Autobiographies.
Found in 201 Collections and/or Records:
Transcripts, 1727-1728, of autobiography, letters, and biographical notes by John Livingstone, minister of Ancrum; and of the autobiography of Gabriel Semple, minister of Jedburgh., 17th century.
The volume was transcribed by the same copyist as MS.5745.
Transcripts, 1727, of the autobiography of Robert Blair, minister of St Andrews, and of a biography of William Leitch, minister of Dumfries., 17th century.
The volume was transcribed by the same copyist as MS.5746.
Type-written autobiographical account of Morrison and the families of his father and his mother., ca. 1930
Typewritten account beginning "For a long time how, I have had in my mind, writing a sketch of my family and its connections …". 22 pages. The original is loosely inserted into a notebook containing notes and material collected on Morrison family history (entitled on the first page: "Morrison"). This notebook, including the typewritten family history, remains in private hands.
Typed copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, with further revisions., [?1927.]
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.
Typed copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, with further revisions., [?1927.]
A copy of the 'Memorandum as to events in December, 1905' (MS.20049, folio 11) is incorporated into this text (folio 11).
Typed copy of MSS.20061-20062: Early version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, as revised, with several small amendments throughout, and a few additional leaves written in his hand., [?1927.]
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.
Typescript by Richard Burdon Haldane entitled 'Memories'., [1917, or before.]
There is an inscription (folio 1) in Richard Burdon Haldane's hand: 'To his mother from her son, the writer, Christmas 1917'. This is a brief, early version of Haldane’s 'Autobiography'.
Typescript by Richard Haldane entitled 'Memories’, being an earlier version of MS.5920., 1917.
In typescript with many small amendments in pencil, compiled doubtlessly in 1917.
The main difference between the two versions of the text is the transposition of the first two chapters.
Typescript carbon copy of a revised version of the ‘Autobiography’ of Richard Haldane, with further revisions., [?1927, or after.]
The most substantial of the alterations are the additions at folios 97-101, 125, 163-164 and 253-254. The chief difference between this final copy and the printed book is the deletion of folios 199-242.
Typescript carbon copy of "Early version of ‘Autobiography’ by Richard Haldane"., [?1927, or after.]
The most substantial of the alterations are the additions at folios 97-101, 125, 163-164 and 253-254. The chief difference between this final copy and the printed book is the deletion of folios 199-242.
Typescript copy of chapters i-xv of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith., 1895.
The 'Recollections of a long and busy life' was written apparently about 1895.
Typescript copy of chapters xvi-xxvi of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith., 1895.
The 'Recollections of a long and busy life' was written apparently about 1895.
Typescript copy of 'Recollections of a long and busy life' by George Smith., 1895.
The 'Recollections of a long and busy life' was written apparently about 1895.
Typescript copy of the autobiography of Donald Macleod., 1911-1914.
Chapter headings lacking in the manuscript (MS.9831, folio 1) have been added, and chapters V-VII are drawn largely from the diary (MS.9829). A pencil note (folio i) states that the original was written between 1911 and 1914.
Typescript of 'Boys do not kiss' by Sydney Durward Tremeyne, in 28 chapters, divided into three books., [1979, or before.]
The typescript is heavily corrected in manuscript and the last three chapters differ from the final chapters of MS.26694. It includes (folio 229) a chapter on writing poetry which Sydney Durward Tremayne later omitted.
Typescript of George Scott-Moncrieff's autobiography, '40 Years'., [?1950.]
The autobiography describes George Scott-Moncrieff's childhood and life as a writer in London and Scotland, his marriage, and family life up to his departure from Eigg in 1950 after the death of his first wife.
Typescript of 'Recollections of my life from public school to privy seal', an autobiography to 1907 by Charles R Wynn-Carrington, later Marquess of Lincolnshire., [1907, or after.]
A large number of photographs and illustrations have been pasted in.
Typescript sequel to MS.5920: ‘Memories’, with numerous pencilled corrections in Richard Burdon Haldane's hand., 1925.
The volume is dated 'Cloan, 16th January 1925' (folio 70).
Typescript, undated, of 'The king my father's death' by Sydney Durward Tremayne, in 27 chapters, with manuscript corrections and inserted pages., [1972-1979.]
This is considerably altered from the versions in MSS.26697-26699.
Typescript, undated, of 'The king my father's death' by Sydney Durward Tremayne, in 32 chapters., [1972-1979.]
With manuscript corrections and several additional pages of manuscripts inserted.
Typescript, with a few manuscript pages of ‘Lucky poet’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid'., [?1940-?1941.]
Much of 'Lucky poet' is missing, and the remainder consists largely of those chapters which were not included in the 1943 edition.
Typescript, with manuscript corrections and insertions of ‘Lucky poet’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1940.
The introduction is in manuscript. The volume includes (folios 303-312) a typescript on Queen Margaret de Logy which Hugh MacDiarmid later used as an article (see MS.27061, folio 101).
Typescript, with manuscript corrections and insertions, of ‘Octobiography’ by Helen B Cruickshank., [1976, or before.]
The final verses described on page 173 of the published text are not included. There are some additional pages of text which were not used (folio 315) and a list of friends to whom copies were to be sent (folio 319).
Typescripts of prose works by Joe Corrie., 1937, 1949-1962, undated.
Joe Corrie worked as a miner in Fife and Ayrshire, and many of his plays and stories are set in mining communities. He was a prolific writer who published a number of plays, several collections of poetry, and two novels, as well as numerous stories and articles in newspapers. Many of his plays were popular with amateur dramatic groups.
Various miscellaneous papers of Ruthven Todd., 1944-1977, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Autobiographical notes and papers, circa 1955-1975 (folio 1); (ii) Typescript of a radio interview given by Ruthven Todd, 1974 (folio 8); (iii) Miscellaneous notes and papers, 1944-1977, undated (folio 36).