Showing Browse Resources: 1 - 11 of 11
Carmichael and Gordon papers.
File
Identifier: MS.109
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) 'The nativite of bairnis' of William, 7th Lord Forbes, and his wife Elizabeth Keith, being the names and dates of birth of their sixteen children (folio 1);(ii) Orders issued by Colonel Robert Montgomerie protecting Robert Gordon of Straloch and exempting him from any 'monthly maintenance' in accordance with the decision of the Estates of Parliament, 1649 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Robert Gordon of Straloch to the Marquess of...
Dates:
1649-1779, 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.
Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11993
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.
Dates:
1958-2000.
Literary papers and notebooks of Ewan Morrison relating to `Close Your Eyes` (2012) and `Tales from the Mall` (2012).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13605/1-64
Dates:
2000-2012.
Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10989/1-280
Dates:
1943-1993.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.823-824
Dates:
1943-1968.
Papers of Archibald J Cronin.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10106
Scope and Contents
Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.
Dates:
1911-1978.
Papers of Muriel Spark.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12082
Scope and Contents
Includes research material, manuscript and typescript of the novel, "Aiding and Abetting", manuscripts of short stories, and correspondence files, 1997-2000.
Dates:
1932-2001.
Papers of Nigel Tranter.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents
Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.
Dates:
1933-1990.