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Typescripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.

Found in 3769 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including papers and printed material of the Scottish National Party, PEN International and other political and cultural bodies.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6419 Box 1(1)-Box 108(3)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and lectures.

With letters of and to various correspondents, including James Bridie, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison, and Edwin Muir.

And documents and correspondence concerning the SNP, PEN, the Saltire Society, and other organisations.

Dates: 1890-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommers., 1952-1964, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20665
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1908, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20025-20029
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1854-1908, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Gilbert Askew, concerning his research into the history of the bagpipe.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14222/1-5
Content Description

A collection of papers of Gilbert Askew (1893-1950), numismatist and expert on the Northumbrian bagpipe. It contains correspondence and press cuttings concerning Askew's published works 'The bibliography of the bag-pipe', 'Two sets of miniature bagpipes in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland' and 'The bagpipe in Early Britain', and material collected for an unpublished work entitled 'The bagpipe in England'.

Dates: 1929-?1950.

Correspondence and papers of James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde, concerning the Grant trust., 1929-1944.

 File
Identifier: MS.24722
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Further Grant Trust correspondence and papers, 1940-1944 (folio 1); (ii) Copy, agreement and deed of trust between the trustees of the National Library, and Sir Alexander Grant and his trustees, January 1929 (folio 93); (iii) Copies of supplementary agreements (2) between the same parties, March-April 1933 and August-September 1935 (folio 103); (iv) Copy, memorandum by Lord Clyde on the Grant Trust, 24 June 1939 (folio 121); (v) Manuscript draft and...
Dates: 1929-1944.

Correspondence and papers of John Wilson, missionary in Bombay., 1826-1875, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8955
Scope and Contents The principal contents are: letters (with typescript copies) of John Wilson as secretary of the Edinburgh Association of Theological Students (folio 1); his plans for missionary work (folio 36); letters to him from various orientalists and politicians (folio 46); papers on George Strachan (folio 116); ninth-century accounts of India (folio 122); notes on Indian history (folio 134); a translation by Aviet Aganoor of Eznik's treatise against the Parsis (folio 159); and a paper (imperfect at...
Dates: 1826-1875, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Michael M Stuart, relating to Scottish Nabobs., 1935-1985, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9260/9-31
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.

Dates: 1935-1985, undated.

Correspondence and papers of or concerning General Sir Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16407-16420
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Thomas Graham is chiefly with his factor, Henry Burt, concerning his estate of Balgowan, but includes also some letters from eminent friends and acquaintances not included in MSS.3590-3645. There are also papers of Mrs M E Maxtone Graham concerning the publication of her book ‘The beautiful Mrs Graham’, and typescript material and correspondence concerning a projected book on Lord Lynedoch.

Dates: 1759-[circa 1947.]

Correspondence and papers of Robert Duncan Macleod, editor of the ‘Library review’.

 File
Identifier: MS.10330
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Corrected typescripts and manuscripts of articles by Frederick Niven and others, published in the ‘Library review’, volumes iii-iv (1932-1934), and in ‘Modern Scottish literature’, edited by R D Macleod (Glasgow, 1933), pages 13-16. (Folio 1.)(ii) Correspondence between Macleod and L Stanley Jast, 1930-1944, concerning libraries and Jast's contributions to the ‘Library review’. It includes the manuscript of an article by Jast, 'The man...
Dates: 1930-1944.

Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl., 1862-1933, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10195-10205
Scope and Contents From the Series: Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates: 1862-1933, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir William Craigie (1867-1957), the philologist and lexicographer.

 File
Identifier: MS.9987
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters to William Craigie, 1886-1923, undated, chiefly from other scholars concerning philological and editorial problems. A few unrelated letters, 1825-1885, from Palmerston, Peel, and others, have been placed at the beginning. (Folio 1.) (ii) Correspondence, 1923-1957, undated, with C T Onions and the Clarendon Press, concerning the ‘Oxford English dictionary’ and its supplements. ‘The dictionary of American English’ and other lexicographical...
Dates: 1825-1957, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the poet and journalist Albert David Mackie.

 File
Identifier: MS.19634
Scope and Contents

In 1961, Albert David Mackie wrote to a large number of Scottish authors asking them for information about their current work and this manuscript contains many of their replies. Also included are letters from Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) on literary matters and from Duncan Macrae and T M Watson on theatrical productions, and corrected typescripts of a Scots version of the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' by Robert Menzies.

Dates: 1926-1968, undated.

Correspondence and papers of William Winter Hamilton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-124
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.

Dates: 1950-1987.

Correspondence and papers relating to publications and publishers., 1968-2012, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13416/12-29
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Literary papers of Alasdair Gray, including ledgers and notebooks used for journal entries, drafts of letters and poems, working notes and illustrations. Literary papers and correspondence include material relating to 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2010) and 'Every short story' (Canongate, 2012). The collection of CDs and DVDs includes scans and drafts for these works as well as 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009).There is also a small collection of printed material, mostly...
Dates: 1968-2012, undated.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of 'Lifeboat and other poems', by George Mackay Brown.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5760
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between George Mackay Brown, Richard Gilbertson and Norah Smallwood concerning Gilbertson's publishing of 'Lifeboat and other poems', with typescripts of several of the poems included in the collection.

Dates: 1970-1971.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of Duncan Fraser, and other works published by Standard Press., 1765-1983, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.8058/23-208
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: 1765-1983, undated.