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13 letters, 1911-1917, of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with other unassociated papers.

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Identifier: Acc.4987
Scope and Contents

Including:

letter, 1866, of Henry Reeve

letter, 1943, of Sir Charles A Malcolm

document, 1664, concerning Burntisland.

Dates: 1664, 1866, 1911-1917, 1943.

13 letters and postcards to James K Annand.

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Identifier: Acc.7293
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include R B Cunninghame Graham and J Ramsay MacDonald.

Mostly concerning the University of Edinburgh Rectorial Election of 1929.

Dates: 1928-1929.

13 letters of Alastair Reid to John Main, with collection of typescript poems of Alastair Reid.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13393
Scope and Contents

With one letter, 1994, of Alastair Reid to John Main, enclosing a copy of an article of Reid's from 'The New Yorker'.

Dates: 1948-1951.

13 letters of John Buchan to Frederick Britten Austin.

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Identifier: Acc.7151
Scope and Contents

On military and literary matters.

Dates: 1915-1919.

13 letters of Sir Francis Grant.

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Identifier: Acc.7678
Scope and Contents

On artistic matters.

Dates: 1871 and undated.

13 letters of Thomas Carlyle to David Hope.

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Identifier: Acc.9654
Scope and Contents

With associated letters of J A Carlyle and Mary Carlyle Aitken, and others concerning the Hope family.

Dates: 1820-1854.

13 letters to Robert Bruce.

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Identifier: Acc.8587
Scope and Contents

Concerning political and personal matters. Correspondents include Sir Alexander Gray and Sir Stafford Cripps.

With associated testimonials and copies of four letters of Bruce.

Dates: 1933-1940.

14 letters and two discharges concerning the Scottish Church, Rotterdam, collected by Rev Dr William Steven.

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Identifier: Acc.13027
Scope and Contents

Includes letter, 1844, of Bell and Bradfute, to William Steven concerning his "Memoir of George Heriot" with a copy of his reply and his account with the firm, 1848-1856.

Dates: 1632-1856.

14 letters of Frederick Bailey to Robert Bell.

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Identifier: Acc.7442
Scope and Contents

Concerning affairs of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.

Dates: 1894-1908.

14 letters to William Bell Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.7292
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From the British Museum, Aberdeen Art Gallery, and other institutions, concerning donations by Scott of paintings and books.

Dates: 1878-1887.

15 letters, 1845-1848 and undated, of the Reverend Dr Alexander Duff.

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Identifier: Acc.9447
Scope and Contents

Includes 13 letters to Sir John W Kaye.

With a letter, 1935, of R Henderson Smith, gifting the Duff letters to Sir George Adam Smith.

Dates: 1845-1848, 1935 and undated.

15 letters and cards of Annie French to Elinor Black.

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Identifier: Acc.8792
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With an account by Dr Black of their meeting.

Dates: 1938-1952.

15 letters of Alexander Buchan to W H Dunlop.

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Identifier: Acc.8430
Scope and Contents

On weather observations.

Dates: 1875-1883.

15 letters of Douglas Young to R E Muirhead.

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Identifier: Acc.6401
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With a copy of a petition on behalf of Douglas Young.

Dates: 1940-1959.

15 letters of Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie to Giuseppe Buonamici.

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Identifier: Acc.9698
Scope and Contents

Concerning musical matters.

With one letter, 1898, of Mackenzie to Giuseppe Martucci.

Dates: 1884-1912.

16 letters of John S Blackie, probably to Chapman and Hall.

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Identifier: Acc.7859
Scope and Contents

Concerning his publications.

Dates: circa 1875-circa 1877.

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Copies. Derivative objects. 285
Manuscripts. 265
Poetry. 261
Photocopies. 255
Notes. 253
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Microfilms. 210
Typescripts. 169
Photographs. 168
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 106
Drafts. Documents. 94
Documents. 92
Lists. 90
Accounts. 73
Diaries. 73
Notebooks. 63
Transcripts 61
Legal documents. 58
Printed materials. Object genre. 57
Articles. 54
Transcripts. 53
Correspondence. 47
Reports. 47
Excerpts. 46
Publications. 45
Histories. 42
Memorandums. 42
Speeches. Documents. 42
Fragments. 41
Translations. Documents. 41
Minutes. Administrative records. 40
Drawings. Visual works. 39
Albums. 38
Postcards. 36
Genealogies. 35
Financial records. 31
Memoirs. 31
Annotations. 30
Biographies. 28
Treatises. 27
Essays. 26
Inscriptions. 26
Instructions. Document genre. 25
Inventories. 24
Petitions. 24
Receipts. Financial records. 24
Autographs (manuscripts). 22
Plays. 22
Portraits. 22
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 22
Books 21
Songs. Musical compositions. 21
Sketches. 20
Account books. 19
Letter books. 19
Short stories. 19
Engravings. Prints. 18
Novels. 18
Reports 18
Sketches 18
Travel journals. 18
Autobiographies. 17
Catalogues. 16
Family papers. 16
Extracts. 15
Lectures. 15
Pamphlets. 15
Proofs. Printed matter. 15
Signatures. Names. 15
First World War (1914-1918). 14
Indexes. Reference sources. 14
Jamaica. North and Central America - Jamaica. Island. Longitude: -77.5000. Latitude: 18.2500. 14
Memorials. Legal documents. 14
Photograph albums. 14
Sermons. 14
Stats. Copies. 14
Watercolours. Paintings. 14
Certificates 13
Commissions. Permissions. 13
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 13
Wills. 13
Charters 12
Commentaries. 12
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 12
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 12
Proofs. printed matter 12
Declarations. 11
Orders. Records (documents). 11
Testimonials. 11
Abstracts. Summaries. 10
Bookplates. 10
Contracts. Agreements. 10
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 10
Minute books. 10
Minutes. Legal documents. 10
Obituaries. 10
Portraits 10
Scores. 10
Travel journals 10
Certificates. 9
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Language
English 2805
Undetermined 910
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 24
Multiple languages 16
Latin 14
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 109
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 56
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 54
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 41
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 37
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Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 32
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 31
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 28
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 23
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 22
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 22
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 20
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 19
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 16
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 15
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 15
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 15
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 14
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 14
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 14
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 14
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 14
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 13
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 13
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 13
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 12
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 12
Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 12
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 12
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 11
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 11
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 11
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 10
Ballantyne, James (printer) 10
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 10
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 10
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 10
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 10
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 10
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 10
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 10
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 10
Soutar, William (poet) 10
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845 10
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 9
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 9
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 9
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 9
Wilson, John, author and journalist, pseudonym Christopher North, 1785-1854 9
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 8
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 8
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 8
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 8
Hume, Joseph, politician, 1777-1855 8
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937 8
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 8
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 8
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 8
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 8
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 8
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 8
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 7
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 7
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 7
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 7
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 7
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 7
Flint, Sir William Russell, Knight, artist, 1880-1969 7
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 7
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 7
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 6
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 6
Faculty of Advocates, Library, Edinburgh 6
Fleming, Maurice, Editor of "The Scots Magazine", b ?1926 6
Gilbert, Eileen M Crerar-, Edinburgh, fl 1981-1992 6
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 6
Hall, Basil, Captain, Royal Navy, 1788-1844 6
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 6
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 6
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 6
Nasmyth, James Hall, engineer, 1808-1890 6
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 6
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 6
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 6
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 6
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 6
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister, fomerly Wesley, 1769-1852 6
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 5
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 5
Brown, George Mackay, poet and writer, 1921-1996 5
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 5
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 5
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 5
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 5
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 5
Elphinstone, George Keith, Viscount Keith, Admiral, Royal Navy, 1746-1823 5
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 5
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 5
Grierson, Sir Herbert John Clifford, Knight, Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 1866-1960 5
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