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28 letters of Kathleen Raine to Jean McVean.

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Identifier: Acc.9640
Scope and Contents

Concerning literary subjects.

Dates: 1984-1987 and undated.

28 letters of Richard Holden, merchant, Bristol, to his father, Richard Holden, of Baldovie, Dundee, and his brothers, John and Abraham.

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Identifier: Acc.10765-is now MS.50266
Scope and Contents

Some letters concern the slave trade.

With two legal documents of the Holden family, Baldovie.

Dates: 1747-1771.

29 letters of C M Grieve to Mr and Mrs James Dunlop.

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Identifier: Acc.9022
Scope and Contents

With letter, 1950, of Edwin Muir to Andrew Letters.

Dates: 1948-1978.

31 letters, 1822-1836, of Sir David Wilkie to Sir James Willoughby Gordon.

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Identifier: Acc.7901
Scope and Contents

Mostly on artistic matters.

With copies of three letters, 1828-1839, of Gordon to Wilkie, and an associated memorandum.

Dates: 1822-1839.

31 letters of John Buchan to Lord Beaverbrook.

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Identifier: Acc.7006
Scope and Contents

Mostly on political matters and Buchan`s literary work.

With letter, 1918, of A J Balfour to Beaverbrook, concerning Buchan.

Dates: 1918-1935.

32 letters of Alfred Fairbank to Ruari McLean.

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Identifier: Acc.11071
Scope and Contents

On calligraphic and typographic matters especially concerning Jan Tschichold and McLean`s work on him.

Dates: 1947-1977.

32 letters of Reynolds Stone to Ruari McLean (including two to McLean`s wife).

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Identifier: Acc.11072
Scope and Contents

Concern typography and Victorian book design.

Dates: 1944-1977.

33 letters of and to Archibald McRa, and members of his family.

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Identifier: Acc.6945
Scope and Contents

On social, estate, and personal matters.

Dates: 1792-1853.

33 letters of Douglas Dunn to Douglas Houston.

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Identifier: Acc.9903
Scope and Contents

Concerning literary and personal matters.

With corrected manuscript of an article, undated, by Dunn.

Dates: 1971-1987 and undated.

35 letters, 1859-1860, of John MacKichan to his mother, in Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.6933
Scope and Contents

On voyage to, and during residence in, Antioch.

With his passport, 1859, and a letter, 1844, of his great aunt to his mother from Bellagio, Lake Como.

Dates: 1844-1860.

35 letters, 1971-1978, of Hugh MacDiarmid to Morven Cameron.

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Identifier: Acc.9004
Scope and Contents

Mostly on personal matters.

With letter, 1969, of Benjamin Britten to Cameron, concerning his settings of poems by William Soutar.

Dates: 1969-1978.

35 letters of Kenneth Campbell to his mother at Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.6702
Scope and Contents

Mostly written from South Africa, describing camp life and commenting on the blockhouse system.

Dates: 1901-1902.

36 letters of Agnes Strickland to Mrs William Craufurd of Craufurdland (Jane Esther).

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Identifier: Acc.9391
Scope and Contents

Concering Strickland`s researches on Mary, Queen of Scots.

Dates: 1843-1851.

37 letters to Naomi Mitchison.

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Identifier: Acc.7345
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal, social, and literary matters.

Correspondents including Sir Ernest Barker and Aldous Huxley.

Dates: 1923-1967.

39 letters of Charles Murray to William Will.

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Identifier: Acc.7184
Scope and Contents

On personal and literary matters.

Dates: 1920-1939 and undated.

39 letters of Gavin Ewart to Philip Larkin.

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Identifier: Acc.10877
Scope and Contents

On literary and personal matters. With a copy of letter, 1976, of Larkin to Ewart.

Dates: 1976-1985.

40 letters or copies of letters to, or concerning, Sir James Young Simpson and his family.

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Identifier: Acc.5683
Scope and Contents

With copies of three letters, 1866, of Sir James Young Simpson to Sir Henry Wellwood Moncreiff.

Dates: 1850-1868 and undated.

41 letters and documents, 1656-1667, mostly of General George Monck to Sir Thomas Morgan, Commander of the army in Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh.

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Identifier: Acc.10583
Scope and Contents

Concern miltary arrangements.

With notebook, 1660, of Morgan as governor and later personal accounts, 1680s to 1690s.

Dates: 1656-circa 1699.

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Language
English 4167
Undetermined 1271
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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
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 26
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 25
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
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 18
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 18
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 18
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 17
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 16
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 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
Gray, Alasdair (author) 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
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 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
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
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 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
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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