National Library of Scotland: 1994 Accessions

National Library of Scotland

• Louis Baume, member South Georgia Survey expedition (1955- 6): correspondence & papers, 1955-71 (Acc. 11022)
• Charles Blythe & family, farmers at Barberfield, Pencaitland, East Lothian: agricultural papers, 1880-1994, including a series of 70 farm diaries, 1900-76 (Acc.11021)
• Alan Bold, poet, biographer & artist: literary correspondence (addl), 1974-94 (Accs. 10964, 10987, 11078)
• Hamish Brown, mountaineer & author: literary papers, 1963-93 (Accs. 11088, 11134)
• George Bruce, broadcaster & poet: correspondence (addl), 1950, 1965-88 (Acc. 10998)
• Priscilla Jean Fortescue Buchan, née Thomson, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie: correspondence & papers (addl), 1945-64 restricted (Acc. 10931)
• Robert Burns, poet: copy of Edinburgh edition of Poems, 1787, with various identifying names added in his hand; autograph ms. of his Epistle from Esopus to Maria, cl794-5 (Accs.10981-2)
• James B. Caird, educationist & author, & Janet Caird, author: correspondence & literary papers, 1928-90 (Accs. 11108-9)
• Cameron family, of Fassiefern, Inverness-shire: correspondence & papers, 1700-1860 (addl), the collection of Brodrick Haldane, Edinburgh - locations of other Fassiefern papers: NLS, Acc. 9174; SRO, GD1/736, GD202 (Acc.11137)
• Christie family, of Stenton, East Lothian, & Foulis family, of Ratho, Midlothian: correspondence, 1699-1844, 1716-47; legal & financial papers & genealogical notes, 1641-1792, n.d. (Acc. 11156)
• A.S. Cunningham, Liberal activist, Dunfennline: correspondence, 1886-1904, n.d., incl letters from Henry Campbell Bannernan & Augustine Birrell (Acc. 11048)
• Charles Darwin, naturalist: letters (3), 1862-71, to Patrick Matthew, on the question of the latters priority in establishing the theory of natural selection (Acc.10963)
• James Dickson, wholesale stationer, Edinburgh: stock-book, 1804-7 (Acc. 11149)
• Gavin Ewart, poet: correspondence & literary papers, 1979-91 (Accs. 10965, 11093)
• Brig. Sir Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae of Auchaime: correspondence & papers (addl), 20th cent. (Acc. 10985)
• Alastair Fowler, academic & poet: literary correspondence (c350 letters - addl), 1960-94 (Acc. 11117)
• Gairrn Publications Ltd, Gaelic publishers, Glasgow: editorial correspondence & papers (addl), 1991-3 (Acc. 11028)
• Duncan Glen, poet & publisher: correspondence & papers (addl), 1987-93 (Acc. 10968)
• Alasdair Gray, novelist & artist: correspondence & papers (addl), 1991-3 (Acc. 10986)
• Sir Robert Grieve, planner: correspondence & papers (addl), 1939-88 (Acc. 10922)
• William Winter Hamilton, Labour NW for West & Central Fife (1950-87) & author: political & some personal correspondence & papers & literary papers, 1936-92 (Acc. 10951)
• John Herdman, author: correspondence & literary papers, 1950- 94 (Acc. 11089)
• Tom J. Honeyman, art administrator: correspondence & papers (addl) relating to the "Glasgow School" of painters, 1922-59 (Acc. 11161)
• David Hume, Adam Ferguson & Adam Smith, philosophers and political scientists: letters (3,2 & 1 respectively) to Lord Shelbume, 1761-2, 1767 (Accs. 11138-9, 11142)
• Hunter & Bertram families, Kirkliston & East Lothian: papers, 1791-1878 incl a farm account book, 1816-34 & letters of the Marquess of Tweeddale, 1856-66 (Acc.11102)
• Mollie Hunter, novelist: correspondence & literary papers, 1960-93 (Acc. 11073)
• Lieut. Harry Jacob, Royal Fusiliers: photocopies of: letters from the Western Front to his mother Violet Jacob, novelist, 1914-16, & father Maj. Arthur Jacob, 1915-16; diary, 1915- 16; and some related photographs (Acc.11110)
• Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, judge & critic: journal of his visit to the USA, 1813, incl accounts of discussions with President Madison and Secretary of State Munroe (Acc.11099)
• Learmonth family, of Dairsie & Balcomie, Fife: 3 documents relating to, 1620-51 (Acc. 10940)
• Clement Lemprière, military cartographer: map, scale c5 miles to one inch, 1731, entitled A description of the Highlands of Scotland, the situation of the several clans & the number of men able to bear arms, as also ye forts lately erected & roads of communication or military ways carried on by his Majestys command ...; kept in NLS Map Library - related closely to BL Map K Top. XLV111.12 (Acc. 11104)
• Robert Wylie Lloyd, alpinist: correspondence & papers, 1903- 29 (Acc. 11022)
• Lumsden family, of Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire: scrapbook, 1871-3 (Acc. 11103)
• Robert Macadam, baker in Gifford, East Lothian: family & business correspondence & papers, 1836-1907, n.d. (Acc. 11127)
• James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: originals of political articles by, 1910, 1919 (Acc. 11026)
• Ruari MacLean, typographer & author: correspondence with Alfred Fairbank & Reynolds Stone, 1944-77 (Acc. 11071-2)
• William McTaggart RSA, painter, & family: correspondence & papers, 1850-1978 (Acc.11157)
• Malcolm family, of Bumfoot, Dumfriesshire: genealogical papers, 1826-1935 (Acc. 11019)
• Richard Henry Malden, naval chaplain, later Dean of Wells: memoir of the battle of Jutland, 1916, and some related papers (Acc. 11093)
• J. Leslie Mitchell, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, novelist & journalist: correspondence & papers (addl), 1901-84 partly restricted (Acc. 10966)
• Murray and Keith Murray family, Bt., of Ochtertyre, Crieff, Perthshire: estate & legal papers (addl), 1632-1970 (Acc. 11041)
• Gertrude Susan Nicholson, Lady Nicholson: correspondence & papers relating to POW welfare, 1916-17 (Acc. 11006)
• W.O. Petrie, medical officer, Malawi: microfilm of correspondence, 1938-47 (Acc. 11042)
• Plummer & Scott-Plummer family, of Sunderland Hall, Selkirkshire: some family & estate correspondence & papers, plans, drawings, maps & photographs, 1689- cl949 (Acc. 11136)
• Alexander Ross, divine: historical collections of, c1545- 1625, many relating to Sutherland (Acc. 11085)
• Scotch Baptist Church: correspondence concerning, mostly of James Everson Beverley, 1807-53 (Acc. 11076)
• Scottish National Academy of Music, Glasgow: minute books, 1928-34 (Acc. 10973)
• Janet Adam Smith, author & literary editor: research papers for John Buchan: a Biography (1965), incl notes of interviews and correspondence with eminent friends of Buchan (Acc. 11164)
• Sir Robert Somerville: collection, 1930, relating to the history of the burgh of Dunfermline (Acc. 10930)
• Dame Muriel Spark, novelist: literary papers (addl), cl943- 93 (Accs. 10989, 11050)
• Ronald Stevenson, composer: musical scores, correspondence & papers, 1960-80 (Acc. 11055)
• Dugald Stewart, philosopher: corespondence with Lord Lansdowne and others re education of Lord Henry Petty, 1796- 1800, 1820 (Acc. 11140)
• TAG Theatre Company, Glasgow: papers relating to production of Lewis Grassic Gibbons, A Scots Quair, 1993 (Acc. 10939)
• Nigel Tranter, novelist: correspondence & papers, 1948-91, n.d. (Acc. 10967)
• Willison family, Perthshire & Lanarkshire: family & business papers, 1757-1947 (Acc. 11049)