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Typescript of Malcolm Murray, "Överslöjtnant Alexander Irvings Skotska Bördsbrer av den 16 Maj 1642".

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Identifier: Acc.9162
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With an English translation, notes and correspondence, 1986.

Dates: 1976-1986.

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

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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.

Unpublished biography of John Gollan, General Secretary of the British Communist Party, by Margot Kettle.

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Identifier: Acc.11479
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Includes related research material, including tapes of interviews with personal and political friends.

Dates: circa 1990.

‘View of the diocese of Aberdeen’, a volume of historical narrative written by Alexander Keith, episcopal minister at Cruden.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.12
Scope and Contents

It includes descriptions of the civil parishes, biographies of bishops of the diocese, accounts of the old religious houses, collegiate churches and deaneries and of King`s College and University, parochial histories arranged by presbyteries and transcripts and extracts of documents relating to the history of the see.

Dates: 1732.

Volume containing brief biographies of men who were, or were claimed to have been, Scottish authors (folio 10).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.17
Scope and Contents The biographies, some of which have additions and corrections, are written in a formal 17th-century hand, and are arranged in approximately chronological order, from St Alban to Robert Balfour (died 1610). The leaf following the last biography is inscribed `Reliqua Alibi` and `Reliqua Alij, aut nos alias 1627 Julio mense` (folio 84). The work is unsigned but the biographies have been ascribed to David Buchanan (folio 1, note in Walter Goodall`s hand). The biographies are preceded...
Dates: 1627.

Volume containing, in part, brief biographies of men who were, or who were claimed to have been, Scottish authors (folios 6-8, 11, 12-16 verso, 30-39, 51 verso-54).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.7.18
Scope and Contents The biographies are written in a formal 17th-century hand, similar to that of the greater part of Adv.MS.33.7.17, and are arranged in a very approximately chronological order.The biographies are interspersed with writings on various topics, written in an informal contemporary hand, or hands, similar to the informal hand(s) in Adv.MS.33.7.17. The topics include poems (folios 2 verso-5 verso, 77-77 verso), an account entitled `De Monasteriis Scotorum` (folio 63), and some extracts...
Dates: Early 17th century.

Writings of Vero L Bosazza on nineteenth century explorers of African countries, chiefly David Livingstone.

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Identifier: MSS.20333-20340
Scope and Contents Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates: 1861-1865, 1955-1979.

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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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