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Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence between Anthony Powell and NLS.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10635
Scope and Contents

Concerns Powell`s verse satire, "Caledonia"

Dates: 1975-1992.

Correspondence concerning the National Library of Scotland`s 1967 Hugh MacDiarmid exhibition.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5871
Scope and Contents

Including seven letters of C M Grieve, two each of Helen B Cruickshank and R S Thomas, and one of Robert Lowell.

Dates: circa 1967.

"Fifty Years a Reader: Memories of the National Library" by Donald Whyte.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11871
Scope and Contents

Includes bibliography of works written from research in the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: circa 2000.

First reader`s ticket for the National Library of Scotland.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12262
Scope and Contents

Ticket issued to the Rev D J Ross, 30 October 1925 (two versions), with covering letter from W K Dickson.

Dates: 1925.

Memoir, circa 1950, of Patricia Baker "Some Personal Memories of the National Library of Scotland, 1930-1945".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9060
Scope and Contents

With photograph of the staff in 1931, and photographs of the demolition of the Sheriff Court Building in 1938.

Dates: 1931-circa 1950.

Papers from the Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and National Library of Scotland, Collecting the Referendum open day.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13622/1-5
Scope and Contents

Materials, including luggage labels, promotional material and information about a workshop co-designed by Priscilla Chueng-Nainby and the National Library of Scotland (NLS), as part of NLS Referendum open day, 16 August 2014.

Dates: June 2014

Photocopies of sketches by John Behan.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8457
Scope and Contents

Made at the opening of the "Broadsheet" exhibition at National Library of Scotland on 5 February 1983.

Dates: 1983.

Photocopy of letter of David B Morris to E A Hornel.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8914
Scope and Contents

Concerning the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 1926.

Typescript copy of a checklist of letters of Thomas Carlyle.

 File
Identifier: Acc.2343
Scope and Contents

Concerning all the letters of Thomas Carlyle in the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 1775-1881.

Typescript note of Ian Rankin.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11448
Scope and Contents

Concerns the connection between Rankin`s writings and National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 1997.

Typescripts of "Not the Staff Bulletin", an unofficial NLS periodical.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11658
Scope and Contents

Includes original drafts and notes from Issue ten onwards, and "Dr Jekyll`s" presentation copy.

Dates: circa 1980-1990.

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Correspondence. 4
Letters. Correspondence. 4
Typescripts. 4
Notes. 3
Photocopies. 3