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Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.3112

Miscellaneous single items and small collections.

 File
Identifier: MS.10279
Scope and Contents The material is predominantly literary and is chiefly confined to the 19th century. Among the more notable items are:Seven letters of Allan Cunningham, 1828-1840, chiefly to Captain Charles Gray of the Royal Marines, with an undated manuscript of the poem 'The standard bearer' published in ‘Poems and songs’ (London, 1847) by Cunningham, under the title 'The Cavalier' (folios 43-59);Papers of James Hogg, including manuscripts of his poems 'A Scottish ballad', circa...
Dates: 1592, 1723-1891, undated.

Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.85.1.1-85.1.14
Scope and Contents

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1907-1913.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of James Lauder Davidson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13567
Scope and Contents The collection comprises several manuscript and typescript diaries which illustrate James Lauder Davidson’s experiences during his time in Burma, before and after WWII, and his military involvement in the conflict. Of particular interest are the earlier and later diaries, as well as the diary charting his escape into China. The collection also includes two photographic albums. The first one (item 2 in the collection) includes original photographs taken by Davidson. Most of them include...
Dates: 1938-1947

Papers of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.2.11-81.2.38
Scope and Contents

The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.

Dates: 1852-1900.

Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates: 16th century-1924.

Papers of the family of Dunlop of Stevenson.

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

Papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.4941-5018
Scope and Contents

The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

Dates: 1580, 1582, 1631-1907.

Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)

Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.50100-50251
Scope and Contents William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, known as Ronald, was born in Edinburgh in 1889. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School and the University of Edinburgh, where he read philosophy. After graduating, Fairbairn pursued further studies at the Universities of London, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg, where he read divinity and Hellenic studies. Fairbairn`s academic studies were interrupted by the First World War, during which he served as a territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with...
Dates: 1891-1974, 1992.

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Manuscripts. 38
Financial records. 32
Correspondence. 26
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Poetry. 9
Notes. 8
Copies. Derivative objects. 6
Drafts. Documents. 6
Lists. 6
Administrative records. 5
Diaries. 5
Estate records. 5
Letters. Correspondence. 5
Photographs. 5
Publications. 5
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 4
Autobiographies. 3
Family papers. 3
Histories. 3
Notebooks. 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Receipts. Financial records 3
Receipts. Financial records. 3
Reports. 3
Speeches. Documents. 3
Accounts. 2
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Articles. 2
Catalogues. 2
Genealogies. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Legal instruments. 2
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 2
Letter books. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Maps. Cartographic materials. 2
Military records. 2
Minutes. Administrative records. 2
Novels. 2
Personal papers. 2
Sermons. 2
Transcripts. 2
Travel journals. 2
Wills. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Agreements. Legal instruments. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Biographies. 1
Books 1
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Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Certificates 1
Charters 1
Charters. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Descriptions. Documents. 1
Digital audio tapes. 1
Drama. Literary genre. 1
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Engravings. Prints. 1
Estimates. Financial records. 1
Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 1
Forgeries. Derivative objects. 1
Fragments. 1
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
Inventories. 1
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Manifestoes. 1
Medical records. 1
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Pamphlets. 1
Parliamentary papers. 1
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Photograph albums. 1
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Portraits. 1
Postcards. 1
Printed materials. Object genre. 1
Proofs. printed matter 1
Prospectuses 1
Protocol books. Legal documents 1
Records (documents) 1
References 1
Reports 1
Safe conduct 1
Second World War (1939-1945). 1
Short stories. 1
Sketchbooks. 1
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Songs. Musical compositions. 1
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Language
English 25
Undetermined 14
Multiple languages 2
Chinese 1
French 1