Correspondence.
Found in 1778 Collections and/or Records:
Two letters of Ruari McLean to George Bernard Shaw, with Shaw`s replies.
Concerning typography.
Typed copies of newspaper articles and correspondence relating to John Knox, from the scrap-book of David Hay Fleming.
The correspondents include David Hay Fleming himself, Hume Brown, Andrew Lang, and James King Hewison.
Typed transcripts of correspondence concerning the mission to Brazil of Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay.
Typescript biography concerning Helen Baker, missionary in Rajputana, by Margaret Foster.
Includes correspondence and photographs.
Typescript copies of correspondence between Thomas Goldie Scot, Surgeon-Major, Cameron Highlanders, in India, and his family in Edinburgh and Moniaive.
Transcribed from the originals, with two photographs of portraits of Thomas Scot, father of Thomas Goldie Scot.
Typescript copy of the journal, 1786, of Clarinda Bruce on a journey to India.
With associated correspondence and a typescript account, 20th century, of the family of Alexander P Trotter.
Typescript of Donald W Nichol, "Pope`s Literary Legacy: the Book-Trade Correspondence of William Warburton and John Knapton".
Contains material not printed in the version published, 1992, by The Oxford Bibliographical Society. Includes photocopies of some of the original letters from various libraries.
Typescript of Malcolm Murray, "Överslöjtnant Alexander Irvings Skotska Bördsbrer av den 16 Maj 1642".
With an English translation, notes and correspondence, 1986.
Typescript of 'The Knighthood of the Clergy' by Owen Chadwick, with associated correspondence.
One of several privately-distributed copies of Chadwick's unpublished essay, 1985, which investigates whether it is lawful for members of the clergy to be denied the right to use the title 'Sir' following their acceptance of a knighthood. Chadwick, himself a priest in the Anglican Church, was knighted in 1983. The essay also covers the situation in Scotland, as does the accompanying correspondence with the Very Rev. Dr. Hugh Douglas, St. Andrews.
Typescript transcripts of correspondence of the descendants of James Lundie, Minister of North Leith, who died in 1696, principally that of his great-grandson, Robert, Minister of Kelso.
The letters fall into three divisions. The first (MS.1675, folio 1) contains letters to James Lundie at Leyden and Amsterdam, chiefly from his brother Archibald, Minister of Saltoun, 1708-1710; the second (MS.1675, folio 47), general family correspondence, 1745-1770; the third (MS.1675, folio 80, and MS. 1676), the correspondence of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and others. The writers include many eminent authors and theologians of the time.
Typescript transcripts of the literary correspondence of John Galt, transcribed by Ian A Gordon.
Typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence of David Thomson, author and radio producer.
This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.
Typescripts, manuscripts, research notes, correspondence and other papers of Duncan Fraser and of Standard Press publishers, Montrose.
Including corrected typescripts and proofs of historical and topographical works, and circa 400 letters and copies of letters.
With papers, 1928-1959, of the Standard Press, Montrose.
Typescripts of "An Oidhche Mus Do Sheòl Sinn".
Includes notes, research notes, vocabulary and correspondence.
Typescripts of biographies of James Dennistoun by James Fleming and Lindsay Fleming; with papers and correspondence of Lindsay Fleming of and relating to James Dennistoun, including portraits and research material.
Typescripts of plays and novels of Thomas Ross Scott, with related correspondence, cuttings and other papers.
Various small collections of letters and papers, and some single items, of and concerning men who had served in the army in the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars.
Verse and prose writings, correspondence, photographs and press cuttings of Domhnall R MacGillemhoire/Donald R Morrison of Scalpay, Isle of Harris.
Verse and prose writings, correspondence, photographs and press cuttings of Domhnall R MacGillemhoire/Donald R Morrison of Scalpay, Isle of Harris.
Volume entitled (folio i) `Miscellania [sic] Scotica Curiosa Or A Collection of Curious, rare, and valuable Paper`s: Relating to Scotland, and Scots Affaires. Collected and Coppied, from the Originalls. by C:R:S:` containing transcripts of Scottish historical documents, extracts of manuscripts and copies of correspondence, from various sources, 1419-1731, and undated.
Volume of correspondence of James Nairne, WS, and papers of, and concerning, the Bannatyne Club.
Includes letters of Sir Walter Scott, James Ballantyne and David Laing.
Volume of printed reports, newspaper-cuttings, and other papers, 1865-1914, collected by Daniel William Kemp, in connection with the discussion of proposals for a National Library of Scotland by the Convention of Royal Burghs in 1902 and Kemp's later efforts to further the object.
Also contains Daniel William Kemp's correspondence, 1903, 1912 (numbers 26-27, 30, 32-34, 40-41).
Volume used as an account book, 1819-1822, by William Patrick, a merchant in India, and in the early 20th century by David Rattray, a joiner and builder in Lochore, for calculations and working notes; with correspondence and other papers of Rattray.
War correspondence between Lawrence Burness and his parents.
Includes extracts of letters, parted into three volumes, and photographs, 1942, of people and places mainly in Burma.