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Manuscripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.

Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26889-26890
Scope and Contents

These papers are composite manuscripts formed from various accessions. The source of acquisition of each of the accessions is recorded under the relevant description

Dates: 1940-1973.

Papers of and concerning the poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19651-19674
Dates: [1925 or before]-1961, undated.

Papers of and concerning the poet George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26721-26792
Scope and Contents Born in Elderslie and educated in Tarbert Loch Fyne, Edinburgh and Oxford, George Campbell Hay spent most of his life in Edinburgh, but preserved a lifelong attachment to Kintyre, and in particular to Tarbert. Much of his poetry is a celebration of Kintyre, the land and its people, particularly the fishermen. Most of these poems had been written between 1938 and 1945 and already published in periodicals; they include translations from eleven languages. Hay's most important work,...
Dates: [Circa 1925]-1987, undated.

Papers of and concerning Washington Irving., 1817-1946.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42307-42318
Scope and Contents Author Washington Irving (1783-1859) had many of his most famous works published in Britain by John Murray, including 'Sketch book of Geoffrey Canon', which includes the stories of 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.The holdings here reflect the business and personal relationship between Irving and the house of Murray. There are over 60 letters of Irving to John Murray [II] and John Murray [III]. In addition, the sequence includes letters of George Putnam, the...
Dates: 1817-1946.

Papers of and concerning William Gladstone., 1835-1906.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42259-42273
Scope and Contents Statesman William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) was a leading politician of the 19th century and became Prime Minister four times during his political career. Throughout his life, Gladstone was also a prolific writer. He published books, articles and pamphlets on political and religious matters, Classical subjects and his autobiography. One of his publishers was John Murray and the material here reflects this author/publisher relationship.There are hundreds of letters of...
Dates: 1835-1906.

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause., 1761-1777.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5346-5369
Scope and Contents

The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.

Dates: 1761-1777.

Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet., 1649-1800.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5346-5404
Scope and Contents

Andrew Stuart was a noted lawyer and politician. As lawyer he acted as agent for some important Scottish noble families, in particular the Dukes of Hamilton; as politician he represented Lanarkshire in Parliament, and was a member of the Board of Trade in Lord North's administration. The papers here are almost entirely of a legal and personal nature.

Dates: 1649-1800.

Papers of Annie S Swan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6003
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts of novels and plays, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1881-1943.

Papers of Archibald J Cronin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10106
Scope and Contents

Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.

Dates: 1911-1978.

Papers of Archie Lamont.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9290
Scope and Contents

Includes:

notes, articles and correspondence on geology and zoology

notes, correspondence and press cuttings on the Scottish Nationalist movement

manuscripts of poems.

Dates: 1925-1984.

Papers of Arthur Woodburn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6276
Scope and Contents

Concerning his Parliamentary Bill to facilitate the formation of a common European language.

Dates: 1962-1963.

Papers of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.

Dates: 1953-1986.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, chiefly concerning South Africa and Mauritius., 1789-1799, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.25165
Scope and Contents

The papers include notes and drafts on the history, inhabitants and life of the Cape (folios 1-18), a memorandum by Charles Grant, 1799, proposing negotiations with Mauritius (folio 38), and other material.

Dates: 1789-1799, undated.

Papers of Charles Graves (1899-1971).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27476-27485
Scope and Contents

Charles Graves, who worked for the ‘Scotsman’, published several collections of poems. He managed the Porpoise Press, the Edinburgh publishing house, from 1927 until 1930 when the business was sold to Faber and Faber.

Dates: 1903-1968, undated.