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Correspondence, essays, articles, cuttings and other literary papers of Alexander MacDonald, Gaelic scholar, and his daughter Mairi MacDonald, novelist and playwright.
Correspondence, notes and press cuttings of the Reverend John C Carrick.
Moslty concerning the Newbattle Chartulary.
Correspondence, notes, literary papers and other papers of the Cunninghame Graham family, mostly of Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham; and financial and administrative papers relating to Gartmore and Ardoch.
Correspondence of Alexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, Baron Murray of Elibank and correspondence and papers of his brother, Arthur Cecil Murray, Viscount Elibank.
Correspondence of Alfred J Smith with Lord Cameron of Balhousie.
Includes press cuttings and photographs.
Correspondence of and papers concerning John Q Pringle.
Correspondence of and relating to Jessie Kesson and her literary agent Andrew Hewson; with some literary papers, radio scripts, reviews and obituaries.
Correspondence of Eric Lyall, with newspaper cuttings collected by him.
Eric Lyall was the secretary of the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse, and these papers reflect that interest.
Correspondence of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.
Correspondence of Nigel Keppel Charteris, Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, the Royal Scots, on active service in South Africa during the Boer War.
The correspondence consists almost entirely of letters and telegrams sent by Nigel Keppel Charteris to his mother, Lady Louisa Charteris, of Hingham, Norfolk. The main events in which Lieutenant Charteris was involved were the defence of Wepener, and the surrender of General Prinsloo with four thousand Boers, in 1900. The letters are interspersed with contemporary press-cuttings relevant to the campaign, mainly from 'The Times'.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of Dudley W A Sommer concerning his researches towards, and the publication in May 1960 of, his ‘Haldane of Cloan his life and times 1856-1928’.
The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.
Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and publicity materials relating to the publication of books by Argyll Publishing.
Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.
The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
Correspondence, photographs and antiquarian collections on Pictish symbol-stones, of Cosmo Gordon.
Correspondence, press cuttings and other papers concerning (and including some letters and papers of) James Scott Skinner, with some autograph music by him.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Correspondence and papers, 1883, [?1914-?1921], undated, of W Hean Findlay and George Short concerning (and including some letters and papers of) J Scott Skinner (folio 1);
(ii) Autograph music, 1914, undated, by Skinner (folio 154);
(iii) Press cuttings, 1917, 1923-1926, concerning Skinner, most of which are from the People's Friend, February-May 1923, containing an autobiographical account of Skinner (folio 168).
Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.
Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.
Correspondence, sketch-plans, and newspaper-cuttings relating to the restoration of St Margaret’s Chapel, the Argyll Tower, and the Banqueting Hall of Edinburgh Castle.
The undertaking was financed by William Nelson the publisher, and the architect was Hippolyte Blanc, to whom most of the letters are addressed.
Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.
Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.
Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.
Correspondence, teaching materials and papers of Tom Gourdie, mostly concerning the teaching and promotion of handwriting.
Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.
Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.
With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.
Depositions of witnesses concerning the lighting of beacons in Roxburghshire, 1804, by which a false alarm of a French invasion reached Jedburgh.
An article from the ‘Jedburgh Gazette’, 7 July 1906, based on this material, is included (folio i).
Diaries, albums and photographs of the Campbell, Login and Maitland Mackgill Crichton familes.
Diaries, notebooks and related papers of George Dott, Scottish nationalist.
Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.
John Chisholm, from Perth, studied at Edinburgh and Leipzig, and was admitted advocate in 1881. He stood unsuccessfully as a Conservative at the elections of 1885 and 1892. He took silk in 1904 and was appointed Sheriff of Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk in 1905. He married in 1892, and died in 1929.