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 Papers Sir Richard Maitland (1496-1586) Poetry: William Drummond Manuscripts John Malcolm (1795?-1835) Poetry: Laing Collection Correspondence: Laing Collection David Mallet (1705?-1765) Self-Standing Materials Translations and annotations in ‘Tractatus quinque medico-physic…’ (J. Mayow, 1674) (*G.31.24) Materials in Other Collections Poetry: Laing Collection Gerald Mangan (1951- ) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive John Manson (1932-2020) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers Bruce Marshall (1899-1987) Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers, Scrapbook of Ella MacGregor John Martin (18th Century) Poetry: Laing Collection Theodore Martin (1816-1909) Correspondence: Laing Collection Allan Massie (1938- ) Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969) Secondary Materials: Norman MacCaig Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers John Mayne (1759-1836) Correspondence: Laing Collection James Meek (1962- ) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive Andrew Melville (1545-1622) Poetry: William Drummond Manuscripts Elizabeth Melville (c.1578–c.1640) Self-Standing Materials ‘Ane Godlie Dreame’, MS copy, 17th century (De. 3. 70) Materials in Other Collections Correspondence: Laing Collection Metrical Society Album: Laing Collection William Julius Mickle (1734-1788) Letter from Mickle to D. Braithwaite, 1788 (Dc.4.101-103) Hugh Miller (1802-1856) Self-Standing Articles Leading article for ‘The Witness’ [fragmentary], autograph (Dc.4.101-103) Letter to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1838 (Gen. 1999/1/16) Materials in Other Collections Correspondence: Records of Edinburgh Geological Society, Sir Archibald Geikie Papers, John Johnstone Papers, Laing Collection, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison Correspondence Lydia Falconer Miller (1811?-1876) Self-Standing Articles Letter to Robert Carruthers, 1859 (JA 3653) Materials in Other Collections Sir Archibald Geikie Papers William Minto (1845-1893) Correspondence: Halliwell-Phillipps Collection (L.O.A.197/25, L.O.A.225/16) Mitchell, Joseph (1684-1738) Correspondence: Laing Collection Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999) Self-Standing Materials Postcard 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 Collections Typescript Poems: Hamish Henderson Archive Correspondence: Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers David Macbeth Moir (1798-1851) Self-Standing Materials ‘Outlines of the Ancient History of Medicine’ (Dc.6.92) Materials in Other Collections Correspondence: Laing Collection Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1550?–1598) Poetry: William Drummond Manuscripts, Laing Collection Norah Montgomerie (1909-1998) Correspondence: Fred Urquhart Papers William Montgomerie (1904-1994) Typescript Poems and Essay: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers Correspondence: George Mackay Brown Papers, Helen Cruickshank Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers James Montgomery (1771-1854) Poetry: Laing Collection Correspondence: Laing Collection James Moor (1712-1779) Poetry: Laing Collection John Moore (1729-1802) Correspondence: Laing Collection Edwin 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 Papers David 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 Papers N. (Nancy) Brysson Morrison (1903-1986) Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers William 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 Collections Correspondence: Laing Collection Edwin Muir (1887-1959) See: Edwin Muir Papers Willa Muir (1890-1970) Self-Standing Materials Letter to Vernon Watkins, 24 January 1959 (Coll-1488) Materials in Other Collections Correspondence: George Mackay Brown Papers, David Daiches Papers, Hamish Henderson Archive, Edwin Muir Papers, Tom Scott Papers Secondary 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 Papers Neil Munro (1863-1930) Correspondence: Charles Saroléa Papers Secondary Materials: Marion Lochhead Papers, Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers William Mure (1594–1657) Poetry: Laing Collection Angus Wolfe Murray (1937- ) Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers Charles 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 Collections Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers Sir Charles Augustus Murray (1806-1895) Correspondence from Thomas Carlyle (Gen. 1733) William Henry Murray (1790-1852) Self-Standing Materials Letter 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 Collections Correspondence: Laing Collection Tom Nairn (1932- ) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive Lady Carolina Nairne (1766-1845) Legal Document: Laing Collection Neaves, Charles Neaves, Lord (1800-1876) Correspondence: Sir Archibald Geikie Papers, Laing Collection William Neill (1922-2010) Typescript Essay: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers Secondary Materials: Records of 'Scottish International Review' Ada Nelson (20th Century) Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers John 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 Collection John Ogilvie (1733-1813) Correspondence: Laing Collection Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant (1828-1897) Self-Standing Materials Letter to Rev. J. Matheson, 1860 (Dc.4.101-103 (Irving)) Materials in Other Collections Secondary Materials: Marion Lochhead Papers Christine Orr (1899-1963) Correspondence: Maurice Lindsay Papers George 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 Collection Secondary Materials: Carmichael-Watson Collection, Scotland Africa 97 Archive Dorothy Paulin (1904-1982) Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers Walter Perrie (1949- ) Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers James Philp (1656 or 1657-1713?) Poetry: Laing Collection J. B. (John Barclay) Pick (1921-2015) Correspondence: Robert Nye Papers Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers Andrew 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 Collection Correspondence: Laing Collection Secondary Materials: Carmichael-Watson Collection, Donald Mackinnon Collection Archibald Pitcairne (1652-1713) Self-Standing Materials Manuscript 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 Collections Drama: Laing Collection Poetry: Laing Collection Prose: Laing Collection Secondary Materials: David Gregory Papers Tom Pow (1950- ) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Robert Nye Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review' Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers William Power (1873-1951) Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers Thomas Pringle (1789-1834) Self-Standing Materials Letter 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 Collections Correspondence: Laing Collection John Purser (1942- ) Correspondence: Records of 'Scottish International Review' Hugh C. (Crauford) Rae (1935-2014) Correspondence: Fred Urquhart Papers Allan 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 Collections Drama: Laing Collection Poetry: Laing Collection Tessa Ransford (1938-2015) Self-Standing Materials Material relating to Tessa Ransford Materials in Other Collections Typescript Poem: Hamish Henderson Archive Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Robert Nye Papers Alastair Reid (1926-2014) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Maurice Lindsay Papers Alexander Reid (1914-1982) Manuscript and Typescript Poems and Play: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers Correspondence: Tom Scott Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers Secondary Materials: Fred Urquhart Papers John MacNair Reid (1895-1954) Correspondence: Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers Robert Rendall (1898-1967) Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Tom Scott Papers Alan Riach (1957- ) Correspondence: Hamish Henderson Archive, Hugh MacDiarmid Papers William Richardson (1743-1814) Correspondence: Laing Collection Henry Scott Riddell (1798-1870) Self-Standing Materials Letter to Peter Laidlaw, 1850 (Gen.1983/46) Materials in Other Collections Correspondence: Laing Collection Secondary Materials: Marjory Kennedy-Fraser Papers Leitch Ritchie (1800-1865) Letter from Ritchie, ca. 1860 (Gen. 1983/56) Alexander Robertson of Struan (c.1669-1749) Correspondence: Laing Collection Edith A. (Anne) Robertson (1883-1973) Secondary Materials: Tom Scott Papers, Records of 'Scottish International Review' Alexander Rodger (1784-1846) Poetry: Laing Collection Charles Rogers (1825-1890) Poetry: Laing Collection Correspondence: Laing Collection Bess Ross (1945- ) Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers Thomas Ross (d. 1675) Poetry: Laing Collection Christopher Rush (1944- ) Secondary Materials: George Mackay Brown Papers, Fred Urquhart Papers This article was published on 2024-08-21
