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Correspondence and papers concerning the publication by Messrs John Smith and Son of their catalogue "Bibliotheca Scotica".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11253
Dates:
1926.
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description
Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates:
1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.
Letters and papers concerning the manuscript of ‘Marmion’ by Sir Walter Scott.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.16A
Dates:
1867, 1898-1899.
Letters of John Byrne to Douglas Percy Bliss.
File
Identifier: Acc.14291
Scope and Contents
John Byrne was a student of the Glasgow School of Art from 1958 to 1963, while Douglas Percy Bliss was its Director. The letters concern Byrne's early career as a painter and playwright and his relationship with Portal Gallery, Mayfair, London, where he exhibited under the name 'Patrick'.With ephemera collected by Bliss including printed leaflets and catalogue guides to 'Patrick''s exhibitions, newspaper cuttings on John Byrne's work, and John Byrne's 1999 Millenium commemorative...
Dates:
1967-1973.
Personal and professional papers of Edith Simon
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13772/1-325
Scope and Contents
The papers of writer and artist Edith Simon relate to both strands of her artistic life, documenting her prolific output as an author of contemporary novels, historical novels, and histories, as well as a pioneering artist across multiple forms.The papers contain both personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, research material, and news cuttings concerning her writing career; alongside photographs, news cuttings, art diaries and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1932-2008