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Papers of the Mure of Caldwell and Bloxham families.
The papers consist of letters and notes on the genealogy of the Mure of Caldwell family, Ayrshire and their relatives the Bloxham family, Banbury, diaries of Catherine Mure, daughter of William Mure of Caldwell (succ.1776) and legal documents of and relating to the Mures of Caldwell and the Bloxhams.
Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.
Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.
Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.
Papers of the Reverend Prof Franz Hildebrandt.
Includes sermons, lectures, notes for published works, correspondence, pastoral notebooks and diaries.
Papers of the Stewart and Christie families.
Papers of the Stewart and Christie families, and concerning the Murdostoun estate.
Papers of Verney Lovett Cameron.
Includes journals, notebooks and correspondence.
Papers of Wendy Wood.
Includes diaries, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, memoirs, short stories and articles.
Papers of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.
Papers of William Hutchison Murray and Anne Burnet Murray
Papers of William Laird McKinlay relating to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Personal and literary papers of Naomi Mitchison
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.
Personal papers of Robert James Dundas.
Personal papers of William Crosbie.
Papers, 1933-1972, of the artist William Crosbie (1915-1999), with related printed material, circa 1943-1990. This small collection of material was apparently cleared from his studio at 12 Ruskin Lane, Glasgow, many years after his death.
Photocopies of typescripts of a letter, 1889, of Charles Stuart, missionary in Nyasaland, to his mother, and a journal, 1915-1916, of his wife Margaret.
Poems, letters and other papers of the poet William Julius Mickle (1734 or 1735-1788).
Political and personal correspondence and papers of Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, including some papers of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
Professional and personal papers of Ethel Bassin; including papers concerning her biography of Francis Tolmie, 'The Old Songs of Skye' (1977).
Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.
Scientific papers, journals and correspondence of Alexander Turnbull Christie (died 1832), assistant surgeon in the East India Company.
In 1828 Alexander Turnbull Christie returned to Scotland and studied geology, meteorology, and other branches of science in Edinburgh and on the Continent. In 1830 he was appointed geological surveyor on the Madras establishment, but did not return to India until the following year. He contributed a number of papers to the ‘Edinburgh new philosophical journal’.