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Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Documents concerning Thomas de Quincey during his residence in Edinburgh.

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Identifier: MS.972
Scope and Contents

The documents include 3 letters of Thomas de Quincey, 1838, 1841; books of accounts for rent, etc., incurred when he lodged with the Misses Miller in the Holyrood sanctuary, 1836-1841; and papers in a process at law with Robert Bauchope about monies due by de Quincey, 1837-1838; with an essay based on these documents by Tinsley Pratt, undated (typed), and a letter regarding them, 1881.

Dates: 1836-1841, 1881.

Journals and correspondence of and concerning David Roberts.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7723
Scope and Contents Comprising:1. Eastern journal, 1838-1839, of Roberts, in two volumes ("Egypt" and "Syria"), in the hand of his daughter, Christine Bicknell2. "The Roberts Festival", 1842, album containing press cuttings, reports and correspondence with or concerning Roberts3. Family correspondence, 1836-1863, of Roberts, including 60 letters to Christine and Henry Bicknell4. Draft essay, 1851, on the Royal Academy of Arts, and a page of notes, 1862, on...
Dates: 1836-1863 and undated.

Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7684
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.

Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.

Dates: 1964-1967.

Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Papers of Arthur Woodburn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6276
Scope and Contents

Concerning his Parliamentary Bill to facilitate the formation of a common European language.

Dates: 1962-1963.

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11756
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of articles, essays, reviews and translations, many arranged in order by Fraser`s wife, Eileen, with a view to publication in collected form; also includes printed material by Fraser and correspondence concerning his work.

Dates: circa 1957-1980.

Papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10193
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, articles, reviews and talks, and letters.

With photocopies of three letters to Janet H Caird of Sorley MacLean and Robert Garioch.

Dates: 1935-1987 and undated.

Papers of James B Caird, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, essays, articles and talks; and letters to Caird on literary matters.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.262- is now part of Acc.10193.
Scope and Contents

Among the letters to Caird are two of Sorley Maclean, one of George Scott-Moncrieff, two of Edwin Morgan, three of Edwin Muir, three of Sydney Goodsir Smith, one of Douglas Young, and four, 1967-1978, of C M Grieve.

Dates: 1946-1975.

Papers of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6975
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of literary work, and family and personal correspondence.

With papers of Susan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, including typescripts of essays and addresses, and correspondence.

Dates: 1894-1940.

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

Small collections of correspondence and manuscripts of the author and essayist Thomas De Quincey, acquired at different times.

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Identifier: MS.21239
Scope and Contents Thomas De Quincey's own letters are written to his family and friends about his work and other activities, finance, and family matters. Letters addressed to him include one from an unnamed American admirer, 1853, (folio 18) which was published in ‘Thomas De Quincey’, pages 103-105, the catalogue of an exhibition held at Dove Cottage and the National Library of Scotland.Most of the manuscripts are fragmentary drafts of unidentified essays, but they include parts of "The English...
Dates: 1800-1855, undated.

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Essays. 16
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Correspondence. 11
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Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 2
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
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Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994: recipient 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morison, Stanley, typographer, 1889-1967 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Percival Horace, antiquarian bookseller, 1894-1979 1
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 1
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 1
Royal Academy of Arts 1
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 1
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 1
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