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Autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
The majority of the works are unpublished, and those which are published present considerable divergences. All the plays were written for the stage, and in some cases the names of the actors appear in the list of dramatis personae. Adv.MS.5.1.16, (i) and (ii) seem to be unconnected with the remainder of the collection.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Wilkie, Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, together with some sketches and engravings from his paintings.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).
Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.
Correspondence and papers of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, and his family.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Letter of Alexander to James Ballantyne describing the last dinner of the writer with Sir Walter Scott.
Includes manuscript draft and cutting of letter of John Ballantyne on the same dinner with Scott, and a pencil and chalk study of Scott by John Ballantyne.
Letters of George Richardson and of Sir David Wilkie.
Letters to Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, and an instruction-book of his son Charles.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Microfilm of papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant.
Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, including that of William Forbes Skene.
Miscellaneous purchases.
Papers and art work of Angela Lemaire, artist and engraver.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.
Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.
Papers of and concerning Joseph Hislop.
Including notes, sketches, typescripts of broadcast talks, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and concert and opera programmes.