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Newspapers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Papers that are printed and distributed daily, weekly, or at some other regular and usually short intervals and which contain news, editorials and opinions, features, advertising, and other matter considered of general interest.

Found in 143 Collections and/or Records:

Periodicals containing content by Edwin Muir collected by Peter Butter., 1916-1956.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13634/47
Scope and Contents

Contains ‘The Scottish Nation’ (10 July 1923), ‘The Guildsman’ (December 1916), ‘The New Age’ (28 July 1921, 25 August 1921, 1 September 1921, 8 June 1922, 6 July 1922) and ‘Poetry Book Society’ (March 1956). Includes copies of documents relating to Charles University (of Prague) and a copy of ‘Edwin Muir: English Literature from the Romantic Movement to the Present Day’ (probably lecture notes, Winter Semester 1945-46).

Dates: 1916-1956.

Press cuttings and other printed material collected by Ian Rankin as research for his creative writing, on crime, the police, the history of Edinburgh, and other topics., 1984-2000.

 File
Identifier: MS.50531
Scope and Contents Press cuttings, 1984-2000. Folios 1-94.The newspaper and magazines cuttings are arranged by topic. Within each topic, the articles are arranged chronologically, with those undated at the end of each topic.Other crime. Folios 1-64. Police. Folios 65-75. Other. Folios 76-94.Printouts, undated, from various books on the history of Edinburgh. Folios 95-116.Leaflet, undated, ‘Crime and Punishment : An exhibition of documents from the national...
Dates: 1984-2000.

Press cuttings collected by Ian Rankin as research for his creative writing, on gang and drug crime, war crimes, the World's End Murders, the Lockerbie disaster, and Arlene Fraser., 1997-2005.

 File
Identifier: MS.50530
Scope and Contents

The newspaper and magazines cuttings and print outs are arranged by topic. Within each topic, the articles are arranged chronologically, with those undated at the end of each topic.

Gangs and gang-related crime. Folios 1-19. Drugs and drug-related crime. Folios 20-43. War crimes. Folios 44-53. World's End murders, and murderer Angus Sinclair. Folios 54-65. The Lockerbie disaster. Folios 66-70. The disappearance of Arlene Fraser. Folios 71- 81.

Dates: 1997-2005.

Press-cuttings relating to 'Hanno' - 'Cloud Howe' by James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1928-1935.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.26070(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

James Leslie Mitchell is best known for his Scottish novels, ‘Sunset song’ (London, 1932), ‘Cloud Howe’ (London, 1933) and ‘Grey granite’ (London, 1934), published under the pseudonym 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', but he also wrote essays, biographies, and a study of South American history, ‘The conquest of the Maya’ (London, 1934).

Dates: 1928-1935.

Press-cuttings relating to 'Hanno' - 'Cloud Howe' by James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'., 1928-1935.

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Identifier: MS.26070(ii)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

James Leslie Mitchell is best known for his Scottish novels, ‘Sunset song’ (London, 1932), ‘Cloud Howe’ (London, 1933) and ‘Grey granite’ (London, 1934), published under the pseudonym 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', but he also wrote essays, biographies, and a study of South American history, ‘The conquest of the Maya’ (London, 1934).

Dates: 1928-1935.

Press cuttings, typescript notes and printed articles concerning Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic Expedition., 1914-1941.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12559/16-20
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Journals, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, press-cuttings and related papers, 1903-1959, n.d., of and relating largely to the expeditions of polar exploration and scientific discovery, travel and mountaineering activities of Sir James Mann Wordie, Master of St John’s College, Cambridge (1889-1962).

Dates: 1914-1941.

Printed and miscellaneous items., 1839-1983.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9977/56-63
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Concerning Baxter's work as executor of Thomas Stevenson, his wife Margaret, and their son, Robert Louis Stevenson, with additional material relating to the literary estate of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dates: 1839-1983.

Printed and other miscellaneous material, chiefly relating to military matters., 1834-1863, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2877, (i)-(xix), (xxi)
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) ‘Proclamation for a Tournament’, held at Corfu, 1834, in Greek, English, and Italian.(ii) Proclamation relating to the Rebecca Riots in Brecon, 1843.(iii) ‘Rules and Regulations to be observed on the occupation of cells of approved construction’, issued by the Adjutant-General, November 1844.(iv) ‘Exercise with Heavy Shot, as a means of enforcing a sentence of hard labour’, undated.Numbers (iii) and...
Dates: 1834-1863, undated.

Printed matter relating to the expedition to the Zhob Valley., 1891.

 File
Identifier: MS.2555
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

‘General Report of the Medical History of the Kiddarzai-Sheranis Expedition’ by Major-General Stewart A Lithgow, 1891; A copy of 'The Pioneer', Allahabad, dated 10 March 1891;

A portion of 'The Baluchistan Gazette', dated 14 March 1891.

Dates: 1891.

Printed 'The Gazette of India, Extraordinary', announcing the implementation of the Councils Act, and giving its full text., 15 November 1909.

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Identifier: MS.12619
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...
Dates: 15 November 1909.

Published version of short story 'A Sad Tale's Best for Winter'., 1956

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/123
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories and a novel, "Reality and Dreams".

Dates: 1956

Research files of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland)., 1971-1977, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/237-245
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1971-1977, undated.

Research of Duncan Glen, including press cuttings, newspapers and periodicals, relating to Hugh MacDiarmid., 1958-1967, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10094/39-61
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and essays, and includes critical work on Hugh MacDiamrid.

Dates: 1958-1967, undated.

Reviews of ‘A Question of Blood’., 2003-2004.

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Identifier: MS.50573
Scope and Contents ‘Birmingham Post’, 2003. ‘Brighton Evening Argus’, 2003. ‘Cambridgeshire Journal’, 2003. ‘Choice Magazine’, 2003. ‘Daily Mirror’, 2003. ‘Dover Mercury’, 2003. ‘East Kent Mercury’, 2003. ‘Essex Magazine [and] Anglian Life’, 2003. ‘Evening Herald (Dublin)’, 2003. ‘Faversham News’, 2003. ‘Glasgow Evening Times’, 2003. ‘Good Book Guide’, 2003. ‘Good Book Guide’, 2004. ‘Gravesend Messenger’, 2003. ‘Guardian’, 2003. 2 copies. ‘Hampstead & Highgate Express’ (‘Ham & High’),...
Dates: 2003-2004.