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Corrected script of 'A season in hell' by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), translated by Terence Tiller (1916-1987)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1410
Scope and Contents
The typesript corrected script of A season in hell is 40pp and has manuscript annotations. It is accompanied by a letter with BBC heading and dated 27 May 1975 from Terence Tiller to 'Dear Reggie' - Reggie being the late Professor Reginald Donald Smith (1914-1985), New University of Ulster, and husband of Olivia Manning (1908-1980). The collection also contains a short script of Four of a kind by Paul Verlaine, also translated...
Dates:
1975
Correspondence and copy letters between Arthur Koestler and publisher Victor Gollancz and others, 1941-1990, and relating specifically to 'Spanish Testament, 'Scum of the Earth', and 'Reflections on Hanging'
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1318
Identifier: Coll-1745
Content Description
Correspondence between Arthur Koestler and publisher Victor Gollancz and others, 1941-1990. Specifically the small collections refer to letters relating to: Spanish Testament; Scum of the Earth; and Reflections on Hanging. The original file covers are retained.In addition to the following material, the file relating to Spanish Testament includes...
Dates:
1941-1990
Correspondence and Icelandic material collected by Charles F. Scott
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1501
Scope and Contents
The material bequeathed by Charles F. Scott to Edinburgh University Library (along with a number of book/journal items) is composed of: Correspondence and other items:
Letter to Scott, from Landsbokasafn Islands, Reykjavik 12 April 1966, referring to his article on libraries in Iceland
Postcard from Neskaupstad, 2 January 1968, to Mr and Mrs C.F. Scott, London, with message...
Dates:
1960-2006
Correspondence and Memorabilia relating to Edinburgh University Rectorial Elections
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1083
Scope and Contents
In one folder of the collection (E2006.03) there are letters mentioning events and reminiscences concerning Rectorial elections, candidate nominations, and pre-election speeches. There is memorabilia in the form of pamphlets and promotional leaflets feature the following candidates: Harold Macmillan; Alistair Sim; Sir Alexander Fleming; Aga Khan; Sir Andrew Murray; Jimmy Logan; John Cameron; Stephen Potter, Douglas Young, and Sir Robert Watson-Watt. There is also a copy of Edinburgh...
Dates:
2003-2006
Correspondence and Memorandum of Agreement relating to John Middleton Murry
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-480
Identifier: Coll-2100
Content Description
This fonds consists of three letters by John Middleton Murry, and a Memorandum of Agreement between him and Jonathan Cape, publishers. These documents are seemingly unrelated but were part of one single donation by the same person.
Two signed autograph letters from John Middleton Murry in his capacity as editor of The Adelphi. In the first, dated 13 June 1923, Murry...
Dates:
13 June and 5 December 1923; 17 March 1939; 5 October 1950
Correspondence and Papers of James Brown Johnston
Fonds — Box: Dk.2.16
Identifier: Coll-2149
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers of the Rev. James Brown Johnston. Included are a list of the place names of Roxburghshire, and a notebook containing press cuttings of a series of notes on The Celtic etymology of the Campsie Fells by Neil Thomson.
Dates:
1938-1939
Correspondence and Papers of Principal William Carstares
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2249
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Papers of Principal William Carstares.
Dates:
1637-1715
Correspondence between an astronomer, David Little of Granton, Edinburgh, and the instrument maker William Horn, of Allan Park, Stirling, and correspondence between Horn and instrument makers Thomas Morton of Kilmarnock, and T. Cooke & Sons, York
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1555, Folder: SC-Acc-2016-0164
Identifier: Coll-1784
Scope and Contents
The collection of letters is divided into a group dating from 1850 which includes receipts, costs and correspondence between William Horn and David Little, Granton, Edinburgh.
Another group of in the collection is correspondence between William Horn and Morton and Cooke.
There is also a sketch of a comet drawn in 1838 (Encke's Comet).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1850-1870
Correspondence between Dick Leith and Hamish Henderson
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1143
Identifier: Coll-1971
Content Description
This contains notes, a postcard, and letters sent between Hamish Henderson and Dick Leith in the 1990s:
Postcard showing Castle Tioram sent from Dick Leith to Hamish Henderson, dated 10th June [1994];
Photocopy of text by Andrew Morrison on 'The Green Man of Knowledge', undated. 'The Green Man of Knowledge' was a folktale recorded from Geordie Stewart by Hamish Henderson in August...
Dates:
1995-1999
Correspondence between Dr. Ian M. L. Hunter and Prof. Alexander C. Aitken
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1235
Scope and Contents
The correspondence is composed of:- E97.57 - a collection of letters (11), typescript and manuscript, and some notes on calculations, relating to investigations into Aitken's abilities as a mental calculator, dating from 6 December 1960 to 7 December 1961, from Aitken (on either paper headed with Mathematical Institute, Chambers Street, Edinburgh; or, private address on Primrosebank Road, Edinburgh) to Hunter (Department of Psychology). E97.58 - a collection of...
Dates:
1960-1978