Manuscripts of Scottish writers including Marion Angus, Joanna Baillie, J. M. Barrie, James Boswell, Walter Bower, Robert Burns, and Lord Byron. Sir Whitelaw Ainslie (1767-1837)MS Poems (Coll-1542/1)Thomas Aird (1802-1876)Correspondence: Laing CollectionJames Aitchison (1938- )Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Robert Nye PapersMary Baird Aitken (20th century)Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersWilliam Alexander (1567 or 1568-1640)Poetry: William Drummond ManuscriptsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionAlexander Anderson (1845-1909)Third Anniversary Address to the Alexander Anderson 'Surfaceman' Club, c 1913, MS notebook (Coll-1848/19-0061)Henry Anderson (fl. early 17th century)Poetry: William Drummond ManuscriptsAndrew of Wyntoun (1350?-1420?)Poetry: Laing CollectionMarion Angus (1865–1946)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to P.E.N., n.d. (Gen. 1733/144)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersSecondary Materials: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Tom Scott PapersJ. K. (James King) Annand (1908-1993)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter from Laurence Graham, 10 September 1992 (E95.05)Materials in Other CollectionsTypescript Poems: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersCorrespondence: David Daiches Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Robert Nye Papers, Tom Scott PapersSecondary Materials: Records of 'Scottish International Review'John Arbuthnot (1667-1735)Correspondence: Laing CollectionTreatise: David Gregory PapersWilliam Edmondstoune Aytoun (1813-1865)Self-Standing Materials'The Buried Flower’, poem (Gen. 793)The Blanket-Man: An Excellent Song’ (Gen. 1730/A/14)‘Huzza for the Scarlet Woman: A New Song’ (Gen. 1730/A/14)'The Queen in France: An Ancient Scottish Ballad (Coll-1535)Letter to H. Leach, 1865 (Gen. 1981/18)Letter to H. J. Rollo, 1863 (Gen. 1981/17)Letter to George Seton, 27 January 1855 (Gen. 1730/A/37)Letter to Messrs Spottiswoode and Robertson, 22 May 1852 (Gen. 1730/A/19)Letter to Thomas Staley, 16 October 1863 (Gen. 1733/46)Letter to P. G. Tait, 1862 (Gen. 2169/10)Letter to Oliver Yorke, editor of 'Fraser’s Magazine', 1833 (Dc.4.101-103)Letter to ‘My dear Willie’, 1861 (Gen. 1730/A/14)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Harris Transcript of Old Scottish Ballads, Laing CollectionGrizel Baillie (1665-1746)Correspondence: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Marion Lochhead PapersJoanna Baillie (1762-1851)Self-Standing Materials2 letters, 1 to Mrs Bartley and 1 to Sir J. Sinclair, 1833 and undated (Dc.4.101-103)Letter to George Bartley, ca. 1810 (Gen. 1730/B/27)Letter to J. W. Croker, 1824 (Gen. 1730/B/34)2 letters, 1 to Mrs Eliot and 1 to Mrs Olden, [1825?-1842?] (Gen. 1730/B/23-24)Review of Joanne Baillie’s 'Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters' [fragmentary] by Anne Grant, 182-? (Gen. 1995/31)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionAlexander Balfour (1767-1829)Correspondence: Laing CollectionJames Ballantine (1806-1877)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter from Ballantine to D. R. Hay, [18--] (Dc.2.58)Letter from Ballantine to Joseph Watson, 25 September 1854 (Gen. 1730/B/19)Materials in Other CollectionsSong: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionR. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne (1825-1894)Self-Standing MaterialsSketchbooks by R. M. Ballantyne, Including Seven Autograph LettersMaterials in Other CollectionsSecondary Materials: Thomas Nelson ArchiveJames Barke (1905-1958)Correspondence: Sydney Goodsir Smith PapersJ. M. (James Matthew) Barrie (1860-1937)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to Lord Blackburn about chancellorship of Edinburgh University, 11 June 1930 (Dc. 4.101-103)8 letters to Arthur Logan Turner, 1930-1933, and one letter to Sir William Turner, 1909 (Dc.4.102)Letter to illustrator Alexander Stuart Boyd ('Twym'), 7 July 1884 (Gen. 1730/B/31)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: William Fraser Mitchell PapersSecondary Materials: S. R. Crockett Papers, Thomas Nelson Archive, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersPeter Bayne (1830-1896)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter from Bayne to his cousin, Elizabeth, undated (Gen. 1981/21)Materials in Other CollectionsHalliwell-Phillipps Collection (L.O.A. 204/14)James Beattie (1735-1803)Self-Standing MaterialsLectures on Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen University, 1777-1778 (Dc.2.64-65)'The Minstrel', with three anonymous poems, [1803?] (Dk.5.28)‘Observations on Logic’, [17--?] (Dk.3.2, pp. 201-209)‘Principles of Natural Religion’, 1778 (Dc.2.63)‘A View of the Practical Part of the Moral Philosophy of the Stoics’, dictated by Beattie to his pupils, 1778 (Dc.8.28)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionMiscellaneous Materials: Laing CollectionHenry Glassford Bell (1803-1874)Correspondence: Laing CollectionJ. J. (John Joy) Bell (1871-1934)Secondary Materials: Marion Lochhead Papers, Thomas Nelson Archive, Fred Urquhart PapersThurso Berwick (Morris Blythman) (1919-1981)Manuscript and Typescript Poems and Songs: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersCorrespondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott PapersRobert Birnie (1608-1691)Poetry: Laing CollectionSermon: Laing CollectionD. M. (David Macleod) Black (1941- )Manuscript and Typescript Poems and Essay: Records of 'Scottish International Review'Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersWilliam Black (1841-1898)Correspondence: Halliwell-Phillipps Collection (L.O.A.)John Stuart Blackie (1809-1895)Self-Standing MaterialsAnnotations: In an interleaved copy of ‘Greek-English Lexicon, 5th edition’ (Liddell and Scott, 2 vols, 1861), with a letter from Liddell to Blackie, attached to the fly-leaf of vol. 1 (Dk.7.13-14)Letter to Mr Gibson, ca. 1870 (Dk.6.19/4)Letter to D. R. Hay, [185-] (Dc.2.58)Letter to R. Herdman, 1869? (Gen. 1730/B/33)6 letters and a postcard, ca. 1868-1887?, and undated, to recipients including John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, C. Bennet, and Mrs G. Allen (Dc.4.101-103)3 letters, 1 to R. J. Muir and 1 possibly to Mr Hall the publisher, 1872-1888, and undated (Gen. 1733/71, 72 & 100)Letter to Sir C. J. Pearson, 1890 (Gen. 756, no. 47)Letter to G. Barnett Smith, 5 August [1877] (Gen. 1730/B/17)3 autograph letters (Coll-1514)Letter (Dc.2.76/14, f. 1)Letter, 1889 (Dc.2.76/5)Letter to unidentified correspondent (Gen. 1730/B/2)Letter to unidentified correspondent, ca. 1861 (Gen. 1730/B/28)Letter to unidentified correspondent, 1892 (Gen.1429/10/6)Photograph of Blackie (Dc.4.101-103)Photograph of Blackie (JY 1202)‘A Sabbath on the Hills’, poem, partly autograph, signed (Dc.1.101/7)‘The Song of Mrs Jenny Geddes’, signed (Gen. 1927/10)Testimony in favour of J. H. Stirling, 1868 (Dc.4.104/3, ff. 43-44)Translation of verse by C. L. von Littrow, 1877 (Dc.10.50/14)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Sir Archibald Geikie Papers, Laing CollectionPhotographs: Papers of David Chalmers M.D. and David Peter ChalmersPoetry: Quatercentenary CollectionThomas Blacklock (1721-1791)Self-Standing Materials'Kalokagathia, or, The Doctrine of Practical Ethics and Natural Theology' [imperfect] (Dc.3.45)‘To Mr Beattie with the author’s poems’, poem on the flyleaf of a copy of Blacklock’s ‘Poems’ (Dh.5.99)Materials in Other CollectionsEssay: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionHugh Blair (1718-1800)Self-Standing MaterialsDocument admitting Blair to the use of Edinburgh University Library, 1735 (Da.2.1, p. 60)Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres, [vol. 1], copies made by John Bruce, 1765 (Dc.10.6)Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres, [vol. 2], 1779 (Gen. 1990)Notes of Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres (Dc.3.42)Letter to T. Cadell, 1794 (Dc.4.101-103)Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, [1798?] (Dc.4.101-103)5 letters to Nancy Ord, ca. 1777 (Gen. 1730/B/29)4 letters, 2 to William Strahan, 1 to A. Constable and 1 [to T. Cadell], 1778-96, 1 original, 3 copies (Dc.2.76/10)Letter, March 1763, referring to James Macpherson's Ossian poems (Coll-1405)Note from Blair to J. Black (Gen. 875/111/29v)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Ian R. Grant Collection, Laing CollectionRobert Blair (1699-1746)Self-Standing MaterialsDocument admitting Blair to the use of Edinburgh University Library, 1718 (Da.2.1, p. 50)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionGeorge Blake (1893-1961)Self-Standing Materials2 letters to William Fowler, 31 January, 12 February 1929 (Gen. 784/4/20-21)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersAlan Bold (1943-1998)Self-Standing MaterialsManuscript of poem 'Cities' (1972) (Coll-1771/SC-Acc-2016-0127)Proofs and working materials for volume 'In This Corner' (1983) (Gen. 2180/1-2)Worksheets for poems 'Loch Katrine' and 'The Public Wash House' (1983) (Gen. 2180/10-11)Letters and postcards to Edinburgh University Library, 6 April 1977, 8 May 1979, 22 May 1980 (Gen. 1733/11-13), 2 August 1990 (E90.87), 22 February 1991, 27 February 1991 (E91.30-31)Materials in Other CollectionsManuscript and Typescript Poems, Songs, and Essays: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersCorrespondence: Collection of Correspondence from and Relating to Hugh MacDiarmid and the Publication of 'Stony Limits', Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Robert Nye Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersHoratius Bonar (1808-1889)Self-Standing MaterialsPapers of Rev. Horatius Bonar (1808-1889)Letter, 1867 (Dc.4.101-103)Letter to unidentified correspondent, 1875 (Gen. 1981/24)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: John Johnstone Papers, Laing CollectionMiscellaneous: Records of the Exegetical Society, New College Special CollectionsPoetry: Carmichael-Watson CollectionSir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822)Self-Standing Materials3 poems (Gen. 750D)2 letters to Sir Walter Scott, 1811-1821 (MS 3880, f. 53; MS 3892, f. 45)Materials in Other CollectionsPoetry: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionJames Boswell (1740-1795)Correspondence: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Thomas Nelson ArchiveRobert Boswell (1746-1804)Self-Standing Materials‘Epitaph on the Late Jas Boswell, Esqr, of Auchinleck', poem, 1795 (Gen. 750D, f.14)15 poems (Gen. 750D)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionWalter Bower (1385-1449)Self-Standing MaterialsScotichronicon, 1510 (MS 186)Materials in Other CollectionsSecondary Materials: Laing CollectionEdward Boyd (1916-1989)Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay PapersJohn Brandane (1869-1947)Secondary Materials: Thomas Nelson ArchiveF. V. (Frederick Victor) Branford (1892-1941)Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott PapersJames Bridie (1888-1951)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter addressed 'Dear Ellis' about Citizens' Theatre, 5 April 1944 (Gen. 1981/30)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersGeorge Douglas Brown (1869-1902)Secondary Materials: Thomas Nelson ArchiveGeorge Mackay Brown (1921-1996)See: George Mackay Brown PapersJohn Brown (1810-1882)Self-Standing Materials3 letters, 1 to his cousin Dr John Brown and 2 to Mary Brown, his cousin’s wife, 1879-1880 and undated, with 2 photographs of Brown, a lock of his hair, a letter from his son John, and a coloured postcard of his birthplace (Dk.7.60)2 letters, 1 incomplete, the other to William Dickson, [1859?-1881] (Dc.4.101-103)2 letters to J. M. Gully, [1861 and undated] (Dc.4.101-103)2 letters, 1 to [Charles Kingsley?], 1 to Mr Stirling, 1862 and undated (Gen. 1730/B/15-16)Letter to ‘M.D.’ (Gen. 1981/34)7 letters to Harry Smith, 1861-1863 and undated (Dc.4.101-103)Letter, 1852 (Dc.2.58)Letter to unidentified correspondent, 1882 (Gen. 1981/33)Obituary notice of Sir Robert Christison, 1882 (Dc.2.96/2)Testimonial in favour of Dr G. H. Pringle, 1854 (Dc.4.98/6)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Thomas Nelson ArchiveThomas Brown (1778-1820)Bound volume of MS poems and correspondence (Coll-1986)Letter to John Playfair, 1815? (Gen. 1730/B/18)Letter to Reddie, 1818? (Gen. 1730/B)Note from Brown certifying David Waddell’s attendance at lectures, 1818 (Gen. 1730/B)Notes from Lectures by Thomas Brown on the Philosophy of the Human Mind and on Moral Philosophy, 1809-1814, some possibly autograph (Dc.2.10-13; Dc.3.21/3; Dc.5.27-28)George Bruce (1909-2002)Self-Standing MaterialsManuscript of poetry collection 'Sea Talk' (Gen. 1783)Materials in Other CollectionsTypescript Poems and Essays: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Correspondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Sydney Goodsir Smith PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart PapersJames Bruce (1730-1794)Correspondence: Laing CollectionMichael Bruce (1746-1767)Letter to Mr Arnott of Portmoak, 1765 (Dc.2.76/2)Mary Brunton (1778-1818)Letter (fragmentary) from Brunton, 181-? (Dk.6.19/4)Bill Bryden (1942- )Correspondence: Hamish Henderson ArchiveSecondary Materials: Fred Urquhart PapersJohn Buchan (1875-1940)See: John Buchan LettersPeter Buchan (1790-1854)Correspondence: Halliwell-Phillipps Collection (L.O.A.51/10), Laing CollectionTom Buchan (1931-1995)Typescript Poems: Hamish Henderson Archive, Norman MacCaig PapersCorrespondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, 'Records of 'Scottish International Review'George Buchanan (1506-1582)Self-Standing MaterialsCommentary on Buchanan's 'De Sphaera' by Adam King (Dk.7.29)Materials in Other CollectionsMiscellaneous: David Gregory Papers, Laing CollectionRobert Buchanan (1785-1873)Notes of lectures on logic and rhetoric, made by Robert Buchanan, 1850-1851 (Gen. 636)Robert Burns (1759-1796)Self-Standing Materials'Epistle to Captain William Logan at Park’, autograph (Dc.6.111)Antique forgery of a letter from Robert Burns to James Johnson (Coll-1166)Manuscript biography of Robert Burns by Gabriel Setoun, pseudonym of Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (Coll-1922)Materials in Other CollectionsPoetry: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Louisa Matilda Crawford Papers, Marjory Kennedy Fraser Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Thomas Nelson Archive, Sydney Goodsir Smith Papers, Symbolae ScoticaeRon Butlin (1949- )Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersGeorge Gordon Byron, Baron Byron (1788-1824)Poetry: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Carmichael-Watson Collection, Louisa Matilda Crawford Papers, Laing Collection This article was published on 2024-08-21