Blackwood., [Circa 1852-circa 1897.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1234
Scope and Contents might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.The contents are as follows: Letter, circa 1860-1890, of Margaret Oliphant to William Blackwood (Acc.10329);Letter, circa 1885, of Margaret Oliphant, probably to Andrew Lang (Acc.7828);Letter, circa 1890-circa 1899, of Margaret O W Oliphant (Acc.5772);Corrected manuscript, 1897, of an article of Margaret Oliphant, ‘Recent books: French and English’, published in "Blackwood’s...
Dates: [Circa 1852-circa 1897.]

Microfilm of Nineteenth century literary manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart. Reel 18., [1817, or before]-1859.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1311
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Letters, 1849-1859, of John Gibson Lockhart, William Ewart Gladstone, Lord Brougham, and others, addressed chiefly to the Reverend Whitwell Elwin, on matters relating to the 'Quarterly Review' (MS.2262);    Poems, [1824, or after], of John Gibson Lockhart, in his hand: 'Farewell to the Year', from a German ‘Taschenbuch’ of 1828, and 'To the Virgin' and 'Prayer', from the Spanish (MS.3995);    Manuscript and corrected proof, [1819, or before], of the 'Postscript...
Dates: [1817, or before]-1859.

Miscellaneous art-related items., 1960-1996.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/54
Scope and Contents Containing: Copies of Christie’s and Sotheby’s Catalogues, 1960-1974, for the sale of Valuable Books, MSS and Works of Art, with Janet Adam Smith correspondence, notes and record of purchases of 7 items.Typed list ‘Catalogue of pictures belonging to Janet Carleton’, dated August 1972, with addenda dated April 1987.Loose pages from Christie’s catalogues, 1974-1982.Correspondence and accounts with Fine Art Auctioneers, including Phillips and...
Dates: 1960-1996.

Miscellaneous articles and lecture notes of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., [Circa 1895]-1947, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9321
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript lecture notes, undated, on the subject of 'Lesser Elizabethan Dramatists, Beaumont and Fletcher' (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript notes for a lecture entitled 'Pope and Tennyson', delivered to the Aberdeen Clerical Society, circa 1895; dated by Sir Herbert Grierson in 1944 (folio 13);(iii) Manuscript notes, undated, on Charles Dickens; possibly material gathered for a lecture or article (folio 76);(iv)...
Dates: [Circa 1895]-1947, undated.

Miscellaneous articles and notes, containing press-cuttings and correspondence., 1914-2005.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/58
Scope and Contents Containing:Press cuttings and printed reviews on articles and books on Scottish history, 1914-1969.Letters to Janet Adam Smith about miscellaneous articles written by her on Scottish history and literature, 1939-1982.Newspaper articles on Henry James, 1947-1955.Janet Adam Smith notes on Henry James and William James (nephew), including an article The Guerdon by Max Beerbohm, 1956-1972.Article, Mary Geraldine Dickins, by Janet Adam...
Dates: 1914-2005.

Miscellaneous articles and reviews of Robert McLellan on literary subjects and the theatre in Scotland., 1958-1960, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26430
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.

Dates: 1958-1960, undated.

Miscellaneous correspondence and other papers.., 1816-1827.

 File
Identifier: MS.683
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Correspondence of and concerning Sir Walter Scott, 1816-1827 (folios 1-83);

(ii) Articles, memoranda, etc., of literary, historical, and topical interest (folios 84-120);

(iii) Circular letters regarding Edinburgh institutions (folios 121-128), prospectuses of books, etc., (folios 129-135), and legal papers, ancient and recent, etc., (folios 136-143).

Dates: 1816-1827.

Miscellaneous files relating to elections, Scottish National Party business or to the 'Scots Independent'., 1950-1974.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10090/68-77
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.

Dates: 1950-1974.

Miscellaneous Indian speeches, dinner menus and seating plans, and articles on the 4th Earl of Minto's administration., 1905-1913, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.12800
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 1905-1913, undated.

Miscellaneous lecture notes and articles, chiefly by Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson, the majority of which are apparently unpublished., 1933-[1952], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.9320
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Typescript, undated, of a lecture or article, with autograph corrections, entitled 'Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey, critics and essayists' (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript, 1933, of a lecture or article entitled 'Abraham Lincoln', apparently written on Herbert Grierson's return from America in that year (folio 26);(iii) Manuscript notes, undated, headed 'Lincoln', but apparently concerning Andrew Carnegie and American industry,...
Dates: 1933-[1952], undated.

Miscellaneous literary papers of Robert McLellan., 1967-1980, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26442
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.

Dates: 1967-1980, undated.

Miscellaneous material collected by Peter Butter relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir. File 2., 1963-1987.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13634/54
Scope and Contents Box named ‘E.M miscellaneous documents relating to him’ by Peter Butter. Contains a photocopy of ‘Edwin Muir: A personal appreciation’ by Wilfred Taylor; press cuttings concerning Mui, 1987; extract concerning Muir from ‘Irina’s Garden’ by Stephen Spender; a photocopy of ‘Downhill All the Way’ by Leonard Woolf; a copy of ‘Edwin Muir’ from ‘Littérature de notre temps : Écrivains anglais et irlandais : Recuuil I’ by Georgette Dhume, 1973; a copy of ‘A Study of Edwin Muir’s ‘The...
Dates: 1963-1987.

Miscellaneous notebooks and printed matter of and relating to the Willison family., 1807-1994.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11049/69-76
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

Dates: 1807-1994.

Miscellaneous notes and articles of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., Early 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.9322
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript, undated, entitled 'On teaching poetry', being the text of a lecture delivered to a group of teachers at some time during Sir Herbert Grierson's tenure (1894-1915) of the Chair of English at Aberdeen (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript, undated of part of a bibliography of the works of Thomas Hardy compiled by R B H Thomson and presumably in his hand (folio 27);(iii) Manuscript, 1916, entitled 'Shakespeare Centenary...
Dates: Early 20th century.

Miscellaneous papers concerning Richard Ford., 1858-late 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.42230
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Critic and writer on Spain, Richard Ford (1796-1858) was the author of one of the most notable editions of the Murray Handbooks - 'Handbook for Travellers in Spain'. In addition to this work, Ford also contributed articles for the 'Quarterly Review' and wrote other books relating to Spain, most of which were published by John Murray.There are over 200 letters here of Ford, mainly to John Murray [III], which include information relating to his works, his family and his opinions...
Dates: 1858-late 20th century.

Miscellaneous papers of Alastair Reid., ?1956-1977.

 File
Identifier: MS.27464
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, ?1956-1976 (folio 1). It consists of letters from literary figures, including Pablo Neruda and José Emilio Pacheco, about Alastair Reid's poetry and translations; there is also correspondence with Jonathan Cape abot 'Extravagaria' (London, 1972), 1971-1972). (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1971-1977, including an article about Reid's poetry (folio 57).

Dates: ?1956-1977.

Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Archibald Irvine., 1922-1996, undated

 File
Identifier: Acc.12016/16
Scope and Contents

The papers include articles on Chogoria written by Archibald Irvine; photocopies of press cuttings relating to Irvine and Chogoria; a list of 'Questions for Baptism', undated; and a printed leaflet 'Jubilee at Chogoria, 50th Anniversary, 1922-1972'.

Dates: 1922-1996, undated