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Additional papers to the collection of John Riddell, the Peerage lawyer.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.81.2.1-81.2.10
Scope and Contents

Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.

Dates: 16th century-19th century.

Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.

 File
Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates: 1696-1891, undated.

Brief letter of James Hogg.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9112
Scope and Contents

With autograph address panel of Horatio, Viscount Nelson.

Dates: circa 1800-1835.

Collection of copies of letters and papers concerning the formation of the Irish Treasury Board and the procedures to be adopted by it, with notes on the procedures of the British Treasury.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.4.1.2, vols. I-II
Scope and Contents

The volumes have the book-plate of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, and, as he was secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1794-1795, were presumably compiled on his instructions.

Dates: 1793-1794.

Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1548-1641.

Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.25
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Latin legal abbreviations, 16th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Speech in Latin addressed to `domine doctissime coeterique commilitones mei suavissimi`, in praise of modesty. Late 16th or early 17th century. (Folio 2.)(iii) Transcript, 19th century, of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3 February, 1590, concerning the slaughter of David Taillor by William Spottiswood of that Ilk and others. Cf. ‘The...
Dates: 16th century-1793.

Corrections and additions by the first Earl of Cromer in an advance proof of a speech he afterwards delivered on Free Trade and Protection to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Unionist Free Trade Club on 10 January 1908.

 File
Identifier: MS.2250
Scope and Contents

Also included are three letters to the donor, James MacLehose, the Glasgow printer (including one from Lord Cromer accompanying the corrected proof), the final printed copy of the speech and the menu and toast list of the luncheon at which the speech was delivered.

Dates: [1908, or before.]

Correspondence and papers of Arthur Woodburn, including articles, press cuttings, lectures, photographs, glass slides and drafts of an autobiography.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7656 Box 1(1)-Box 44
Scope and Contents

Arthur Woodburn's strong interest in economics, education, European unity, international relations, modern languages and Scottish history and literature are reflected in the papers.

Dates: 1907-1977.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

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.

 Fonds
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 Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents

Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.

Dates: 1802-mid 20th century, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, speeches, library and music inventories, and electronic database of Sir Lewis Robertson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13065/1-76
Scope and Contents The collection reflects Sir Lewis Robertson`s personal and business activities during the later years of his life. The correspondence files, 2003-2008, and letter books, 2004-2008, show his active involvement in many charitable and cultural bodies until his death in November 2008. Of particular interest are several volumes of speeches and interviews, 1989-2003, and three diaries, 1978-1980, dated during his time as Director of the Scottish Development Agency. Sir Lewis Robertson kept an...
Dates: Circa 1940-2008.

Correspondence of Alexander Christie, Provost of Montrose, and other material relating to the affairs of the town, with discussions of Christie's religious and political views, copied by Christie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3701-3703
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are mainly notables of Angus, divines, political thinkers, and merchants, and include Alexander Christie's brother William, the Unitarian writer, his son Thomas, the political writer, Sir David Carnegie, Baronet, George Dempster of Dunnichen, David Scott of Dunninald, the Reverend William Dalrymple (subject of "The Kirk's Alarm"), T F Palmer, the reformer, Robertson, the historian, and Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.

Dates: 1781, 1789-1793.

Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: 1895-2012.

Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1955-2014.

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Correspondence. 70
Letters. Correspondence. 42
Typescripts. 40
Manuscripts. 37
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 31
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Articles. 29
Photographs. 27
Notes. 26
Poetry. 21
Copies. Derivative objects. 20
Diaries. 18
Drafts. Documents. 17
Lectures. 17
Lists. 12
Notebooks. 12
Accounts. 10
Memorandums. 9
Minutes. Administrative records. 9
Documents. 7
Photocopies. 7
Reports. 7
Essays. 6
Excerpts. 6
Obituaries. 6
Reviews. Document genre 6
Fragments. 5
Journals. Accounts. 5
Novels. 5
Plays. 5
Printed materials. Object genre. 5
Short stories. 5
Biographies. 4
Declarations. 4
Financial records. 4
Indexes. Reference sources. 4
Instructions. Document genre. 4
Legal documents. 4
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 4
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Microfilms. 4
Orders. Records (documents). 4
Pamphlets. 4
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Abstracts. Summaries. 3
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Receipts. Financial records. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Sketches 3
Songs. Musical compositions. 3
Warrants. Permissions. 3
Account books. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Annotations. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
Autobiographies. 2
Autographs (manuscripts). 2
Calculations. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Catalogues. 2
Certificates. 2
Charters 2
Depositions. Testimonies. 2
Dispatches. 2
Documentaries. 2
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Extracts. 2
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
Histories. 2
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Manifestoes. 2
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Professional papers. 2
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Registers (lists). 2
Rules. Instructions 2
Rules. Instructions. 2
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Sketches. 2
Testimonials. 2
Transcripts 2
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Language
English 85
Undetermined 24
Latin 1
Multiple languages 1
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Names
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 5
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
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Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Hutchison, Sir William Oliphant, Knight, painter, 1889-1970 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Scottish National Party 2
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Anstruther-Gray, Clayre Jessie Tennant, 1872-1958 (justice of the peace and wife of William Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, Monica Helen Lambton, 1915-1985 (justice of the peace and wife of William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William John St Clair, Baron Kilmany, 1905-1985 (soldier and politician) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William, 1859-1938 (soldier and politician) 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Barbour, Sir Robert Alexander Stewart, Knight, Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Aberdeen, b 1921 1
Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989 (English printmaker, graphic designer, and illustrator) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan, author and mountaineer, b 1934: recipient 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, J Walter, head of the Commercial Bank, Peebles, brother of John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1882-1953 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns, George, Minister of Tweedsmuir, 1790-1876 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campbell, Jean Helen St Clair, Baroness Stratheden of Cupar and Campbell of St Andrews, nee Anstruther-Gray, d 1956 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Duncan, Joseph Forbes, Trade Union Secretary, 1879-1964 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Gairdner, David, assistant to John Alpine, Minister of Skirling, d 1837 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gibson, Sir Alexander Drummond, Knight, conductor, 1926-1995 1
Graham, James, of Airth, Judge Admiral, d 1753: recipient 1
Gray (family, of Carntyne and Anstruther ) 1
Gray (family, of Kilmany ) 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, Knight, General, 1853-1947 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 1
Holms, William, spinner and politician, b 1827 1
Honeyman, Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, 1891-1971 1
Honeyman, Thomas, father of Thomas John, Director of Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums, fl 1877-1934 1
Horsburgh, family 1
Johnson, Don, writer of account of a journey from Land's End to John O'Groats, fl 1994 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Liberal Democrats, political party 1
Liberal Party, political party 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Lockhart, Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce, Knight, diplomatist, 1887-1970 1
Lorimer, Robert Lewis Campbell, publisher, 1918-1996 1
MacDonald, Margo, teacher, broadcaster, politician, 1943-2014 1
MacEwen, Sir Alexander Malcolm, Knight, solicitor, 1875-1941 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McDonald, Donald, of Tirnadrish, d 1746 1
McDonald, Robert, brother of Donald, of Tirnadrish, fl 1757 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 1
Munro, Sir Alasdair Thomas Ian, 6th Baronet, of Lindertis, b 1927 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Party of Scotland 1
Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson, naval officer, 1758–1805 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971 1
Orr, John Boyd, 1st Baron Boyd Orr, 1880-1971. 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 1
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008: former owner 1
Salisbury, Bishop of 1
Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention 1
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