Biographies.
Found in 520 Collections and/or Records:
Incomplete manuscript, "The Crayon Miscellany. By the author of the Sketch Book. No 2. containing Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey", by Washington Irving., ? 1835.
Irving produced many popular and successful works throughout his writing career, most of which were published in Britain by John Murray. The manuscripts in this sequence relate to some of these works, including 'The Crayon Miscellany' and three volumes of 'A Chronicle of the conquest of Granada'. In addition, there is an incomplete manuscript for a review for the 'Quarterly Review', and a letter that contains a personal outline of his life up until 1837.
Index to the drawing books, (MSS.27335-27340), of Nancy Brysson Morrison with manuscript and typescript notes for 'Haworth harvest: the lives of the Brontës' pasted in., [1969, or before.]
With some additional notes from printed works.
Individual character biographies relating to the house of Niccolò novel series by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
'Instructions to Master David Erskine by his Father The Earl of Buchan 29 March 1784'.
The instructions were drawn up by the Earl of Buchan when his son (afterwards Sir David Erskine) entered Mr de Ribouville's Academy, Old Cavendish Street, London. Before the precepts, the Earl gives a brief account of his son's life up to that date. He gives the date of his birth as December 1771 (not 1772, as in the Dictionary of National Biography).
Legal and related papers, including original documents, drafts and memoranda by Archibald Campbell, and notes of Lord Milton., 1682-1762, undated.
The principal subjects are the settlement of the 2nd Duke's estate; lists of charters to be signed; wadsets; compensation for the abolition of heritable jurisdictions; entail and will of the 3rd Duke; the succession to Archibald Campbell of Inverliver; petitions; and the funeral and biography of the 3rd Duke.
Letter of Hugh Blair, giving an account of his life., 1798.
Letter of Viscount Elibank, enclosed in a presentation copy of his "Memorials of Sir Gideon Murray" (Edinburgh, 1932).
Letters, 1809-1823, of William Gifford to various recipients. The letters were given to John Murray V by E.L. Atkinson in 1934., 1809-? 1823, 1934.
There are hundreds of letters of or concerning William Gifford. The majority of these are of Gifford to John Murray [II], but there are many other of and to Gifford with other correspondents. Some of the letters in this subseries were given to John Murray [V] in 1934.
Letters of, to or concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn relating to publications and offprints., 1927-1961.
Letters of Will H Ogilvie to A F Tschiffely; photocopies of letters of Katherine Ogilvie, wife of Will H, to Reverend E G S and Mrs Margaret Traill, with other photocopies of biographical material concerning her husband. Included incorrectly is a typescript of "My mither's aunt" by William Ogilvie, Edinburgh architect. , 1926-1963.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
‘Life and letters of James Hogg’, volume i, by Alan Strout (Lubbock, 1946)., 1946.
"Life of James Sharp, Archbishop of St. Andrew’s & Primate of Scotland. Wrote at the desire of General Melvill by Robert Crawford, A.M.", 1785.
'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.
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume ii, second edition, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand., 1827.
Inserted at page 353 is an anecdote of Talma, in the hand of C M Young.
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume iii, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand., 1827.
The corrections, which are numerous in volumes i and ii, less numerous in volumes iii, and few in volumes v and ix, are apparently different from those in the interleaved volumes that were used for the preparation of the Miscellaneous Prose Works edition of the ‘Life’ (see prefatory Advertisement thereto).
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume ix, second edition, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand., 1827.
The corrections, which are numerous in volumes i and ii, less numerous in volumes iii, and few in volumes v and ix, are apparently different from those in the interleaved volumes that were used for the preparation of the Miscellaneous Prose Works edition of the ‘Life’ (see prefatory Advertisement thereto).
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volume v, by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand., 1827.
Inserted at page 400 is an extract from a letter of Luise, Frederick William III of Prussia's Queen, in an unidentified hand.
'Life of Napolean Buonaparte' (Edinburgh, 1827), volumes i-iii, v, and ix (ii and ix being of the second edition), by Sir Walter Scott, with marginal corrections in the authors hand.
The corrections, which are numerous in volumes i and ii, less numerous in volumes iii, and few in volumes v and ix, are apparently different from those in the interleaved volumes that were used for the preparation of the Miscellaneous Prose Works edition of the ‘Life’ (see prefatory Advertisement thereto).
‘Life of Sir William Lockhart, 1621-1675’ by Alexander Robertson: author's draft, based on material in the Public Record Office, London.
List of Deans of the Faculty of Advocates, 1532-1687, and genealogical notes on members of the Faculty of Advocates, 1532-1687, compiled by John Philp Wood., Early 19th century.
Literary manuscripts and papers of Iain Crichton Smith., 1962, 1981, undated.
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1936-1974, undated.
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.