Personal papers.
Found in 301 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Miss Dora Tertia Liebenthal, musician and patroness of the arts.
Papers of Nigel Tranter, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of his works the 'Chain of destiny', 'To the rescue', and 'The young Montrose'; with circa 600 letters and copies of letters, on literary, historical, political and community interest matters.
Papers of Robert G Sutherland, the poet's father, who was a house-painter in Edinburgh., 1904-1955, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Personal correspondence, 1904-1955, undated. (Folio 1.) It includes a number of letters written by the poet when in the army and as a prisoner of war. (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1920-1947, undated. (Folio 85.)
Papers of Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby, including correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings and speeches.
Papers of Sir John Kirk and Lady Helen Kirk.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1810-1820.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Constantinople., 1794-1795, undated.
Robert Liston's earliest dispatches report the outbreak of trouble between the Jews and the British members of the East India Company's factory at Bassera; but his main preoccupation was the predominance of French influence at the Turkish court. A series of letters discusses the question of tariffs paid by Russian merchants in Turkey, which Liston persuaded the Turks not to raise.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Copenhagen., 1803-1804.
Robert Liston was sent on an extraordinary mission to Denmark empowered to sign a convention with Denmark and Russia guaranteeing that peace would not be concluded with France until any territories Denmark lost had been restored to her. After the closing by the British of the Elbe and the Weser, any prospect of a rapprochement with Denmark faded and Liston was recalled.
Papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
The papers are chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
For a genealogical tree of the Erskine family, see MS.5115.
Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.
Papers of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland, and his father.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Papers of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson.
Papers of three members of the Hamilton Dickson family: Robert Douglas Hamilton; James Douglas Hamilton Dickson; and John Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
Included are correspondence, manuscripts of scientific works, and other personal papers.
Papers relating to the affairs of Thomas Ruddiman., 1747-1757.
The papers include a minute, 1757, of a discussion on Thomas Ruddiman's settlement, referring particularly to his books (folio 53).
Personal account-book of Lady Hislop with Messrs Coutts and Company., 1836-1848.
Personal account book of Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1861-1868.
Personal account book of Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1863.
Personal account book of Sir Charles Dalrymple., 1868-1874.
Included are the accounts of Sir Charles Dalrymple-Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran, (folios 1-8).