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About 450 letters from Lord Kelvin, the mathematician and physicist, to his brother James; his business partner, Fleeming Jenkin; his aunt, Mrs Gall; and his nephew James. There are also incoming letters from these correspondents, and drafts or copies of outgoing letters.

Robert Dobson, following a multifaceted career as a soldier-poet, employee of the Ministry of Information in New York, Professor of English at Tokyo Imperial University and literary adviser to Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

A comprehensive archive maintained by Tony Harrison, the poet, since 1950, comprising 200 large bound notebooks and many other manuscripts, typescripts and annnotated proofs of his work, together with extensive files relating to the development and realisation of his theatre, opera, film and tele

The unique copy of the first edition of the Sarum text of the Mass, printed for Caxton in 1487 by the Parisian printer Guillaume Maynyal, who was known for his mastery of red and black printing.

Four autograph letters from Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, to Mr Reeve, a fellow ornithologist, about sightings of birds, 1917-19.

75 pencil ink and watercolour sketches, mainly of Shropshire houses and scenes, by David Parkes (1763-1833). Parkes was a prolific artist and antiquarian, and his work documents changes and alterations to many important Shropshire buildings and churches in the late 18th-mid19th centuries.

A collection of the published works of Edwin Morgan (b.1920) assembled by Hamish Whyte, his friend, publisher and bibliographer over thirty years. Appointed Scots Makar by the Scottish Parliament in 2004, Morgan was a major Scottish poet of the later 20th century.

Literary, private and personal papers of Professor Douglas Dunn (b. 1942), Professor of English at St Andrew's since 1991 and one of Scotland's most eminent contemporary poets.

A presentation album of drawings by Samuel Wyatt (1737-1807), in their original binding, for a proposed rebuilding of Mere Hall, Cheshire. The house had been rebuilt in 1670 for Sir Peter Brooke, whose descendant Peter Brooke (1723-83) married an heiress.

A rare example of an architectural design by Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), History Painter in Ordinary and Serjeant Painter to George I, and the leading decorative painter of his day. The drawing relates to a little-known commission by Thornhill for which apparently no other drawings survive.