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Collection of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis and Seumas Mac a’Ghobhainn
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2008
Content Description
This collection consists of typed and holograph correspondence and associated materials concerning the publication history of The Scottish Insurrection of 1820 by Peter Berresford Ellis and Seumas Mac a'Ghobhainn (Gollancz, 1970). Berresford Ellis offered the book to Giles Gordon, Editorial Director at Gollancz, in March 1969. With the 150th anniversary of the insurrection approaching, the project was swiftly accepted, and the manuscript (already well...
Dates:
1969-1986
Collection of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of The Story of Scotland's Towns by Robert Naismith
Collection
Identifier: Coll-2007
Content Description
This collection consists of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of Robert J. Naismith’s The Story of Scotland's Towns (1989). It contains typed and holograph contracts, letters, and associated materials between Naismith, his publisher Gollancz, and other interested parties. ‘The Story of Scotland’s Towns’ was intended as a companion volume to Naismith’s Buildings of the Scottish Countryside (see...
Dates:
1985-1986
Collection of poems by William Hamilton of Bangour, together with related material
Collection — Box: CLX-A-1704
Identifier: Coll-2023
Content Description
Collection of loose-leaf manuscript verses by Jacobite poet and army officer William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754), together with related material. The collection appears to have emanated from a member of the Pringle family, who were related to Hamilton by marriage.The majority of the poems in this collection can be found either in the contemporary editions of Hamilton's poems, or in the later 1850 edition (see Bibliography). However, most of the present manuscript poems differ...
Dates:
ca 1730-1750
Collections of posters of student events at the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Container: CLX-D-66
Identifier: Coll-1867
Scope and Contents
Bundle of about 20 posters of events at the University around 1971, mostly relating to student activities. The events advertised include dances/balls/concerts; special lectures and symposium; Church and carol services; and Student Representative Council Elections. The posters are arranged in bundles by types of events, as follows:
Poster of the Corries, and poster advertising a folk concert in...
Dates:
1970-1972
Collector's box and teaching cabinet of Catherine Mary Stirling
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1893
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one Victorian wooden box, used for collecting and teaching, that belonged to Catherine Mary of Stirling, from Kippenross House, near Dunblane. It is still complete and fitted with 5 removable trays containing specimens of:
Animal & Vegetable Substances (such as nut galls, Portuguese cork, a piece of tortoise shell, timber specimens, pearls, etc.)
...
Dates:
1847
Commonplace book of William H. Peyton
Item — Box: CLX-A-389
Identifier: Coll-2058
Content Description
Commonplace book of William H. Peyton, indexed, c. 80,000 words. Copious notebook kept some of the time when the writer was visiting France and Switzerland, with references to Darwin and Huxley, and an autobiography at p. 181. Dated 1893-1898.
Also includes enclosures (mainly newspaper clippings), gathered in one folder.
Dates:
1893-1898
Copy of a (typed) manuscript memoir by George and Dorothy Barbour on their mission work in Peking (Beijing), China
Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 3
Identifier: CSWC 92
Dates:
Publication: 1972; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.coverage: 1911-1934
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 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
Diaries of Edwin Maybury, zoology student at the University of Edinburgh
Fonds — Box: CLX-A-1605
Identifier: Coll-2112
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of five diaries written by Edwin Maybury of Nuneaton, Warwickshire covering the time period 1947-1951, when he was a student at the University of Edinburgh reading zoology. In his diaries, Edwin writes introspectively about himself, talks about his daily life as a student in Edinburgh, and records his experience of different lectures and practical courses. For example, in his 1947 diary he mentions on p. 291 a lecture he attended given by "Dr Auerbach", that is to say Dr...
Dates:
1947-1951