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Apparently incomplete collection of correspondence and papers of William Marshall and of members of his family, together with related papers compiled by David J Mackenzie, Sheriff-substitute of Glasgow.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15369-15378
Scope and Contents
William Marshall, who was factor to the Duke of Gordon, was known in his own day as a Scottish fiddler and composer of strathspeys, and an inventor. The collection contains almost nothing of musical interest, and the largest single part consists of letters and copies of letters of his sons whilst on active service in India and in the Peninsular War, written to him and to other members of the family.
Dates:
1778-1961, undated.
Biographical anecdotes and typescript of an essay "Dhow Harbours and the Sabi-Lundi River Junction" of H E Sumner.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10422
Dates:
1981-1991.
Biography entitled "The Celebrated Captain Barclay, RN", by Ruth Jennings.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12353
Dates:
2004.
Corrected typescript draft of Paddy Kitchen's biography of Sir Patrick Geddes, 'A most unsettling person'.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.19287
Dates:
[1975, or before.]
Corrected typescript of "Edwin and Willa Muir. Chapters of Autobiography" by Catriona and Lumír Soukup.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12007
Dates:
Last quarter of 20th century.
Corrected typescript of George Bruce, "William Soutar (1898-1943). The Man and the Poet".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10671
Dates:
1978.
Corrected typescript of James Burnet, "The Life and Works of Guido Gezelle".
Item
Identifier: Acc.6498
Dates:
1948.
Corrected typescript of ‘Sir Walter Scott and his wife: the happy marriage and the mystery’ by Elisabeth Anthony Dexter.
Item
Identifier: MS.23066
Scope and Contents
At the end is a genealogical table of the Scott family.
Dates:
[Circa 1960.]
Corrected typescripts and proofs of biographies of Joseph Hislop and Mary Garden, by Michael T R B Turnbull.
File
Identifier: Acc.11685
Scope and Contents
Includes three other works.
Dates:
1992-1997.
Corrected typescripts and proofs of George Bruce, "William Soutar (1898-1943)" (1978), and ""To Foster and Enrich". The First Fifty Years of the Saltire Society" (1986).
File
Identifier: Acc.9579
Dates:
circa 1978-1986.
Correspondence and literary papers of the author, Marion C Lochhead (1902-1985).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26190-26193
Dates:
1928-1971, undated.
Correspondence and papers of David Fletcher, mainly arising from acting as literary agent for Kathleen Jamie, Marion Lochhead, Colin Mackay, Ruari McLean, David Muriston and James Ritchie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12920
Dates:
circa 1979-2001.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.176
Dates:
1884-1969.
'Life of John McDiarmid, poet, journalist, & author, by A.J. Armstrong. From manuscript’, being a typescript account, undated, of the owner and editor of the ‘Dumfries and Galloway Courier’, probably by Andrew J Armstrong, author of Galloway novels and poems.
Item
Identifier: MS.3407
Dates:
?Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Literary works of Margaret Hamilton Noël-Paton (born 1896), grand-daughter of Sir Joseph Noël-Paton, the painter.
Series
Identifier: MSS.27465-27475
Dates:
?1932-circa 1981, undated.
Manuscript and typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "Robert Louis Stevenson. The Unique Author".
File
Identifier: Acc.10246
Dates:
circa 1989.
Microfilm of typescript of an unpublished work of James A Roy, ‘Lieutenant-General Simon Fraser’.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2053
Dates:
[Circa 1966.]
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Series
Identifier: MS.20311
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11309
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.
Dates:
1904-1988.
Papers of Dr George Pratt Insh, mostly concerning his unpublished biography of Thomas Muir of Huntershill.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.344
Dates:
Circa 1948-1951.
Papers of John Maclean, Clydeside agitator, 1909-1923; with material concerning him, 1924-1966.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.88- is now Acc.4251.
Dates:
1909-1966.
Papers of Professor John Erickson concerning the `Edinburgh Conversations`.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13596
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and related papers, 1974-1997, concerning the ‘Edinburgh Conversations’ and Professor John Erickson`s involvement in them.John Erickson (1929-2002) was a British military historian and the West’s leading authority on the Soviet military during and after the Second World War. During the ‘Cold War’ he was one of the very few academics to earn the trust of both sides and a key channel for contact between the Soviets and the Americans.After...
Dates:
c.1970s-1994
Photocopy of corrected typescript of Malcolm MacDonald`s "Ronald Stevenson: a Musical Biography".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10681
Dates:
1989.
Photocopy of typescript biography of Edwin Sargood Fry.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7788
Dates:
circa 1929-circa 1980.