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63 letters and cards of Frances Shand Kydd to William McIlwraith, Ayr.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12619
Scope and Contents

Includes book and press cutting.

Dates: circa 1997-2004.

Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates: 1752-2002, undated.

Commonplace books, note books and song collections, partly in Gaelic, of Frances Tolmie, Rev. Alexander McDonald Cornfute Tolmie and John Tolmie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14025
Content Description A collection of nine notebooks containing songs in English and Gaelic, newspaper cuttings especially on Highland and Gaelic subjects, poetry and notes on a variety of subjects. The collection was preserved by John Tolmie, oldest son of the Rev. John William Tolmie (1831-1886, minister of Bracadale and Contin). John Tolmie, who compiled four volumes in the collection, was a nephew of Frances Tolmie, collector of Gaelic songs. Two further volumes belonged to Frances Tolmie herself, and...
Dates: 1885-1915 and undated

Correspondence and papers concerning the National Demonstration in Scotland, in honour of Arthur James Balfour.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6033/1-3
Scope and Contents

Including accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 1889.

Douglas of Cavers papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7488
Scope and Contents 1. Scrapbook inscribed `James Malcolm Palmer Douglas. This book started by his father and continued by his mother, 1948`, with pasted in letters, household accounts and bills for garden seeds, genealogical charts, invitations, menu cards, press cuttings and photographs, 1712-1948, undated.2. Plan of the Cavers Estate the property of James Douglas Esq., 19th century.3. Plan of the Cavers Estate, 19th century.4. Cavers Estate Woods, record of plantations,...
Dates: 18th century to 20th century.

Further papers of Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14268/1-42
Scope and Contents

Comprising Lord Macmillan's commonplace books with notes on his scholarly and personal reading; papers on his professional service and appointments, including a collection of press cuttings documenting his career; and fragments of correspondence and literary drafts, with photographs and family ephemera.

Dates: 1887-1952.

Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13217
Scope and Contents The archive contains the complete literary papers of Christopher Rush to date (2010), relating to all his creative writing, published and unpublished. This includes manuscript notebooks and drafts, typescripts, and literary correspondence relating to `Peace Comes Dropping Slow` (1983), `A Resurrection of a Kind` (1984), `A Twelvemonth and a Day` (1985), `Into the Ebb` (1989), `Last Lesson of the Afternoon: a satire` (1994), `To Travel Hopefully: journal of a death not foretold` (2005),...
Dates: 1962-2010.

Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of Tom Bryan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13566
Scope and Contents Tom Bryan (1950- ) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, but has long been resident in Scotland, his mother’s country. A widely-published and broadcast poet and writer, he has published six collections of poetry, three non-fiction books, two collections of short stories and a novel. Tom Bryan has held a number of residencies and Royal Literary Fellowships, and was the sixth Brownsbank Writing Fellow. He co-edited `Northwords` magazine, founded `The Eildon Tree` and has edited other literary...
Dates: Circa 1981-2014.

Minute book, 1954-1961, of the National Union of Mine Workers, Scotland, Brora Branch.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11789
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of 11 share certificates in Highland Colliery Ltd, the Ross Pit, Brora, 1962-1967, and copies of press cuttings, 1973 and 1988, concerning the closure of the mine.

Dates: 1954-1988.

Music book of H E Passavant.

 File
Identifier: MS.21757
Scope and Contents

The signature of H E Passavant, dated 1856, is written inside the front cover.

The music book contains a small number of songs, hymns and other pieces, some of which are dated 1857 (folios 5, 7), written apparently in a beginner's hand.

A press cutting containing an account of an old song is tipped in at the back (folio ii).

Dates: 1856-1857, undated.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-1988, undated.

Papers and photographs of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st viscount Haldane, and of the Haldane family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13595
Scope and Contents

Papers and photographs, 1858-1937 and undated, relating to Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane (1856-1928), politician, lawyer and philosopher, and to the Haldane of Cloan family.

Dates: 1858-1937

Papers concerning Scottish football.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9979
Scope and Contents

Includes:

"Scottish Football Annual, 1875-6"

"Constitution and Rules of the Scottish Football Association" (1873), with manuscript notes

five notebooks, 1867-1903, of Sir George Graham, on Scottish football

21 postcards, 1904-1912, of Scottish football teams and players

typescripts and newspaper cuttings, 1931-1933 and undated, on Scottish football

Dates: 1867-1933 and undated.

Papers of James Halliday, former chairman of the SNP, and two minute books of the National Party of Scotland.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13417
Scope and Contents James Halliday (1927-2013) played a pivotal role in stabilising the SNP in the 1950s. He replaced Dr Robert D. McIntyre as chairman of the party in 1956, thus becoming the youngest chairman at the age of 28. However, this promotion was not devoid of problems as internal divisions had to be overcome. By the 1959 election the prospects of the party had started to improve. There were five candidates contesting seats, including Halliday himself who stood once more for Stirling burghs. That same...
Dates: 1928-2005, undated.

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Memorandums. 3
Music books. 3
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Notebooks. 3
Postcards. 3
Rules. Instructions 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Administrative records. 2
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Choral music. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
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Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 1
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Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
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Campbell, family 1
Craig, James Thomson Gibson-, Writer to the Signet, 1799-1886. 1
Cunninghame Graham, family, of Gartmore and Ardoch 1
Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Fife, Clackmannan, and Kinross, Edinburgh Association 1
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Graham, Sir George, Knight, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association, 1892-1974 1
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane (Lord Chancellor) 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Highland Colliery Ltd, Ross Pit, Brora 1
Joel, Betty, furniture and interior designer, née Stewart Lockhart, 1894-1985 1
Kydd, Frances Ruth Burke Shand, mother of Diana Frances, Princess of Wales, formerly Countess Spencer, née Roche, 1936-2004 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
Login, family 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Macmillan, Hugh Pattison, Baron Macmillan of Aberfeldy, 1873-1952 1
Maitland Mackgill Crichton, family 1
McIlwraith, William, correspondent of Frances Ruth Burke Shand Kydd, mother of Diana Frances, Princess of Wales, fl 1997-2006: recipient 1
McLean, Lex, comedian, 1907-1975 1
McNeill, Florence Marian, folklorist, 1885-1973 1
Napier, George Glen, miscellaneous writer, fl 1889-1940 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Federation of Retail Newsagents, Scottish Council 1
National Union of Mine Workers, Scotland, Brora Branch 1
North East Fife Conservative and Unionist Association 1
Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo Luigi, Knight, sculptor and printmaker, 1924-2005 1
Roth, Arthur Maurice, 1928- (Schoolboy) 1
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Scottish Campaign for the Resistance of the Atomic Menace 1
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association 1
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 1
Scottish Football Association, governing body 1
Tolmie, Alexander McDonald Cornfute, minister of Campbeltown and Southend, Kintyre, 1861-1909 1
Tolmie, Frances, folklorist, 1840-1926 1
Tolmie, John, 1859-1923 1
Waldensian Missions Aid Society, Scotland 1
Water of Leith Project Group 1
Wilson, John Dover, editor of Shakespeare, literary scholar and educationist, 1881-1969 1
Wilson, John Dover, editor of Shakespeare, literary scholar and educationist, 1881-1969. 1
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