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Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).

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Identifier: MS.14952
Scope and Contents The Reverend Donald Stewart, a native of the Loch Earn district of Perthshire, was a minister of St Mark’s, Demerara, from his arrival 29 April 1831 to his death seven months later. The contents are as follows.(i) Lease of Lednascriden, Balquhidder, 1776 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Donald Stewart, Georgetown, 30 April 1831, to his father and brother, both John Stewart, Findglen, Loch Earn. A further letter, dated Georgetown, 2 May 1831, is cross-written on...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1776, 1831, undated

Research papers of John McGill.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13532
Scope and Contents

Research papers of John McGill primarily related to his research for his books `A History of the House of Loudoun and Associated Families`, 1995 and `On Pursuit of William Wallace`, 1999.

The collection consists of copies of original documents, various typescripts, correspondence with a wide range of heritage institutions and several files of photographs of places in Scotland associated with William Wallace.

Dates: 1996-2003 and undated.

Typescript copy of the journal, 1831-1832, of the Reverend James Robert Boyd.

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Identifier: Acc.7316
Scope and Contents

Kept during a visit to Edinburgh and the Borders.

With notes and comments by the transcriber John S B Pratt Junior, undated

photocopy of a charcoal sketch, circa 1838, of Dr Boyd

biographical note, 1882.

Dates: 1831-1882.

Typescript of Donald W Nichol, "Pope`s Literary Legacy: the Book-Trade Correspondence of William Warburton and John Knapton".

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Identifier: Acc.10837
Scope and Contents

Contains material not printed in the version published, 1992, by The Oxford Bibliographical Society. Includes photocopies of some of the original letters from various libraries.

Dates: 1990.

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

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Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.

Typescripts of novellas, short stories and plays of Agnes Owens.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14086/1-61
Scope and Contents

This collection contains typescripts of the novellas and short stories of Agnes Owens, including many of the stories which formed part of 'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985) and 'People like that' (Bloomsbury, 1996). Several short stories present in this collection were only published for the first time in 'The complete short stories' (Polygon, 2008).

Many of the typescripts have annotations and corrections in the hands of Agnes Owens, Alasdair Gray and others.

Dates: 2007, undated.

Writings of Vero L Bosazza on nineteenth century explorers of African countries, chiefly David Livingstone.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20333-20340
Scope and Contents Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates: 1861-1865, 1955-1979.

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Argentina. South America. Nation. Longitude: -64.0000. Latitude: -34.0000. 2
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Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
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Crimea. Europe - Ukraine - Krym. General region. 1
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Diplomas. School records. 1
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Dundee. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Dundee. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.0000. Latitude: 56.4667. 1
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Garden. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Stirlingshire. Estate. 1
Greenock. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Inverclyde. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.7500. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
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Newsletters. Serials. 1
Nigeria. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 8.0000. Latitude: 10.0000. 1
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Old Kilpatrick. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - West Dunbartonshire. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.4500. Latitude: 55.9167. 1
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English 51
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Names
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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