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Papers of Emile Joseph Dillon, containing correspondence, notebooks and literary papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12382/1-67
Scope and Contents

These papers were given to Father Ernest Eugene Laws by Dillon's widow, as research material for a proposed biography of Dillon. Laws transcribed and translated many of the letters and annotated some of the originals.

Dates: 1871-1939, 1951-1955, undated.

Papers of Herrick Bunney, musician and organist of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14453
Content Description

Corrspondence and papers of Herrick Bunney, documenting mainly his work at St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh. It contains papers illustrating his musical activities, as well as papers and photographs documenting the fundraising for, and installation of a new organ at St. Giles' in the 1990s.

Dates: 1898-2006

Papers of James Robertson, civil engineer, including other papers, chiefly correspondence, of members of his family.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10012/1-12
Scope and Contents Correpondence, journals, and photographs of James Robertson, civil engineer, with other papers of members of his family. James Robertson worked on the construction of the Port Patrick Railway, Ayrshire, 1859-60, and then in India, particularly on the G I P Railway at Nagpore, Centra Provinces. He returned to Scotland in 1870 and became a partner in the Milnwood Iron Works, Motherwell.The correspondence, which forms the bulk of this collection, consists largely of letters written...
Dates: 1859-1890, undated.

Papers of James Spence Ritchie (1916-1994.)

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13819/1-68
Dates: Majority of material found in 1837-1838, 4th quarter 19th century, [1914 and after] ?1920s, 1930-1994.

Papers of Katie Horsman, potter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11787/1-74

Papers of Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley relating to the 51st (Highland) Division in the First and Second World Wars.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7380/1-95
Scope and Contents

Maps, accounts, diaries, lectures and other papers, mainly concerning operations, 1942-1943, of the 51st (Highland) Division in North Africa and Sicily, together with a smaller quantity of associated post-war correspondence and some papers, 1918, concerning the Division in the First World War.

Dates: 1914-1976, undated.

Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27374-27410
Scope and Contents

The sister of Nancy Brysson Morrison, Margaret M Morrison studied at Glasgow School of Art and trained for the stage before beginning her career in literature.

Dates: 1936-1972, undated.

Papers of Robert di Falco, St Andrews.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12028
Scope and Contents

Includes field diary, memoirs and photographs concerning di Falco`s service in the Italian Army, 1918-1921. Also includes Italian war service medals (framed) and material concerning Gabriele d`Annunzio`s seizure of Fiume, 1919.

Dates: 1918-1947

Papers of Robert Kemp, his father, the Reverend Arnold L Kemp and other members of the family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10125
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, testimonials and photographs.

Dates: 1802-1986 and undated.

Papers of Ronald Selby Wright.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11296
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, sermons, photographs, diaries and press cuttings.

Dates: circa 1930-1994.

Papers of the family of Dunlop of Stevenson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.360
Dates: 18th century-20th century.

Papers of the first Earl Haig.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3155

Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26705-26712
Scope and Contents

Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.

Dates: 1909-1976, undated.

Papers of the Rev Alexander George Somerville.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12274
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Somerville`s work, during 1969-1970, as Organising Secretary of the World Council of Churches Refugee Relief in Biafra.

Dates: 1946-1982.

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Personal and literary papers of Naomi Mitchison

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12578/1-45
Scope and Contents Papers relating to the life and work of the novelist, poet and writer Naomi Mitchison. Includes personal correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, press cuttings, family papers and photographs.Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, née Haldane, was born in Edinburgh in 1897. She was the youngest child of Louisa Kathleen Haldane, née Trotter, and John Scott Haldane (1860-1936). Her elder brother was the biologist J. B. S. 'Jack' Haldane (1892–1964).Naomi attended the Dragon School...
Dates: 1836-2002

Personal papers of William Crosbie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13367
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1933-1972, of the artist William Crosbie (1915-1999), with related printed material, circa 1943-1990. This small collection of material was apparently cleared from his studio at 12 Ruskin Lane, Glasgow, many years after his death.

Dates: 1933-1972.

Photographs of a typescript diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward L Strutt, entitled 'Three months of 1919'.

 File
Identifier: MS.10797
Scope and Contents

The diary covers the period from February to April 1919, during which Edward Strutt arranged the departure of the Emperor Charles and his family from Austria to Switzerland. The diary is preceded by some notes in typescript by the donor (folio i).

Dates: 1919.

Photographs of the journal of John Ballantyne.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1812
Scope and Contents

From folio 97 onward the journal pages are filled with lists of expenses, profit and loss accounts, and notes of business with clients: these include copies of agreements with Archibald Constable & Company, concerning the publication of Sir Walter Scott's ‘Kenilworth’, ‘The monastery’, and ‘The pirate’.

Dates: 1819-1821.

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Photographs. 80
Correspondence. 55
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 33
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Manuscripts. 13
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Lectures. 9
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
Financial records. 6
Photograph albums. 6
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Legal documents. 4
Lists. 4
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Programmes. 4
Publications. 4
Reports 4
Accounts. 3
Literature (writings). 3
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Obituaries. 3
Passports. 3
Photocopies. 3
Postcards. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Sermons 3
Short stories. 3
Sketches. 3
Slides. Photographs. 3
Testimonials. 3
Autobiographies. 2
Calculations. 2
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Second World War (1939-1945). 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
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Travel journals 2
Account books. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Algeria. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 3.0000 . Latitude: 28.0000 . 1
Appointment books. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Authors 1
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Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
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Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 1
Excise tickets. 1
Exercise books. 1
Exhibition catalogues. 1
Faroe Islands. Europe. Dependent state. Longitude: -7.0000. Latitude: 62.0000. 1
Fiction. 1
First World War (1914-1918). 1
Fremantle. Oceania - Australia - Western Australia. Inhabited Place. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Histories. 1
Hong Kong. Asia - China. Semi-independent political entity. Longitude: 114.1667. Latitude: 22.2500. 1
Iceland. Europe - Iceland. Island. Longitude: -18.0000. Latitude: 65.0000. 1
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
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Language
English 66
Undetermined 17
German 1
Multiple languages 1
Swedish 1
 
Names
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
Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') (1854-1933) 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 1
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Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Annunzio, Gabriele d', poet, 1863-1938 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Bunney, Herrick, 1915-1997 (organist of St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh) 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Campbell, family 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Corbett, Elsie Cameron, 1893-1976 1
Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh 1
Crosbie, Hugh Provan, novelist, pseudonym 'John Carrick', 1912-2003 1
Crosbie, William, artist, 1915-1999 1
Cuthbert, Walter Robertson, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, husband of Gwendoline Emily Meacham, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1887-1970 1
Davenport, John, writer, fl 1954-1957 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Douglas, George Norman, travel writer, 1868-1952 1
Douglas, William (publisher and mountaineer) 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 1
Falco, Robert di, St Andrews, 1899-1963 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gore, Gavin Robert Vernon Hume-, Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, d 1938 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane (Lord Chancellor) 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Harper, Robin Charles Moreton (politician) (b 1940) 1
Home, Lady Alexandra Margaret Elizabeth Douglas-, musician, writer and publisher, née Spencer, 1906-1996 1
Horsman, Katie, potter, 1911-1998 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Jannetta, family, St Andrews 1
Johnston, James Frederick Junor (Major-General) 1
Kemp, Arnold Low, Minister of Birse, d 1949 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Ladies Scottish Climbing Club 1
Login, family 1
MacCaskill, Bridget Mary (naturalist and author, née Cavenaugh, then Johnston) (1922-2022) 1
MacCaskill, Don, forester, naturalist, photographer and author, 1919-2000: author 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maitland Mackgill Crichton, family 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McFadyen, Dugald, marine engineer, fl 1885-1886 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Morrison, Margaret Mackie (novelist, writing under the pen name 'March Cost') (1897-1973) 1
Murray, James Robert Erskine-, physicist, 1868-1927 1
Murray, William Hutchison, 1913-1996 (mountaineer, author and environmental campaigner) 1
Murray, William, Edinburgh, chartered accountant, fl 1911-1978 1
Norris, Eric Mortimer, Director, Persian Section of Indo-European Telegraph Department, 1875-1953 1
Oliver, Peter Roderick, Lieutenant-Colonel, mountaineer, 1907-1945 1
Raeburn, Harold Andrew (mountaineer) (1865-1926) 1
Renton, Ian Paterson (Minister of St Colm's, Edinburgh) 1
Ritchie, James Spence, former keeper of manuscripts at the National Library of Scotland, Stepfather of Major-General James Frederick Junor Johnston. 1
Ritchie, Margaret Macrae Ward (née Junor, then Johnston, mother of Major-General James Frederick Junor Johnston) 1
Robb, Ernest, emigrant, 1902-1972: former owner 1
Robertson, James, civil engineer, fl 1859-1890 1
Sanderson, John, collector, d 1986: collector 1
Scott, Rosamond Aeliz, wife of Sir Robert H, née Dewar-Durie, b 1911 1
Scott, Sir Robert Heatlie, Knight, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale (formerly of Peebleshire), 1905-1982 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Lilian Adam, 1866-1949 (née Buchanan, wife of Sir George, Knight) 1
Smith, Sir George Adam, Knight, Old Testament scholar and geographer, 1856-1942 1
Smith, Sir Robert Murdoch, Knight, Major-General, 1835-1900 1
Somerville, Alexander George, missionary, 1917-1999 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Stanley, John Thomas, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley, 1766-1850 1
Thomson, David, author of "Nairn in Darkness and Light", 1914-1988 1
University of Edinburgh 1
Waterston, Robert, of George Waterston and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh, 1878-1969 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 1
Wolff, Rainer, refugee from Nazi Germany, 1924-2002 1
Wright, Ronald William Vernon Selby, Minister of the Canongate, Edinburgh, 1908-1995 1
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