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Letter, 1964, of Doris Lessing to Naomi Mitchison.

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Identifier: Acc.10307
Scope and Contents

With typescripts of literary works of Mitchison.

Dates: 1964 and undated.

Letter of Robert Louis Stevenson to Robert Allan Mowbray and Louisa Stevenson, from Hyères.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3364
Scope and Contents

The letter is elaborately bound with a typescript copy, and boxed.

Dates: 1884.

Letters and papers of John H Balfour-Browne, Kings Counsel (1885-1921).

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Identifier: MS.19609
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1846-1919, undated, chiefly addressed to John H Balfour-Browne. They had been kept as a collection of autographs and include fragments of letters and signatures (which have not been indexed). The correspondence mostly concerns Balfour-Browne's literary work and legal matters. (Folio 1.)(ii) Typescript with manuscript corrections and newspaper cutting of 'A Criticism and a Reminiscence' by Balfour-Browne, published in the...
Dates: 1814-1919, undated.

Letters, and related typescripts, to Charles King, mostly of contributors to 'Twelve Modern Scottish Poets' and 'Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets'.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11661
Scope and Contents A collection of letters and typescripts of poems, mostly concerning Twelve Modern Scottish Poets (London: University of London Press, 1971) and Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986).Letters are to Charles King, unless otherwise stated.Typescript, 1984, of 'Accomplished Mission', a poem for Charles King by Jim Alison.Letter, 1972, written on behalf of Benjamin Britten.Letters, 1969-81, of George Mackay Brown....
Dates: 1965-1998, undated.

Letters of, and an article by, Robert D Macleod.

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Identifier: MS.9997
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters,1930-1956, undated, to Robert Macleod, chiefly in his capacity of editor of ‘Library review’. The writers include J M Builoch, R B Cunninghame Graham, and Donald Carswell. Most of the correspondence concerns articles for ‘Library review’, but there is also material on a memorial to Cunninghame Graham, and a number of autobiographical notes requested by Macleod in 1932. (Folio 1.) (ii) Typescript, 1957, of an unpublished article by Macleod entitled...
Dates: 1930-1957, undated.

Letters of and concerning C M Grieve to Ernest Brooks and Barbara Niven.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12074
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript of "Mature Art".

Dates: 1936-1983.

Letters of and to Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10909
Scope and Contents

With typescripts, undated, of prose pieces and verse including "Prisoners at War", photographs and press-cuttings.

Dates: 1943 and undated.

Letters of David Livingstone written to James MacLehose, Glasgow, and Mrs Sewell, shortly after he went out to Africa, describing his work and adventures in Bechuanaland.

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Identifier: MS.656
Scope and Contents

The letters are preceded by a descriptive note, 1937, and typescripts of the letters.

Dates: 1841-1843, 1846.

Letters of Donald Mackenzie to Maurice Fleming.

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Identifier: Acc.11809
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of typescripts of two plays, "All Change" and "Simone".

Dates: 1993-1999.

Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, with some related literary papers and photographs.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13344/1-14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, including enclosures of poems, cuttings and other notes. Many of the poems and acrostics were written by Brown as gifts for special occasions, including one for Crawford's wedding in 1991 to Graham McGirk.

The collection also includes the uncorrected typescript of 'The ballad of the golden bird', published as 'The golden bird' (John Murray, 1987), which Brown dedicated to Kenna Crawford.

Dates: 1985-1995.

Letters of John Manson concerning Victor Serge and letters of D W Dörrbecker, Duncan Glen, T S Law and William Neil.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12063
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of George Hardie and Neil Mathers.

Dates: 1981-2001.

Letters of members of the Walker family of Dundonald, Ayrshire.

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Identifier: Acc.12085
Scope and Contents

Includes letters from relations in America and one reporting on anti-Catholic riots in Edinburgh 1779, also includes a 19th century transcript (and 20th century typescript copy) of a journal of Josiah Walker, originally written in 1780.

Dates: circa 1772-1783.

Letters of Thomas Hardy to Sir George B Douglas, 5th Baronet of Springwood Park, near Kelso, Roxburghshire.

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Identifier: MS.8121
Scope and Contents

As well as giving his impressions of contemporary literary figures, Hardy discusses poetry and frequently mentions both his own and Douglas's work including the reception in 1895-1896 of 'Jude the Obscure'.

The letters are followed by a typescript of Sir George Douglas's article, 'Thomas Hardy: personal reminiscences’.

Dates: 1887-1924, undated.

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Correspondence. 242
Manuscripts. 172
Letters. Correspondence. 169
Poetry. 121
Articles. 78
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Photographs. 76
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 62
Notes. 58
Drafts. Documents. 51
Notebooks. 50
Copies. Derivative objects. 47
Novels. 44
Diaries. 42
Speeches. Documents. 40
Short stories. 38
Plays. 36
Photocopies. 28
Reviews. Document genre 25
Proofs. printed matter 23
Essays. 20
Lectures. 19
Financial records. 18
Proofs. Printed matter. 18
Transcripts 17
Autobiographies. 16
Biographies. 15
Accounts. 14
Memorandums. 14
Publications. 13
Reviews. Document genre. 13
Transcripts. 13
Memoirs. 11
Translations. Documents. 11
Documents. 10
Illustrations. Layout features. 10
Lists. 10
Literature (writings). 10
Printed materials. Object genre. 10
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Personal papers. 9
Reports 9
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Drawings. Visual works. 8
Genealogies. 8
Minutes. Administrative records. 8
Obituaries. 8
Pamphlets. 8
Professional papers. 8
Stats. Copies. 8
Audiocassettes. 7
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 7
Fiction. 7
Histories. 7
Microfilms. 7
Reports. 7
Research notes 7
Fragments. 6
Legal documents. 6
Portraits. 6
Research notes. 6
Sketches. 6
Slides. Photographs. 6
Administrative records. 5
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 5
Maps. Cartographic materials. 5
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Annotations. 4
Criticism. 4
Ephemera. 4
Extracts. 4
Magazines. periodicals. 4
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Negatives. Photographs. 4
Offprints. 4
Periodicals. 4
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Scripts. Documents. 4
Sermons. 4
Account books. 3
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 3
Business records. 3
Christmas cards. 3
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 3
Lecture notes. 3
Newsletters. Serials. 3
Photograph albums. 3
Politics. 3
Prefaces. 3
Publishers and publishing. 3
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Travel journals 3
Travel literature 3
Watercolours. Paintings. 3
Wills. 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
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Language
English 307
Undetermined 96
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 4
Multiple languages 4
French 1
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 12
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 10
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 8
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 7
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 7
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Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 6
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 6
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 5
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 5
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 5
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 5
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 4
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 4
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 4
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 4
Akros, literary magazine 3
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 3
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Scotia Review, literary journal 3
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 3
Scottish National Party 3
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 3
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 3
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 2
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 2
Canongate Books (publishers, Edinburgh) 2
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Mackay, Colin, poet, 1951-2003 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 2
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 2
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 2
National Party of Scotland 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 2
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Soutar, William (poet) 2
Spence, James Lewis Thomas Chalmers, poet and Scottish nationalist, 1874-1955 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Akros Publications 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Askew, Gilbert, 1893-1950 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Baker, Helen Mary, missionary, 1908-1988 1
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 1
Beattie, Arthur James, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1914-1996: recipient 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Berry, Alexander, Sydney, merchant, 1781-1873 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Brebner, Daniel, Lieutenant, fl 1866 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brooks, Ernest, illustrator and painter, 1911-1993: recipient 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Bull, Francis, Professor of Norwegian Literature at Oslo, 1887-1974 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas Phàdruig (poet and writer) 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982: recipient 1
Cameron, John, of Fassifern, c 1699-1785 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Campbell, Steuart, science writer, b 1937 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Castle, Barbara Anne, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, politician, née Betts, 1910-2002 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649: recipient 1
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