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Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents

Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.

Dates: 1933-1990.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11170/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1957-1993 and undated.

Papers of Philip D Thomson mostly relating to Hibernian Football Club.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10691/1-105
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, drafts, notes, and working papers of Philip D Thomson of and concerning '100 Years of Hibs' (Edinburgh, 1975), being the centenary history of Hibernian Football Club co-written with Gerald Docherty. With circa 1000 Hibernian Football Club match programmes, photographs, 27 scrapbooks, fanzines and epherma, 1933-93, of and relating to Hibernian FC and Scottish football in general.

Dates: 1933-1993.

Papers of Robert Alan Jamieson concerning his novel "A Day at the Office" (1991).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10558
Scope and Contents

Includes five successive manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel and notes by the author on its compilation.

Dates: circa 1991.

Papers of the Reverend William James Anderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7993
Scope and Contents

Comprising typescripts of theological lecture notes taken at Fribourg University, and of a translation of A G Sertillanges, "S Thomas d`Aquin".

Dates: 1925-1927.

Papers of W Angus Sinclair, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12573
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of publications and World War II counter-propaganda material.

Dates: 1912-1955.

Photographs and translations of documents concerning the trial of George Buchanan by the Inquisition at Lisbon.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.10.1.9
Scope and Contents

Photographs of five documents connected with the imprisonment, trial, sentence and release of George Buchanan by the Inquisition in Portugal, 16 August 1550 to 28th February 1552, with descriptive notes (typewritten) by Guthrie.

Dates: 1550-1552.

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.

Research notes and typescripts of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11589
Scope and Contents

Papers concern published works, and one unpublished work on Scottish castles.

Dates: circa 1968-1992.

'Ruminations' by Frederick Porter, Edinburgh; a typescript, with corrections in ink, of philosophical reminiscences of childhood and youth.

 Item
Identifier: MS.6303
Scope and Contents

The text of the 'Ruminations' is preceded by an introductory note, apparently typed at a later date, in which Porter states that the papers were written by one 'Roger Newton', clearly a pseudonym. The work, which 'Roger Newton' calls 'a brief reference to a life not yet lived', is in two parts, 'Dawn', and 'Sunset'.

Dates: Early 20th century-Mid 20th century.

‘Scottish Historical documents’, being transcripts and notes, in manuscript and typescript, by and for Sir Archibald C Lawrie in preparation for continuations (never published) to his ‘Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D.1153’.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.37.3.1-37.3.15
Scope and Contents The arrangement is as follows:Volumes I-VII: Royal charters and others of the same period; these have been used by the editors of the ‘Regesta Regum Scottorum’, volumes 1-3.Volumes VIII-XIII: Religious houses; there is no discernible order.Volume XIV: Bishoprics; alphabetical.Volume XV: Burghs and miscellanies.Each volume has an identical printed title page, on whose verso is given biographical information on Lawrie.The...
Dates: 1153-1249, ?1905, or after.

Seven letters of Eric Linklater.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6756
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

With typescript notes of Linklater, for a projected television programme on Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1954-1966.

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Names
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 5
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 2
National Library of Scotland 2
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Scottish National Party 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Anderson, William James, Senior Curate, St Mary's, Chelsea, 1894-1972 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Baxter, Jean, correspondent of James Leslie Mitchell, author, née Smith, 1886-1968 1
Begg, Maxwell Alexander, Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, National Library of Scotland, 1933-1988 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Boyd, James Robert, Principal of the Black River Literary and Religious Institute, 1804-1890 1
Broughton High School, Edinburgh 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas Phàdruig (poet and writer) 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Caplan, Lionel, Emeritus Professor and Professorial Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, b 1931 1
Church of Scotland Overseas, Contintent of Asia - India - Madras 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Copeland, Fanny Susan, translator and journalist, 1872-1970 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Crawford, Thomas, author of "Burns: a Study of the Poems and Songs", b 1920 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 1
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Forrester, family 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gilchrist, James, correspondent of William Soutar, poet, fl 1940: recipient 1
Glasfurd, Charles Lamont Robertson, Major-General, Indian Army, 1831-1887 1
Glasfurd, Frederick William, Lieutenant, Indian Army, 1843-1867 1
Glasfurd, John, Major-General, Indian Army, 1810-1864 1
Glasgow Operative Glaziers Trade and Friendly Society 1
Glasgow and West of Scotland Master Glaziers Association 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hibernian Football Club, Edinburgh 1
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Innes, Susan Katriona (journalist and feminist historian) 1
Insh, George Pratt, historian, b 1883 1
Irving, Alexander, army officer in the Swedish service, d 1659 1
J C and A Steuart, Writers to the Signet 1
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kellas, Alexander Mitchell, chemist and mountaineer, 1868-1921 1
Kennaway, Sir Ernest Laurence, Knight, pathologist, 1881-1958: recipient 1
Lanarkshire Miners' County Union, 1896-1920 1
Lanarkshire Mineworkers' Union, 1920-1945 1
Law, Alexander, HM Inspector of Schools, 1903-1995 1
Lindsay, Alexander, cartographer, fl 1540 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Lorimer, Robert Lewis Campbell, publisher, 1918-1996 1
MacKechnie, John, Minister of St Kiaran's, Glasgow, b 1897 1
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Muir-, 3rd Baronet, Captain, 78th Highlanders, 1840-1909 1
Mackenzie, family 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 1
Martin, Burns, author of "Allan Ramsay: a Study of His Life and Works", fl 1900-1945 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Maxwell, Gavin, author, 1914-1969 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
McKinlay, James, antiquarian, fl 1902 1
McLachlan, family 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mitchell, James Leslie, author, pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1901-1935 1
Mitchell, Sir Arthur, Knight, Commissioner in Lunacy, 1826-1909 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Muir, Charles Augustus Carlow, author and journalist, 1892-1989 1
Murray, Malcolm, writer on Alexander Irving, army officer in the Swedish service, fl 1976-1986 1
National Party of Scotland 1
National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish Area, Lanarkshire District, 1945- 1
National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers, Edinburgh Branch 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Oliver, John Walter, Principal Lecturer in English, Moray House Training College, Edinburgh, 1893-1957 1
Pirie-Gordon, Charles Harry Clinton, journalist, naval intelligence officer and genealogist, 1883-1969 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Pratt, John Scott Boyd, author of "Ancestors of Thane and Boyd Pratt", Junior, b 1892: transcriber 1
Ramsay, Allan, poet, 1684-1758 1
Rankin, Ian James (crime writer) 1
Reid, James Macarthur, author and journalist, pseudonym Colin Walkinshaw, 1900-1970 1
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 1
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 1
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 1
Scottish Patriots, cross-party campaigning organisation 1
Scottish Unionist Association, political association 1
Sinclair, John G, local historian, fl 1948-1980 1
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