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Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12765/1-42
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie (1913–1998) and his family. Robert Blair Wilkie was the curator of the Old Glasgow Museum 1965-1998 (formerly known as the People’s Palace Museum). Active member of the Scottish Nationalist movement (joined Scottish Nationalist Association under John MacCormick in 1937), in 1945 he was the SNP candidate in West Renfrewshire, and in the following year he was appointed editor of the Scots Independent...
Dates: 1870-2001.

Minutes, correspondence and other papers of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, mainly records of the Scottish Liberal Party.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11765/1-110
Scope and Contents

Minute books and other papers from the Edinburgh headquarters office of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, consisting mainly of older records of the Scottish Liberal Party prior to its union with the Social Democratic Party and the creation of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and including records of the Scottish Liberal Club and the Scottish Reform Club.

Dates: 1855-1987, undated.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers and photographs of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st viscount Haldane, and of the Haldane family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13595
Scope and Contents

Papers and photographs, 1858-1937 and undated, relating to Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928), politician, lawyer and philosopher, and to the Haldane of Cloan family.

Dates: 1858-1937

Papers collected by the Scottish Music Hall Society concerning the history of music hall.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11446
Scope and Contents

Includes posters, programmes, photographs and scripts.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers collected by W K Dickson, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, concerning the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Scotland from 1 July to 30 September 1932, to mark the centenary of the death of Sir Walter Scott.

 File
Identifier: MS.9483
Scope and Contents

The papers consist largely of press-cuttings from the 'Scotsman' (folios 2-11), with a few photographs (folios 13-16), letters (folios 20-22) and other items.

Dates: 1932.

Papers concerning Joan Eardley.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8998
Scope and Contents

Includes annotated exhibition catalogues and periodicals, photographs and pres cuttings.

Dates: 1950-1975.

Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8695/1-336
Scope and Contents This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1786-1983.

Papers, including journals, scrapbooks, press cutting books, photographs and other items of Sir Robert Heatlie Scott and Lady Rosamond Aeliz Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8181 Box 1(1)-Box 2(20)
Scope and Contents

The collection relates particularly to Sir Robert Scott's wartime imprisonment in Singapore (1942-1945), and to his period as Commissioner-General in South East Asia.

Dates: 1923-1982, undated.

Papers of Aeneas Mackay.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11252
Scope and Contents

Includes book files and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1929-1945.

Papers of and concerning Captain Archibald D Cochrane.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10218
Scope and Contents

Concerns his careers in the navy and politics.

Dates: circa 1899-circa 1963.

Papers of and concerning Edith Macarthur, actor, including playscripts, production photographs, press cuttings and programmes.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13182/1-88
Scope and Contents

The papers span Edith Macarthur's long career on stage and screen. They include playscripts, photographs, programmes and reviews of many of the plays in which she featured, along with some scripts and other memorabilia relating to her wide range of television work.

Dates: 1942-2006.

Papers of and concerning Joseph Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7080
Scope and Contents

Including notes, sketches, typescripts of broadcast talks, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and concert and opera programmes.

Dates: 1900-1975.

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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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