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Photocopy, 1970, of a typescript of reminiscences, 1909, of John Gilray, entitled "Early Days of the Socialist Movement in Edinburgh".

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Identifier: Acc.4965
Scope and Contents The period described is circa 1884–18 93. Early socialist organisations mentioned include a Republican Society, affiliated to the Democratic [later Social Democratic] Federation; Edinburgh University Socialist Society; the Socialist League; the Scottish Land and Labour league; the Scottish Labour Party, and Labour Party; the Independent Labour Party; and the Fabian Society. The narrative is based on a talk given originally at the 17th Annual Conference of the Independent Labour Party,...
Dates: 1970.

Photocopy of a typed version of a journal kept by Agnes Paterson, wife of Andrew Paterson, a merchant sea-captain in the service of Jardine and Mathieson, the oriental trading company.

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Identifier: MS.8925
Scope and Contents The journal describes Agnes Paterson's voyage from Scotland to China, from her original departure from Leith to London, to her main embarkation at Portsmouth. It then records incidents on the journey, via the Cape of Good Hope and Java, to her destination at Macao. The journal was sent home in 1840 to her sister Janet, wife of Robert Morham, Depute Town Clerk of Edinburgh. A prefatory note by the donor gives a short biographical note on the compiler and mentions that it is not known whether...
Dates: 1839-1840.

Photocopy of corrected typescript of "MacDiarmid`s Disciple" by Henry Mair.

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Identifier: Acc.12031
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of related correspondence and reviews.

Dates: 2001.

Photocopy of typescript of "Reminiscences of Argentina and Uruguay", an autobiography by George Bruce.

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Identifier: Acc.9429
Scope and Contents

Details Bruce`s life in the Scots communities in South America.

Dates: 1909.

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Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Owens, Agnes (author) (1926-2014) 2
Alston, Charles, scientific writer, 1685-1760 1
Alston, James Maxwell, pathologist, b 1900 1
Beattie, Thomas, Muckledale, fl 1806 1
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Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928 1
Boyd, James Robert, Principal of the Black River Literary and Religious Institute, 1804-1890 1
Bruce, George Neil, South America, farmer, 1888-1972 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Chisholm, Erik William, composer, 1904-1965 1
Chisholm, Morag, daughter of Erik William, composer, fl 1998 1
Coutts, Francis Henderson, Brigadier, 1918-2008 1
Crabbie, Donald, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, d 2001 1
Cragg, Violet Emily, wife of William Gilliat, Major, née Andrews, d 1934 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Downie, Anne, playwright, b 1939 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Fleming, Maurice, Editor of "The Scots Magazine", b ?1926 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Fraser, Olive, poet, 1909-1977 1
Fry, Edwin Sargood, medical missionary in India, 1858-1929 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Gilray, John, Edinburgh, socialist, fl 1884-1909 1
Gordon, John William, Sir, Knight (Major-General) 1
Graham, Angus, forester and architectural historian, 1892-1980 1
Graham, Sir Angus Edward Malise Bontine Cunninghame, Knight, of Gartmore, Admiral, 1893-1981 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, George Alexander Eugene Douglas, 2nd Earl Haig, painter, 1918-2009 1
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 1
Insh, George Pratt, historian, b 1883 1
Jack, J L, Wing Commander, fl 1957 1
King, Hugh Barty-, author, b 1914 1
Knapton, John, bookseller, c 1696-c 1770 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
MacDonald, Malcolm, writer and journalist, b 1948 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Mackenzie, Donald, playwright, 1913-1999 1
Mair, Henry, Founder of the Scottish Open Poetry Cup Competition, b 1945 1
McCorquodale, James, emigrant to Argentina, fl 1866 1
McGill, John, historian 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McLean, Duncan, author and playwright, b 1964 1
Nichol, Donald W, Department of English, Memorial University of Newfoundland, fl 1978-2008 1
Orr, Robert Kemsley, composer, 1909-2006 1
Parr, E, Wellington, New Zealand, fl 1976-1977 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Pratt, John Scott Boyd, author of "Ancestors of Thane and Boyd Pratt", Junior, b 1892: transcriber 1
Ross, Alexander, divine, 1591-1654 1
Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Great Britain and Ireland, 603 Squadron (City of Edinburgh) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Southwell, Robert, Saint, writer, 1561-1595 1
Steele, John, emigrant to New York, fl 1828 1
Stephenson, J W W, Gillingham, fl 1978-1979 1
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 1
Stirling, James, 7th Laird of Garden, Stirlingshire, 1772-1858 1
Stodart, Robert, of Kailzie and Ormiston Hill, 1748-1831 1
Stuart, Charles, missionary in Nyasaland, fl 1889 1
Stuart, Margaret, wife of Charles, missionary in Nyasaland, née McCallum, fl 1915-1916 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Wallace, Sir William, Knight, guardian of Scotland, d 1305 1
Warburton, William, Bishop of Gloucester, 1698-1779 1
Watson, William, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stone cutter, fl 1801-1824: recipient 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
White, Peter, artist, 1921-1985 1
Wyld, James, of Gilston, 1776-1860 1
Wyld, Robert Stodart, author of "Memoir of James Wyld of Gilston and His Family", 1808-1893 1
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