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Correspondence and papers of John Purves (1877-1961), reader in Italian at Edinburgh University from 1938 until his retirement in 1947.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.15560-15901
Scope and Contents John Purves began his teaching career as a lecturer in English under Professor Emile Legouis at Lyons University in 1902, having graduated M.A. at Edinburgh University in 1900, He was a Carnegie Research Scholar in modern languages in Rome and Siena from 1903 to 1904, then lectured in English under Professor Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University from 1904 to 1906. He became Professor of English at Transvaal Technical Institute, Johannesburg and at Transvaal University College, Pretoria...
Dates: Mid 14th century-[before 1962], undated.

Correspondence and papers of Lord Macleod of Fuinary.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9084
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning the Iona Community.

Dates: 1935-1969.

Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

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Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Mrs Mary E Haldane, her parents Richard and Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, her sister Jane, and her son Richard B Haldane, later Viscount Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20037-20079
Scope and Contents

Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.

Dates: 1809-1937, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10090/1-208
Scope and Contents

Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.

Dates: circa 1930-1988.

Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.

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Identifier: MSS.10393-10491
Scope and Contents A E Borthwick (1871-1955), a son of William H Borthwick of Crookston, studied art in Edinburgh and Paris from 1890 to 1896, after which he enlisted in the ranks and helped to raise the Scottish Sharpshooters, 70th company of the XVIII Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. He served in the Boer and First World Wars, retiring from the army in 1919 as honorary Staff Captain. As a member of the Royal Academy he specialised in portraits and subjects of a religious genre, his best-known work being...
Dates: 1815-1967, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: 1796-1991, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Rev Dr James C. MacPhail and of his son, J R N MacPhail, Sheriff of Stirling.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12272
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers concern MacPhail Bursary scheme for Gaelic-speaking boys, other Highland matters and the Lewis (Park) Deer Raid trial, 1887.

Dates: 1860-1930.

Correspondence and papers of Tom Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.11750/1-122
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

Dates: 1950-1995.

Correspondence and press cuttings concerning the Reverend Watler Chalmers Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5958
Scope and Contents

Including letters of W E Gladstone and Robert Browning.

Dates: 1880-1893.

Correspondence and research papers of Janet Adam Smith.

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Identifier: Acc.11164
Scope and Contents

Written, collected for and concerning Janet Adam Smith`s "John Buchan: A Biography" (London, 1965).

Dates: circa 1915-1965.

Correspondence concering Naomi Mitchison, "The Delicate Fire" and "The Moral Basis of Politics".

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Identifier: Acc.9104
Scope and Contents

With cuttings of reviews, 1938, of "The Moral Basis of Politics".

Dates: 1933-1938.

Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.

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Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates: 1905-1946, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.

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Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates: 1800, 1934-2013, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

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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.

Correspondence, diaries, photographs and other papers of Seton Gordon, including some of Audrey Seton Gordon and their children.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7451 Box 1(1)-[Volume] 21
Scope and Contents

Including diaries, correspondence, photographs, and articles, mainly concerning natural history and piping.

Dates: 1894-1977, undated.

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Correspondence. 247
Photographs. 176
Letters. Correspondence. 105
Typescripts. 81
Notes. 77
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Manuscripts. 63
Poetry. 60
Diaries. 57
Articles. 55
Notebooks. 52
Minutes. Administrative records. 43
Drafts. Documents. 37
Speeches. Documents. 34
Administrative records. 29
Copies. Derivative objects. 27
Reports 27
Albums. 26
Publications. 26
Pamphlets. 25
Printed materials. Object genre. 25
Programmes 23
Financial records. 21
Photocopies. 21
Obituaries. 20
Reports. 20
Scripts. Documents 18
Memorandums. 17
Short stories. 17
Novels. 16
Scrapbooks 16
Drawings. Visual works. 15
Ephemera. 15
Lectures. 15
Lists. 15
Reviews. Document genre. 15
Plays. 14
Programmes. 14
Reviews. Document genre 14
Accounts. 13
Biographies. 13
Leaflets. 13
Photograph albums. 13
Posters. 13
Sketches. 13
Catalogues. 12
Literature (writings). 12
Maps. Cartographic materials. 12
Newsletters. Serials. 12
Legal documents. 11
Minute books. 11
Postcards. 11
Audiocassettes. 10
Documents. 10
Essays. 10
Personal papers. 10
Proofs. Printed matter. 10
Songs. Musical compositions. 10
Autobiographies. 9
Histories. 9
Periodicals. 9
Research notes 9
Books 8
Genealogies. 8
Proofs. printed matter 8
Travel journals. 8
Annotations. 7
Fragments. 7
Journals. Accounts. 7
Politics. 7
Portraits. 7
Scrapbooks. 7
Sketches 7
Translations. Documents. 7
Travel journals 7
Certificates 6
Certificates. 6
Excerpts. 6
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 6
Memoirs. 6
Microfilms. 6
Negatives. Photographs. 6
Offprints. 6
Professional papers. 6
Scripts. Documents. 6
Transcripts 6
Account books. 5
Autographs (manuscripts). 5
Commonplace books. 5
Extracts. 5
Illustrations. Layout features. 5
Invitations. 5
Magazines. periodicals. 5
Musical compositions. 5
Rules. Instructions 5
Scores 5
Second World War (1939-1945). 5
Sermons 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Telegrams. 5
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Language
English 422
Undetermined 102
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 8
Multiple languages 8
French 2
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Names
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 6
Edinburgh International Festival Society 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) 5
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 5
Scottish National Party 5
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Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 4
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 4
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 4
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 3
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 3
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 3
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 3
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 3
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) 2
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 2
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Cochrane, Hon Sir Archibald Douglas, Knight, Captain, Royal Navy, Governor of Burma, 1885-1958 2
Davidson, Andrew Nevile, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, 1899-1976 2
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Fox, Colin, b. 1969 (politician) 2
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 2
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
MacGilleMhoire, Dòmhnall R (poet and shopkeeper, Scalpay, Isle of Harris) 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
McTaggart, William, painter, 1835-1910 2
Mearns, Jim, b.1959 (civil servant, archaeologist, and political campaigner) 2
Mossman, Robert Cockburn, meteorologist, 1870-1940 2
Murray, David, journalist, writer and broadcaster, fl 1934-1972 2
Murray, Katherine Marjory Stewart-, wife of John, 8th Duke of Atholl, née Ramsay, 1874-1960 2
Napier, George Glen, miscellaneous writer, fl 1889-1940 2
National Council of Labour Colleges 2
National Party of Scotland 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Russell, Stanley Livingstone (filmmaker) 2
Scottish Liberal Democrats, political party 2
Scottish Liberal Party, political party 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Tolmie, Frances, folklorist, 1840-1926 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 2
Wimberley, Douglas Neil, Major-General, 1896-1983 2
7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
A and C Black Ltd, Edinburgh, publishers and booksellers 1
ASH Scotland, anti-smoking charity 1
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Aitken, Sarah Ross, Gateway Theatre General Manager, 1905-1985 1
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Allan, J G M, nurse, fl 1938-1942 1
Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland 1
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1871-1913 1
Angus, David 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Antonine Productions (Film Production Company) 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Askew, Gilbert, 1893-1950 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Baillie, Oscar, cinema manager, 1909-1992 1
Barlow (family) 1
Barns-Graham, Allan, 1874-1957 (landowner) 1
Baxter, William Edward, traveller and author, 1825-1890 1
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 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
Bliss, Douglas Percy, 1900-1984 (painter, wood engraver, scholar, and writer of belles lettres) 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Boraston, John Herbert, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1885-1969 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Bottomley, family 1
Boyd, family 1
Braehead Mountaineering Club 1
Brander, Michael (writer) 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Thomas Craig, Provost of Selkirk, 1844-1922: recipient 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976: recipient 1
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 1
Bruce, William Speirs, explorer, 1867–1921 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
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