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Photocopies of papers of John Buchan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6542
Scope and Contents

Including:

1. corrected manuscripts of "Green Mantle" (1916), "The Three Hostages" (1924), "Montrose" (1928), "Memory-Hold-the-Door" (1940)

2. manuscript and typescript of "The Mountain", an unfinished novel

3. manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, 1904-1937

4. commonplace book, circa 1896

5. 30 letters, 1893-1940, of and to various correspondents, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, T E Lawrence, and Ezra Pound.

Dates: 1893-1940.

Political and personal correspondence and papers of Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, including some papers of John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11884/1-359
Scope and Contents These papers provide a very full and extensive record of the political and public career of Lady Tweedsmuir, particularly of Scottish politics from 1945 to 1974, and of foreign policy in the early 1970s in her areas of responsibility as Minister of State, for example, the 'Cod War' dispute with Iceland. Business papers include some relating to her directorship of the transatlantic Cunard Line, and the construction and launching of RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’. Some papers of Lord Tweedsmuir,...
Dates: Circa 1911-circa 1998.

Records of the National Party of Scotland, Scottish Convention, Scottish Covenant Association and Scottish National Party.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7295/1-34
Scope and Contents

Minutes, letters and papers, with miscellaneous printed political leaflets and ephemera retained with the collection, from the Edinburgh Headquarters of the Scottish National Party. Included are records of other organizations of the national movement.

Dates: 1932-1974, undated.

Single letters and papers.

 File
Identifier: MS.2521
Scope and Contents The papers include: letters, 1795, 1810, of Sir Alexander Boswell, containing original humorous verse; copy of a list, 1849, made by Cockburn, giving the authorship of articles in the 'Edinburgh Review'; contemporary copy of a speech, ?1617, delivered by James I and VI in Edinburgh (parts being given in summary); letter, 1807, of Sir James Bland Burges (afterwards Lamb) on Sir Walter Scott's literary profits; letter, 1808, of Sir James Mackintosh dealing with Indian affairs; letter, 1830,...
Dates: ?1617-1849.

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents

The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).

Dates: 17th century.

Two letters, 1746, of Donald McDonald of Trionadrish, one to his wife, the other probably to James Graham of Airth

 File
Identifier: Acc.8152
Scope and Contents

With a copy of McDonald`s speech at his execution, and two letters, 1757, of his brother, Robert, while exiled at Donai, to his sister.

Dates: 1746-1757.

Typescript of an address on Robert Louis Stevenson delivered by R A Knox to the Stevenson Club in 1949.

 File
Identifier: MS.8792
Scope and Contents

The typescript was marked by R A Knox to indicate pauses and points of emphasis.

A letter of Knox to Sir Randall Philip, Sheriff of Ayr and Renfrew, concerning the deposit of the address in the National Library of Scotland, is also included.

Dates: 1949.

Typescripts of talks of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9426
Scope and Contents

With two letters of the Reverend Thomas M Donn to Thomson, and cuttings.

Dates: 1965-1969 and undated.

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Correspondence. 70
Letters. Correspondence. 42
Typescripts. 40
Manuscripts. 37
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Photographs. 27
Notes. 26
Poetry. 21
Copies. Derivative objects. 20
Diaries. 18
Drafts. Documents. 17
Lectures. 17
Lists. 12
Notebooks. 12
Accounts. 10
Memorandums. 9
Minutes. Administrative records. 9
Documents. 7
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Reports. 7
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Excerpts. 6
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Reviews. Document genre 6
Fragments. 5
Journals. Accounts. 5
Novels. 5
Plays. 5
Printed materials. Object genre. 5
Short stories. 5
Biographies. 4
Declarations. 4
Financial records. 4
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Instructions. Document genre. 4
Legal documents. 4
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Account books. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Annotations. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
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Catalogues. 2
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Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
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Registers (lists). 2
Rules. Instructions 2
Rules. Instructions. 2
Sketchbooks 2
Sketches. 2
Testimonials. 2
Transcripts 2
Abridgements. Versions of documents. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Administrative records. 1
Admission tickets. Tickets. 1
Advertisements. 1
Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
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Language
English 85
Undetermined 24
Latin 1
Multiple languages 1
Russian 1
 
Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 5
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
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Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Scottish National Party 2
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Anstruther-Gray, Clayre Jessie Tennant, 1872-1958 (justice of the peace and wife of William Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, Monica Helen Lambton, 1915-1985 (justice of the peace and wife of William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William John St Clair, Baron Kilmany, 1905-1985 (soldier and politician) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William, 1859-1938 (soldier and politician) 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Barbour, Sir Robert Alexander Stewart, Knight, Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Aberdeen, b 1921 1
Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989 (English printmaker, graphic designer, and illustrator) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan, author and mountaineer, b 1934: recipient 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campbell, Jean Helen St Clair, Baroness Stratheden of Cupar and Campbell of St Andrews, nee Anstruther-Gray, d 1956 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Duncan, Joseph Forbes, Trade Union Secretary, 1879-1964 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Gairdner, David, assistant to John Alpine, Minister of Skirling, d 1837 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gibson, Sir Alexander Drummond, Knight, conductor, 1926-1995 1
Graham, James, of Airth, Judge Admiral, d 1753: recipient 1
Gray (family, of Carntyne and Anstruther ) 1
Gray (family, of Kilmany ) 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, Knight, General, 1853-1947 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 1
Holms, William, spinner and politician, b 1827 1
Honeyman, Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1891-1971 1
Honeyman, Thomas, father of Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, fl 1877-1934 1
Horsburgh, family 1
Johnson, Don, writer of account of a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, fl 1994 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Lockhart, Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce, Knight, diplomatist, 1887-1970 1
Lorimer, Robert Lewis Campbell, publisher, 1918-1996 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McDonald, Donald, of Tirnadrish, d 1746 1
McDonald, Robert, brother of Donald, of Tirnadrish, fl 1757 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 1
Munro, Sir Alasdair Thomas Ian, 6th Baronet, of Lindertis, b 1927 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Party of Scotland 1
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, naval officer, 1758–1805 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 1
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008: former owner 1
Salisbury, Bishop of 1
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 1
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