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Sound recordings made by Captain William MacDonald concerning Sir William Macewen.

 Series
Identifier: UNLS015
Scope and Contents

The recordings mainly concern the life of William Macewen, in particular his appointment as Surgeon-General to the Royal Navy during World War One, but also his family association with Garrochty.

Dates: Event: Majority of material found within 1858-1971.

Transcripts of BBC radio programmes.

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Identifier: Acc.5550
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Concerning Angus Mackay and other pipers and composers.

Dates: 1972.

Translation into English of Ailein Friseal`s book `Eachunn nan Cath` (Glasgow: Gairm, 1979) by Andrew Purves.

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Identifier: Acc.13597
Scope and Contents

Contains:

Acc.13597/1: an A4 notepad in which the translation covers 143 + [2] pages;

Acc.13597/2: a copy of `Eachunn nan Cath` (Glasgow: Gairm, 1979) by Ailean Friseal / Allan Henry Hector Fraser.

Dates: 1988

Two letters and typescripts of four poems of George Bruce.

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Identifier: Acc.12634
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript recollection of George Bruce by the Rev Alasdair W Macdonell.

Dates: 1975-1976, 1999.

Typescript biography concerning Helen Baker, missionary in Rajputana, by Margaret Foster.

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Identifier: Acc.10446
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 20th century.

Typescript chronological list of the Senators of the College of Justice from 1532 to 1920, with biographical notes, compiled by Charles John Guthrie, Lord Guthrie (born 1849, died 1920), and Jessie E Macdonald.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.20.2.13-20.2.17
Scope and Contents

The contents consist of 4 volumes of lists, and miscellaneous papers.

The manuscripts were compiled by Lord Guthrie as material for a book projected by him.

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century.

Typescript of Donald W Nichol, "Pope`s Literary Legacy: the Book-Trade Correspondence of William Warburton and John Knapton".

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Identifier: Acc.10837
Scope and Contents

Contains material not printed in the version published, 1992, by The Oxford Bibliographical Society. Includes photocopies of some of the original letters from various libraries.

Dates: 1990.

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Typescripts. 49
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Notes. 41
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British Broadcasting Corporation 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
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Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 2
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 2
Jennings, Ruth, writer, b 1928 2
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 2
Soutar, William (poet) 2
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 2
Almedingen, Edith Martha, novelist, 1898-1971 1
Alston, Charles, scientific writer, 1685-1760 1
Alston, James Maxwell, pathologist, b 1900 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Arthur, Sir George Compton Archibald, 3rd Baronet, Private Secretary to Earl Kitchener, 1860-1946 1
Baker, Helen Mary, missionary, 1908-1988 1
Barclay, Alexander, , Alexander (pro-slavery advocate, author of "A Practical View of Slavery in the West Indies") 1
Barclay, Robert Heriot, Captain, RN, 1785-1837 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bonar, James, Solicitor of Excise, 1757-1821 1
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burnet, James, author of "The Life and Works of Guido Gezelle", fl 1948 1
Burton, John Hill, historian, 1809-1881 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Campbell, Duncan, piper to Forbes of Newe, d 1860 1
Campbell, Patrick William, Writer to the Signet, 1850-1922 1
Cargill, Dame Helen Wilson, Air Commandant, 1896-1969 1
Cargill, Donald, Covenanter, c 1627-1681 1
Cavalier, Jean, Major-General, 1681-1740 1
Chalmers, James, Post Office reformer, 1782-1853 1
Chalmers, Leah, author of "How the Adhesive Postage Stamp was Born", fl 1939-1953 1
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, miscellaneous writer, 1874-1936 1
Church of Scotland, Foreign Missions Board 1
Council of City of Edinburgh, Lord Provost 1
Craig, R S (annotator of a copy of "George Douglas Brown") 1
Crichton, James, called the Admirable Crichton, 1560-1582 1
Cunningham, Peter, author, 1816-1869 1
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Devereux, Yvonne, author of typescript "A Family Revealed: the Search for Horace Hayman Wilson", fl 1998 1
Eagle, Raymond, biographer of Seton Gordon, fl 1989 1
Elder, R Ian, Rector, Webster's High School, Kirriemuir, fl 2000-2002 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Encyclopaedia Britannica, publisher 1
Erickson, John, military historian, 1929-2002 1
Fawcett, Benjamin, engraver and colour printer, 1808-1893 1
Fergusson, John Duncan, artist, 1874-1961 1
Fisher, Ian, Oxford, fl 1966 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Foster, Margaret, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Scottish Academy, fl 1925-1995 1
Fraser, Simon, de jure 12th Lord Lovat, Lieutenant-General, 1726-1782 1
Friseal, Ailean, Lecturer in Animal Husbandry, Aberdeen, and author, 1900-1979 1
Fry, Edwin Sargood, medical missionary in India, 1858-1929 1
Galantini, Adriano, Rome, fl 1950-1995 1
Garden, Mary, musician, 1874-1967 1
Gezelle, Guido, poet, 1830-1899 1
Glasfurd, Charles Lamont Robertson, Major-General, Indian Army, 1831-1887 1
Glasfurd, Frederick William, Lieutenant, Indian Army, 1843-1867 1
Glasfurd, John, Major-General, Indian Army, 1810-1864 1
Gollan, John, General Secretary of the British Communist Party, 1911-1977 1
Gordon, Patrick, General, 1635-1699 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Graham, James, 1st Marquess of Montrose, 1612-1650 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, Dorothy Maud, wife of 1st Earl Haig, née Vivian, d 1939 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964: recipient 1
Hamilton, Gavin (Bookseller and Bailie of Edinburgh) 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hamilton, Thomas, architect, 1784-1858 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hart, Francis Russell, author, 1868-1938 1
Henderson, George Francis Robert, Director of Military Intelligence, South Africa, 1854-1903 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hogge, James Myles (politician) 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Home, John, of Ninewells, 1709-1786: recipient 1
Home, Joseph, of Ninewells, d 1832: recipient 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Hunter, William, correspondent of Walter E Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, fl 1945: recipient 1
Insh, George Pratt, historian, b 1883 1
Irving, Alexander, army officer in the Swedish service, d 1659 1
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Joinville, Jean de (Lord of Jonville and seneschal of Champagne) 1
Kane, Peter, author of "Catholic Socialist", fl 1969 1
Keith, George, 10th Earl Marischal (succeeded 1712), c 1692-1778 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
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