Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The Attic Archive evolved organically from the activities of Pete Horobin, beginning in 1978. When Horobin's association ended, the archive was continued in turn by Marshall Anderson, Peter Haining and, lastly, aitch. Each change of custody coincided with the start of a new phase of activity, each phase undertaken, usually, over ten years.The papers of the Attic Archive are now dispersed through various cultural institutions, each having a particular association with the archive,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains additional papers relating to Edith Simon's career as an artist and writer, as well as some early juvenilia, embracing her illustration and creative writing. The collection also contains a series of papers relating to her husband, the noted geneticist, Dr. Eric Reeve, documenting his university studies at the University of Oxford, his subsequent war service, and his later career at the University of Edinburgh. The broad scope of the collection may be...

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All letters are to David Thomson, unless otherwise stated.

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This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

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Includes manuscripts and typescripts of 'Greenvoe' and 'Hawkfall and other stories', with assorted personal correspondence and photographs of or relating to George Mackay Brown and his works.

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The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

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The file contains greeting cards and postcards, and includesile also includes a red felt matchbox wrapped in silver thread, labelled 'Sweet Success'.

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The writers include friends of Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’, publishers, and literary agents. While some of the letters discuss his work or reflect his political affiliations, many are requests to use his poems, or invitations to give speeches. In some cases, MacDiarmid used the backs of the letters for notes and drafts of poems.

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File contains illustrated letters, cards, and telegrams. Identified correspondents include 'Susan'; possibly Annemarie Alfred; 'Willie'; Edith Simon and Eric Reeve; 'Alan'; possibly Lily Arthur; possibly Emil Marie; possibly Tina and Christopher Lucas; 'Len'; 'Hans and Ilse; 'Delno'; possibly 'Edel'; 'W.E. and I.V. Reeve'; 'Bella Kaufman'; 'Gwen and Cecil'; 'Gerda'; 'Gerd'; and 'Elizabeth'. File also contains a script for a video presentation by family members for the occasion.

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Photographs contained are:

2 black and white photographs in letter dated 12 April 1985, inscribed Hermitage Castle, 1938;

2 colour photographs of exterior of a house and press cutting in letter dated 19 February 1986;

1 colour photograph of Didyma dated 6 May 1987;

4 black and white photographs of climbing in the Alps in letter dated 5 September 1995.

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Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

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Included with the correspondence are some press cuttings and photographs.

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Letters, postcards, greeting cards and ephemera of Ian Caddy to Lucinda Mackay regarding significant life events including Mackay's engagement; Ian Caddy's professional life and news of his work; his upcoming productions and travels; news of family life; shared cultural interests across music, art and literature; painting purchases; and painting commissions and exhibitions being undertaken by Mackay.

Scope and Contents The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname or corporate name of the correspondents, and chronologically under each name.Farmer, Tom.Print-out of an email, 2003, of Tom Farmer to Ian Rankin relating to character names in his novels. Folio 1.Feetenby, John.Letter, 1996, of John Feetenby, Waterstone’s, Aberdeen, to Ian Rankin regarding personal matters. Folio 2.Fesperman, Dan.Letter, 1998, of Dan...

Scope and Contents The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the surname or corporate name of the correspondents, and chronologically under each name. Pappu, Phyllis.Letter, 2000, of Phyllis Pappu to Ian Rankin regarding Rankin’s novel ‘The Hanging Garden’. Folios 1-2.Pelicula Films. See Yule, John.Penzler, Otto.Letters and fax, 1993, 1996-1997, of Otto Penzler to Ian Rankin regarding publishing of Rankin’s novels (1993) and Rankin's novella...

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The photographic prints would appear to be of family relations of William Soutar.

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Snapshots of Ronald Center and his wife (folio 1);

(ii) Letters and cards written to them between 1945 and 1988 (folio 3);

(iii) Press-cuttings and photocopies of press-cuttings concerning Center and his music (folio 17)

(iv) Photographs of musicians playing his works (folio 13).

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Taskforce was to provide a checklist of all statutory and non-statutory designations relevant to the work of SNH prepared to provide background information.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i)-(ix) Cornmills. (i) Albion Mill, street plans, circa 1795, circa 1814, showing the position of the mill, and the letter, 1786, in which John Rennie described to his brother George the first starting of the mill, with miscellaneous notes and calculations relating to the mill, and to corn-milling in London, 1796-1798 (folio 1); (ii) Cork, letters, 1816-1820 (folio 16); (iii) Barsloisnoch in Kilmartin, letter, 1797 (folio 49); (iv) Lingard and Sadler's Mill,...