Autobiographies.
Found in 294 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Sir Hugh McPherson (1870-1960) and his son Duncan.
From 1891 to 1925, Sir Hugh was in the Indian Civil Service, first in Bengal and from 1912 in Bihar and Orissa. The papers concern his career but also reflect his interest in walking and climbing in the Himalayas, an interest shared by his son.
Papers of Sydney Durward Tremayne (1912-1986), the poet and journalist.
Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including literary and autobiographical notebooks.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including notebooks, typescripts of novels and autobiographical work, and letters from various correspondents, including six from C M Grieve and four from Edwin Muir.
Papers of the poet, Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975).
Born in Angus, Helen Cruickshank worked in the Civil Service until her retirement in 1944. She became the secretary of the Scottish centre of the International PEN Club, and included many literary figures among her friends. Her autobiography, ‘Octobiography’ (Montrose, 1976), was published posthumously.
Papers of the Shaw family, Corgarff.
Including five school books, a collection of verse, and the autobiography, circa 1860, of Alexander Shaw.
Papers of the Very Reverend A Nevile Davidson.
Including newspapers cuttings, 1935-1945, and the typescript of Davidson`s autobiography, 1977.
Papers relating to ‘Milestones on the Dover Road’, the autobiography of John Dover Wilson., 1963-[1969, or before].
Papers relating to ‘Milestones on the Dover Road’, the autobiography of John Dover Wilson, and miscellaneous personal papers., 1938-1968, undated.
Papers relating to William Anderson, missionary in Jamaica and Calabar., 1841-1893.
Part of a manuscript related to 'The king my father's death' by Sydney Durward Tremayne., ?1972.
The manuscript contains chapters 1, 6-8, 19-23 and 26-30; also (folio 98) notes and odd sheets of text.
Partial manuscripts and typescripts of 'Carrying on with a broken back: postscript to a poet's autobiography' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [1943, or before]-[1955, or before.]
Begun as the foreword to ‘Lucky poet’, it became an essay on the problems of splitting up the work and other topics. The essay was not published in its entirety, but folios 59-68 were used in ‘Francis George Scott’ (Edinburgh, 1955).
Personal and literary papers of Wendy Wood, including notes, correspondence, diaries, corrected typescripts of autobiographical work, records of the Scottish Patriots, and associated press cuttings.
Photocopies of autobiographical notebooks of Hew Morrison., ca. 1930.
Photocopies of three autobiographical accounts of Hew Morrison, made with the permission of Morrison's descendants, the donors. Two are written by hand in notebooks, the third is in the form of type-written sheets. All accounts are undated, but were written late in his life.
Photocopy of an autobiographical fragment of John Saunders.
Describing country life in Perthshire.
Photocopy of corrected typescript of autobiography of George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, "My Father`s Son"
Photocopy of manuscript autobiography of Dr Farquhar MacRae, Ratagan, Kintail.
Photocopy of the Reverend Archibald Allan, "Autobiographical Notes".
Includes an account of his early years in the Fife coalfield.
Photocopy of typescript of "Reminiscences of Argentina and Uruguay", an autobiography by George Bruce.
Details Bruce`s life in the Scots communities in South America.
Portion of the autobiography of George Miller, bookseller in Haddington and Dunbar, covering the years 1803 to 1818.
Some leaves are missing at the beginning and end of the volume.
Inserted are some letters to George Miller, printed prospectuses, subscription sheets, etc.
Portions of an autobiography of John Stuart Blackie, published as ‘Notes of a life’, followed by other biographical notes, journals, and reminiscences., 1837-1893, undated.
'Private notices' of Thomas Murray, author of 'The literary history of Galloway'., 1840, 1849.
Prose works of Joseph Macleod., 1921-1981, undated.
'Random Memories', being Robert Louis Stevenson's rough draft of the beginning of an autobiographical work, with a typed transcript., Late 19th century.
Robert Louis Stevenson speaks of his birth in Edinburgh, and describes a visit made to Homburg when he was twelve.