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63 letters and cards of Frances Shand Kydd to William McIlwraith, Ayr.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12619
Scope and Contents

Includes book and press cutting.

Dates: circa 1997-2004.

64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7175
Scope and Contents

With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.

Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.

Dates: 1388, 1798-1952.

73 letters to George Bruce from various correspondents, and copies of 18 letters of Bruce.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10998
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1950, 1965-1988.

87 letters of Joseph Macleod to William Montgomerie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9155
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal and literary matters.

With three letters, 1950-1953, of Macleod to Norah Montgomerie.

Dates: 1944-1982.

89 funeral letters to the family of Scott of Raeburn.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7516
Scope and Contents

Including three letters of Sir Walter Scott.

Dates: 1771-1840.

95 letters of André Raffalovich to Charles Ballantyne.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4630
Scope and Contents

With ten copies of letters, 24 postcards, and two telegrams. Also two letters and a card concerning Raffalovich.

Dates: 1925-1934.

115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

118 letters to James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9624
Scope and Contents

Concerning literary and personal matters, with associated manuscripts of poems.

Correspondents include: Robert Garioch, Hugh MacDiarmid and Albert D Mackie.

Dates: 1926-1985.

130 Letters of Ian Hamilton Finlay to James F Hendry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10806
Scope and Contents

Includes related copy letters of Hendry.

Dates: 1945-1985

137 letters to Edward McGrory, mostly of Adelaide Ross, née Phillpotts.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10946
Scope and Contents

On personal and literary matters.

Dates: 1977-1987.

141 letters of Neil Gunn to John B Pick and eight letters of Gunn to Gene Pick.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10548
Scope and Contents

With typescript of Francis Russell Hart and John B Pick, "The Essential Neil Gunn: a Conversation".

Dates: 1946-1972.

145 letters to Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10964
Scope and Contents

On literary matters.

Dates: 1974-1992 and undated.

155 letters of Sir Alexander Gray to Elias Bredsdorff.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11562
Scope and Contents

Letters concern Danish ballads and translations into Scots.

Dates: 1952-1967.

162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12679
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson`s daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem "To George" by the donor.

Dates: 1977-1996.

168 letters to George Mackay Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4847
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Willa Muir, Iain Crichton Smith and Ian Hamilton Finlay.

Dates: 1947-1969.

192 letters of James Guthrie to or concerning Reginald Hallward.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8833
Scope and Contents

Concerning artistic and personal matters and also the Pear Tree Press.

Dates: 1899-1950.

216 letters on literary matters to Alastair Mackie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11249
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: J K Annand, Duncan Glen, Robert Garioch and Alexander Scott.

Dates: 1964-1995.

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Copies. Derivative objects. 285
Manuscripts. 262
Poetry. 259
Photocopies. 255
Notes. 253
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Typescripts. 168
Photographs. 166
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 105
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Documents. 92
Lists. 89
Accounts. 73
Diaries. 73
Notebooks. 62
Transcripts 61
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Printed materials. Object genre. 57
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Publications. 45
Histories. 42
Memorandums. 42
Speeches. Documents. 42
Translations. Documents. 41
Fragments. 40
Minutes. Administrative records. 40
Drawings. Visual works. 39
Albums. 38
Postcards. 36
Genealogies. 35
Financial records. 31
Memoirs. 31
Annotations. 30
Biographies. 28
Treatises. 27
Essays. 26
Inscriptions. 26
Instructions. Document genre. 25
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First World War (1914-1918). 14
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Jamaica. North and Central America - Jamaica. Island. Longitude: -77.5000. Latitude: 18.2500. 14
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Language
English 2802
Undetermined 910
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 24
Multiple languages 16
Latin 14
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 109
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 56
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 54
Roberts, David, painter, 1796-1864 41
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 37
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Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 32
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 31
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 28
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 22
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 22
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 21
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 20
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 19
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 16
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 16
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 15
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 15
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 15
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 15
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 14
Lockhart, John Gibson (biographer of Scott) 14
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 14
Wilkie, Sir David, Knight, painter, 1785-1841 14
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 13
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 13
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 13
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 12
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 12
Raffalovich, Marc André, poet, 1864-1934 12
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 12
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 11
Jeffrey, Francis, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice, 1773-1850 11
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 11
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 11
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 10
Ballantyne, James (printer) 10
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 10
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 10
James I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625 10
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 10
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 10
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587 10
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 10
Soutar, William (poet) 10
Stuart, Charles, Baron Stuart de Rothesay, 1779-1845 10
Chalmers, George, antiquary and political writer, ? 1742-1825 9
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 9
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 9
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 9
Wilson, John, author and journalist, pseudonym Christopher North, 1785-1854 9
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 8
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 8
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 8
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 8
Hume, Joseph, politician, 1777-1855 8
MacDonald, James Ramsay, statesman, 1866-1937 8
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 8
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 8
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 8
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 8
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 8
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin, 1824-1907 8
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 7
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 7
Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (statesman, Lord Chancellor) (1778-1868) 7
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 7
Combe, George (Writer to the Signet, phrenologist) 7
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 7
Flint, Sir William Russell, Knight, artist, 1880-1969 7
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 7
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 7
Baillie, Joanna (playwright and poet) 6
Brown, George Mackay, poet and writer, 1921-1996 6
Cadell and Davies, Edinburgh, publishers 6
Faculty of Advocates, Library, Edinburgh 6
Fleming, Maurice, Editor of "The Scots Magazine", b ?1926 6
Gilbert, Eileen M Crerar-, Edinburgh, fl 1981-1992 6
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 6
Hall, Basil, Captain, Royal Navy, 1788-1844 6
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 6
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 6
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 6
Nasmyth, James Hall, engineer, 1808-1890 6
Ruskin, John (author and art critic) (1819-1900) 6
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 6
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 6
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 6
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 6
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 6
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister, fomerly Wesley, 1769-1852 6
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 5
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 5
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 5
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 5
Carlyle, John Aitken, physician, 1801-1879 5
Cooper, Thomas Mackay, Baron Cooper of Culross, judge, 1892-1955 5
Dalrymple, Sir David, 3rd Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice, 1726-1792 5
Elphinstone, George Keith, Viscount Keith, Admiral, Royal Navy, 1746-1823 5
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 5
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 5
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