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Academic and literary papers, including lecture notes, correspondence and typescripts, of Angus Calder.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11794/1-21
Scope and Contents

A collection of lecture notes for literature courses at the University of Nairobi, 1969-1971, and manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence relating to the published works 'Revolutionary Empire' (London: Cape, 1981) and 'Waking in Waikato' (Edinburgh: Diehard, 1997).

Dates: 1969-1999.

Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9851/1-66
Scope and Contents

Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.

Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.

Dates: 1960-1988.

Constitutions, annual reports, minutes, magazines, scrapbooks, photographs and other records of and relating to Deaf Action and its predecessor bodies.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13643/1-138
Scope and Contents Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity which has been operating in Edinburgh since 1835. The Deaf and Dumb Congregation in Edinburgh began meeting together in 1830 following the establishment in the city of schools for deaf children. Braidwood’s Academy for the Deaf was established in 1760 and the Edinburgh Institution [later the Edinburgh Royal Institution] for the Deaf and Dumb in 1810.The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established in 1835 to assist deaf people in...
Dates: 1830-2007, undated.

Correspondence and papers, 1793-1828, of Deputy Commissary General James Ogilvie, together with a small unrelated quantity of letters and chiefly printed papers, 1787-1835, undated, of the sons of Garret Wellesley, 1st Earl of Mornington.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15201-15336
Scope and Contents James Ogilvie served throughout the Peninsular War firstly as Assistant, and from 22 March 1812 Deputy Commissary General, and the greater part of the collection relates to this period. It consists of: letters from, and statistical and other returns, vouchers, accounts and other financial papers submitted by, junior officers and clerks of the Commissariat Department; Ogilvie’s letters to the Commissaries General Sir Robert H Kennedy, Sir Charles Dalrymple and Thomas Dunmore, with their...
Dates: 1787-1835, undated.

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 Hugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan (1873-1952).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.25260-25273
Scope and Contents Hugh Macmillan was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1897 and took silk in 1912. In 1924 he became non-political Lord Advocate in the first Labour government of Ramsay Macdonald, and was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1930-1939, 1941-1947, and Minister of Information, 1939-1940. His talents for chairmanship resulted in appointments to the chair of several important committees and organisations of which the best known was the 'Macmillan Committee', the Treasury Committee on Finance and...
Dates: 1911-1952.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Charles Stuart (created Baron Stuart de Rothesay in 1828), British Ambassador to France, 1815-1830.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21261-21328
Scope and Contents

The contents of the collection range from 1800 to 1847 with a few later, and many undated items. Most (about two-thirds) of the collection concern Sir Charles Stuarts years as ambassador.

Dates: 1800-1868, undated.

Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.13601-14193
Scope and Contents The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1592-1594, 1734-1830, undated

Correspondence and works of Robert Nye.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6294/1-42
Scope and Contents

174 letters, 1965-1974, mostly of Scottish authors to Robert Nye on literary matters.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1970, of a play, 'Sawney Bean', by Nye and William Watson.

Typescript drafts, 1971, of a play, 'Visakha', by Nye.

Dates: 1950, 1963-1974.

Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20351-20400
Scope and Contents The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates: 1773-1933, undated.

Editorial correspondence to George Bruce, concerning 'Scottish Poetry I-IX', a series of anthologies.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7440/1-6
Scope and Contents

Circa 100 letters, correspondents including Maurice Lindsay, Edwin Morgan and Alexander Scott, with a small number of typescripts of poems.

Dates: 1964-1973, undated.

Formal papers from the collection of James Anderson, W.S.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.A.143-204
Scope and Contents

Some of the papers concern Anderson`s and his wife`s family, but the majority relate to cases in which he was professionally concerned or otherwise interested.

Dates: 1644-1722, undated.

Ian Rankin archive.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.50301-50691
Scope and Contents The archive of Ian Rankin represents the author’s extensive creative output as well as his wide ranging cultural interests. The archive consists largely of literary manuscripts and typescripts for the majority of his works. Some personal papers are also held. Of particular significance are his crime novels, most notably those of the Inspector Rebus series. Also included are more than 100 short stories, most from the early part of his career in the 1980s; assorted other creative works, such...
Dates: 1972-2018.

Journals, notebooks and other papers of Sir James Mann Wordie, polar explorer, mostly relating to his tours and expeditions.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12559/1-99
Scope and Contents

Journals, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, press-cuttings and related papers, 1903-1959, n.d., of and relating largely to the expeditions of polar exploration and scientific discovery, travel and mountaineering activities of Sir James Mann Wordie, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge (1889-1962).

Dates: 1865-1959.

Lady Lucinda Mackay Archive

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.50707-50842
Scope and Contents This collection reflects the personal life and artistic career of Lady Mackay (b.1941). The papers contain correspondence, sketchbooks and loose artworks, writing drafts and proofs, school records, personal and art-related photographs, family papers, and career-related ephemera.The collection has been arranged into five distinct series as follows:1. Correspondence of Lucinda Mackay (with friends, close acquaintances, painting subjects, patrons, other artists, and...
Dates: 1941-2022

Legal case papers of Judge David A O Edward, QC, with related documents.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10046/1-70
Scope and Contents

Professional papers as counsel, 1979-89, of David A O Edward, QC, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, 1985-9, and from 1989 a Judge of the European Community Court of the First Instance.

Dates: 1956-1989.

Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1937-2001, undated.

Literary papers of Don Paterson, including notebooks, manuscripts and typescript drafts of poetry, prose and drama.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12689/1-76
Scope and Contents

Don Paterson's literary papers consist mainly of notebooks and poetry files in which his meticulous planning, working and reworking of the poems is evident. The notebooks are rarely only poetry and frequently contain doodles, bars of music and set lists relating to Lammas, 'mind-maps', packing lists and other such memory-aids, and lengthy notes often relating to his teaching activities.

Dates: 1970, 1980-2006.

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Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 2
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Scottish National Party 2
Bisset, Alan (writer.) 1
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Boothby, Robert John Graham, Baron Boothby, politician, 1900-1986 1
Boothby, Wanda, Lady, ?1933- 1
Broun, John Allan, physicist, 1817-1879 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Davidson, Andrew Nevile, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, 1899-1976 1
Davie, Elspeth Mary, novelist and art teacher, née Dryer, 1919-1995 1
Deaf Action 1
Donaldson, Arthur William (chairman of the Scottish National Party) 1
Dunlop, Annie Isabella, historian, née Cameron, 1893-1973 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society 1
Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Christian Association 1
Edward, Sir David Alexander Ogilvy, Knight, Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, b 1934 1
Fleming, Marjorie, poet and writer, fl 1916-1969 1
Foster, John, Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History, University of Glasgow, 1898-1973 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Friel, Isobel (wife of George Friel, novelist) 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Hope, James Arthur David, Baron Hope of Craighead, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, b 1938. 1
Innes, Susan Katriona (journalist and feminist historian) 1
Kirk, Helen (wife of Sir John, consul general at Zanzibar, née Cooke) 1
Kirk, Sir John, Knight, naturalist and political agent, 1832-1922 1
Lindsay, Maurice (poet and writer) 1
MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin, writer and photographer, 1899-1970 1
MacGregor, Stuart W, anaesthetist, poet and novelist, 1936-1973 1
Macgillivray, Erhna Mycale, daughter of James Pittendrigh, sculptor, d 1962 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackay, Lucinda Louise, Lady, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Inchcape (artist) (b 1941) 1
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 1
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 1
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Meikle, Henry William, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1880-1958 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morrison, Hubert Peter, President of Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, publisher, d 1971 1
Muirhead, Roland Eugene, Chairman of the Scottish National Party, 1868-1964 1
Munro, Ian Sherwood (author) 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939. 1
Paisley, Janet Violet (poet and playwright) 1
Paterson, Don, b 1963 (poet and musician) 1
Powell, Reginald (physicist) 1
Quigley, Sir William George Henry, Knight, Chairman, Short Brothers, b 1929 1
Rae, Thomas Ian, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, 1926-1991 1
Rankin, Ian James (crime writer) 1
Rawlins, Francis Ian Gregory, Scientific Adviser to Trustees of National Gallery, 1895-1969 1
Rennie, John, engineer, 1761-1821 1
Renton, Ian Paterson (Minister of St Colm's, Edinburgh) 1
Roberts, Edward Frederick Denis, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1927-1990 1
Roberts, William Edward, poet and mountaineer, called Michael Roberts, 1902-1948 1
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008 1
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 1
Scott, Rosamond Aeliz, wife of Sir Robert H, née Dewar-Durie, b 1911 1
Scott, Sir Robert Heatlie, Knight, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale (formerly of Peebleshire), 1905-1982 1
Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb 1
Scottish Mothers' Union 1
Scottish Patriots, cross-party campaigning organisation 1
Smith, Janet Buchanan Adam- (author and journalist) (1905-1999) 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Stewart, Donald James (politician) 1
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 1
Stuart, Malcolm (Michael) Moncrieff, 1903-1991 (civil servant in India and Pakistan) 1
Sutherland, Robertson, author of "Loanhead: the Development of a Scottish Burgh", fl 1974 1
Thomas Nelson and Sons (publisher) 1
University of Nairobi, Kenya 1
Wilson, Dr Gordon, Nationalist politician, MP for Dundee East, Deputy leader of the SNP, National Convener of the SNP, b. 1938: former owner 1
Woodburn, Arthur (politician) 1
Wordie, Sir James Mann, Knight, Master of St John's College, Cambridge, 1889-1962 1
Wyon, Olive, theologian, 1881-1966 1
Yeaman, Francis Cameron (secretary of the SNP Edinburgh branch) 1
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