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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents

William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.

Dates: 1778-1961, undated.

Collection of manuscript material transferred from printed theses collection, 1637-late 19th century, chiefly consisting of German academic papers, but including a small cache of Scottish legal papers, 19th century.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.3591
Scope and Contents

With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.

Dates: 14th century-19th century.

Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.

Correspondence, notebooks, journals and other papers of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, Bishop Robert Douglas, and of the Douglas family and estates.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10229/1-132
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).

Dates: 1597-1823.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20667
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Diaries of Bessie Stone and her sister.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6800
Scope and Contents

With notebook containing an anonymous translation of the first part of Alphonse Daudet, "Le Petit Chose".

Dates: 1903-1904, 1907.

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Drafts. Documents. 44
Correspondence. 42
Typescripts. 31
Poetry. 30
Manuscripts. 27
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Notes. 22
Diaries. 18
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 18
Letters. Correspondence. 16
Novels. 15
Photographs. 15
Short stories. 15
Copies. Derivative objects. 14
Legal documents. 14
Scripts. Documents 12
Speeches. Documents. 12
Translations. Documents. 11
Articles. 10
Documents. 10
Microfilms. 7
Proofs. printed matter 7
Accounts. 5
Lectures. 5
Lists. 5
Sketches. 5
Biographies. 4
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 4
Catalogues. 4
Essays. 4
Financial records. 4
Genealogies. 4
Inventories. 4
Memorandums. 4
Plays. 4
Sermons. 4
Travel journals. 4
Business records. 3
Drafts. Documents 3
Fair copies. 3
Histories. 3
Journals. Accounts. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Minutes. Administrative records. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Publications. 3
Rentals. Records (documents). 3
Research notes. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Shorthand. 3
Account books. 2
Anecdotes. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
Calculations. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Commonplace books. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Excerpts. 2
Exercise books. 2
Family papers. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 2
Librettos. Documents for music. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Melodies. 2
Memoirs. 2
Memorandums. Legal documents. 2
Orders. Records (documents). 2
Photocopies. 2
Receipts. Financial records. 2
Registers (lists). 2
Snapshots. 2
Transcripts 2
Transcripts. 2
Travel journals 2
Travel literature 2
Watercolours. Paintings. 2
Abridgements. Versions of documents. 1
Albums. 1
Annotations. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
Bankbooks. 1
Bibles. 1
Books of hours. 1
Bulls. Papal records. 1
Charts. Graphic documents. 1
Church records. 1
Coats of arms. devices (symbols). 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Cookbooks. 1
Dances. Musical compositions. 1
Declarations. 1
Descriptions. Documents. 1
Epitaphs. 1
Estate records. 1
Extracts. 1
Folklore. 1
Fugues. Musical compositions. 1
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Language
English 72
Undetermined 33
Multiple languages 3
Latin 2
German 1
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Names
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
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Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Boyd, Edward, playwright and scriptwriter, 1916-1989 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1
Daudet, Alphonse, novelist, 1840-1897 1
Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, politician and diarist, 1743-1823 1
Douglas, family 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Fraser, family, of Belladrum 1
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Graham, family, of Airth 1
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 1
Hadfield, Jen (poet and artist) 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Innes, Susan Katriona (journalist and feminist historian) 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Mackenzie, Robert F, Headteacher, Braehead Secondary School , 1910-1987 1
Mackie, Alastair, poet, 1925-1995 1
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1861-1937 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968. 1
Pirie-Gordon, Charles Harry Clinton, journalist, naval intelligence officer and genealogist, 1883-1969 1
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, Knight Colonial Governor, 1781-1826 1
Reith, George Murray, Minister of St Cuthbert’s United Free Church, Edinburgh, 1863-1948 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 1
Stirling, family, of Ardoch and Strowan 1
Stone, Bessie, Broughty Ferry, fl 1903-1907 1
Tennant, Emma Christina, novelist, b 1937 1
Tennant, Emma Christina, novelist, b 1937: recipient 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Whyte, Christopher, poet and novelist, b 1952 1
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