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Correspondence and papers concerning research for, and the writing and publication of "Benjamin Fawcett Engraver and Colour Printer" (1988) by Ruari and Antonia McLean.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11090
Dates:
circa 1968-1988.
Correspondence and papers of Charles Augustus Muir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9522
Scope and Contents
Concerning Muir`s literary work and to his history of the Royal Scots, "The First of Foot" (1961).
Dates:
1915-1987.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents
Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.
Dates:
1884-1936, undated.
Correspondence, papers and notebooks of J B S Haldane and correspondence and papers of his second wife Helen, née Spurway.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20534-20654
Dates:
1907-1964, undated.
Correspondence, production files, scripts, cuttings and other papers of John McGrath.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11615/1-110
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the material dates from ca.1979-1990, though there are some earlier and later items. Much of it concerns McGrath’s work outside 7:84, the theatre company which he and others established in 1971.
Dates:
Circa 1926-1997.
Drafts for an unpublished history of the Independent Labour Party and the Labour movement in Bo`ness, West Lothian from 1903-1932, by James Livingstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.11087
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes from original sources.
Dates:
circa 1986.
Drafts, proofs, notes, and research materials of Tom Pow, including related correspondence and other literary papers.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12950/1-59
Dates:
[1915]-2007, undated.
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.
Manuscript and typescript working papers of Prof Archibald A M Duncan for his books: "Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom" (1975), the third edition of W C Dickinson, "Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603" (1977) and "The Acts of Robert I, King of Scots, 1306-1329" (1986).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10576
Dates:
circa 1970-1986.
Notes for and drafts of the Lyell Lectures delivered in 1965 by Prof William Beattie.
File
Identifier: Acc.9374
Scope and Contents
With bibliographical notes.
Dates:
circa 1945-1975.
Obituaries, funeral orations and biographical notes of and concerning James Francis Edward, the Old Pretender, his wife and sons, and of Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, daughter of Prince Charles Edward.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11952
Scope and Contents
Includes modern historical notes.
Dates:
18th century.
Papers and notes of Frank Roydon Richards, mostly concerning the decipherment of the Linear B script, with material concerning other cuneiform scripts.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9094/1-89
Scope and Contents
Frank Roydon Richards, rector of Glasgow Academy from 1932 to 1959, devoted much of his retirement to the study of Linear B and especially the methods used by Michael Ventris, to whose decipherment he took a sceptical attitude. For comparative purposes he also studied the methods used by the decipherers of Hittite and other cuneiform scripts. The bulk of the material consists of transcripts of texts and summaries of books and articles, with critical comments by Richards interspersed.
Dates:
1966-1975, undated.
Papers of John Murdoch Henderson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21669-21713
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the transcriptions, arrangements, and research notes compiled by John Murdoch Henderson between the mid 1920s and his death in 1972. Henderson's particular interest was in music for the Scottish fiddle, and in addition to extensive work on the older sources of such music, he was an authority on the compositions of his contemporaries, who seem frequently to have sought his advice. In addition to his own material, the collection contains many autograph compositions of...
Dates:
17th century-1972.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates:
circa 1948-2006.
Papers of Sir Thomas Muir on mathematics.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10068/1-5
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1900-1920, 1934, undated.
Research notes for the BBC Scotland television arts programme "Scope", by John Milligan.
File
Identifier: Acc.11791
Scope and Contents
The notes concern work on Scottish artists and architects; includes 16 camera scripts for "Scope".
Dates:
1969-1973.
Research papers and analysis concerning migration between villages in the Faroe Islands and out of the Faroe Islands.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10942/1-69
Dates:
1942-1982.
Research papers and typescript drafts of the novel "Light" by Margaret Elphinstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.12865
Dates:
circa 2007.
Research papers, notes and email correspondence of Margaret Elphinstone relating to ‘The Gathering Night’ (Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009), with some printout drafts of sections of the novel.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13731/1-11
Scope and Contents
Like many historical novelists, Margaret Elphinstone carries out extensive research on the subjects on which she plans to write. These papers demonstrate that she pursues her research to academic levels and beyond: corresponding with, and interviewing, experts in very specialised fields; reading widely; attending conferences and courses and - to some extent - trying to experience for herself what her characters’ lives would ‘feel’ like. The file headings alone indicate the depth and breadth...
Dates:
Circa 2007-2008.
Research papers of Robin J Adam.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11606
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, transcripts and drafts concerning the Sutherland estates and the Calendar of Fearn Abbey.
Dates:
circa 1960-1980.
Thematic catalogue, notes on, BBC script about, and manuscripts of 19 chamber music works of, and attributed to, Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie, by David Johnson.
File
Identifier: Acc.12707
Dates:
1991.
Typescripts of biographies of James Dennistoun by James Fleming and Lindsay Fleming; with papers and correspondence of Lindsay Fleming of and relating to James Dennistoun, including portraits and research material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5525/1-13
Dates:
1803-1859, circa 1945-1965, undated.