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Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11193
Scope and Contents

Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.

Dates: circa 1822-1995.

Two letters and typescripts of four poems of George Bruce.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12634
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript recollection of George Bruce by the Rev Alasdair W Macdonell.

Dates: 1975-1976, 1999.

Typescript biography concerning Helen Baker, missionary in Rajputana, by Margaret Foster.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10446
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 20th century.

Typescript of Donald W Nichol, "Pope`s Literary Legacy: the Book-Trade Correspondence of William Warburton and John Knapton".

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Identifier: Acc.10837
Scope and Contents

Contains material not printed in the version published, 1992, by The Oxford Bibliographical Society. Includes photocopies of some of the original letters from various libraries.

Dates: 1990.

Typescript of Malcolm Murray, "Överslöjtnant Alexander Irvings Skotska Bördsbrer av den 16 Maj 1642".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9162
Scope and Contents

With an English translation, notes and correspondence, 1986.

Dates: 1976-1986.

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Correspondence. 32
Letters. Correspondence. 28
Typescripts. 15
Notes. 14
Poetry. 11
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Copies. Derivative objects. 10
Drafts. Documents. 10
Manuscripts. 10
Photographs. 9
Microfilms. 8
Notebooks. 8
Photocopies. 7
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 7
Articles. 6
Diaries. 6
Documents. 6
Excerpts. 6
Histories. 5
Genealogies. 4
Lists. 4
Obituaries. 4
Speeches. Documents. 4
Financial records. 3
Legal documents. 3
Memorandums. 3
Novels. 3
Plays. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Account books. 2
Accounts. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
Bankbooks. 2
Coats of arms. devices (symbols). 2
Engravings. Prints. 2
Illuminated manuscripts. 2
Inscriptions. 2
Memoirs. 2
Memorandums. Legal documents. 2
Narratives. Document genres. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Publications. 2
Reports 2
Research notes 2
Summaries. 2
Transcripts 2
Transcripts. 2
Abridgements. Versions of documents. 1
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Admiralty charts. 1
Albums. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annals. Histories, without comment. 1
Argentina. South America. Nation. Longitude: -64.0000. Latitude: -34.0000. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Books 1
Business records. 1
Calculations. 1
Calendars. 1
Caricatures. 1
Certificates. 1
Commentaries. 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Declarations. 1
Devotional literature. 1
Dispatches. 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Extracts. 1
Fair copies. 1
Folk tales. 1
Fragments. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Instructional materials. 1
Instructions. Document genre. 1
Inventories. 1
Lectures. 1
Literature (writings). 1
Minute books. 1
Minutes of agreement. Legal instruments. 1
Minutes. Administrative records. 1
Orders. Military records. 1
Pedigrees. Genealogies (histories). 1
Phonograph records. 1
Politics. 1
Portraits 1
Portraits. 1
Prefaces 1
Presentation copies 1
Printing blocks. Printing surfaces 1
Prints. Visual works. 1
Professional papers. 1
Registers (lists). 1
Religious texts. 1
Reports. 1
Research notes. 1
Research. Documents. 1
Romances. Document genre. 1
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 1
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Language
English 37
Undetermined 19
Multiple languages 3
French 1
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
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Names
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 2
Arthur, Sir George Compton Archibald, 3rd Baronet, Private Secretary to Earl Kitchener, 1860-1946 1
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Baker, Helen Mary, missionary, 1908-1988 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bonar, James, Solicitor of Excise, 1757-1821 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Campbell, Patrick William, Writer to the Signet, 1850-1922 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Erickson, John, military historian, 1929-2002 1
Fawcett, Benjamin, engraver and colour printer, 1808-1893 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Foster, Margaret, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Scottish Academy, fl 1925-1995 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964: recipient 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hart, Francis Russell, author, 1868-1938 1
Henderson, George Francis Robert, Director of Military Intelligence, South Africa, 1854-1903 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Home, John, of Ninewells, 1709-1786: recipient 1
Home, Joseph, of Ninewells, d 1832: recipient 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Insh, George Pratt, historian, b 1883 1
Irving, Alexander, army officer in the Swedish service, d 1659 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916 1
Knapton, John, bookseller, c 1696-c 1770 1
Lindsay, Maurice (poet and writer) 1
Macdonell, Alasdair William, Minister of Tarves with Barthol Chapel, b 1927 1
Mackay, Colin, poet, 1951-2003 1
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 1
Mackenzie, Murdoch, missionary in China, b 1858 1
Matheson, Alexander, Hudson's Bay Company, fl 1889-1894 1
Matheson, Duncan, Factor, Hudson's Bay Company, fl 1864-1921 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McLean, Antonia Maxwell, wife of Ruari, typographer and author, née Carlisle, 1919-1995 1
McManus, Michael Noel, author, b 1967 1
Medici, Ferdinando I de', Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609 1
Murison, David D, lexicographer, 1914-1997 1
Murray, Arthur Cecil, 3rd Viscount Elibank 1
Murray, Malcolm, writer on Alexander Irving, army officer in the Swedish service, fl 1976-1986 1
Murray, Sir Gideon, Lord Elibank, Senator of the College of Justice, c 1560-1621 1
Nichol, Donald W, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland, fl 1978-2008 1
Pick, Gene, wife of John Barclay, writer, fl 1946-1972 1
Pick, John Barclay, writer, b 1921 1
Ross, Alfred William, Deputy Chief Scientist (Navy), Ministry of Defence, 1914-1991 1
Royle, Trevor Bridge (broadcaster and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) (b 1945) 1
Strachan, Michael, writer, b 1919 1
Vasa, Sigismund III, King of Poland, 1566-1632: recipient 1
Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester, 1698-1779 1
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