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Notes and papers of John Boyes.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9009
Scope and Contents

Concerning Boyes` researches into the history of medicine and dentistry in Edinburgh.

Dates: circa 1970-1980.

Notes compiled by Burns Martin.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6737
Scope and Contents

Concerning his "A Bibliography of the Writings of Allan Ramsay" (1931), and also the songs in Ramsay`s "The Tea-Table Miscellany".

Dates: circa 1931.

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.

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 concerning H S Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6530
Scope and Contents

With genealogical notes concerning the Ronaldson and Gemill families.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers concerning Joseph Hislop, collected and compiled by Michael Turnbull in connection with his biography of Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10304
Scope and Contents

Includes press cuttings, concert programmes, research notes and correspondence.

Dates: 1907-1990.

Papers concerning the family of John Lapraik.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11293
Scope and Contents

Includes:

11 family letters to Thomas Lapraik, Muirkirk, 1810-1843 and undated

genealogical notes, 19th century

Burgess Ticket for Andrew Berry of Newmilns, 1843.

Dates: 19th century

Papers concerning the Mackenzies, MacRaes and Mathesons of Lochalsh and Kintail, Wester Ross, collected by Captain Alexander and Betsy Matheson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9548
Scope and Contents

Concerning genealogy, history and traditions of the families.

Dates: circa 1860-1909.

Papers, including correspondence, research notes, press cuttings and printed materials, of Dr Sue Innes, mostly concerning her research into the subjects of citizenship, women and gender studies.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12633/1-45
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, manuscript and typescript research notes, annotated typescripts of research papers, newscuttings and printed materials. Most of the material is undated.

Dates: Circa 1990-2005, undated.

Papers of and relating to Michael Moncrieff Stuart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12824
Scope and Contents

Mainly concerning his life in India and his research into Scotish-Indian history.

Dates: circa 1912-1988.

Papers of Clive Wainwright.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12077
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Sir Walter Scott and Abbotsford and its furnishing and decoration.

Dates: circa 1975-1999.

Papers of David R Hay.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5557
Scope and Contents

Concerning his paper on the proportions of the Parthenon.

Dates: 1852-1860.

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Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 4
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 4
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 3
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 3
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 2
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Fairley, John A, local historian, fl 1900-1929 2
McGregor, family 2
Ronaldson, family 2
Stuart, Malcolm (Michael) Moncrieff, 1903-1991 (civil servant in India and Pakistan) 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Adam, Robin J, Professor of Medieval History, University of St Andrews, fl 1960-1998 1
Aldis, Harry Gidney, bibliographer, 1863-1919 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Anderson, James, author of "Sir Walter Scott and History", b 1918 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 1
Barclay, William, Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism, University of Glasgow, 1907-1978 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Beattie, William, Librarian of the National Library of Scotland, 1903-1986 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Blore, Edward (architect) 1
Boyes, John, Emeritus Professor of Dental Surgery, University of Edinburgh, 1913-1985 1
Broughton High School, Edinburgh 1
Brown, T Gordon, correspondent of Michael Roberts, poet and mountaineer, fl 1946 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton, 1st Baronet, styled 13th Baron Chandos, bibliographer, 1762-1837 1
Buchan, Peter, collector of ballads, 1790-1854 1
Butter, Peter Herbert, Professor of English Literature and Language, University of Glasgow, 1921-1999 1
Caddy, Peter, Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, 1917-1994 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas Phàdruig (poet and writer) 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Campbell, John McLeod, Church of Scotland minister and theologian, 1800-1872 1
Caplan, Lionel, Emeritus Professor and Professorial Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, b 1931 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland Overseas, Contintent of Asia - India - Madras 1
Clan Mackay Society 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor, colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Soloman Islands, 1923-2005 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Colt, George Frederick Russell, of Gartsherrie, b 1837 1
Colt, family, of Gartsherrie and Inveresk 1
Columbine, Edward Henry, Royal Navy, Governor of Sierra Leone, 1763-1811 1
Cowan, family 1
Davison, Meredith Henry Armstrong, anaesthetist and Lecturer on the History of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1911-1970 1
Dodgson, Stephen Cuthbert Vivian, Composer, 1924-2013 1
Donaldson, Robert, Kepper of Printed Books, National Library of Scotland, fl 1986-1991 1
Douglas, Mary Palmer-, wife of Edward, of Cavers, née Douglas Malcolm, d 1949 1
Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 1
Dunbar, John Telfer, costume historian, 1912-2002 1
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 1
Duncan, John, artist, 1866-1945 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
East of Scotland School of Agriculture 1
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society 1
Elphinstone, family, of Lopness 1
Erskine, David Steuart, 11th Earl of Buchan (succ 1767), 1742-1829 1
Erskine, Thomas Alexander, 6th Earl of Kellie, composer, 1732-1781 1
Fawcett, Benjamin, engraver and colour printer, 1808-1893 1
Flanagan, Philip, Rector of the Scots College, Rome, fl 1929-1935 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Flynn, Laurie, journalist and writer, fl 1975-2011 1
Foxon, David Fairweather, bibliographer, 1923-2001 1
Galantini, Adriano, Rome, fl 1950-1995 1
Geikie, Mary, novelist, fl 1908-1948 1
Gemill, family 1
Gillies, Robert Pearse, of Balmakewan, advocate, 1788-1858 1
Glasfurd, Charles Lamont Robertson, Major-General, Indian Army, 1831-1887 1
Glasfurd, Frederick William, Lieutenant, Indian Army, 1843-1867 1
Glasfurd, John, Major-General, Indian Army, 1810-1864 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Graham, family, Earls of Menteith 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) 1
Grey, Albert Henry George, 4th Earl Grey (succ 1894), Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, 1851-1917 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Hall, Sir James, 4th Baronet, geologist and chemist, 1761-1832 1
Harper, Robin Charles Moreton (politician) (b 1940) 1
Hay, David Ramsay, decorator, 1798-1866 1
Heelis, Helen Beatrix, author, née Potter, 1866-1943 1
Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard, deputy of Adolf Hitler, 1894-1987 1
Higgitt, John Carruthers, Art Historian and Reader in Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh, 1947-2006 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Houston, family 1
Huxley, Thomas, Colonel, d 1826 1
Independent Labour Party 1
Innes, Susan Katriona (journalist and feminist historian) 1
Johnson, David Charles, musician, 1942-2009 1
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 1
Ker, Neil Ripley, Reader Emeritus in Palæography, Oxford University, 1908-1982 1
Kirk, Robert, Minister of Aberfoyle, 1644-1692 1
La Scala, Milan, opera house 1
Lapraik, John (poet) 1
Lapraik, Thomas, Muirkirk, fl 1810-1843 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Livingstone, James, son of Angus Cook, Vice-Chairman of the Independent Labour Party, Scotland, fl 1985-1988 1
Login, Edith Dalhousie, 1855-1924 (author and editor) 1
Login, Lena, Lady, 1820-1904 (née Campbell, courtier and author) 1
Lothian Coal Company 1
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