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Album of Adam White, the naturalist (1817-1879), entitled on the cover 'Weeds and wild flowers'.
Item
Identifier: MS.10306
Scope and Contents
A draft title-page (folio 24) suggests that in 1850 Adam White was proposing to publish a work on 'Weeds and wild-flowers loved by Wordsworth', and the first part of the album contains a collection of materials towards this purpose: drawings and engravings of wild flowers with some specimens of pressed flowers, newspaper-cuttings, and copies of letters and poems of Wordsworth.The collection of information is then extended to include other poets: Coleridge, Cowper, Southey,...
Dates:
Mid 19th century-?late 19th century.
Album of Draycott House, Derbyshire.
Item
Identifier: MS.3009
Scope and Contents
Hugh Scott of Draycott (Draycot, Draycote) House, a Captain in the East India Marine, was a son of Walter Scott of Raeburn (died 1830) and cousin of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford. The album, compiled by Hugh Scott's descendants, contains letters of Sir Walter Scott and members of his family, printed matter relating to the subscription raised to purchase Abbotsford for the Scott family, drawings and photographs of Draycott, notes on family history by William Scott of Raeburn (died 1855),...
Dates:
Mid 19th century-1936.
Album of letters to and printed items collected by William Ford, bookseller, Manchester, through his involvement in the Edinburgh book trade.
File
Identifier: MS.18000
Scope and Contents
The album includes letters from several prominent Edinburgh figures of the early 19th century such as Thomas Thomson, Deputy Clerk Register, and Edward W A Drummond Hay, Principal Clerk, Lyon Office. Both men appear to have been in regular correspondence with William Ford. Amongst the printed items is an "Inventory of Work done for the State by his Majesty's Printer in Scotland 1642-1647" (Edinburgh, 1815), edited by Thomas Thomson. There are also a number of newspaper reports of meetings of...
Dates:
1810-1830.
Albums relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13649
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook relating to Robert Mossman and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1905. The scrapbook includes: Mossman`s commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Edinburgh City Volunteer Artillery, 1893; 17 letters, 1902-1905, of Mossman to his father and `Isabella`, concerning his journey and experiences on board ship, destinations on his journey including Kngstown in Ireland, Madeira, the Cape Verde Islands, Port Stanley, the South Orkneys and Buenos Aires; a letter of William...
Dates:
1893-1938
Diaries, albums and photographs of the Campbell, Login and Maitland Mackgill Crichton familes.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12549
Dates:
circa 1803-1965.
Diary of John Forfar, schoolmaster in Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6260-6289
Scope and Contents
The diary entries consist of records of personal experiences, and rambling didactic essays. The topics include observations on religion, philosophy, current events, sex, education, music, art and literature; there are copies of songs and music, a complete essay on marriage, and accounts of travels, notably a journey to Glasgow, 1822 (MS.6260), and a sea-trip to the Irish coast (MS.6272).Some miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and catalogues are inserted in the diary; and there are...
Dates:
1822-1836.
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.
Journal of a tour of Scotland of Elizabeth Cowburn.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14154
Scope and Contents
Elizabeth Cowburn departs from London, travelling through Scotland by train, steamer and carriage. Places visited include Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dunkeld, Blair Atholl, Inverness, Stirling and Iona. The journal includes pencil sketchess and pasted in printed illustrations.
Dates:
1854
Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents
This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates:
1941-2022
Letters of Norman McLaren to Florence Russell, including painted and etched films; with papers collected by Florence Russell, comprising press cuttings, a sound recording, articles and printed material, concerning the work of Norman McLaren.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5649/1-26
Dates:
1934-1976, undated.
Manuscripts collected by William Lee Ferguson, Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5170-5177
Dates:
1537-1934.
Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12765/1-42
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie (1913–1998) and his family. Robert Blair Wilkie was the curator of the Old Glasgow Museum 1965-1998 (formerly known as the People’s Palace Museum). Active member of the Scottish Nationalist movement (joined Scottish Nationalist Association under John MacCormick in 1937), in 1945 he was the SNP candidate in West Renfrewshire, and in the following year he was appointed editor of the Scots Independent...
Dates:
1870-2001.
`Melange Ridicule`, commonplace book compiled by Rachel Duff
Item
Identifier: Acc.13543
Scope and Contents
Commonplace Book containing miscellaneous verse, riddles, letters and numerous pasted in cartoons, drawings and press cuttings. Printed items include prints from John Kay`s `Original Portraits`, 1839, a printed programme for the New Concert Hall, Canongate, 1754 and a copy of the `Edinburgh Evening Courant` for 24 September 1745 with an account of the Battle of Prestonpans.
Dates:
Undated, 19th century
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2061-2062
Dates:
1945-2008.
Papers of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, containing diaries, drawings, paintings, photographs, newspaper cuttings and other related material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9713/1-118
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries and photographs.
Dates:
1883-1982 and undated.