John Buchan Materials in Other EUL Collections

This page lists material of John Buchan interest in other EUL collections, including files on his election as Chancellor of Edinburgh University in the University Archives, correspondence with Sir Donald Francis Tovey, references in the correspondence of Hugh MacDiarmid and Tom Scott, and critical and biographical material in the Papers of Marion Lochhead and Fred Urquhart.

Collections

Marion Lochhead (Coll-809)

  • Buchan's childhood discussed in chapter 18 of TS of Lochhead's Their First Ten Years (Gen 2156/1, Folder 6)

Hugh MacDiarmid (Coll-18)

  • Mentioned in correspondence from Oliver Gogarty to Hugh MacDiarmid (MS 2948.10)

Records of the University of Edinburgh (EUA IN1)

  • File on election and installation of Buchan as Chancellor of Edinburgh University, 1937-38 (EUA IN1/GOV/Da.11)

Tom Scott (Coll-1077)

  • Buchan mentioned in letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to Scott, 8 October 1963 (E2001.34)

Sir Donald Francis Tovey (Coll-411)

  • Letter from Buchan to Tovey, 26 June 1934, on proposed collaboration on The Rose and the Ring (Coll-411/1/L789)

Fred Urquhart (Coll-49)

  • Film adaption of Buchan's The 39 Steps discussed in Urquhart's Diary, 12 August 1979 (MS 2826)
  • TV adaptation of Buchan's Huntingtower discussed in Diary, 14 May 1980 (MS 2826)

Other Buchan Materials

Edinburgh University Library also holds the following letters and postcards sent by Buchan:

  • 4 letters to Buchan's school-friend, the Rev. Robert Howie, 1893-1901 (Gen 1927/21)
  • A postcard to educationist and book-collector Ethelwyn Bruce Lemon, 14 April 1933 (Gen 1927/9)
  • A letter from Buchan to writer and politician Harold Nicolson, 24 August 1935 (E92.32)

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