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Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections: 2022 Accessions

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  • Keith Andrews (1920-1989), British art historian and museum curator: academic papers incl drafts for 10 articles and lectures with manuscript alterations and notes, some in multiple versions, each with a list of slides, with 5 type-written translations into German 1960-1989 (Coll-2062 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0049))
  • Ian Appleton (1939-2020), architect: collection of Ian Appleton relating to artist Ian Hamilton Finlay 20th cent (Coll-2059 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0042))
  • Edinburgh University Women's Club Badminton Club: trophies, minutes, reports, correspondence, and pamphlets 1929-2009 (EUA GD6 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0070))
  • Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894), Scottish writer: autograph manuscript (386 leaves) of R. M. Ballantyne’s Erling the Bold: A Tale of the Norse Sea-Kings, a novel of Viking life, inspired by Icelandic sagas. Working manuscript with alterations, clarifications and revisions 1869 (Coll-2074 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0086))
  • Diane de Bournazel, (b1956), French book artist: three artist's books and one painting by Diane de Bournazel: "À bas Bruit"; "En bonne Compagnie"; "Du beau Monde"; "Saturnales" 2015-2022 (Coll-2046 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0087))
  • Sir John Jackson (1851-1919), civil engineer and engineering contractor: photograph albums, newspaper articles, accounts, postcards, business papers, family papers c1898-1919 (Coll-1490 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0043))
  • Sheena Lilian Grant Kendall (1883-1974) composer: papers consisting of autograph sheet music, printed music sheets, notebooks, and diaries 1902-1933 (Coll-2055 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0026))
  • Graham MacIndoe (b1963) Scottish photographer: photography collection on four themes: Edinburgh images; Edinburgh College of Art and Student Protests, Powderhall and Bookies; Coal Yard 1980-1989 (Coll-2067 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0074))
  • Song collection book entitled "Recueil de chansons choisies depuis 1656 jusques à present 1736", France, 1736, a collection of selected popular songs covering 80 years of French satire and current affairs 1736 (Coll-2052 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0011))
  • Manuscript volume containing notes of lectures by Hugh Blair, Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the University of Edinburgh, comprising 39 complete lectures 1770 (SC-Acc-2022-0058)
  • Manuscript of Italian and French lute music in French tablature, formerly part of the Dolmetsch Collection c1620 (Coll-2073 (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0082))
  • Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist and poet: autograph letter to his friend the antiquarian Cuthbert Sharp in Bishopwearmouth, Durham. From Abbotsford, dated 10th May [no year, but probably 1830] c1830 (Coll-1147/22-0057/2)
  • Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist and poet: autograph letter to Robert Smith Esq., primarily concerning the recovery of a debt, but also with family news and remarks of a general nature. St Paul’s Churchyard, Edinburgh, dated 5 January 1800 1800 (Coll-1147/22-0057/1)
  • Percy Johnson-Marshall (1915-1993), Professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh: family letters of from the Second World War, with additional material related to Johnson-Marshall's career 1939-1945 (PJM (accession number: SC-Acc-2022-0064))
  • Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), historian, essayist and philosopher: autograph letter to an unnamed correspondent, Chelsea, 9 January 1845, possibly written when he was working on his book The Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell 1845 (Coll-1848/22-0018)