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Miscellaneous documents concerning heraldry, many by officials of the English College of Arms; including designs for a union flag, ca. 1604.

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Identifier: MS.2517
Scope and Contents The documents are almost all concerned with the general subject of knighthood and a very large number of them have to do either with the Order of the Bath or with the Baronetage; they include lists of knights made on various ceremonial occasions. They include also the following items of particular Scottish interest:Six designs in colour for uniting the crosses of St George and St Andrew in one flag, with a note of preference by the Earl of Nottingham, circa 1604 (folio 67...
Dates: 16th century-17th century.

Nine letters of George Manson to John Blair.

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Identifier: Acc.9388
Scope and Contents

With pend drawings.

Dates: 1873-1875.

Nine letters of John Brown.

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Identifier: Acc.6882
Scope and Contents

With two drawings by Brown, four letters from his sister, and associated photographs.

Dates: 1875 and undated.

Nine letters (two incomplete) of James W Herald to J D Mackay.

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Identifier: Acc.9542
Scope and Contents

Mostly concerning Herald`s paintings, with associated drawings.

Dates: 1893-1897 and undated.

Notebook, compiled by a student at Glasgow United Free Church Training College.

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Identifier: Acc.4919
Scope and Contents

Containing drawings and notes on nature study, architecture, and other subjects.

Dates: 1904-1906.

Notebook of James Steuart, Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5725
Scope and Contents The notebook contains: copies of James Steuart’s appointment to the office of Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, 1737 (folio 1); list of perquisites of the office (folio 3); order for drawing up inventories (folio 4 verso); copy of inventories, 1685, 1714, of the furniture in different departments of Holyroodhouse, such as the Wardrobe, Council Chamber, Exchequer, Session House, etc., (folio 8); and a history of the office, including copies of documents relating to it (folio 28 verso). Most of...
Dates: 1685-1769.

Notebook of Susan Marjoribanks containing brief notes of botanical and common names of plants observed, with dates, and drawings of selected specimens.

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Identifier: MS.8913
Scope and Contents

The compiler is presumably the youngest daughter of Sir John Marjoribanks, 2nd Baronet, of Lees.

Dates: 1820.

Notebook of William Wallace.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8250
Scope and Contents

Containing verses and drawings.

With some unconnected letters.

Dates: 1900-1901.

Notes of the lectures of Sir James Young Simpson, titled, "Midwifery by Dr. Simpson, Edinburgh, Nov. '52", taken, partly in shorthand, by Frederick Cock.

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Identifier: MS.3542
Scope and Contents

Pages 120-134 deal with Chloroform, its history, discovery, effects, and the rules for its use. On pages 240-241 there are drawings of apparatus for the use of chloroform.

Dates: 1852.

Original artwork by Alasdair Gray for novels and short stories.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10191/1-39
Scope and Contents

Includes artwork for his books 'Lanark' (Canongate, 1981), 'Unlikely stories, mostly' (Canongate, 1983), '1982, Janine' (Cape, 1984) and 'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985; Abacus, 1987), as well as for Carl MacDougall's 'A scent of water' (Molendinar Press, 1975).

Dates: 1983, undated.

Original drawing of Robert Burns.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6781
Scope and Contents

Based on the ballad of Helen of Kirkconnel.

Dates: circa 1930.

Original water-colour drawings of Scottish legal robes, insignia, seals, etc., including those pertaining to courts now abolished.

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Identifier: MS.541
Scope and Contents

One drawing was executed by James Drummond, Member of the Royal Scottish Academy. They were ‘first arranged and bound from an old collection’ in 1889.

Dates: [1889, or before.]

Papers concerning "The Naturalist`s Library", edited by Sir William Jardine.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6788
Scope and Contents

Containing original drawings, watercolours, working proofs and prints.

Dates: 1833-1845.

Papers of Alexander Huchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10158
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and translations, correspondence and artwork.

Dates: 1972-1990.

Papers of and concerning Norman Douglas.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11365
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, 1917-1951 and undated, and photographs, 1943-1971 and undated, of Norman Douglas, and papers, 1954-1957, of John Davenport concerning a proposed biography of Douglas. These papers formerly formed part of the collection of John Sanderson.

Dates: 1917-1971 and undated.

Papers of Charles d`Orville Pilkington Jackson.

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Identifier: Acc.7445
Scope and Contents

Including sketchbooks, drawings, correspondence, and accounts, mainly concerning Jackson`s sculptures.

Dates: 1909-1973.

Papers of Dr Harold John Taylor, Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University, India.

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Identifier: Acc.12051
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, drawings and photographs.

Dates: 1927-1996.

Papers of Gavin Maxwell and of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises Limited.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10555/1-163
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1955-1969 and undated.

Papers of Iain Macnab.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6273
Scope and Contents

Including engravings, drawings, and sketchbooks.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 1967.

Papers of Jessie M King.

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Identifier: Acc.6740
Scope and Contents

Comprising drawings, sketchbooks, manuscripts of books and articles, diaires, and correspondence, with letters of Gordon Bottomley and Cecile Walton.

Dates: circa 1899-1949.

Papers of O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11310
Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, sketches, drawings, photographs and personal memorabilia.

Dates: 1899-1953 and undated.

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Drawings. Visual works. 192
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English 140
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Names
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) 4
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Taylor, Jessie Marion, illustrator and designer, née King, 1875-1949 3
Ellice, Katherine Jane, of Invergarry, née Balfour, 1813-1864 2
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Hall, Sir James, 4th Baronet, geologist and chemist, 1761-1832 2
McLaren, William Norman, film director, 1914-1987 2
Russell, Florence M, correspondent of W Norman McLaren, film director, fl 1936-1992 2
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Adair, John (surveyor and map maker) 1
Agnew, William Lockett, art dealer, 1858-1918 1
Allan, David, painter, 1744-1796 1
Anderson, Marshall (artist, and curator of the Attic Archive, Dundee) 1
Andrew Melrose, Edinburgh, Tea Dealers and Grocers 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 1
Armstrong, John , Artist and Author, d. 2003 1
Beeton, David Nicholson, costume designer, 1952-2013 1
Behrens, Reinhard, artist, b 1951. 1
Beith, William, artist, fl 1800-1850 1
Blackie, John Stuart (Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Blair, John, painter, 1850-1934: recipient 1
Blore, Edward (architect) 1
Boothby, Eliza, compiler of an album of verses and drawings, fl 1835 1
Boothby, Robert John Graham, Baron Boothby, politician, 1900-1986. 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Bowman, Walter, tutor and antiquary, 1699-1782 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician, 1810-1882 1
Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, traveller in Africa, 1730–1794 1
Bruce, William Speirs, explorer, 1867–1921 1
Burns, Robert, painter, 1869-1944 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) 1
Camberg, Sarah Elizabeth Maud, teacher of pianoforte, mother of Muriel Spark, author, née Uezzell, 1888-1974 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885 1
Campbell, family 1
Carmichael, Sir Thomas Gibson, 7th Baronet, of Skirling, 1774-1849 1
Carnegie, Andrew (philanthropist) 1
Casabianca, Yvonne de, artist, fl 1992 1
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt, Knight, sculptor, 1781-1841 1
Charlton, Edward (physician, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, son of William John Charlton of Hesleyside) 1
Clerk, Sir John, 2nd Baronet, of Penicuik, 1676-1755 1
Coia, Emilio, caricaturist, 1911-1997 1
Cowan, family 1
Cowburn, Elizabeth (tourist in Scotland) 1
Crozier, Margaret "Biddy", friend of W. S. Graham, 1915-2004: recipient 1
Cummings, family, of Altyre 1
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon (author and public speaker, wife of George Armstrong Custer, née Bacon) 1
Davenport, John, writer, fl 1954-1957 1
Davison, Emily Wilding, suffragette, 1872-1913 1
Deane, Sir Thomas Newnham , Irish Architect, 1828-1899 1
Douglas, George Norman, travel writer, 1868-1952 1
Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Ellice, Edward (landowner and politician) 1
Ellice, Edward (statesman) 1
Ellice, James, descendant of Edward Ellice, Statesman, 1901-1983: author 1
Featherston, William, artist, 1927-2009: former owner 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Gall, family 1
Geddes, Sir Patrick, Knight, sociologist, 1854-1932 1
Gordon, family, of Ellon 1
Gower, Cromartie Sutherland Leveson, 4th Duke of Sutherland, 1851-1913 1
Gower, Elizabeth Leveson, Duchess of Sutherland, nee Sutherland, 1765-1839 1
Gower, George Granville Leveson, 1st Duke of Sutherland, 1758-1833 1
Gower, George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-, 2nd Duke of Sutherland 1
Gower, George Granville William Sutherland Leveson, 3rd Duke of Sutherland , 1828-1892 1
Gower, George Sutherland Leveson, 5th Duke of Sutherland, 1888-1963 1
Graham, Agnes, wife of William Sydney, née Kilpatrick, 1909-1999 1
Graham, Thomas Henry (of Edmond Castle, Cumbria) 1
Gray, Alasdair, author, b 1934 1
Gray, William, Pipe Major, City of Glasgow Police Pipe Band, pseudonym Shamateur, 1883-1962 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Halkett, Madeline (daughter of Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, 8th Baronet of Pitfirrane) 1
Halkett, Peter Arthur, Sir (Baronet of Pitfirrane) 1
Hall, James, painter, 1800-1854 1
Harvey, Ada Margaret Leech, wife of Charles Harvey, Wine and Spirit Merchant, Bristol, fl.1882-1891: author 1
Harvey, Charles Octavius (wine and spirit merchant, Bristol) 1
Harvey, Michael, letter cutter and typographer, b 1931 1
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, painter, 1786-1846 1
Henderson, Ebenezer, the elder, missionary, 1784-1858 1
Henderson, Ebenezer, the younger, author and historian, 1809-1879 1
Herald, James Watterson, painter, 1859-1914 1
Hill, David Octavius, photographer, 1802-1870 1
Howman, Revd. George Ernest, c.1797-1878 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Inglis, family 1
Irving, Washington, American Author, 1783-1859. 1
Jackson, Charles d'Orville Pilkington, sculptor, 1887-1973 1
James II, King of Great Britain and Ireland 1
Jardine, Sir William, 7th Baronet, of Applegirth, naturalist, 1800-1874 1
Jolly, Samuel, writer of travel journal, fl 1827 1
Kennedy, Campbell, artist, fl 1967-2011 1
Kirk, family 1
Laudy, Jacques, comic book artist, 1907-1993 1
Lawson, Adam Mansfeldt de Cardonnel-, antiquary, formerly Cardonnel, ? 1746-1820 1
Lear, Edward, poet, 1812-1888 1
Leyden, John, poet, 1775-1811 1
Loch, James, Advocate, 1780-1855 1
Lockhart, William, administrator of San Jacinto sugar plantation, fl. 1876-1895 1
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