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Circa 36 letters to Jean Wauchope.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4580
Scope and Contents

With a few notes in her hand of visits and conversations.

Dates: 1893-1926.

Circa 40 letters and cards of and concerning Private A Raeper.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7660
Scope and Contents

Including letters and cards to his mother whilst at camp at Plymouth, 1913-1914, and as a prisoner of war in Germany, 1914-1915. With five letters concerning his death in 1915.

Dates: 1913-1915.

Circa 100 letters to, and copies of letters of, John Soutar concerning the publication of the works of William Soutar; with an inventory of the library of William Soutar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7105/1-3
Scope and Contents

Papers of John Soutar, father of the poet William Soutar (1898-1943).

This accession mostly contains letters concerning the publication of William Soutar's works following his death. They are particularly concerned with the editorship of the 'Collected Poems', edited by CM Grieve (London: A Dakers, 1948), and 'Diaries of a Dying Man', edited by Alexander Scott (Edinburgh: W and R Chambers, 1954).

Dates: 1943-1956.

Circa 100 letters to David Wilkie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7972
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Sir Walter Scott and David Roberts.

Dates: 1806-1839.

Circa 200 letters to Alan Riddell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7538
Scope and Contents

Concerning "Lines Review".

Dates: 1961-1967 and undated.

Circa 260 letters to and of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6741/1-42
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, Christopher Murray Grieve, Alexander Scott, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, on literary and personal matters.

Dates: 1964-1973, undated.

Circa 500 letters of Florence M Russell to Norman McLaren.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10639
Scope and Contents

With cards, drawings and photographs.

Dates: 1951-1976 and undated.

Circa 740 letters of and to Gavin Ewart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10965
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1990-1991.

Circa 1300 letters to William Johnstone.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8183
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include C M Grieve and Francis George Scott, mostly on artistic and literary matters.

Dates: 1926-1981.

Circa 4500 letters to Christopher Murray Grieve, alias Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7361/1-53
Scope and Contents

Mostly on political matters.

Dates: 1929-1978, undated.

Cockburn and Pitcairn Family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.235
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The collection includes: 188 letters of and to Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, 1806-1854; genealogical collections; and correspondence of Francis Jeffrey Cockburn and his wife, Elizabeth Anne, some of or concerning her father Robert Pitcairn of Hobart Town, Van Diemen`s Land, circa 1812-1887.

Dates: 1806-1887.

Collection of 26 letters of and to George Buchanan.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.6
Scope and Contents Prefixed to the letters are:Buchanan’s autograph preface to his ‘Franciscanus’ (folio 1); Buchanan`s autograph paper on the reformation of St. Andrews University (folio 3); and,a scheme for an edition of Buchanan`s poetry (folio 13) (not corresponding to the arrangement in Ruddiman`s edition).At the end (folio 54) is a note of Alexander Pitcairne, stating that he has ‘received and borrowed from Mr. David Malcome twentie eight letters to and...
Dates: 1567-1581, and undated.

Collection of autographs formed by William Finlay Watson (died 1881), bookseller, Edinburgh.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.577-600
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters and documents in the autograph of literary, political, social, artistic, naval, military, and legal celebrities, chiefly covering the period from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth.

The first 2,300 items bear numbers given in the National Galleries. Certain letters, etc., have been retained for exhibition in the National Portrait Gallery; the series is therefore not continuous (see MS.595).

Dates: 16th century-19th century.

Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents

The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Collection of correspondence including six letters, 1849 and undated, to Thomas Carlyle.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8140
Scope and Contents

Also including:

5 letters, 1842-1843 and undated, to Jane Welsh Carlyle

letter, 1846, of 5th Duke of Buccleuch to John Carlyle

three letters, 1895, of Sir Archibald Geikie

correspondence, 19th century to early 20th century, concerning the Hunterian Club and the Geological Society of Glasgow.

Dates: 19th century to early 20th century.

Collection of papers, chiefly seventeenth century, which appear to have belonged to Richard Almack, Suffolk.

 File
Identifier: MS.3922
Scope and Contents The papers fall into two main categories: papers relating to John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale, including an account of fees paid by him on his installation as a Knight of the Garter, 1672, printed in ‘The Herald and Genealogist’, volume iii (1866), pages 222-224; and papers relating to Catherine Murray, Countess of Dysart, including a number of passes signed by prominent parliamentarians, such as Warwick and Essex. There are also typescript copies of correspondence between Richard Almack...
Dates: 1567-1873, undated.

Collection of papers concerning the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

 File
Identifier: MS.1081
Scope and Contents The papers fall into three divisions. The first (folios 1-8) contains copies of letters and documents, August-September 1745, concerning Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s movements, chiefly letters of the 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and the 2nd Duke of Atholl, which retail current rumours. The second division (folios 9-47) contains letters and documents, some original, some copies, September 1745-January 1746, concerning the course of the rebellion. Many of the letters are addressed to Robert...
Dates: 1745-1746, 1755.

`Collection of Papers Experiments And Observations Relating to Husbandry, Grass, And other Branches Of Country Affairs,’ by William Baird of Auchmeddan.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.12
Scope and Contents

The collection was compiled over the years 1736 to 1756, and was written in the latter year (pages iii, 234). It is made up of extracts from books, copies of letters, and notes of the experiences of the writer.

Dates: 1736-1756.

Collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.7
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) an engraved portrait of Boyd, 1596, by Thomas de Leu, or De Leeuw (folio 1), made probably when he was at Paris;(ii) an account of the family of Boyd (by Robert Boyd of Trochrig), undated, written to an unidentified correspondent (folio 1);(iii) heads of lectures on the Institutions of Justinian, entitled `In Instituta Imperatoris commenta, 1591` (folio 3), accompanied by marginalia, some lengthy, as far as folio 52 verso;...
Dates: 1590-1596, 1671, and undated.

Collection of papers of the Warden family.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50259-50262
Content Description

The collection comprises correspondence of the Warden family, with transcripts of most of the correspondence, a travel journal written by Alexander Warden and a publication, 'Letters from St. Helena' (1816), by William Warden.

Dates: 1816; 1819-1857.

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Letters. Correspondence. 3777
Correspondence. 1781
Manuscripts. 522
Poetry. 433
Notes. 417
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Photographs. 411
Typescripts. 408
Copies. Derivative objects. 362
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 351
Photocopies. 304
Microfilms. 275
Diaries. 229
Drafts. Documents. 201
Notebooks. 200
Accounts. 174
Minutes. Administrative records. 173
Articles. 169
Financial records. 169
Legal documents. 168
Documents. 137
Lists. 134
Speeches. Documents. 111
Reports 92
Administrative records. 89
Memorandums. 86
Transcripts 85
Reports. 84
Publications. 80
Printed materials. Object genre. 78
Genealogies. 73
Transcripts. 70
Novels. 68
Plays. 68
Family papers. 66
Lectures. 64
Histories. 63
Translations. Documents. 60
Drawings. Visual works. 59
Biographies. 58
Proofs. printed matter 58
Albums. 56
Excerpts. 55
Short stories. 55
Essays. 53
Research notes 53
Postcards. 52
Fragments. 48
Minute books. 48
Memoirs. 47
Pamphlets. 46
Estate records. 44
Account books. 43
Programmes 43
Inventories. 39
Letter books. 39
Scripts. Documents 39
Personal papers. 38
Proofs. Printed matter. 38
Annotations. 37
Sketches 37
Autobiographies. 36
Travel journals. 35
Reviews. Document genre 34
Songs. Musical compositions. 34
Business records. 33
Sketches. 33
Journals. Accounts. 32
Photograph albums. 32
Petitions. 31
Books 30
Catalogues. 30
Professional papers. 30
Publishers and publishing. 30
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 30
Maps. Cartographic materials. 29
Treatises. 29
Audiocassettes. 28
Receipts. Financial records. 28
Engravings. Prints. 27
Instructions. Document genre. 27
Inscriptions. 26
Obituaries. 26
Portraits. 26
Charters 25
Indexes. Reference sources. 25
Reviews. Document genre. 25
Autographs (manuscripts). 24
Certificates 24
Literature (writings). 24
Sermons. 24
Ephemera. 22
Extracts. 22
Scores 22
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 21
Greeting cards. Correspondence. 21
Plans (orthographic projections). 21
First World War (1914-1918). 20
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 20
Memorials. Legal documents. 20
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Language
English 4173
Undetermined 1271
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 42
Multiple languages 38
Latin 16
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 130
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 69
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 64
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 47
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 43
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Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 35
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 33
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 32
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 29
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 26
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 25
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 24
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 21
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 19
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 19
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 18
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 18
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 18
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 18
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 17
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 17
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 16
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 16
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 16
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 16
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 16
Saltire Society 16
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 16
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 15
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 15
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 15
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 14
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 14
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845 14
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 14
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 13
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 13
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 13
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 13
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 13
Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 13
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 13
Ballantyne, James (printer) 12
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 12
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 12
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 12
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 12
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 11
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 11
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 11
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 11
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 11
Wilson, John, author and journalist, pseudonym Christopher North, 1785-1854 11
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 10
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 10
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 10
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937 10
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 10
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 10
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 10
Soutar, William (poet) 10
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 9
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 9
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 9
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 9
Flint, Sir William Russell, Knight, artist, 1880-1969 9
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 9
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 9
Scottish National Party 9
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 8
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 8
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 8
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 8
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 8
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 8
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 8
Hume, Joseph, politician, 1777-1855 8
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 8
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 8
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 8
National Library of Scotland 8
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 8
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 8
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 8
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 8
Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 8
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 8
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 7
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 7
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 7
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 7
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 7
Church of Scotland 7
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 7
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 7
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 7
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 7
Lindsay, Maurice, poet and writer, 1918-2009 7
Lines Review, Scottish poetry journal 7
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