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Two collections of writings of Allan Ramsay, in his hand.

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Identifier: MS.2233
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Drafts of poems, of a prose treatise in defence of the theatre (fragmentary, but not ‘Some Few Hints in Defence of Dramatic Entertainments’), and of a letter to a lady, containing a poem. Some of the poems appear to be unpublished; others differ greatly from the printed version. On folio 10 there are marginal references, apparently contemporary, to the pages of ‘Poems by Allan Ramsay’ (Edinburgh, 1728), volume ii. Some of the leaves are paginated,...
Dates: Early 18th century.

Two discharge certificates of seamen.

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Identifier: Acc.4817
Scope and Contents

Concerning voyages made by Dundee ships.

Dates: 1860-1861.

Two ledgers, 1872-1928, of the Marriage Contract Trustees of Thomas A Gibson Thomson and Jean Margaret Alan Stevenson, later Denton.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11063
Scope and Contents

Includes six unrelated ledgers concerning trusts and executries.

Dates: late 19th century to early 20th century.

Two legal documents.

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Identifier: Acc.11657

Two letters, 1746, of Donald McDonald of Trionadrish, one to his wife, the other probably to James Graham of Airth

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Identifier: Acc.8152
Scope and Contents

With a copy of McDonald`s speech at his execution, and two letters, 1757, of his brother, Robert, while exiled at Donai, to his sister.

Dates: 1746-1757.

Two manuscripts bound together, containing the burgh laws, ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam Attachiamenta’, statutes, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.14
Scope and Contents The first part, sections (i)-(xv), contains the burgh laws, ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam Attachiamenta’, statutes, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots, written by G H about the middle of the 15th century; the second, sections (xvii)-(xxi), contains the burgh laws, statutes, and other smaller legal texts, in Scots, written at the same period. Sections (xxii)-(xxiii) are a slightly later addition. Section (xvi) is an 18th-century copy.(i) `Leges et consuetudines quatuor...
Dates: 14th century-15th century.

Two notebooks of Naomi Mitchison.

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Identifier: Acc.9831
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescript drafts of part of "The Oath Takers".

Dates: circa 1987.

Two notebooks of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5831
Scope and Contents

Containing manuscript corrected drafts, 1970, of an unpublished novel, "The Clone Mums", and notes on travels in India.

Dates: 1970.

Two printout drafts of a translation by Robyn Marsack of "L'Usage du Monde" by Nicolas Bouvier; with draft of foreword by Patrick Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13800/1-3
Scope and Contents

Two printout drafts of Robyn Marsack's translation of 'L'Usage du Monde' by Nicolas Bouvier (1963), published as 'The Way of the World' (1992). One draft is corrected and annotated by Patrick Leigh Fermor; with related letters and foreword drafts of Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Dates: ?1992.

Two speeches of the Reverend Dr Robert J Drummond.

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Identifier: Acc.5059
Scope and Contents

Made on the occassion of the Union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland.

Dates: 1929.

Typed transcripts, 1956-1957, concerning the Burghs of the Chanonry of Ross, Rosemarkie and Fortrose in the period 1455-1710.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3566/1-2
Scope and Contents

Comprising typed transcripts of the town council minutes and burgh count books of the Burgh of the Chanonry of Ross, 1647-1658, and the Burgh of Fortrose, 1674-1710, and of charters and other deeds concerning the Burghs of the Chanonry of Ross, Rosemarkie and Fortrose, 1455-1661.

Dates: 1956, 1957.

Typescript, 1991, of a talk on maps delivered by Dorothy, Lady Dunnett at the launch of "The Scot and his Maps" and written by Margaret Wilkes.

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Identifier: Acc.11696
Scope and Contents

Includes a copy of Miss Wilkes`s reply and a note by her, 1998, setting out the background to the Dunnett speech and the occasion of its delivery.

Dates: 1991-1998.

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Novels. 64
Deeds. Legal documents. 60
Genealogies. 57
Photocopies. 53
Excerpts. 51
Printed materials. Object genre. 49
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Minutes. Administrative records. 44
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Charters. 18
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Language
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Latin 60
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Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 35
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Names
British Broadcasting Corporation 16
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 11
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 9
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 9
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 9
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Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 8
Balfour, James, Sir, 1st Baronet of Denmilne and Kinnaird (antiquary) 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 7
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 7
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 7
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 7
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 6
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 6
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 5
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 5
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 5
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 5
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 5
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 5
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 4
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 4
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 4
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 4
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 4
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 4
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 4
Sutherland Estates 4
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 4
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 3
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 3
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 3
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Church of Scotland 3
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 3
Dalrymple, James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619-1695 3
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 3
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 3
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 3
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 3
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 3
Gordon, family, of Halmyre and Gordonstoun 3
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 3
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 3
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 3
Justinian I, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 3
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 3
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 3
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 3
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 3
National Library of Scotland 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Scottish National Party 3
Soutar, William (poet) 3
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 3
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 3
Thorkelin, Grímur Jónsson (Scholar) 3
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 3
United and Incorporated Trades of St Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh 3
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 3
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 2
Basden, Eric Bernard, local collector and bibliographer, 1913-1984 2
Boog, Robert (Minister of Paisley Abbey) 2
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 2
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 2
Christie, family, of Stenton 2
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 2
Crawford, Robert Caldwell, composer, 1925-2012 2
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Douglas, family, of Cavers 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 2
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894–1972 2
Erskine, Thomas Alexander, 6th Earl of Kellie, composer, 1732-1781 2
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 2
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 2
Gairm Publications 2
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 2
Galt, John (novelist) 2
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 2
Hamilton, George Nigel Douglas-, 10th Earl of Selkirk, 1906-1994 2
Harper, Edward, composer, 1941-2009 2
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 2
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