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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary correspondence and personal papers of Hubert Peter Morrison, with some related correspondence and editorial papers of Thomas Nelson and Sons, publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6932 Box 1(1)-Box 5(7)
Dates:
1906-1971, undated.
Papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist, and his household.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.7201-7515
Scope and Contents
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1804-1872, undated.
Personal and literary papers of Wendy Wood, including notes, correspondence, diaries, corrected typescripts of autobiographical work, records of the Scottish Patriots, and associated press cuttings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7980/1-54
Dates:
1920-1980, undated.