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Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.

Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.

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The contents are as follows:

(i) William Sharp's library ticket, class-card, and matriculation card from Glasgow University, 1871-1873, and a menu for the Omar Khayyam Club Dinner, December 1899 (folio 1);

(ii) Eight photographs of Sharp, and one of his grave in Sicily (folio 6).

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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.

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The papers consist of menus and invitation cards (folio 1), a few press-cuttings (folio 36), and typed copies of the diaries of the visit kept by his sister Elizabeth (folio 42) and his private secretary Sir Kenneth (later Lord) Muir Mackenzie (folio 68).

Scope and Contents The papers provide an insight into the personal and political relationship between James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow (fl.1860-1942) over a period of nearly three decades. They also illustrate the development of the early Socialist movement in Scotland, trade unionism and Glasgow local politics. As well as letters of James Ramsay Macdonald, the archive includes correspondence of prominent Socialists such as John and Katherine Bruce Glasier and leading...

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Includes minute book, proposal book, subscription lists, account books, record of matches, menu card and photographs.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Correspondence and papers of George McArthur Lawson (1906-78). From 1937 to 1940 he was a full-time National Council of Labour Colleges tutor in the East of Scotland, and served as the West of Scotland National Council of Labour Colleges Organiser from 1940-50 when he was appointed Secretary of Edinburgh and District Trades Council. In 1954 he was elected as Labour MP for Motherwell, and represented Motherwell, and Motherwell and Wishaw, until his retirement in Oct 1974. George Lawson served...

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The letters are to James Maclehose and George Neilson from various people, including Peter Hume Brown, the historian, and Sir Herbert Maxwell. There is also a page of verse by W P Ker, written for the occasion (folio 5).

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

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Records, 1949 - 2011, of the Edinburgh and Leith Consular Corps, comprising correspondence, agendas and minutes of committee meetings and annual general meetings, ephemera, photographs and two floppy disks.

Scope and Contents Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, reports, property records and photographs, 1931-2012, undated, of and relating to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and...

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The item is a programme and dinner organised in honour of Malcolm MasCalister, Owen Gillan, Robert Watt and Raymond Forbes by the Edinburgh University Nationalist Club following their release from prison. The four of them had been jailed in 1953 for possession of gelignite and a fuse.

The programme is signed by Forbes, Gillan, Watt, Roland Eugene Muirhead and am unknown signatory.

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Includes letters, menu cards, printed books and 43 photograph albums, 1934-1937.