Manuscripts.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Letters, manuscripts and proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
Letters, manuscripts and typescripts of William Jeffrey., 1921-1946, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to William Jeffrey from other poets and authors, 1921-?1944. (Folio 1.) They discuss their own and Jeffrey's work, and poetry in general. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems, 1925-1946, undated. (Folio 25.) The manuscripts include drafts and fair copies.
Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
Letters, manuscripts, notebooks and printed items of and concerning David Gray, of Kirkintilloch.
David Gray is known particularly for his major poem 'The Luggie'.
Letters, mostly to John, Duke of Lauderdale., 1661-1691, 1711.
Letters, mostly to John, Duke of Lauderdale.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian.
The correspondents were members of the army and civil service in India, most of whom were interested in Indian history, philology, literature and art, and discussed these in their letters. Some of them refer to their own books and articles, or to the Literary Society of Bombay, of which Erskine was the secretary. A few of the letters concern legal matters or current military and political topics.
The letters have been grouped under the various correspondents.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian, part 1., 1806-1823, and undated.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian, part 2., 1806-1823, and undated.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian, part 3., 1790-1832, and undated.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian, part 4., 1809-1829, and undated.
This volume consists of letters of Sir John Malcolm referring to his expedition to Persia in 1810, his literary work, John Leyden`s papers, and the publication of Bābar`s Memoirs.
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian, part 5., 1805-1842, and undated.
This volume contains letters about Erskine`s articles for the ‘Edinburgh Review’, a draft review of Malcolm`s ‘Political History of India’ (folio 39) and some miscellaneous papers (folio 55).
Letters, mostly to William Erskine, the historian, parts 1 and 2., 1806-1823, and undated.
Each group of correspondents is preceded by brief biographical notes by Erskine.
Letters, notebooks and manuscripts of and concerning Hugh Miller, geologist.
Letters of Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, to his brother-in-law, Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston, and his sister Jane, Sir Archibald`s wife.
Among the subjects of the letters are his troubled relations with Sir John Bellenden, the Lord Justice Clerk, the education of his nephew, John (the inventor of logarithms), and the plague at Edinburgh.
Letters of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Duncan M Morison, with manuscripts and typescripts of poems.
Letters of, among others, Dorothy, Countess of Exeter, 1597; William, 2nd Earl of Exeter, 1605, and undated; John Chamberlayne, miscellaneous writer, 1715-1716; David Wilkins, scholar, 1717; and Samuel Gale, antiquary, 1743., 1597, 1605, 1715-1717, 1743.
The letters of Chamberlayne and Wilkins are to William Nicolson, Bishop of Carlisle (later Archbishop of Cashel), and were printed in
‘Letters on Various Subjects ... to and from William Nicolson’, pages 429, 450, 458.
Letters of, among others, William Robertson (undated), William Ogilvie (1774-1779), John Davidson (1770-1789, and undated), the Earl of Buchan (1780-1804, and undated), Francis Grose (1789, and undated), John Nichols (1781-1785), and George Chalmers (1792-1800)., 1770-1804, and undated.
Letters of and to Campbell from a variety of correspondents, principally Treasury officials, geologists and mine inspectors., 1870-1871.
There is a `Memorandum referring to summary of results of the investigator of the Midland, Leicestershire and Warwickshire` by John Thomas Dickinson (folio 96), and there are four printed copies of the ‘Report on the South Wales Coalfields’ by George T Clark, 1871 (folio 165).
Letters of and to Edward Bulwer Lytton; with a manuscript of an article for the "Quarterly Review" by Lytton., 1834-1864.
Letters of and to John Francis Campbell during and after publication of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1860-1862.
The early part of the manuscript contains letters principally from the publisher, David Douglas of Edinburgh, discussing details of printing and publication, while the latter part contains letters from various people giving their reactions to his work. The Ossianic controversy is also discussed, particularly by Hector Maclean.
At the end (folio 410) is a list of correspondents with whom Campbell dealt while gathering information.
Letters of and to John Francis Campbell during and after publication of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1860.
Letters of and to John Francis Campbell during and after publication of ‘Popular Tales of the West Highlands’., 1860-1862.
Letters of and to John Francis Campbell from a variety of correspondents, principally publishers and booksellers, concerning ‘Leabhar na Feinne’., 1872-1873, 1878.
Notable correspondents include the historian James A Proude and the poet William Allingham.
There are also letters from Campbell`s two assistants in the Advocates’ Library, Donald MacPherson and Malcolm MacPhail, who helped him with the collection of Gaelic material.