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Three letters of George Tancred of Weens tipped into a copy of his ‘Rulewater and its people’ (Edinburgh, 1907), presented by him to J Lindsay Hilson.

File

Identifier: MS.9044

Scope and Contents

The letters are tipped in on guards inside the front cover. On one of the letters is pasted a signed photograph of George Tancred of Weens.

There is a presentation note, 1907, on the flyleaf of the book.

Tipped in inside the back cover is a cutting from the ‘Jedburgh Gazette’, dated 11 January 1908, containing a review of the book.

Dates: 1907-1909.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

‘Two Theban queens’ by Colin Campbell (London, 1909); the author's copy.

File

Identifier: MS.9048

Scope and Contents The volume contains Colin Campbell’s signature on the flyleaf, a sketch at page 84, and a few pencil notes in his hand dispersed through the printed text. Inside the front cover are pasted a cutting from a bookseller's catalogue (folio 1) and a cutting from an unidentified newspaper containing a review of the book (folio 2).Two letters, 1925, to Campbell from Professor Francis Ll. Griffith in search of a copy of the book, which were formerly loosely enclosed at the title page,...

Dates: 1909.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Typescript Peeblesshire church histories, by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn, intended to form part of the author's series of 'Books of the Church'.

Series

Identifier: MSS.954-961

Scope and Contents

The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.

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

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence of David Thomson, author and radio producer.

Record Group

Identifier: Acc.10129/1-179

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.

Dates: [1923]-1988.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division