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Letters of George Richardson and of Sir David Wilkie.

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Identifier: MS.3812
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Two letters of George Richardson to Archbald Shiells, Inveresk, written from Rome, 1761-1762. Richardson, who complains of the harshness of Mr Adam, his master, is evidently the apprentice George who was with James Adam in Italy during those years, and may be the architect, author of the ‘New Vitruvius Britannicus’ (London, 1802-1808) - see John Swarbrick, ‘Robert Adam and his brothers’ (London, [1916]), pages 94, 142. Shiells was a patron of...
Dates: 1761-1762, 1827-1835.

Letters of the diplomatist Sir John McNeill to the author John Paget.

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Identifier: MS.10982
Scope and Contents

Many of the letters discuss the eastern question and particularly Russia's policies towards Turkey and Afghanistan, but there are also comments on home affairs. Some of the letters concern ‘Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort’ by Sir Theodore Martin (London, 1875-1880), which John McNeill felt to have misrepresented the Crimean Report of 1856, made by himself and Sir Alexander Tulloch. Drafts of letters to Martin on this subject, with Martin's replies, are included.

Dates: 1877-1883.

Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26672-26674

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.511-518
Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates: 1821-1870, undated.

Letters of William Buchanan, the Edinburgh art dealer, to David Stewart, his associate in London, 1802-1805, with drafts of Stewart's replies, 1802-1804.

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Identifier: MS.10275
Scope and Contents

The letters discuss in detail the buying and selling of paintings and their importation, chiefly from Italy. Many of the transactions described are mentioned in ‘Memoirs of painting, with a chronological history of the importation of pictures by the great masters into England since the French Revolution’ by William Buchanan (London, 1824). Most of the letters are printed in Hugh Brigstocke, ‘William Buchanan and the 19th century art trade’ (Privately printed, 1982).

Dates: 1802-1805.

Letters to, and draft letters of, David Ogilvy, merchant at the Edinburgh Ropeworks, Leith.

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Identifier: Acc.12526
Scope and Contents

Includes four financial accounts and a letter to Ogilvy`s uncle, Alexander, relating to shipping and merchandise.

Dates: 1786-1788.

Literary papers and correspondence of Doug Johnstone.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13300
Scope and Contents

Literary papers and e-mail correspondence, 2008-2011, of Doug Johnstone, mainly relating to "Smokeheads" (London: Faber and Faber, 2011) and "Hit and Run" (London: Faber and Faber, 2012).

Dates: 2008-2011.

Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.

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Identifier: Acc.10686
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.

Dates: circa 1803-1821.

Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13289/1-109
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...
Dates: 1951-2011.

Literary papers of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` and `The Blue Book`.

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Identifier: Acc.13284
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.2009-2011, of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009) and `The Blue Book` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2011).

Dates: c 2009-2011.

Literary papers of Alexandra Stamp.

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Identifier: Acc.12455

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13438
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, circa 1991-2012, of Alison Fell, mainly relating to `Lightyear` (Middlesbrough: Smokestack Books, 2005) `The Element –inth in Greek` (Dingwall: Sandstone Press, 2012).

Dates: c 1991-2012

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Drafts. Documents. 431
Manuscripts. 145
Typescripts. 131
Correspondence. 109
Poetry. 107
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Letters. Correspondence. 98
Notes. 80
Novels. 49
Copies. Derivative objects. 48
Notebooks. 47
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 41
Plays. 33
Articles. 28
Short stories. 28
Lists. 26
Photocopies. 26
Microfilms. 24
Photographs. 23
Proofs. printed matter 22
Histories. 20
Speeches. Documents. 20
Legal documents. 19
Diaries. 18
Accounts. 17
Lectures. 17
Biographies. 15
Essays. 15
Memorandums. 15
Minutes. Administrative records. 15
Reports. 15
Scripts. Documents 13
Songs. Musical compositions. 13
Financial records. 12
Printed materials. Object genre. 12
Proofs. Printed matter. 12
Drafts. Documents 11
Excerpts. 11
Fragments. 11
Scores 11
Documents. 10
Drawings. Visual works. 10
Illustrations. Layout features. 10
Memoirs. 10
Reports 10
Research notes 10
Genealogies. 9
Reviews. Document genre. 9
Transcripts. 9
Letter books. 8
Professional papers. 8
Scores. 8
Transcripts 8
Translations. Documents. 8
Audiocassettes. 7
Dictionaries. 7
Autobiographies. 6
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 6
Contracts. Agreements. 6
Fair copies. 6
Inventories. 6
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 6
Pamphlets. 6
Publications. 6
Receipts. Financial records. 6
Scripts. Documents. 6
Abstracts. Summaries. 5
Autographs (manuscripts). 5
Deeds. Legal documents. 5
Ephemera. 5
Family papers. 5
Lecture notes. 5
Musical compositions. 5
Personal papers. 5
Petitions. 5
Reviews. Document genre 5
Sketches. 5
Account books. 4
Agreements. Legal instruments. 4
Business records. 4
Cashbooks. 4
Dispatches. 4
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 4
Indexes. Reference sources. 4
Instructions. Document genre. 4
Librettos. Documents for music. 4
Prefaces. 4
Publishers and publishing. 4
Research notes. 4
Sketchbooks. 4
Summaries. 4
Surveys. Documents. 4
Travel journals. 4
Travel literature 4
Wills. 4
Albums. 3
Annotations. 3
Bibliographies. 3
Calculations. 3
Catalogues. 3
Certificates 3
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Language
English 303
Undetermined 127
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 7
Multiple languages 4
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Names
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 9
Gray, Alasdair (author) 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 6
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 6
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
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Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 4
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 4
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 3
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 3
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 3
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 3
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 3
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 3
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 3
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 3
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 3
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Basden, Eric Bernard, local collector and bibliographer, 1913-1984 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 2
Crawford, Robert Caldwell, composer, 1925-2012 2
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 2
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 2
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Gairm Publications 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Gramsci, Antonio, writer, 1891-1937 2
Harper, Edward, composer, 1941-2009 2
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 2
Lingard, Joan, author, b 1932 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 2
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 2
Mirror, Edinburgh, newspaper 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
National Library of Scotland 2
Riddell, Alan, poet and editor, b 1927 2
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 2
Soutar, William (poet) 2
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 2
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Adam, Robin J, Professor of Medieval History, University of St Andrews, fl 1960-1998 1
Aitken, Thomas, Medical Superintendent, District Asylum, Inverness, fl 1867-1880 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Ballantyne, John, artist, 1815-1897 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Bisset, Alan (writer.) 1
Blackadder, John, cartographer, fl 1793-1830 1
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928: collector 1
Blair, Robert, Minister of Athelstaneford, 1699-1746 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948: recipient 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Cadell, Thomas, publisher, the Younger, 1773-1836 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 1
Campbell, Duncan, schoolmaster and newspaper editor, 1827-1916 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885: collector 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
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