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Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert Grieve.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10205
Scope and Contents

Concern Grieve`s work on the Clyde Valley Regional Plan and other working during his period as a senior and Chief Planner, Scottish Office.

Dates: circa 1945-1964.

Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates: 1815-1967, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.8501-8770
Scope and Contents

William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.

Dates: 1898-1955.

Correspondence and papers of Tom Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11750/1-122
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

Dates: 1950-1995.

Correspondence, diaries, and literary papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University, and of his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19329-19405
Scope and Contents Thomas Traill was born in Orkney in 1781 of the family of Traill of Tirlot and the collection includes miscellaneous genealogical, legal and historial material relating to Orkney. He graduated in medicine in the University of Edinburgh in 1802 and by 1803 had settled in practice in Liverpool where he became a prominent figure being prime mover in the foundation of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool of which he was first Secretary, and assisting in the foundation of the Royal...
Dates: 1645-1897, undated.

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.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

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'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.

Dates: 1894-1977, undated.

Correspondence, notebooks, journals and other papers of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, Bishop Robert Douglas, and of the Douglas family and estates.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10229/1-132
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).

Dates: 1597-1823.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Correspondence, photographs and papers relating to the Clyde Workers` Committee.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13524
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, photographs and papers, 1913-c 1920s, relating to John W. Muir (1879-1931), trade unionist and Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill, and his involvement in the Clyde Workers’ Committee (CWC). Some of the papers also relate to his wife Catherine Fraser and to other prominent members of the CWC.

Dates: 1913-c.1920s

Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents

Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1745-1961.

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Correspondence. 141
Letters. Correspondence. 63
Photographs. 52
Poetry. 50
Typescripts. 50
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Diaries. 46
Manuscripts. 44
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 43
Notes. 26
Articles. 23
Drafts. Documents. 18
Novels. 15
Copies. Derivative objects. 14
Plays. 12
Speeches. Documents. 12
Financial records. 11
Documents. 10
Lectures. 9
Lists. 9
Publications. 9
Accounts. 8
Biographies. 8
Legal documents. 8
Short stories. 8
Autobiographies. 7
Essays. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
Microfilms. 7
Printed materials. Object genre. 7
Reports 7
Scripts. Documents 7
Travel journals. 7
Family papers. 6
Proofs. printed matter 6
Reviews. Document genre. 6
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 5
Catalogues. 5
Literature (writings). 5
Photograph albums. 5
Sermons. 5
Sketches 5
Sketches. 5
Account books. 4
Audiocassettes. 4
Genealogies. 4
Journals. Accounts. 4
Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Personal papers. 4
Photocopies. 4
Translations. Documents. 4
Business records. 3
Excerpts. 3
Histories. 3
Lecture notes. 3
Memoirs. 3
Memorandums. 3
Orders. Military records. 3
Programmes 3
Programmes. 3
Research notes. 3
Reviews. Document genre 3
Sermons 3
Transcripts 3
Transcripts. 3
Travel journals 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Albums. 2
Annotations. 2
Bankbooks. 2
Books 2
Calculations. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Diplomas. School records. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Ephemera. 2
Fair copies. 2
Fiction. 2
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
Invoices. 2
Memorandums. Legal documents. 2
Mountaineering. 2
Music books. 2
Musical compositions. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Obituaries. 2
Photographic prints. 2
Positives. Photographs. 2
Postcards. 2
Prints. Visual works. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Registers (lists). 2
Reports. 2
Scores 2
Scores. 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sketchbooks. 2
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Language
English 148
Undetermined 50
Multiple languages 4
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
Latin 1
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Scots 1
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Names
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 2
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Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') (1854-1933) 2
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 2
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Scottish Mountaineering Club 2
Anderson, Dora, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Anderson, Elizabeth, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blair, Robert, teacher of Latin school, Edinburgh, fl 1677-1705 1
Bone, Phyllis M, sculptor, 1897-1972 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Buchanan, Robert, Professor of Logic, University of Glasgow, 1786-1873 1
Caddy, Peter, Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, 1917-1994 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara (daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast) 1
Chalmers, Sir David Patrick, Knight, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, d 1899 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Crown Court Church, Covent Garden 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crow, W R, Sergeant, Indian Command, Royal Air Force, fl 1944 1
Crow, Walter S, Sergeant, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, d c 1978 1
Dejardin, Lucie, socialist, 1875-1945 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, politician and diarist, 1743-1823 1
Douglas, family 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Durand, Sir Edward Law, 1st Baronet, colonial administrator, 1845-1920 1
Elliot, George Francis Stewart , Hon, 1822-1901 (barrister) 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Evans, Jean Bell Shaw, children's author, pseudonym 'Jane Shaw', née Patrick, 1910-2000 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Field, Isobel, step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, née Osbourne, 1858-1953 1
Findlay, William, Minister of Saline, d 1917: collector 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Fraser, family, of Belladrum 1
Galbraith, family 1
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 1
Garrick, Joseph Alan (lecturer in Engineering and Design, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and mountaineer) (1894-1996) 1
Gladstone, Thomas, 2nd Bart., of Fasque, 1804-1889 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graham, family, of Airth 1
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Guthrie, Sir James, Knight, artist, 1859-1930 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Henderson, R R Gore-Brown-, Balerno, fl 1967: collector 1
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Hornel, Edward Atkinson, artist, 1864-1933 1
Hunter, Charles, Corporal, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, fl 1900-1902 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 1
J and R Glen, highland bagpipe makers 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kemp, Arnold, editor, 'The Glasgow Herald', 1939-2002. 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, family 1
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 1
Laing, Hugh, St Croix, fl 1811-1813 1
Lang, Andrew, historian, 1844-1912: recipient 1
Lang, Leonora Blanche (writer and translator, wife of Andrew, anthropologist, classicist, historian, née Alleyne) (1851-1933) 1
Lawson, family 1
Lawson, family, secession ministers, Selkirk 1
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