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Microfilm of papers of Sir John Kirk (1832-1922) from the National Library of Scotland (Adam Matthew Publications).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1724-1733
Dates:
[?1856-?1972.]
Microfilm of Nineteenth Century Literary Manuscripts. Part 4. The correspondence and papers of J G Lockhart from the National Library of Scotland. Reels 1-18 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1294-1311
Dates:
[?1812-?1854.]
Microfilms of papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service in the East India Station.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1036-1038
Dates:
1842-1847.
Notebook and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19637-19641
Dates:
1882-1883, undated.
Notebook containing letters of a female member of the Lawson family, to her cousin in Selkirk.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7739
Dates:
1836.
Notebook of Charles Prichard in which are recorded the letters of his great grandmother, Anne Preston, which recall her interactions with Charles Edward Stuart.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14231
Dates:
1905.
Notebook of James Robert Hope-Scott of Abbotsford.
Item
Identifier: MS.14278
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains material on the history of Venice taken from printed sources, and drafts of two letters, 1837, to Count Leo Thun-Hohenstein on theological matters.
Dates:
1831-1837.
Notebook of William Wallace.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8250
Scope and Contents
Containing verses and drawings.
With some unconnected letters.
Dates:
1900-1901.
Notebooks and translations of Charles K Scott Moncrieff.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20448-20464
Dates:
1924-1929.
Notebooks of members of the Steuart family of Coltness.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15948-15949
Dates:
1636-1742.
One letter each of Alexander Shairp, 1791, and Walter Scott, 1793.
File
Identifier: Acc.5272
Scope and Contents
With notebook, circa 1691-1692, of Robert Blair.
Dates:
1691-1692, 1791, 1793.
Papers concerning James Pittendrigh MacGillivray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10447
Dates:
circa 1920-1967.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198
Dates:
1569-1876, undated.
Papers of Alexander Reid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents
Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.
Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.
Dates:
1928-1981.
Papers of Frank Whyte, civil engineer, including notebooks, watercolours and letters, with educational certificates of his sister, Mary Whyte, teacher.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14564/1-18
Dates:
1910-1967
Papers of George Bruce.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents
Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.
Dates:
circa 1937-1974.
Papers of John 'Jock' Watt, Speedway reporter, including notebooks, photographs, letters and programmes.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14486/1-37
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise correspondence, notebooks, photographs and programmes of John ‘Jock’ Watt, a Speedway reporter. Although he was based in Edinburgh, the papers relate to meets across the UK and internationals. The notebooks make up the bulk of this archive and cover details of meets and interviews with riders.
Dates:
1951-1970, 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 Scottish interest, collected by R R Gove-Brown-Henderson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4378
Scope and Contents
Comprising:1. letter, 1833, of Sir John Sinclair, on shell marle as manure2. rental, 1782, of the estate of Wattin, Caithness3. printed price list and two invoices, 1849, of Peter Lawson and Son4. list, 19th century, of seeds5. copy (in the hand of the donor) of letter, 1821, of William Stewart, on a new road in Caithness6. printed programme, 1887, of the Royal Naval Review at Spithead7. note book, late 17th...
Dates:
late 17th century to 19th century.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including literary and autobiographical notebooks.
Series
Identifier: Dep.265
Dates:
Circa 1957-1975.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including notebooks, typescripts of novels and autobiographical work, and letters from various correspondents, including six from C M Grieve and four from Edwin Muir.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.239
Dates:
1926-1975.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.3.26-23.3.30
Scope and Contents
The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...
Dates:
1639-1789.
Papers of the family of Graham of Airth.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12290
Scope and Contents
Includes papers of related families including Stirling of Ardoch and Strowan, a family bible and printed material.
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.
Papers of the Lawson family, ministers at Selkirk.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5052
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.
Papers of the Piobaireachd Society, including correspondence and papers of Archibald Graham Kenneth (Archie Kenneth).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14539
Content Description
Further papers of the Piobaireachd Society, containing Society business files and a small number of manuscripts and printed books belonging to the Society. The largest part of this collection is formed by the correspondence and papers of Archibald Graham Kenneth (Archie Kenneth), including correspondence with his friend James Campbell, son of Archibald Campbell of Kilberry (1916-2003), and others; papers concerning his editions of some of the Piobaireachd Society music...
Dates:
1940s-1980s.