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Correspondence and literary papers of and concerning George Borrow collected by Sir Angus Fraser, with working papers of Sir Angus Fraser relating to George Borrow.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12091/1-74
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).

Dates: 1794-2001, undated.

Correspondence and notes of William Stewart, of the Glasgow Herald.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10021
Scope and Contents

Concerning the printer James Watson.

Dates: 1900-1908 and undated.

Correspondence and papers, 1940, of Jim Harley, Edinburgh.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11939
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers largely of and to the Children`s Overseas Reception Board (Scottish Branch) concerning the proposed evacuation of Rosemary Harley to Canada. Also includes Rosemary Harley`s school reports, 1932-1938, from Cranley School, Edinburgh, a Cranley School photograph, 1937, and her notes on the papers, 2001.

Dates: 1932-1940, 2001.

Correspondence and papers, 1996-1999, of Ronald Black concerning the publication of his work 'An tuil: anthology of 20th century Scottish Gaelic verse' (Polygon: Edinburgh, 1999); with papers, 1937-1999, relating to other work on 20th century Gaelic literature.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12035/1-38
Scope and Contents

Includes scripts of two unpublished Gaelic novels of the Rev Ewen MacLean, Edinburgh, and photocopies of 'Leabhar nam Prannag', manuscript poems of Ian Paterson.

Dates: 1937-1999, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents

Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).

Dates: 1915-1987.

Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11050
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.

Dates: circa 1955-1976.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14317/1-34
Content Description Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison (1850-1935), Gaelic scholar and a native Gaelic speaker from Torrisdale, Sutherland. He became the first librarian of the Edinburgh Free Public Library, now Central Library, a post which he held until his retirement in 1922. The library had been founded with the help of a gift from Andrew Carnegie, with whom Morrison remained in close friendship while acting as representative for Carnegie's library foundation scheme.The papers include:...
Dates: 1877-2003 and undated, with most of the material dated 1877-1920s.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, and of his own and allied families: Hays, Thomsons, Tods, Lothians.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3116-3123
Scope and Contents

A table of the relationships of the various families has been placed in MS.3116, folio i.

Dates: 1714-1905, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10328
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Rudyard Kipling, Sir Compton Mackenzie and Evelyn Waugh.

Dates: 1920-1972.

Correspondence and papers of Hector Hugh Mackenzie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12175
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly concern Highland history and music, including some papers relating to Frances Tolmie.

Dates: circa 1926-1984.

Correspondence and papers of James Anderson, Writer to the Signet.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.1.2(I)-(VIII)
Scope and Contents

Anderson`s personal affairs, his business interests (as lawyer, factor, and Postmaster-General), and his historical researches (which culminated in the posthumous publication of ‘Diplomata Scotiae’) are all represented.

Dates: 1680-1728.

Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15560-15901
Scope and Contents John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...
Dates: Mid 14th century-[before 1962], undated.

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Notes. 417
Letters. Correspondence. 262
Correspondence. 236
Manuscripts. 103
Copies. Derivative objects. 80
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 71
Typescripts. 70
Photographs. 67
Poetry. 56
Drafts. Documents. 55
Research notes 53
Diaries. 45
Lists. 45
Articles. 40
Notebooks. 30
Publications. 30
Genealogies. 29
Excerpts. 27
Documents. 26
Legal documents. 26
Microfilms. 26
Speeches. Documents. 26
Histories. 25
Transcripts. 25
Accounts. 23
Memorandums. 23
Minutes. Administrative records. 23
Printed materials. Object genre. 21
Photocopies. 20
Transcripts 20
Translations. Documents. 20
Reports 18
Reports. 18
Biographies. 17
Lectures. 17
Financial records. 16
Fragments. 14
Research notes. 14
Essays. 13
Inventories. 13
Lecture notes. 13
Proofs. Printed matter. 12
Instructions. Document genre. 11
Proofs. printed matter 11
Catalogues. 10
Novels. 10
Petitions. 10
Songs. Musical compositions. 10
Annotations. 9
Indexes. Reference sources. 9
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 9
Memoirs. 9
Sketches. 9
Travel journals. 9
Treatises. 9
Drawings. Visual works. 8
Portraits. 8
Autobiographies. 7
Certificates 7
Commissions. Permissions. 7
Declarations. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
Sermons 7
Abstracts. Summaries. 6
Albums. 6
Charters 6
Charters. 6
Commentaries. 6
Extracts. 6
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 6
Leaflets. 6
Memorandums. Legal documents. 6
Pamphlets. 6
Plays. 6
Receipts. Financial records. 6
Scores. 6
Sermons. 6
Short stories. 6
Stats. Copies. 6
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 5
Contracts. Agreements. 5
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 5
Memorials. Legal documents. 5
Musical compositions. 5
Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 5
Professional papers. 5
Reviews. Document genre 5
Scrapbooks 5
Tables of contents. 5
Account books. 4
Agreements. Legal instruments. 4
Anecdotes. 4
Books 4
Business records. 4
Calculations. 4
Certificates. 4
Commonplace books. 4
Engravings. Prints. 4
Family papers. 4
Fiction. 4
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Language
English 304
Undetermined 163
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 11
Multiple languages 11
Latin 7
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 10
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 6
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 4
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 4
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 3
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Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 3
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 2
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) (1803-1881) 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 2
Forrester, Colin David Ian G, Clan Secretary and Historian, Clan Forrester Society, fl 1967-1992 2
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 2
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 2
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 2
Scottish National Party 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
Whyte, Donald, Vice-President of the Scottish Genealogy Society, 1924-2010 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
Abbott, Minnie, illegitimate daughter of James Nasmyth, engineer, née Russell, then Richardson, c 1858-1940: recipient 1
Anderson, John, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867 1
Anderson, John, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867: former owner 1
Anderson, Margaret, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867 1
Anderson, Margaret, Emigrant, fl 1857-1867: former owner 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Angus, Archibald, son of David, civil engineer, fl 1904-1916 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926: recipient 1
Angus, Mary, wife of David, civil engineer, née Wilson, fl 1904-1939 1
Angus, Mary, wife of David, civil engineer, née Wilson, fl 1904-1939: recipient 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Angus, Stewart, son of David, civil engineer, fl 1904-1916 1
Archibald Constable and Co, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Ardern, L L, Librarian, College of Technology, Manchester, fl 1953-1988 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Ballantyne, John, publisher, 1774-1821 1
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Baxter, Charles, Writer to the Signet, 1848-1919 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Blair, Duncan Black, poet and translator, 1815-1893 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Boyes, John, Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery, University of Edinburgh, 1913-1985 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, T Gordon, correspondent of Michael Roberts, poet and mountaineer, fl 1946 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Peter, collector of ballads, 1790-1854 1
Burges, Col Ynyr Henry, Colonel, 1834-1908 1
Burges, Col Ynyr Henry, Colonel, 1834-1908: recipient 1
Butter, Peter Herbert, Professor of English Literature and Language, University of Glasgow, 1921-1999 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Caddy, Peter, Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, 1917-1994 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas Phàdruig (poet and writer) 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie, historian, writer and poet, 1942-2008 1
Calderwood, Henry, philosopher, 1830-1897 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Campbell, Archibald, Bishop of Aberdeen, d 1744 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881: transcriber 1
Carrick, John Charles, Minister of Newbattle, 1860-1914 1
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt, Knight, sculptor, 1781-1841 1
Children's Overseas Reception Board, Scottish Branch 1
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 1
Churchill, Lord Randolph Henry Spencer, statesman, 1849-1895 1
Clan Mackay Society 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor, colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Soloman Islands, 1923-2005 1
Clark, Elizabeth Allan, wife of Ronald William, author, sponsor of the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition, née Soutar, 1924-2008 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Crawford, Lawrence, Parliamentary Major-General, 1611-1645: recipient 1
Cromwell, Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1599-1658 1
Cunninghame Graham, family, of Gartmore and Ardoch 1
Dalrymple, James, murderer, d 1840 1
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 1
Dalrymple, Sir John Hamilton-Macgill-, 4th Baronet, of Cousland and Cranstoun, lawyer and historian, formerly Dalrymple, 1726-1810 1
Davidson, J, Leith, fl 1887 1
Davie, George Elder, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1912-2007 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Dickens, Charles John Huffam (novelist) 1
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