Manuscripts of Scottish writers including Elizabeth Melville, Naomi Mitchison, Alexander Montgomerie, Edwin Morgan, Willa Muir, Allan Ramsay, and Tessa Ransford. Wes Magee (1939-2021)Correspondence: Robert Nye PapersSir Richard Maitland (1496-1586)Poetry: William Drummond ManuscriptsJohn Malcolm (1795?-1835)Poetry: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionDavid Mallet (1705?-1765)Self-Standing MaterialsTranslations and annotations in ‘Tractatus quinque medico-physic…’ (J. Mayow, 1674) (*G.31.24)Materials in Other CollectionsPoetry: Laing CollectionGerald Mangan (1951- )Correspondence: Hamish Henderson ArchiveJohn Manson (1932-2020)Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersBruce Marshall (1899-1987)Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers, Scrapbook of Ella MacGregorJohn Martin (18th Century)Poetry: Laing CollectionTheodore Martin (1816-1909)Correspondence: Laing CollectionAllan Massie (1938- )Correspondence: Robert Nye PapersSecondary Materials: Fred Urquhart PapersGavin Maxwell (1914-1969)Secondary Materials: Norman MacCaig Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersJohn Mayne (1759-1836)Correspondence: Laing CollectionJames Meek (1962- )Correspondence: Hamish Henderson ArchiveAndrew Melville (1545-1622)Poetry: William Drummond ManuscriptsElizabeth Melville (c.1578–c.1640)Self-Standing Materials‘Ane Godlie Dreame’, MS copy, 17th century (De. 3. 70)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionMetrical SocietyAlbum: Laing CollectionWilliam Julius Mickle (1734-1788)Letter from Mickle to D. Braithwaite, 1788 (Dc.4.101-103)Hugh Miller (1802-1856)Self-Standing ArticlesLeading article for ‘The Witness’ [fragmentary], autograph (Dc.4.101-103)Letter to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1838 (Gen. 1999/1/16)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Records of Edinburgh Geological Society, Sir Archibald Geikie Papers, John Johnstone Papers, Laing Collection, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison CorrespondenceLydia Falconer Miller (1811?-1876)Self-Standing ArticlesLetter to Robert Carruthers, 1859 (JA 3653)Materials in Other CollectionsSir Archibald Geikie PapersWilliam Minto (1845-1893)Correspondence: Halliwell-Phillipps Collection (L.O.A.197/25, L.O.A.225/16)Mitchell, Joseph (1684-1738)Correspondence: Laing CollectionNaomi Mitchison (1897-1999)Self-Standing MaterialsPostcard to Leicester Secular Society, 17 September 1932 (Gen. 1875, no. 95)2 letters from Wyndham Lewis, 5 May, 11 July 1931 (Dc.4.101-103)Materials in Other CollectionsTypescript Poems: Hamish Henderson ArchiveCorrespondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersSecondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersDavid Macbeth Moir (1798-1851)Self-Standing Materials‘Outlines of the Ancient History of Medicine’ (Dc.6.92)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionAlexander Montgomerie (c. 1550?–1598)Poetry: William Drummond Manuscripts, Laing CollectionNorah Montgomerie (1909-1998)Correspondence: Fred Urquhart PapersWilliam Montgomerie (1904-1994)Typescript Poems and Essay: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersCorrespondence: George Mackay Brown Papers, Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersJames Montgomery (1771-1854)Poetry: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionJames Moor (1712-1779)Poetry: Laing CollectionJohn Moore (1729-1802)Correspondence: Laing CollectionEdwin Morgan (1920-2010)Typescript Poems and Prose: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Secondary Materials: Norman MacCaig Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review', Fred Urquhart PapersDavid Morrison (1941-2012)Typescript Review: Records of 'Scottish International Review'Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Sorley MacLean Correspondence, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Secondary Materials: Tom Scott PapersN. (Nancy) Brysson Morrison (1903-1986)Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart PapersWilliam Motherwell (1797-1835)Self-Standing Materials‘The Parting’, poem, 182-?, with letter from Motherwell to Alexander Ramsay, 1827, and a note on the poem by P. A. Ramsay, 1842 (Dh.6.68/128)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionEdwin Muir (1887-1959)See: Edwin Muir PapersWilla Muir (1890-1970)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to Vernon Watkins, 24 January 1959 (Coll-1488)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: George Mackay Brown Papers, David Daiches Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Edwin Muir Papers, Tom Scott PapersSecondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Helen Cruickshank Papers, Norman MacCaig Papers, Edwin Muir Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Hugh Munro (1909-1982)Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart PapersNeil Munro (1863-1930)Correspondence: Charles Saroléa PapersSecondary Materials: Marion Lochhead Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersWilliam Mure (1594–1657)Poetry: Laing Collection Angus Wolfe Murray (1937- )Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart PapersCharles Murray (1864-1941)Self-Standing Materials'Fae France' and 'The Thraws of Fate', manuscript poems in letter from Robert R. Walls to Prof. John MacQueen, 6 May 1967 (Gen. 1732/M/7)Letter to William Armstrong, 24 September [1925] (in JA 3814)Materials in Other CollectionsSecondary Materials: Tom Scott PapersSir Charles Augustus Murray (1806-1895)Correspondence from Thomas Carlyle (Gen. 1733)William Henry Murray (1790-1852)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to Morris Bennett, 1836, with a fragment of a letter on the verso (Gen. 863/8/106)Letter from Charles Kemble to Murray, 1844 (Dc.4.101-103)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionTom Nairn (1932- )Correspondence: Hamish Henderson ArchiveLady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845)Legal Document: Laing CollectionNeaves, Charles Neaves, Lord (1800-1876)Correspondence: Sir Archibald Geikie Papers, Laing CollectionWilliam Neill (1922-2010)Typescript Essay: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersCorrespondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersSecondary Materials: Records of 'Scottish International Review'Ada Nelson (20th Century)Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersJohn Nevay (1792-1870)'Mary Stuart’s Farewell to France', poem (Gen. 1995/55)John Nichol (1833-1894)Testimonial in favour of J. H. Stirling, 1868 (Dc.4.104/3, ff. 29-30)Robert Nicoll (1814-1837)Correspondence: Laing CollectionJohn Ogilvie (1733-1813)Correspondence: Laing CollectionMrs. (Margaret) Oliphant (1828-1897)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to Rev. J. Matheson, 1860 (Dc.4.101-103 (Irving))Materials in Other CollectionsSecondary Materials: Marion Lochhead Papers, Thomas Nelson ArchiveChristine Orr (1899-1963)Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay PapersGeorge Outram (1805-1856)Letter to his father, 1830 (Dc.1.100, no. 7)Andrew Park (1807-1863)Letter to Dr Richard, 1862 (Gen. 1982/73)Mungo Park (1771-1806)Financial Document: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Carmichael-Watson Collection, Scotland Africa 97 ArchiveDorothy Paulin (1904-1982)Secondary Materials: Tom Scott PapersWalter Perrie (1949- )Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersJames Philp (1656 or 1657-1713?)Poetry: Laing CollectionJ. B. (John Barclay) Pick (1921-2015)Correspondence: Robert Nye PapersSecondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersAndrew Picken (1788-1833)2 letters from James B. Fraser, 1 to Alaric A. Watts and 1 to Andrew Picken, 1829-1831 (Dk.8.4/3)John Pinkerton (1758-1826)Prose: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Carmichael-Watson Collection, Donald Mackinnon CollectionArchibald Pitcairne (1652-1713)Self-Standing MaterialsManuscript Copies of Texts by Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713), Physician and Poet (MS PIT)'Archimedis epistola ad regem Gelonem', prose fragment, attrib. to Pitcairne (Dc.4.101-103)'Georgius Buchanus Gualtero Dannistono', Latin poem, said to be in the hand of Pitcairne, on the fly end leaf of ‘Gualteri Dannistoni ad Georgium Buchanum epistola … 1706’ (De.7.69)Mathematical and other papers, with items by or referring to Pitcairne (Dc.1.61)'Praxeos Pitcarnianae specimina', papers of Pitcairne containing medical prescriptions, notes on medical matters, correspondence, etc., ca. 1701-1708, with letters from Pitcairne to David Gregory (1700-1708) (Dc.1.62)Materials in Other CollectionsDrama: Laing CollectionPoetry: Laing CollectionProse: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: David Gregory PapersTom Pow (1950- )Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Robert Nye Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown PapersWilliam Power (1873-1951)Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid PapersThomas Pringle (1789-1834)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to R. F. Housman, 1829, with an engraving of Pringle by W. Finden (Dc.4.101-103)2 letters to Edward Moxon, 1834, and undated (Dc.4.101-103)Letter from Allan Cunningham to Pringle, 1832 (Dh.6.67/201)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionJohn Purser (1942- )Correspondence: Records of 'Scottish International Review'Hugh C. (Crauford) Rae (1935-2014)Correspondence: Fred Urquhart PapersAllan Ramsay (1686-1758)Self-Standing Materials‘An Elegy on Lucky Wood in the Canongate, May 1717’, autograph fair copy, written on the flyleaf of ‘Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems’ (James Watson) (JA 2025)‘The Miller and his Man, or, Self Deed Self Fae: A Tale’, autograph fair copy, ca. 1728 (Gen. 752)‘A Prayer’ (‘Father and Friend of Humane race’), autograph, corrected (Gen. 2122/14)‘To Mr James Home, Writer to the Signet’, autograph fair copy, 1730, written on a blank leaf in Ramsay’s 'Poems', 1721-1728 (JA 3822-3823)Materials in Other CollectionsDrama: Laing CollectionPoetry: Laing CollectionTessa Ransford (1938-2015)Self-Standing MaterialsMaterial relating to Tessa RansfordMaterials in Other CollectionsTypescript Poem: Hamish Henderson ArchiveCorrespondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Robert Nye PapersAlastair Reid (1926-2014)Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay PapersAlexander Reid (1914-1982)Manuscript and Typescript Poems and Play: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersCorrespondence: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersSecondary Materials: Fred Urquhart PapersJohn MacNair Reid (1895-1954)Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Fred Urquhart PapersRobert Rendall (1898-1967)Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Tom Scott PapersAlan Riach (1957- )Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid PapersWilliam Richardson (1743-1814)Correspondence: Laing CollectionHenry Scott Riddell (1798-1870)Self-Standing MaterialsLetter to Peter Laidlaw, 1850 (Gen.1983/46)Materials in Other CollectionsCorrespondence: Laing CollectionSecondary Materials: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser PapersLeitch Ritchie (1800-1865)Letter from Ritchie, ca. 1860 (Gen. 1983/56)Alexander Robertson of Struan (c.1669-1749)Correspondence: Laing CollectionEdith A. (Anne) Robertson (1883-1973)Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review'Alexander Rodger (1784-1846)Poetry: Laing CollectionCharles Rogers (1825-1890)Poetry: Laing CollectionCorrespondence: Laing CollectionBess Ross (1945- )Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown PapersThomas Ross (d. 1675)Poetry: Laing CollectionChristopher Rush (1944- )Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers This article was published on 2024-08-21