Autobiographies.
Found in 294 Collections and/or Records:
Account of the life of Mary E Haldane., [1917, or before]-1922.
Alexander Wood, "Gleamings from Sixty Years of a Life Chiefly Spent in Edinburgh, 1823-1883".
Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication., 1823-1840.
Assortment of artist CVs by Lucinda Mackay, 1983-2014
This file contains a series of typescript and printed copies of Lucinda Mackay's professional curriculum vitae, in various versions, spanning the period 1983-2014. It also includes a sample of the artist's own personalised stationery paper, and three autobiographical descriptions (one e-mail and two typescript forms)
Autobiographical account and copies of letters of recommendation., [1934], undated.
With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.
Autobiographical account of Morrison's early years., ca. 1930
Photocopies made from a notebook containing the first part of Morrison's handwritten autobiography, beginning "I do not suppose that a sketch of my life can be of any general interest". The writing covers 13 leaves, rectos only. The original notebook remains in private hands.
Autobiographical and historical material compiled by John Kennedy Cameron.
Autobiographical fragment, 1899, and 'Memorandum of events between 1906-1915', April 1916, by Richard Burdon Haldane., 1899, 1916.
The papers include correspondence of other members of the family of Haldane of Cloan covering a period of almost a century and a half from the beginning of the 19th century, especially rich for the period 1875-1937.
Autobiographical material, with (on the versos) fragments of a history of Israel., Undated.
Autobiographical memoir of John Y Gray, with later additions., 1924.
The memoir describes village life in Angus in the 19th century, and John Gray's work as a farm labourer, weaver and joiner before he eventually became a teacher in Dundee.
Autobiographical notes and summary diary by Laurence Oliphant of Gask (died 1792)., 1724-1780.
Autobiographical notes by Sir Hugh McPherson, describing his home, family and early life up to 1891., [1925, or after.]
These autobiographical notes are incomplete and the volumes which immediately preceded and followed them are missing.
Autobiographical notes by Sir Hugh McPherson, written for his children after his retirement in 1925., [1925, or after.]
These autobiographical notes are incomplete and the volumes which immediately preceded and followed them are missing.
Autobiographical notes of Elspeth Davie, including notebook, loose papers and manuscript draft., Circa 1991, undated.
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Autobiographical notes of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver, with miscellaneous verse., 1907-1944.
Autobiographical papers of Donald Macleod., [1911]-1925, undated.
Autobiographical pieces of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., ?1936, undated.
Some of these pieces may have been intended for an early version of ‘Lucky poet’, and others were probably written for publicity purposes.
Autobiographical reminiscences drafts and fragments of Ruthven Todd., 1963, 1966, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Autobiographical reminiscences, written in the form of letters to Anne McGuire, 1963, undated (folio 1); (ii) Autobiographical drafts and fragments, 1966, undated (folio 53).
Autobiographical writings of Alexander Carlyle., 1801-1805.
The contents consists of a copy of Alexander Carlyle's 'Recolections' (MS.23910) and the autograph manuscript of his Autobiography (MSS.23911-23916).
Autobiographical writings of Colonel John Drinkwater, afterwards Bethune.
Autobiographical writings of Richard Haldane., Early 20th century.
Small quantities of letters and papers of other members of Mary E Haldane's family are contained in different parts of the collection. Also contained is a small quantity of letters and papers to Anne, wife of General Sir David Baird, and her sister Catherine Campbell Preston.
Autobiography and diaries of foreign travel, circa 1953-1979, of Helen Henderson.
With photocopies of poetry, circa 1890, of William Constable (originals now destroyed).
Autobiography and notes of Thomas Dunachie.
‘Autobiography of a nineteenth century printer’ by Samuel Kinnear, 1878, 1886-1887, with a diary, 1887, and poems, 1888., 1878-1888.
After an apprenticeship in Glasgow, the author was a printer in Edinburgh from about 1837. His narrative includes accounts of current events, of Edinburgh printers, and of literary and ecclesiastical celebrities, of whom there are many portraits. The illuminated title and dedication were written by James Watson, Writing Master.