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Speeches. Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of any public address or talk.

Found in 922 Collections and/or Records:

Papers on Whisky., 1969-1983.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/581
Scope and Contents

File includes speeches, scripts for TV programme ‘How to make a Million’, newspaper cuttings, photocopied essays.

Dates: 1969-1983.

Papers relating to conversations and speeches of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1898-1904.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12581A-B
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Notes of conversations of the 4th Earl of Minto with various Canadian ministers and others, including Lord William Seymour, Sir Richard W Scott and Principal George M Grant, 1899-1904. Conversations with Sir Wilfrid Laurier are to be found in MS.12565 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous speeches by the 4th Earl and addresses to him 1898-1904 (folio 79).

Dates: 1898-1904.

Papers relating to the literary activities of George Sutherland Fraser.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.4681/1-27
Scope and Contents

Comprising typescript versions of poems and typescripts of lectures and broadcast talks, with selection of literary correspondence.

Dates: Circa 1940-circa 1969.

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Personal and political papers of Eustace George Willis, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, with some photographs and memorabilia.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13208
Scope and Contents Personal and political papers, memorabilia and photographs, 1911–1976, of Labour politician Eustace George Willis (1903–1987). Willis was educated at the City of Norwich Secondary School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1919 until 1930. He was a bookseller and lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges from 1932 until 1964. Willis was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North in the 1945 General Election but was defeated in 1950. He contested again Edinburgh...
Dates: 1911-1976.

Personal papers concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn and his family; with miscellaneous literary papers., After 1916-1959, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50246
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular subject spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.1927-1936.Papers relating to the children of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Commemorative offprint, 1927, of the notice in the ‘Scotsman’, 23 June 1927, of the birth of Ellinor Fairbairn. Folio 1.Manuscript and typescript notes, 1932-1936, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recording...
Dates: After 1916-1959, undated.

Photocopies of miscellaneous papers of David Livingstone., 1840-1857.

 File
Identifier: MS.10754
Scope and Contents The photocopied papers consist of:(i) The oath taken on being admitted to the medical profession, written by David Livingstone, circa 1840;(ii) Certificate of attendance at medical classes in London, 1840;(iii) Livingstone's diploma of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, 1840;(iv) Livingstone's burgess-tickets of Glasgow, London, and Edinburgh, 1857;(v) An address to Livingstone by the United Presbyterian Presbytery...
Dates: 1840-1857.

Photocopies of papers of John Buchan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6542
Scope and Contents

Including:

1. corrected manuscripts of "Green Mantle" (1916), "The Three Hostages" (1924), "Montrose" (1928), "Memory-Hold-the-Door" (1940)

2. manuscript and typescript of "The Mountain", an unfinished novel

3. manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, 1904-1937

4. commonplace book, circa 1896

5. 30 letters, 1893-1940, of and to various correspondents, including Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, T E Lawrence, and Ezra Pound.

Dates: 1893-1940.