Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers, chiefly relating to the publication of James Currie’s 'Works of Robert Burns, with an account of his life', 1st-8th editions.
Correspondence and papers concerning Dalkeith; and letters of celebrities of the 19th century.
The first part of the volume (folios 1-32) is composed of correspondence and papers relating to the affairs of the First Associate Congregation of Dalkeith; the second part (folios 33-38), of papers relating to the weaving and linen trades of Dalkeith, and a dispute with their Deacon; the third (folios 39-55), of letters of celebrities of the 19th century.
Correspondence and papers concerning the genealogy of the families of Henderson of Fordell and Henderson of Hallyards., 1840-1847, and undated.
Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of ‘The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough’, edited by General Sir George Murray., 1843-1845.
Correspondence and papers concerning various peerages on which James Maidment conducted genealogical research.
Correspondence and papers from the Riddell Collection., 1607-1859, and undated.
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Correspondence and papers, genealogical and legal, of Robert Anderson, Writer in Elgin, concerning principally the claim of James Grant, serving in Lord John Murray`s Regiment, to be retoured heir to the estate of Dalvey (Inv. XLIII, Mac. 67)., 1752, 1759-1760.
Correspondence and papers, including manuscripts, typescripts and proofs, of Professor Alexander Norman Jeffares, English literature scholar.
Correspondence and papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, articles and reviews, of Nigel Tranter.
Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, topographical works, and articles, together with correspondence comprising around 2000 letters.
Correspondence and papers, including many manuscripts in Gaelic, journals and yearbooks (with many photographs), albums of watercolour paintings and sketches, and experimental notebooks, of John Francis Campbell of Islay (1821-1885), Gaelic scholar and collector of oral tradition, traveller, scientist, official of the royal household and public servant.
Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.
Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning David Hume.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning James Augustus Grant's elder son, also James Augustus (1867-1932)., 1883-1900, undated.
Following Oxford, James Augustus junior went to South Africa where he worked as a surveyor on the Kimberley Bechuanaland Railway, accompanied Joseph Thomson on his last expedition, and became involved in Cecil Rhodes's plans for Central Africa. Later he was a Member of Parliament and was created a baronet in 1926.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay., 1904-1956, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, chiefly concerning 'Gillespie', 1904-1922 (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and cuttings of poetry, drama and other work by John MacDougall Hay, 1908-1914, undated (folio 61); (iii) Presscuttings about Hay and 'Gillespie', 1913-1956 (folio 104).
Correspondence and papers of, and concerning, Richard Burdon Haldane, who was created Viscount Haldane in 1911., 1864-1947, undated.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands., 1805-1815.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane as Commander-in-Chief of the North American Station., 1813-1815.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes., 17th century-18th century.
Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir Thomas John Cochrane as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station., 1842-1847.
Correspondence and papers of and relating to James Hogg.
The contents include: letters of James Hogg, 1814, 1820, 1826, 1831, 1835; an unpublished poem, 'The Fall of Idumea', written by him shortly before his death; letters and verses of his literary acquaintances in Scotland and London and his family; information supplied to his daughter and biographer, Mary Garden; portraits of Hogg; and a receipt, 1819, for duty paid by him on 'one work horse', on which someone has written, 'Mr. Hogg has no Horse nor never had one' (folio 333).
Correspondence and papers of and relating to John Leyden, collected by his cousin and biographer, the Reverend James Morton, with correspondence of Morton.
Correspondence and papers of Derek Stanford.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of critical works on Muriel Spark, research notes and proofs of works of Muriel Spark.
Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including papers and printed material of the Scottish National Party, PEN International and other political and cultural bodies.
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.
Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.
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.
Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.
The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.