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Commonplace book, undated, compiled by James Glasford (died 1845).

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Identifier: MS.8493
Scope and Contents

The contents include: extracts from personal letters, biblical commentaries, poems and translations of poems.

Dates: Early 19th century.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

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Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.

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Identifier: MS.3115
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, poems, etc., of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet, to Peter Buchan, collector of Scottish ballads, Peterhead, 1828-1850, undated. The letters, which are in Laing's autograph, deal chiefly with literary matters of the day. Most of the poems (folios 4, 6, 10, 19, 23) appear later in published form.(ii) Poems and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell, in his autograph, with one letter to him, 1815-1865, undated. Several of...
Dates: 1815-1865, undated.

Literary and personal papers of Alastair Mackie, comprising poetry notebooks and manuscripts, translations and journals.

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Identifier: Acc.13233
Scope and Contents Alastair Mackie left his literary remains to his friend, and former pupil, the writer Christopher Rush. The collection was very disordered when Rush received it, and he has carried out extensive work in sorting and listing it, alongside his preparation an edition of Alastair Mackie`s collected poems for publication by Two Ravens Press. The collection primarily consists of draft manuscripts of Mackie`s Scots and English poems, and of his translations of ancient and modern European and Russian...
Dates: 1937-1995.

Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of translations of poetry and prose by George S Fraser.

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Identifier: Acc.11406
Scope and Contents

Includes related correspondence, 1965-1986, and an undated manuscript of W S Graham.

Dates: 1965-1986 and undated.

Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.

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Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.67
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Receipt, 1575, of Archebault Betun (Archibald Bethune), an archer of the French King`s Scots Guard (Ch.872);Account, 17 February 1552, of the provisions supplied to the Royal Household at Amboise. Includes a translation (Ch.2059); Bill, 1553, concerning expenses of the French royal household (Ch.2593);Holograph poems, [1931, or before]; and, 'The secret of the heather ale', a tale, 1892, by Neil Munro. (MS.816);...
Dates: 1552-[1931, or before].

Miscellaneous notes, letters and other items.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.17
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Notes of decisions of the Court of Session, 1714-1721. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies, early 18th century, of letters of and to George Buchanan, 1573-1581, and undated, with notes on others of his letters, mostly in Thomas Ruddiman`s hand; these are Epistolae XXVII, XV, XII, XXXI, XXIV, XL, XXXVII in Ruddiman`s edition of Buchanan`s Works, and Ruddiman`s introductory notes to Epistolae XI, XVI, VIII, XII, XX, XXVIII, XXXI, XXXIV,...
Dates: 17th century-1912.

Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).

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Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates: 17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.

Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates: 17th century-19th century.

Papers of Alexander Huchison.

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Identifier: Acc.10158
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and translations, correspondence and artwork.

Dates: 1972-1990.

Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.

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Identifier: MSS.14870-14872
Scope and Contents

Due to the War and Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin’s early death, neither work was published. The papers were used however by Professor John Fraser in publishing his collection of Quiggin’s Book of the Dean of Lismore transcripts, ‘Poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore’.

Dates: 1st quarter of 20th century.

Papers of the families of Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and of Jordanhill.

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Identifier: MS.20988
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Legal documents and correspondence, 1488-1789 (folio 1); (ii) Notes, ?1786-1821, on legal cases (folio 33); (iii) Genealogical papers, 1707-1731, undated (folio 65); (iv) Poetry, 18th century-19th century, including an early copy, dated 1734, of Allan Ramsay's poem, 'The Thimble' (folio 93); (v) Notes, undated, by George Crawfurd, the antiquary, and a translation of a charter, 1748, by Thomas Ruddiman (folio 107).

Dates: 1488-1821, undated.

Papers of the literary magazine, "Chapman".

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Identifier: Acc.6899
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, translations, articles, and reviews, with editorial correspondence, comprising over 700 letters. With associated printed items.

Dates: 1973-1976.

Poetical and editorial papers of Robin Fulton (1937- ).

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Identifier: MSS.27495-27498
Scope and Contents

Robin Fulton was born in Arran and became a schoolteacher. From 1967 to 1976 he edited the literary magazine 'Lines Review'. His work is mostly poetry, but also includes reviews, translations and literary studies. The papers consist of drafts and proofs of poems (MSS.27495-27497), and editorial papers for 'Lines Review' (MS.27498).

Dates: 1963-1972.

Translation into English by Thomas Ross (later the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom) of parts of James Macpherson’s concocted originals as published in Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.4
Scope and Contents Copious notes face part of the text, beginning at verso of folio xiii and ending at folio 33 verso. Thomas Ross submitted at least part of the manuscript to the Highland Society of London (see his letter to their secretary, folio iii). His hand was similar to Ewen MacLachlan’s, and in notes at folio 24 verso Sir John Sinclair attributes his work on ‘Temora’ to the latter. The manuscript is watermarked 1804.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of the Reverend W...
Dates: 1807-1809, 1894, undated.

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