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Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21072-21096
Scope and Contents

John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.

Dates: 1877-1928.

Douglas of Cavers papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7488
Scope and Contents 1. Scrapbook inscribed `James Malcolm Palmer Douglas. This book started by his father and continued by his mother, 1948`, with pasted in letters, household accounts and bills for garden seeds, genealogical charts, invitations, menu cards, press cuttings and photographs, 1712-1948, undated.2. Plan of the Cavers Estate the property of James Douglas Esq., 19th century.3. Plan of the Cavers Estate, 19th century.4. Cavers Estate Woods, record of plantations,...
Dates: 18th century to 20th century.

Financial and legal papers and correspondence relating to the works and literary estate of James Leslie Mitchell, sometimes writing as Lewis Grassic Gibbon, including some personal papers.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10966/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes personal documents, publishing agreements, royalty statements and related correspondence. These papers are mostly concerned with the administration of James Leslie Mitchell's (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) literary estate following his death in 1935, firstly by his wife, Ray Mitchell, and subsequently by his daughter, Rhea Martin.

Dates: 1901-1986.

Further papers and photographs of William Winter Hamilton.

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14270/1-4
Scope and Contents

Personal memorabilia and photographs of William W Hamilton, relating to his education at Sheffield University, 1936-1941, and political career.

Dates: 1936-1989.

Further papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14268/1-42
Scope and Contents

Comprising Lord Macmillan's commonplace books with notes on his scholarly and personal reading; papers on his professional service and appointments, including a collection of press cuttings documenting his career; and fragments of correspondence and literary drafts, with photographs and family ephemera.

Dates: 1887-1952.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Further professional and personal papers of Edith Simon and Dr Eric Reeve, including photographic and audiovisual materials.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14390
Scope and Contents This collection contains additional papers relating to Edith Simon's career as an artist and writer, as well as some early juvenilia, embracing her illustration and creative writing. The collection also contains a series of papers relating to her husband, the noted geneticist, Dr. Eric Reeve, documenting his university studies at the University of Oxford, his subsequent war service, and his later career at the University of Edinburgh. The broad scope of the collection may be...
Dates: Circa 1925-2014.

Genealogical papers on the different branches of the Bruce family collected by Major William Bruce Armstrong for his work ‘The Bruces of Airth and their cadets’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15982-15988
Scope and Contents

Most of the material is printed, with annotations by William Brue Armstrong.

Dates: Mid 19th century-[before 1892.]

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Letters of and to Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10909
Scope and Contents

With typescripts, undated, of prose pieces and verse including "Prisoners at War", photographs and press-cuttings.

Dates: 1943 and undated.

Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson and of his wife, Fanny, to Anne Jenkin, with related papers.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13744/1-6
Scope and Contents

Fleeming Jenkin was Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and Stevenson’s tutor in that capacity. Stevenson showed little aptitude or interest in engineering but the two men became firm friends. After Jenkin’s sudden death in 1885, his widow Anne asked Stevenson to write a memoir of her husband and this correspondence arose from that connection.

Dates: 1885-1914, undated.

Letters, papers, photographs and other papers of the Johnston family, and financial and business records of the firm W and A K Johnston, printers and publishers, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5811/1-54
Scope and Contents

Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.

Dates: Circa 1796-1931.

Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates: 1885-2019, undated.

Literary papers, broadcast texts and press cuttings of Robert (Bob) Crampsey.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12980
Scope and Contents

With some manuscripts and papers by Alexia F McAlpine and Anne Valentine.

Dates: circa 1948-1998.

Literary papers of Hugh Provan Crosbie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12197
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, diaries, photographs and press cuttings concerning his service in World War II.

Dates: 1941-1991.

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Photographs. 177
Correspondence. 99
Diaries. 33
Notes. 30
Typescripts. 30
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Letters. Correspondence. 29
Notebooks. 24
Manuscripts. 23
Articles. 20
Speeches. Documents. 19
Minutes. Administrative records. 16
Poetry. 16
Drafts. Documents. 14
Administrative records. 13
Financial records. 11
Programmes 11
Photocopies. 10
Publications. 10
Reports. 10
Scripts. Documents 10
Copies. Derivative objects. 9
Lectures. 9
Literature (writings). 9
Pamphlets. 9
Ephemera. 8
Maps. Cartographic materials. 8
Photograph albums. 8
Posters. 8
Reports 8
Drawings. Visual works. 7
Memorandums. 7
Obituaries. 7
Periodicals. 7
Postcards. 7
Short stories. 7
Audiocassettes. 6
Biographies. 6
Negatives. Photographs. 6
Personal papers. 6
Printed materials. Object genre. 6
Reviews. Document genre 6
Scrapbooks 6
Sketches. 6
Accounts. 5
Albums. 5
Essays. 5
Leaflets. 5
Novels. 5
Plays. 5
Programmes. 5
Reviews. Document genre. 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Documents. 4
Genealogies. 4
Legal documents. 4
Lists. 4
Memoirs. 4
Offprints. 4
Proofs. printed matter 4
Songs. Musical compositions. 4
Videocassettes. 4
Account books. 3
Catalogues. 3
Certificates. 3
Diplomas. School records. 3
Extracts. 3
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 3
Journals. Accounts. 3
Letter books. 3
Newsletters. Serials. 3
Paintings. Visual works. 3
Proofs. Printed matter. 3
Registers (lists). 3
Second World War (1939-1945). 3
Sermons 3
Sketches 3
Transcripts 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Travel journals. 3
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 2
Autobiographies. 2
Bibliographies. 2
Booklets. Information artefacts. 2
Books 2
Business records. 2
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 2
Excerpts. 2
Family papers. 2
Film stills. Photographs. 2
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 2
Histories. 2
Invitations. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Magazines. periodicals. 2
Membership lists. 2
Microfilms. 2
Music books. 2
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Language
English 158
Undetermined 22
Multiple languages 5
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 4
German 1
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Names
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 4
Edinburgh International Festival Society 3
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 3
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
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Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 2
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 2
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 2
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 2
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 2
MacGilleMhoire, Dòmhnall R (poet and shopkeeper, Scalpay, Isle of Harris) 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
ASH Scotland, anti-smoking charity 1
Aitken, Sarah Ross, Gateway Theatre General Manager, 1905-1985 1
Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland 1
Angus, David 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Barlow (family) 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Bottomley, family 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Bruce, William Speirs, explorer, 1867–1921 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Cameron, Neil, Baron Cameron of Balhousie, 1920-1985 1
Campbell Harper Films (Film Production Company) 1
Campbell, family 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Caskie, Donald Currie, Minister of the Scots Kirk, Paris, 1902-1983 1
Centre on Constitutional Change 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara (daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast) 1
Chalmers, Sir David Patrick, Knight, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, d 1899 1
Chisholm, Mairi Lambert Gooden, of Chisholm, amublance driver and first aider, 1896-1981 1
Church of Scotland 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 1
Cocozza, Enrico (filmmaker) 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Crosbie, Hugh Provan, novelist, pseudonym 'John Carrick', 1912-2003 1
Cunninghame Graham, family, of Gartmore and Ardoch 1
Daiches, Alan, photographer, d 2006 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dejardin, Lucie, socialist, 1875-1945 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') (1854-1933) 1
Douglas, William (publisher and mountaineer) 1
Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Dreschfeld, Violet Jennie, 1890-1975 (sculptor) 1
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club 1
Dwelly, Edward, Gaelic lexicographer, pseudonym Ewen MacDonald, 1864-1939 1
Eardley, Joan Kathleen Harding, painter, 1921-1963 1
East Fife Football Club 1
Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust (community film production) 1
Edinburgh Playhouse Society 1
Elliot, James Scott, Major General, HM Lieutenant of the County of Dumfries, 1902-1996 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Epstein, Jacob, sculptor, 1880-1959 1
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fifth Estate Theatre Company 1
Foster, Margaret, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Scottish Academy, fl 1925-1995 1
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 1
Franco-Scottish Society, Scottish Branch 1
Fraser, Alexander Campbell (philosopher) 1
Garden, Mary, musician, 1874-1967 1
Gateway Theatre (Edinburgh) 1
Geddes, John Maxwell, composer, 1941-2017 1
Gimson, George Stanley, Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands, 1915-2003 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Gray, Marillyn, Scottish stage actor, 1930-2006 1
Green, George (Showman, cinema exhibitor) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane (Lord Chancellor) 1
Halliday, David Robertson, Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust, fl. 1994.: Publisher 1
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