The contents are as follows: Volume of Scottish music, 1838, undated, comprising airs, Lowland and Highland, songs, dances, a pibroch, etc. (MS.2086);

Book ,18th century, of English and Scottish tunes, composed by known authors and traditional. (MS.2833);

List, 1937, of the tunes in MS.2833: Book of English and Scottish tunes, with remarks by Davidson Cook, a previous owner of the manuscript. (MS.2834);

Music-album, [1793, or before], apparently from the collection of papers associated with the son and daughters of Allan Ramsay (MS.2906);

Margaret Sinkler's music-book, 1710, containing a collection of chiefly Scottish airs. (MS.3296 [Glen.143(i)]);

Notes, [1927, or before], on the airs in Margaret Sinkler's music-book, by Lady Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, who indicates in what collections, if any, they first appeared. (MS.3297 [Glen.143(ii)]).